1. Leow Theng Huat

Prayer Needs:

• • May God grant Theng Huat a good time of rest during his sabbatical, as well as strength and wisdom to complete the things he has set out to do.

  • God to guide Theng Huat to know how best to bless the church and college with his ideas, proposals and contribution.

  • God to bless Theng Huat's parents and parents-in-law with good health, safety, joy and peace.

  • God to guide Cheng Ping (Theng Huat's wife) and their children in their work and studies.

2. Tan Chew Suan – Serving with Singapore Youth for Christ

Thanksgiving for:

• • For seeing the Girls’ Brigade (GB) team through the drills competition.

Prayer Needs:

• • Pray that the GB girls have learnt these lessons well and put them into practice in different aspects of life:

    • Take their role and responsibility seriously.

    • Put in the due diligence.

    • Work well as a team and help each other out.

  • God's wisdom and insight in her various teaching assignments.

3. Asholi and Puii Akamu – Serving in Thailand

Prayer Needs:

• • Thankful for their first training for L believers in April. Pray for those who attended would continue to grow in the Lord.

  • For Mr K from L, who is in Chiangrai to study the Word; pray for safe travel as he visits his family during the school break.

  • Three old folks in a village were baptised recently; may the Lord bless them as they continue to live for Him.

4. Couple – CN

Thanksgiving:

• • For a fruitful time at the International Leaders Meeting in March.

Prayer Needs:

• • Wisdom for C as he oversees various projects and especially for the team working on the development of an app to track the growth and health of church planting ministries.
    

  • For N as she prepares for the next online leadersip course in May, the updating of the course with the new interface of the digital learning platform and the training of new facilitators.
    

  • God’s protection over their parents’ health and especially for her father to soften his heart, repent and turn back to Christ.

5. Joel Choong – Serving with Singapore Youth for Christ

Thanksgiving:

• • Safe delivery of his daughter, Allison, and for keeping, his wife, Clarice safe through the time as well.

  • For a number of interested interns for this year's holiday break.

Prayer Needs:

• • For strength in parenting, especially in these early months. 

  • Joel’s smooth return to work which has already started.

6. Mark Suredhran – Serving with Cru Singapore

Thanksgiving:

• • For God’s sustaining strength and grace upon him and his family’s health.

Prayer Needs:

• • For a good ending for Mark’s teaching class at EAST and the beginning of marking of papers by early May.

  • His preparation and confirmation of his next phase of ministry.

7. Stella and Phil Carter – Serving with Cru Asia

Prayer Needs:

• • God’s protection and good health for Phil’s 74-year-old brother to be be able to find a competent doctor to follow-through his skin cancer as his previous doctor has passed away.

  • Her 91-year-old mother's salvation; for her short-term memory loss to slow down and for God to help her cope with dementia. Pray she will continue to get along well with her new helper and may she also take good care of her mum.

8. Amos Ang – Serving with Cru Asia

Prayer Needs:

• • Wisdom and strength to carry out his roles and responsibilities locally.

  • Discernment for staff care and development for other teams he oversees.

  • For His covering over his sons: Josiah’s journey now with Officer Cadet School; Nathan’s journey as he starts his work life.

9. Karen Hor – Serving with Cru Asia

Prayer Needs:

• • Her sons: Josiah, in Officer Cadet School, pro-term now in Combat Engineer. In 5 months he will be a fully commissioned Officer. May God help him to study in this vocation and do well in weekly tests both physically and academically. May the rigor develop him well and may he not neglect his walk with God. For his safety and grit to complete all tasks and responsibilities while in Thailand for training from 19 Feb to 6 Mar. Also, pray for Nathan who started work in early February, for God’s wisdom in decisions, resilience in challenges and integrity in all he does. May God surround him with supportive mentors, kind colleagues and an environment to flourish and contribute positively.

  • God to grant Karen’s parents and parents-in-laws’ many good, meaningful and fulfilling days of good health.

  • For her spouse, Amos and herself, as they challenge three of their now-married Marriage Prep Course couples for missions trip (to Rohingya refugees) – may God raise His chosen ones to join them.

10. Joyce Ho – Serving with Cru Asia

Prayer Needs:

• • Good health and strength.

  • Wisdom as she writes the job scope for volunteers as they run the events for The Significant Project.

  • God’s leading, wisdom and clarity in the next phase of her life.

11. Susan Lee – Serving with Cru Asia

Prayer Needs:

• • Thankful that The Creative's Journey (TCJ) mentoring programme has been going well.

  • Wisdom and resources as Susan plans for TCJ May's gathering event and August retreat.

  • Wisdom and strength as she takes on new roles in the Creative ministry. 

12. Chelsea Koh – Serving with Prison Fellowship Singapore (PFS)

Thanksgiving:

• • For God extending Chelsea’s pain threshold so that she could complete the Angel Tree 50km Fund Raising challenge within four days.

  • For the Family Care ministry beneficiaries who learned to care for family members and the community through the Terrarium workshop.

Prayer Needs:

• • Successful adoption of B, child beneficiary.

  • Guidance for Chelsea in learning new skills for outreach.

