We are often encouraged by how many people are praying for our family and our endeavors. So, we thought we would have a tab with just updated prayer requests:
Things we Always Need Prayer For:
- Pray that the Lord would raise up hundreds of translators within our lifetime so that the remaining ~200 languages in Cameroon would have access to the Scriptures. Pray that every single person in Cameroon would have access to a Bible they can understand.
- Pray that the Lord would use our ministry to mobilize many into missions.
- Pray that the Holy Spirit would bless his Word and cause multitudes to worship Christ.
- Pray that the Lord would grant us remarkable intelligence as we study languages and translate His Word.
- Pray we would be led by, empowered by, and full of the Holy Spirit as we translate and share the Gospel.
- Pray that all of our children would be saved young and that they would make “our ministry” their own. That our home would serve as a training center so that they can be sent out to do Kingdom work.
- Pray that we would be characterized by this kind of love towards those inside and those outside of our home: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
- For physical safety in Cameroon (especially on the roads) and that we’d be kept from sickness and disease.
- That the Lord would grant us long lives so that we could see the entire Bible translated from Genesis to Revelation.
Current Prayer Requests (as of Oct 2024):
| Pray for us |
| – Pray upcoming spiritual retreats at our kids’ school (Oct 29-30). Pray that the speakers (which includes us!) would teach the Word of God faithfully and that the Lord would use his Word both to grant and to grow faith in the hearts of middle school and high school students. Pray for our children—that those who have yet to put their faith in Christ would believe. – Pray for dependency issues among the Kwakum. Pray for Kwakum Christians to mature and be doers of the Word. Dave and I have pulled away from discipleship counseling, evangelistic Bible studies, and teaching French. Why? Because those who attend will not do their homework and put into practice what they hear. We have told them that when they do, then we will be overjoyed to resume classes, but until they start applying simple things (reading the Bible, doing French homework, going to church, etc.), then we are just living their spiritual lives for them. I, Stacey, am sad about this because there is nothing more I love than teaching the Word of God to the Kwakum in Kwakum. However, if they continue to be dependent on us like this, then our work will die with us. Please pray that Christians would take the initiative to feed themselves and their families with the portions of Scripture they already have. – Pray for me as I continue forward in my doctoral program. I have finished 3 out of 5 chapters in my dissertation and plan to develop curriculum on sexual purity for the Kwakum and francophone Africa between now and January. Please pray God would guide me and surround me with a multitude of counselors. I plan to teach through it in March 2025. – Prayer for sexual purity among the Kwakum. Our beloved supporters have waded through prayer guides describing the Kwakum language in more detail than they maybe would have liked (tone, orthography development, etc.). Now, we invite you to pray with us for two weeks for sexual purity among the Kwakum and francophone Africa. |
| Praise with us |
| – Praise God for forward movement in translation. – Praise God for the new ministry opportunities he has given us in Yaounde, ministry Dave and I can do together. – Praise God for our kids’ school and for all the good things they can be involved in. – Praise God for his financial provision! – Praise God for continued safety on the road and in the village as we travel. |
NEW – October 2024 Kwakum Worldview Prayer Guide
Check out our Newsletters page to keep up with prayer requests and events.
Also, see all of our blogs that call for prayer HERE.
Here are the prayer cards for specific Kwakum people that I made up (if you right click and view the picture in a new tab you can read the entire card):
