Pray with OCC, March, Week 2, Chile, Colombia & Ecuador

WEEK 2: (March 15-22)
OCC Mid-South Requests

1. Pray for Connect volunteers and OCC staff as they travel to the Connect Conferences in Washington DC-March 17-19, San Francisco-April 7-9, and Atlanta April 28-30.
2. Pray for all Area Coordinators as they lead, equip and encourage their area teams. 
3. Pray for OCC Mid-South staff as they travel to meet with area teams in our region. 
4. Pray for Franklin Graham and the Decision America Tour.

OCC NEA Requests

1. Pray for our NEA Team as we grow our team and look for Relay Centers & Coordinators, new prayer team members, and new donor churches! \
2. ray for Josh McCarty as God is leading him in a new direction in his life! 
3. Pray for our goals for shoebox collections for 2016: 11,222 Gospel Opportunities!!!!!

South America is where we will be focusing our prayer this month!
OCC International Prayer Requests
General Prayer Requests each country faces:

• Wisdom to recruit, select and lead new and/or transitioning volunteer leadership team members. 
• Provision of resources to reach their God-sized goals for the current year.

Chile 

1. Pray for the father of a team member who is very ill with kidney problems. 
2. Pray for the Easter Island project. Pray God will continue to guide the team and will use the shoeboxes to open more doors of opportunity. 
3. October 2013: A pastor in Chile said a little girl from his community visited a sick friend. Her friend had many dolls, and the girl began wishing for one in particular—a doll dressed all in pink. She stole the doll, but when her mother found out she made the girl return it to her sick friend. Later, the girl attended an OCC distribution and received a Barbie doll dressed all in pink in her shoebox. She could not believe it, and realized that it was a great lesson to trust God to provide rather than steal what she wanted. Do you trust God to provide for you? 
4. Easter Island is a remote Chilean territory in the South Pacific, but not too remote for Operation Christmas Child. Almost 1,000 Canadian shoebox gifts were sent to Easter Island in 2009. http://samaritanspurse.ca/rss/operation-christmas-child/impact/shoe-boxes-of-hope-on-easter-island.aspx#.VumTwFUrLIU

Colombia. For stories from Colombia click here: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/colombia/

Colombia Operation Christmas Child

1. Pray for the evangelistic events and TGJ discipleship that have started among several Ministry Partners. 
2. Praise the Lord that 2 children per minute are accepting Jesus as their personal Savior through TGJ!!! 
3. Shoe boxes collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 291,168 children in Colombia. Praise God that over 1,254,200 children have received a shoebox since 2002, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.Colombia has 46.7 million people and is located in South America. 25% of the population is 14 years old or younger. 

Ecuador. Shoeboxes collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 299,256 children in Ecuador. Praise God that over 1,475,000 children have received a shoebox since 1997, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here. Ecuador has 15.8 million people and is located in northwestern South America. 28% of the population is 14 years old or younger. 

Ecuador

1. Pray for the teams in Ecuador as OCC is working in each province of the country. Pray that more children will be reached with the message of salvation through this ministry. 
2. Pray that each child who receives a shoebox will also participate in TGJ and that God will provide many teachers to lead these classes. 
3. Pray for the NLT. Pray that the NLT and regional volunteer leadership will prioritize prayer not only in speech, but also in practice. 

• Ecuador distribution video: https://youtu.be/kJnGNU14buM 
• Ecuador OCC information: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/ecuador/

"Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established" Proverbs 16:3

March Operation Christmas Child Prayer Requests

March Prayer Reminders:
· Praise God for the 40 countries that have received shoeboxes and volunteer teams are now working hard in Outreach Events to share the Good News with children.
· Pray for the shoeboxes still enroute on ships to children in 32 countries.
· Pray for tax exemption of shoeboxes in fifteen countries in East and South Asia and Madagascar.
· Pray for customs clearance of sea containers filled with shoebox Gospel Opportunities in 40 countries.