  • Recovery for Chelsea from the pain on her heels.

13. Jason Huang (TTC)

Prayer Needs:

• • God’s wisdom to manage time between studies and family well.

  • Strength and inspiration to complete all upcoming assignment papers well as the semester approaches its end.

  • Good health and well-being over him and his family. 

14. Angeline Lee (SBC)

Thanksgiving:

• • For the successful fundraising upcoming missions trip. 

Prayer Needs:

• • For unity among all the trippers for the missions trip and may all work together with love and purpose. For God's guidance in trip preparations, to be diligent and follow His leading in every detail. Good health and protection for all trippers, to be physically, emotionally and spiritually ready. 

  • As the school semester comes to an end, may God sustain her and grant her wisdom to complete all the remaining assignments. 

  • God to grant her a fulfilling and fruitful internship experience – to learn and grow, His wisdom to guide her and may she be a blessing to those she works with. 

  • God’s protection and good health for her family. 

15. Jonathan & Phoebe Kong – Serving with OMF

Thanksgiving for:

• • The many connections they have made with the children and families through their English and Bible lessons every weekend. On Songkran day which coincided with a Sunday (13 Apr), they had the opportunity to give out scholarships to the children and invited parents/ guardians for church service. God has allowed for J&P to gain their trust and to share with them about God.

  • The local believers’ commitment to share the gospel in their community. They will be prayer walking and supporting another house church about 26km away. May God continue to help them to be steadfast despite challenges in personal lives.

Prayer Needs:

• • For the upcoming children’s camp from 6 to 10 May – may God’s protection be with them and the children and may this be another opportunity for the children to learn more about Him and to commit their lives to Him.

  • For steadfastness and perseverance in learning the Thai language – J&P hope that they can further improve the use of the language so that their witness to the locals can be clear and reach their hearts.

16. Shan – Serving in CAN

Thanksgiving:

• • Opportunity to teach in the village school and open doors to reach the students. Pray for good health, protection and sustaining strength to build relationships and help those in need.

  • For blessing the Children’s Camp and New Year Celebration at the village. Pray that the children at the centre will continue to grow in faith through the weekly activities and bring home the good news.

Prayer Needs:

• • Protection for the youth and children from any abuse, violence and exploitation.

  • Wisdom to bless the village communities in the rural area and opportunities for local collaboration in the educational and community development sectors.

17. Stanley and Lucy Ong

Thanksgiving:

• • For Stanley’s smooth recovery from his sinus surgery.

Prayer Needs:

• • Koko, a 3-year-old who attends the church’s kids’ club, to have a successful bone marrow transplant on 23 May.

  • Healing of two of the Ongs' dear friends in the U.K. who were a great help to them during Bible college days.

  • Salvation of the families who attend the church’s monthly kids’ club.

18. More Wesley's Missionaries to be raised and sent out into the field

Luke 10:2 The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Prayer Needs:

• • God's spirit to stir up the hearts of Wesleyans to be missional and obedient to the Great Commission.

  • More Wesleyans will hear His clarion call to be missionaries in the harvest fields overseas.

  • Wisdom, grace, and clarity as they discern their calling and choose to bring the gospel to the least-reached people groups or hard places.

  • That God will grant them the assurance of peace to remove their fears, anxieties and concerns for their loved ones as He equips them for the field.

  • Boldness and courage to take the next step to prepare well for the ministry which they are called in the harvest fields.

  • God's leading and wisdom to mobilise a great missionary movement from Wesley to reach the least, the lost and the last.

Field Development:

Cambodia

19. Functional English Centre (FEC)

• The Lord’s protection and guidance upon FEC staff, students and their families.

20. Pathway Fellowship in Siem Reap

• Pray for the Lord to continue growing the ministry and strengthening those who have opened their hearts and minds to Him; pray for the Pathway team as they follow up with people who have responded to the Lord.

• Thank God for a growing children’s ministry in the churches and preaching points. Pray for support for the ministry team as they seek to serve in this area.

• For good follow-up and spiritual growth of the children who came to know Christ during village outreach.

• Wisdom and strength for the teachers at Mustard Seed School (MSS).

• God’s guidance and provision as MSS and the church that worships there need to relocate to a new place.

• God’s provision, leading and continued open doors in medical ministry.

21. Wesley Phnom Penh Hostel (WPPH)

• For former hostel students who have gone on to university to do well in their higher education. Praise the Lord for some who continued engaging the church community; pray for more to do so.

• The Lord’s empowerment upon the house parents and their work at WPPH.

• For the Lord to guide the curriculum preparation and recruitment of new teachers for the English Corner Programme.

• Pray for God's empowerment upon the pastors to sow seeds and for more students to open their hearts to receive Jesus into their lives. May the youths who have received Him grow deeper in their faith and relationship with God.

• God's protection over the hostel students in their health, well being and good relationship with their family and friends.

Indonesia

22. Batam & Bintan

Thanksgiving:

• • Students who joined the English teaching ministry progressed well in learning the language.

  • Closer relationship with the students and teachers and opportunity to share God’s love and godly values.

