Canada

Pray for OMF Canada’s Personnel and Finance teams as they work hard to meet the needs of the workers affected by the COVID-19.

Pray for three groups of workers who are currently completing Home Assignment in Canada, but who are scheduled to return to their ministries in some coronavirus-affected areas of Asia soon. Should they go back? Pray for wisdom and discernment of God’s will.

Pray for all workers who have returned to Canada. Ask God to provide places to stay indefinitely, vehicles to buy (or borrow), and direction as to what work and/or ministry in which to be involved. Pray also for peace in the midst of uncertainty about the future.

Pray for two families who have returned to Canada in light of the COVID-19 situation. This return has been a significant disruption for the children and their schooling. Pray they would know the way forward and for God’s peace and comfort during this time.

Praise God for several workers and their families who are remaining in their areas of ministry during this time. Pray that they can be salt and light to those around them. Pray also that they remain healthy and that God will supply their daily needs.

Pray for the need of a Regional Ministry Coordinator in Canada for the Atlantic Region to represent OMF and lead the volunteer team in that area. Also, ask God to provide a second coordinator for OMF Canada’s Serve Asia (short-term ministry) Department.

Verdell, OMF Canada’s Director of Mobilization, will leave this position at the end of January 2020. We are grateful for his years of leading the mobilization team. May God guide and bless as he takes a new position in another mission agency. Please pray for the OMF leadership team as they discern a way forward for the OMF Canada Mobilization department.

Praise for those who are applying to OMF from Canada. May they complete the required forms in good time to attend OMF Canada’s March 2020 Candidate Course. Pray for the new Candidate Coordinator and his relatively new assistant as they process the forms and prepare for the course.

Pray for a new worker in East Asia who needs to return to Canada to support her family; her brother and her father have both been diagnosed with cancer. Her father is quite ill. Please uphold them in prayer during this difficult time.

Pray for those taking the Perspectives on the World Mission Movement Course being held in a farming community in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Perspectives is a 15-week course investigating the historical, biblical, cultural and strategic aspects of God’s global purpose. May God use what they learn to draw some into active, or more active, roles in missions.