OCC Mid-South Requests:
· Pray for Connect volunteers and OCC staff as they travel to the Connect Conferences in Wichita-March 3-5, Washington DC-March 17-19, San Francisco-April 7-9, and Atlanta April 28-30.
· Pray for Connect volunteers in Kentucky this month. For God to encourage new volunteers to join the area teams and to rise up Ministry Coordinators. Pray for unity among the area teams, for protection for them, wisdom, strength and energy. Pray for God to open doors with churches and community groups. Pray for all Area Coordinators as they lead, equip and encourage their area teams.
· Pray for OCC Mid-South staff as they travel to meet with area teams in our region.
· Pray for Franklin Graham and the Decision America Tour. The next prayer rally is in Denver, Colorado March 15th.

OCC NEA Requests:
· Pray for our NEA Team meeting on Tuesday, March 15 6pm at Ironhorse Steakhouse & BBQ in Paragould. The address is 2108 Linwood Drive(Hwy 49). REMINDER: Please take time to watch the webinar before March 15th. This would be a perfect time to invite anyone that you are trying to get to join us.
· Pray for our goals for shoebox collections for 2016: 11,222 Gospel Opportunities!!!!!

South America is where we will be focusing our prayer this month!
OCC International Prayer Requests:
General Prayer Requests each country faces:
· Wisdom to recruit, select and lead new and/or transitioning volunteer leadership team members.
· Provision of resources to reach their God-sized goals for the current year.

WEEK 1: (March 6-12) This week we will be praying for Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.

Argentina: Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 10,000 children in Argentina. Praise God that over 402,700 children have received a shoebox since 2001, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here. Argentina has 43.4 million people and is located in South America. 25% of the population is 14 years old or younger.

· Pray for the volunteer National Leadership Team (NLT) as they plan for the upcoming season and the distribution of 13,000 boxes. Pray God will continue to open doors for OCC to reach the children who don’t have access to the Gospel.
· Pray God will provide more The Greatest Journey discipleship program (TGJ) teachers so that more children can participate in the program.
· Praise God for His provision this past year.
· Pray as the team continues to extend OCC into new areas.
· Here is a link about OCC and Argentina: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/argentina/#ooid=9yZG0wbjrjlDN1_Z6_XZ7KNFL5-82qkj

Bolivia has 10.8 million people and is located in western-central South America. 33% of the population is 14 years old or younger. Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 10,000 children in Bolivia. Praise God that over 564,800 children have received a shoebox since 1998, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.

· Pray God will provide capable volunteers to build shoeboxes in Bolivia and that the God will give the team a strategic plan for distributing these boxes.
· Pray God provides likeminded Ministry Partners (i.e. local partners who hold Outreach Events for children receiving shoeboxes) who will carry out TGJ.

Brazil makes up half of the land surface and population of South America. Of the 315 People Groups 18% are unreached. There are 193 languages spoken there. Only 26% of the population is Evangelical Christian. 23% of the population is 14 years old or younger.
· Pray for the customs agent and that the government will grant permission to release the containers.
· Praise God for His provision this past year.
· Pray God provides the right contacts, who will open the doors of this country to OCC, so that the Brazilian children can hear and respond to the Gospel.

· Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 10,000 children in Brazil.
· Praise God that over 246,200 children have received a shoebox since 2002, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.
· Pray that future governments would not shirk from the painful but necessary process of excising all that is putrid and corrupt.
· Pray for the poverty that still affects 10s of millions. The poor, especially street children and indigenous peoples, often suffer terrible discrimination and exploitation. Debt slavery affects up to 250,000 people.
· Pray for the crime problem. Brazil is the world’s 2nd highest consumer of illicit drugs and the world’s highest rate of firearm homicides. Unprecedented breakthrough, spiritual and social, is needed to turn this around.
· Follow this link for pictures, stories of OCC Brazil and video of OCC: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child-countries/brazil/#ooid=9yZG0wbjrjlDN1_Z6_XZ7KNFL5-82qkj

“So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.” Acts 12:5 ESV

They prayed without ceasing. Fervent, persistent prayer sent an angel of the Lord to unlock prison chains, wake up Peter, get him to put his clothes on, slip past guards, and open iron gates. 

This is the power of prayer. This is why we pray for Operation Christmas Child, we believe in this same power of prayer! ​It is unlocking doors around the world for us to share the love of Jesus through the power of a simple gift-filled shoebox!

OCC PRAYER February 17-23rd

Be in prayer for our NEA OCC Goal for 2016: 11,222 Gospel Opportunity Shoeboxes!!!