  • Women who joined the sewing ministry have gradually improved their sewing skills.

  • Recent trips have encouraged the pastors, leaders and teachers.

Prayer Needs:

• • Sustaining strength and wisdom for teachers to plan lessons and engage students effectively.

  • Students to learn effectively, diligent in their students, and nurtured in godly values and develop godly character.

  • Protection, good health, wisdom and anointing for pastors and leaders in providing leadership and care for the church.

  • More opportunities to reach out to the community.

  • Congregation to grow in their faith, love and service for God.

  • Diligence for those who participated in a sewing workshop to develop their skills.

  • Wisdom in planning missions trip to Batam and Bintan, including upcoming trip, 24-25 .

  • More to step up to serve God routinely in Batam and Bintan.

23. Medan

Thanksgiving:

• • Scholarship students have progressed well in their studies and developed godly character. Some are serving in the ministry.

  • Youth in college/university are progressing well with studies.

Prayer Needs:

• • Children and youth to grow in their faith and discipleship.

  • Ministry workers, teacher assistants to be used by God to bless the children and youth.

  • Students receiving scholarships to focus well in their studies.

  • Good follow-up and nurturing of faith for new believers.

  • Future youth leaders to arise from within the ministry.

  • All workers with missions partner in Medan to keep up the spirit of serving God with love and humility. Protection and providence for their families.

  • Youth Camp, 3-7 Jul: more Wesleyans with a heart for youth to join the trip: wisdom and anointing in planning for the camp.

24. Laos

• Wisdom upon the nation’s leaders to find ways to cope with the financial crisis and help the poor who are struggling with inflation and the high cost of living.

• Protection, courage and good health for God’s people especially those living in rural areas.

• Wisdom, sustaining strength, favour and perseverance for God’s workers serving the least, the lost and the last.

• Open hearts and responsiveness to the good news by the locals.

Philippines

25. Payatas Zone 1 

• Wisdom for church and community leaders in selecting the right livelihood projects for various local villages.

• For New Hope Antioch Church’s prison ministry to transform lives; good health and strength for pastor VP.

• Thank God for new believers in Pinagpala Christian Community Church’s outreach points; for more pre-believing families to be reached and more church members to serve as the ministry expands.

• For a safe and suitable venue for Promised Land Christian Church’s new outreach point at a location that floods often; for God’s provision for various ministry needs of the church

• Thank God for regular attendance of youth and adult members at Jesus The Mediator Church; pray for spiritual healing and good family relationships for church members and a job opening for AB.

26. High Praise Church (HPC)

• For HPC’s weekly Zoom theology course to equip its pastors and leaders; for trainees to cope with both day jobs and night classes.

• For God to provide resources needed to run the course for different batches of trainees.

• Perseverance and wisdom for Pastor R as he nurtures, mentors and trains the next generation of pastors and leaders.

• Zealousness for HPC pastors and leaders to continue and commence preaching assignments and Care Groups in outreach locations. 

Thailand

27. Nong Bua Lamphu

• For the Lord to continue to minister to the youths to receive His truths and promises and grow in their faith.

• Ongoing online English lessons led by Wesley volunteers to continue to serve needs of NBLPMC members and their invited friends.

• For friendships built at Nongsan to be strengthened and for the people there to come to know Christ personally.

• Strength and wisdom for Pastor K to juggle multiple roles and lead the church.

• Discipline and discernment for the youths when it comes to using their digital devices.

• Healing for members of the congregation who are ill and struggling with family issues.

28. Phrao

Thanksgiving:

• • Recent trips have been fruitful in reaching out to youth, women, children and teachers.

  • Some youth and children responded to God’s love during prayer time in LK and during youth camp.

Prayer Needs:

• • Youth who have responded to be nurtured in their faith and love for God.
    

  • The children at the outreach centre at LK to know God deeper.

  • Outreach at KP and MS villages to bear fruit for God; more children to join the activities.
    

  • The Lord’s provision for a full-time worker at LK and a more convenient location to run the programme there.
    

  • For God to touch the lives of families with children and the elderly who are ill and homebound as the church reaches out to them.
    

  • Good health and protection for Pastor D and his family, Pastor S and all the workers.

29. Timor Leste

• Health and joy for the missionaries, teachers, staff and students in Timor-Leste.

• For the missionaries, staff, students and MMS to have a united heart, not just with one another, but also with God; for God-given wisdom to catch God's vision and use their different talents and personalities that God has given them to serve Him and fulfil his purposes.

• God to continue expanding his Kingdom work and providing all the manpower and resources needed.

30. Wesley Youths in Missions

• For God to nurture a heart for missions amongst our youths, and raise a generation of missions-minded youths in Wesley YM with a desire to serve Him.

• For God to lead our youths and youth leaders as we seek to learn more about missions.

• For God to bring more youth mission trip leaders and trippers to serve Him in the mission fields as YM starts to ramp up missions activities.

• Wisdom and love for youth missions leaders as they connect with various missions fields.

• For our upcoming youth mission trips to be God-led and for our youth trippers to be good witnesses for God.

 

 “…pray continually…for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 

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