Monday, April 13, 2015

Filipino Nehemiah Teams: ZaNorte


ZaNorte 2012 team members
As we prepare and pray for upcoming Nehemiah Teams for this Summer 2015, let us not forget the work God is doing through the Filipino branch of Nehemiah Teams. This upcoming month of April is an exciting time because almost 200 young Filipino believers will follow Christ into the great unknown to share his message of love to those who do not know Him.  I have recently been encouraged by the willingness for Filipino believers to follow Christ in sharing the gospel with their own people, many times facing financial burden, leaving family and friends, and experiencing language barriers by going to areas with which they are not familiar. 

Several teams from the ZaNorte franchise will be going to to minister to various groups of Cebuano people whose lives have been recently impacted by typhoons and other calamities. Be in prayer that these tragedies would cause hearts to open so that the Cebuano people would turn from their idol worship and come to follow him. 

Pray for:
* those Cebuano people who will soon be hearing the message of the gospel for the first time, that they would have open hearts ready to accept
* for those going to be able to raise financial support for living expenses in ZaNorte
* for travel safety to and from their ministry site
* for many opportunities to share and lead Bible studies while they are on the field
* these teams as they go out, that they would grow in their walk with The Lord and be bold witnesses for Christ
ZaNorte orientation team building