This week pray for the following countries:
Madagascar
· Pray for the outreach event in the Least Unreached People Group of Faux Cap next month.

Namibia
· Pray the new TGJ material in the Oshiwambo language will help spread the Gospel even further and with greater effectiveness.

Republic of Congo
· Pray God will open doors to reach the Unreached People Groups, especially indigenous people, who live in difficult situations.

Sierra Leone
· Pray the volunteers will be no logistical issues at the port.

South Africa
· Pray for the team in Cape Town as they start vision castings at Paarl for the first time in order to impact the unreached children there.

Tanzania
· Pray the authorities will quickly release the exemption documents after the changes with the government positions in the Tanzania Harbor Authorities.

"I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer." 

Psalm 120:1

February Operation Christmas Child Prayer Requests

During the remaining part of February we will be praying for countries in Africa and South America. Each country only has one request so we will be praying for multiple countries each week. We will focus on 6 countries each week so you can pray for one each day and then have a day to pray for our NEA and Mid-South requests. The following is a list for the next 3 weeks so you will have all of the requests...Thank you for being faithful prayer warriors for Operation Christmas Child!

"Declare His glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!" 1 Chronicles 16:24 ESV

OCC NEA Prayer Request
You've been waiting for us to reveal the final number of shoeboxes collected in 2015, and we are so excited to share it with you! Please join us in praising God for each of these amazing gospel opportunities packed by all of YOU! Continue to pray for each of the children receiving these gifts, that they will feel the hope and love of Jesus Christ! We are so blessed to work alongside amazing OCC offices in other countries and want to share the totals from each one with you. Check out the number of shoeboxes collected from each sending country in 2015:

Australia - 342,814
Canada - 730,577
Finland - 32,631
Germany - 402,360
Japan - 11,478
Spain - 31,273
United Kingdom - 896,240
United States - 8,765,637
That's a total of 11,213,010!!
It’s not over though…now it’s time to get busy for 2016!

1. Pray as goals are being set for 2016 collections!!! 11,000 is what we are praying about so far for NEA. We will let you know soon when God leads us to our official number to be the NEA Goal for 2016! Melinda should be letting us know soon!

2. Pray as God leads us to add new members to our NEA team that we will place them in the areas where they are the most gifted to serve!


OCC Mid-South Prayer Request
1. Praise God for the many volunteer interest forms and volunteer applications we have received the past few weeks. We are excited to see how God is going to multiply the Mid-South in 2016!

2. Please begin praying for the Connect Conference in Wichita March 3-5. Several of our Arkansas volunteers will be attending.

3. Please pray for all Arkansas volunteers this month. For God to continue to use them to move the ministry of OCC forward in the state of Arkansas, for God to open doors with churches and community groups were they may have never heard of OCC or The Greatest Journey before. That God would create unity among all Arkansas area teams, strengthen them, encourage them, protect them, help the volunteers to find rest and to have good health and that they would most importantly grow ever closer to Him.

4. Pray for the new Arkansas Regional Manager Vicki Pepper. Pray for her as she transitions into leading all of the wonderful area teams in Arkansas and that God would give her wisdom, strength and energy in her new role.

International Prayer Requests1. Praise God for the 22 countries that have received shoeboxes and volunteer teams are now working hard in Outreach Events to share the Good News with children.

2. Pray for the shoeboxes still enroute on ships to children in 35 countries.

3. Pray for tax exemption of shoeboxes in sixteen countries primarily in Africa and South Asia.

4. Pray for customs clearance of the sea containers filled with shoebox Gospel Opportunities in Paraguay and Sensitive Middle East/North Africa Countries.


February 10 – 16th
Africa:
Angola
· Pray for the Prayer Coordinator and the restoration of his sight after recently having surgery on his left eye.

Benin
· Pray for us as we relaunch the shoebox season now that the embargo has lifted.

Burkina Faso
· Pray for the Assembly of God church in Mina that received shoeboxes in 2014. The church saw an increase in number of children attendance, but it was burned by villagers in the beginning of December 2015 because of their evangelization through OCC.

Guinea
· Praise God the World Health Organization has declared Guinea Ebola free.
· Pray for the churches as they receive shoeboxes this year. Pray they are able to meet the needs of the children and families of Ebola victims.

