Sunday, April 1: Please pray for the Bickers as they begin home schooling John, Sarah and Michael. Please pray for peace in their home as they make this adjustment.

Monday, April 2: Pray for the Gestrings as they wait for answers concerning their future missions ministry. They are looking at possible positions in the CESA Region.

Tuesday, April 3: Continue to pray for Tom and Cindi as they continue in their Sesotho language learning. Pray for understanding of the grammar as they go along.

Wednesday, April 4: Please pray for Wes as he completes the formatting on his final TEE book (Old Testament – Part 1) for the Basotho. Pray that he will have no difficulty training Mme Likhapha in how to format the TEE material for the Basotho of Lesotho.

Thursday, April 5: Please be praying for the Dials housing situation. There is reason to believe that the home they are in will be sold shortly by the owners and suitable housing is very difficult to come by in the mountains.

Friday, April 6: Many African churches hold conferences over the Easter weekend. Please pray that truth will be taught to those who attend conferences this weekend.

Saturday, April 7: Please continue to pray for political stability in Lesotho in this month following the elections. Pray that now the elections are over that the government would be diligent to encourage the economy in a way that provides more jobs.

Sunday, April 8: “Mary Magdalene went and said to the followers, ‘I saw the Lord.’” John 20:18a Please pray that the Basotho would be able to say that they have seen the Lord.

Monday, April 9: Please pray for Eli and Zach Melvin as they work on their school work today. Pray they will continue to make friends and enjoy their new life in Maseru.

Tuesday, April 10: Pray for the Dials as they look toward their stateside assignment and time away from Lesotho. Give them clarity as they complete all that must be done as they prepare to head home.

Wednesday, April 11: Today will be the final time that Wes will meet with the TEE Committee of Lesotho. Please pray for other Christian leaders to join the Committee. Pray for the Committee as it transitions from a translation committee to a course implementation committee.

Thursday, April 12: Please pray for safety for the missionaries in our cluster as we are all traveling over the next couple of days to attend our annual training conference at Shelly Beach on the Indian Ocean.

Friday, April 13: Please pray for our leadership and missionaries over the weekend as we meet and make plans together. Pray for unity of purpose to complete the task that we have been called to.

Saturday, April 14: Please pray for the people of the mountain village of Ha Ramokoatsi. Alan and Babs recently completed sharing the Gospel through a series of Biblical stories. Pray that a church will result from the time and faithfulness of their labor in this village.

Sunday, April 15: Give praise for the Open Bible Baptist Church as it begins its fourth month in Bohlokong. Thank the Lord for the new believers who have been added on a weekly basis.

Monday, April 16: Pray for the Melvins as they are constantly adjusting to moving in and out of their new environment due to various meetings and conferences. Pray that they will have patience with the Basotho and one another.

Tuesday, April 17: Pray for the mountain valley of Ha Seshote. The Dials have had the opportunity to share the Gospel in all but two villages in this valley. Pray for their plans to return to these villages and that a church planting movement would take hold in the valley.

Wednesday, April 18: Please pray that many would attend the weekly Bible study in Bohlokong township. The study was started by Moruti Selepe to reach people who were unable to attend church on Sundays due to work.

Thursday, April 19: Please pray for the volunteers from Buck Run Baptist Church in Kentucky as they meet together in preparation to spend time among the Basotho of South Africa. Pray that all the details of their travel will be easily worked out.

Friday, April 20: Pray for Wes today as he meets with Ntate and Mme Mokhathi to study the TEE course, “Life of Christ – Part 2.” Pray that the Mokhatis will make what they are learning a part of their every day lives.

Saturday, April 21: Please pray for the team from Georgia that will come in May to work in the mountains of Lesotho. Pray that they would be used strategically to evangelize and disciple new believers.

Sunday, April 22: Please pray for the spiritual discipline for each of our team members as it is easy to become caught up in the work and neglect our own relationship with the Lord.

Monday, April 23: Pray for the Dials, Melvins and Gestrings as they travel the narrow and poorly paved roads of Lesotho.

Tuesday, April 24: In the village of Ha Romokoatsi, a small boy of about 5 years of age is being trained in the Sangoma (witch doctor) ways and practices because the badimo (ancestor spirits) revealed it to the boy’s father in a dream. Pray for this child that God would powerfully speak to his father in dreams and visions to release his son from this satanic hold. Pray that salvation comes to this family, to this village and to the nation of Lesotho.

Wednesday, April 25: Pray for Jordan, Bethany and Michelle as they are beginning to wind down their school year for the final time in Lesotho. Pray for wonderful blessings on them even as they say good-bye to their friends.

Thursday, April 26: Pray for Beth, Cindi, Babs and Carla as they join this coming week with missionary women from the region for a Women’s Conference. They will be traveling to Kenya.

Friday, April 27: Pray for Chief Hutto of the Khohlo-Ntso village that he will come to know the Christ of the cross and the resurrection. Pray that he will lead his people out of spiritual darkness into the light of spiritual truth in Christ.

Saturday, April 28: Please pray for the volunteer mission team from Fall Creek Baptist in Kentucky that will come this winter (summer in the U.S.) to work among the Basotho of South Africa.

Sunday, April 29: Please pray for the upcoming 40/40 (cultural training) that will be held in May in Zambia and attended by the Melvin family.

Monday, April 30: Pray for the volunteers from the Winston Baptist Association of Alabama as they prepare to return for the second year to work with Basotho of South Africa.