Guinea-Bissau
· Pray for the distributions and TGJ discipleship program. Pray many children and their families will come to Christ this year, especially as Islam continues to grow in Guinea-Bissau and much of the population still follows the traditional animistic religion.

Liberia
· Praise God for the arrival of seven containers at the port of Liberia. Pray for the successful distribution of these containers to needy children in Liberia.

February 17-23rd
Madagascar
· Pray for the outreach event in the Least Unreached People Group of Faux Cap next month.

Namibia
· Pray the new TGJ material in the Oshiwambo language will help spread the Gospel even further and with greater effectiveness.

Republic of Congo
· Pray God will open doors to reach the Unreached People Groups, especially indigenous people, who live in difficult situations.

Sierra Leone
· Pray the volunteers will be no logistical issues at the port.

South Africa
· Pray for the team in Cape Town as they start vision castings at Paarl for the first time in order to impact the unreached children there.

Tanzania
· Pray the authorities will quickly release the exemption documents after the changes with the government positions in the Tanzania Harbor Authorities.

February 24th – March 1st. 

South America
Chile
· Pray for the Easter Island Outreach Events to children. Pray God will continue to guide the team and will use the shoeboxes to open more doors of opportunity.

Costa Rica
· Pray God will open the doors for the team to take TGJ to public schools, especially as the government’s regulations and traditions can make this difficult.

Honduras
· Pray for the husband of the volunteer National Logistics Coordinator who was in a car accident and is now recovering from surgery.

Mexico
· Pray for the more than 330,000 children who will be discipled in TGJ in twenty-eight states throughout Mexico that God would open their hearts and the seeds of the Gospel would not be snatched away.

Panama
· Pray that OCC will be able to reach all of the indigenous groups safely and without influence from insurgent groups, politicians, and customs that can hinder the work of the Lord.

Suriname
· Pray more Ministry Partners will start prayer meetings for and with children.

Operation Christmas Child Prayer January Week 4 Swaziland, Zambia & Zimbabwe

This week we will be praying for Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Swaziland is a small, landlocked enclave between Mozambique and South Africa. It has 12 people groups with 8 languages. 25% are Evangelical Christian. 1 in 4 adults are living with HIV and many others have Tuberculosis. AIDS has spread at an alarming rate and now Swaziland has the highest HIV prevalence in the world. HIV and AIDS have had a devastating impact on the country; particularly among families and households. Life expectancy is just 49.9 years – one of the lowest in the world. AIDS-related deaths in Swaziland exacerbated existing poverty for families, and have resulted in a very youthful population. More than 1/3 of the population is under 14 years old. Pray for healing of their sick. (here is a video link from children in Swaziland saying “thank you and singing” after receiving shoeboxes at a distribution a few years ago, if you want to watch it: https://youtu.be/IZDMYz9XDyk )

Swaziland’s Specific Requests are:

1. Pray God will give the volunteer National and Regional Leadership Teams wisdom as they continue with more MP trainings.

2. Pray God will guide the teams to select the faithful and committed MPs.

Zambia is a landlocked central/southern African country; largely Savannah grasslands with forested areas with 15 million people. 46% of the population is 14 years old or younger. It has 82 people groups with only 5% unreached. They speak 72 languages in all. 25% of the population is Evangelical Christian. Leadership training is an urgent need, the natural outworking of sustained church growth. There are many more colleges and Bible schools, representing every major denominational expression. Pray for spiritually and educationally qualified leaders to be prepared through these institutions. The Zambia National Leadership Team (NLT) is an experienced team with several members who have volunteered with Operation Christmas Child for over ten years. Nelly Chikwanda serves as the National Coordinator. Ernest Mangamu leads Church Mobilization. Chanda Banda heads up Discipleship through TGJ. Chali Kasonde leads prayer. Mellbin Simangolwa helps navigate logistics and also serves as an International Field Representative in the South and East Africa Region. Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 250,728 children in Zambia. Praise God that over 1,978,745 children have received a shoebox since 1999, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.

Zambia’s Specific Requests are:

1. Pray the 200 Local Contacts will gain wisdom and will have a good strategy as they start collecting TGJ reports.

2. Pray for The Greatest Journey discipleship program Train the Trainers event.

3. Praise God for the 1,894 TGJ teachers trained this season.

4. Praise God for the selection of full new sRLT in Central Region.

Zimbabwe is a landlocked state in south of Zambia in Africa with 14 million people. 38% are 14 years or younger. It has 44 people groups with 7% unreached. They speak 22 languages. 31% of the population is Evangelical Christian. Pray for The AIDS pandemic in Zimbabwe; it is one of the world’s worst cases. A combination of inadequate government action, lack of healthcare, traditional (and modern) practices that exacerbate spread and the failure to address the stigma result in great suffering. Thankfully, prevalence rates have apparently declined to around 14%, but over 2,000 are still dying per week and there are around one million AIDS orphans. Pray for a radical change in hearts and attitudes to sex and to AIDS itself. Also pray for effective and specific programs to address the issue. Pray that all churches might face up to the moral, spiritual and economic implications of the pandemic for their ministry, and that pastors would lead the way in endorsing helpful initiatives, holy and transparent lifestyles and loving compassion for those afflicted. The Zimbabwe National Leadership Team began with its first season in 1999. Tawona Mtshiya became the NLT Coordinator in 2007. Besides Tawona Mtshiya, the Zimbabwe NLT consists of Zunga Gladman as Discipleship Coordinator, Bishop Jonathon Masamba as Prayer Coordinator, Dumisani Mtatiwa as Logistics Coordinator and Pastor Musandiri as Church Coordinator. The Zimbabwe NLT has nine Regional Leadership Teams that are instrumental in leading efforts in the different regions of the country. Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2015 will be delivered to 186,024 children in Zimbabwe. Praise God that over 1,522,944 children have received a shoebox since 1999, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.



Zimbabwe’s Specific Requests are:

1. Pray for wisdom as the team reaches out to various stakeholders in government and the community. 
2. Pray for all the orphans, vulnerable children, child-headed families, and HIV positive children within the provinces. 
3. Praise God for the success of the Northern sRLT. Praise Him for enabling them to distribute the gift boxes in four of the most neglected areas in that region. 
4. Praise God there were not as many delays in the government clearing the shoeboxes this season. 
5. Praise God the distributions went well. 
6. Pray for the RLTs as several team members have experienced deaths in their families. 
7. Pray for the NLT as they develop the expansion program to reach to the most neglected areas through the training of the SRLTs. 
8. Pray they will have the resources to reach to the provinces which, due to the economic situation in Zimbabwe, OCC has been unable to reach. 

Here is one more cute video: zimbabwe-boy-with-toothbrush 

John 14:13-14: “ Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”

Operation Christmas Child January Prayer 2016

WEEK 3: January 17--26^th Pray for the following OCC Requests:

NEA Requests:

1. Pray as goals are being set for 2016 collections!!! 11,000 is what we are praying about so far. We will let you know soon when God leads us to our official number to be the NEA Goal for 2016! 
2. Pray for Melinda Dixon and other Mid-South Area Coordinators as they travel to the AC Planning Conference in Nashville in the next few weeks for it to be refreshing and motivating! It was rescheduled due to winter weather.
3. Continue to pray for Marlin Dixon’s healing after a minor surgery he had on Jan 11. He is planning to go back to work Sunday Night, the 24th.

 Operation Christmas Child Mid-South Requests:

1. February 3rd is our 1st quarterly day of Prayer and Fasting for OCC this year. (the other days will be May 4, August 3, and November 2, 2016)
2. Praising God for all of the Gospel Opportunities that He blessed OCC in 2015!!
3. Please pray for the many distributions that will be taking place over the next several months and that God would be glorified and many children would come to know the Lord.
4. Please pray for God to continue to call new volunteers to partner with us in sharing the Gospel. We are seeing a great response to the new Volunteer Relations campaign!
5. Please pray for Franklin Graham and the Decision America Tour.

This week we are praying for Namibia, Seychelles, and South Africa. 

Specific Requests for each country are:

Namibia is on the southwest boarder of Africa. It has 2.2 million people with 37 different languages. 270,000 are Evangelical Christian (12.2 %). Challenges for Namibia are: Poverty – a dangerous gap separates the rich and poor; over 35% are unemployed. , Aids- Namibia has the fourth highest infection rate in the world, and Reconciliation. Namibia’s colonial past under German and then South African rule, the legacy of apartheid and the Cold War-fueled fighting and terrorism before independence have left many scars. Some good progress is being made in the area of reconciliation; pray that in Christ both perpetrators and victims might find forgiveness and peace. Namibia began receiving shoe box gifts in 2000. The current National Leadership Team Coordinator is Isak Farmer. The Namibia NLT has 2 Regional Leadership Teams that are instrumental in leading efforts in the different regions of the country.

Specific Namibia Requests:

1. Pray for the finalization of the agreement with the new consignee.
2. Pray for a new volunteer National Leadership Team Resource Coordinator.
3. Praise God for the formation and establishment of two new RLTs.
4. Praise God for the around 800 TGJ teachers trained this year. Pray the TGJ teachers and local contacts will remain faithful and committed to the call of God in discipling children. Pray for diligence in reporting all that is to be celebrated from this season.
5. Praise God for the committed local contacts who joined the Khomas Team.

Seychelles is a group of 92 granite and coral islands spread across 400,000 square km of the Indian Ocean; 1,600 km east of Kenya. Its population is 84,600. There are 10 people groups with 3 languages, 30% are unreached. 5.9% of the population is Evangelical Christian. The challenges for prayer are the less reached peoples: 1) The outer and less-populated islands are isolated and have had little challenge to make a personal commitment to Christ; and 2) The small Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim communities need loving outreach from believers who demonstrate the true gospel. Seychelles began receiving Shoebox Gospel Opportunities in 2010. Since 2010 over 14,000 children in Seychelles have received a shoebox gift. Over 21% of the population is under 14 years old. 

Specific Seychelles Requests:

1. Pray for the Ministry Partners.
2. Pray the children will finish The Greatest Journey discipleship program.

South Africa is a republic with nine provinces at the southernmost point of Africa. It has 62 people groups with 10% unreached. They speak 11 languages in all and 21% are Evangelical Christian. The South African National Leadership Team began with its first season in 1996. Pray God will motivate all of the teams to reach the least reached and unreached children, including those in the most rural villages, with the Gospel. Peter Sekhonyane became the NLT Coordinator in 2008. The South Africa NLT also consists of Abigail Toobi as Prayer Coordinator, Mandla Nemabulane as Resources Coordinator and other additional members. The South Africa NLT has one Regional Leadership Team that is instrumental in leading efforts in the different regions of the country.

Specific South Africa Requests:

1. Praise God for the first successful TGJ season led by the new Discipleship Coordinator.
2. Praise God for healing the RLT Coordinator in Kwazulu Natal, who was critically ill and admitted to hospital.
3. Pray for the remaining TGJ teacher training events.
4. Pray that the Gospel message shared through OCC will contribute to the healing of South Africa.
5. Pray for the youth of the country who are under the attack of drugs, alcohol, and teenage pregnancy.

OCC Prayer - Madagascar 1/10-1/16/2016

WEEK 2:  January 10-16, 2016 Pray for Madagascar. 

It is the world’s 4th largest island; 1,600 km long in the Indian Ocean; 600 km off the coast of Mozambique, Africa.  It has 41 people groups with 27% unreached.  There are 20 different languages in Madagascar.  11% of the population is Evangelical Christian.  Pray for the ethnic minorities; the Muslim Comorians, Gujaratis and Arabs, with few known believers among them.

Specifically, pray for:

·         Pray for the tax exoneration process that would allow free import of the shoeboxes.

·         Pray for the children to be free from idolatry, fornication, sex, drugs, and alcohol addiction.  

·         Pray that many children will become missionaries through The Greatest Journey.

NEA Requests:

·         Pray as goals are being set for 2016 collections!!!

Operation Christmas Child Mid-South Requests:

·         Praising God for all of the Gospel Opportunities that He blessed OCC in 2015!!

·         Please pray for the many distributions that will be taking place over the next several months and that God would be glorified and many children would come to know the Lord.

·         Please pray for all Mid-South Area Coordinator volunteers as they will be coming together January 21 -23 for the 2016 AC Planning meeting.

·         Please pray for God to continue to call new volunteers to partner with us in sharing the Gospel. We are seeing a great response to the new Volunteer Relations campaign!

·         Please pray for Franklin Graham and the Decision America Tour. 

OCC Madagascar

Shoebox Delivery in Madagascar

Madagascar Children receiving Shoeboxes

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