Pray for Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda

Since Thursday and until Sunday we continue praying for Turkey, the secular muslim country where Christianity is not growing and Adventist mission has met resistance.  Turkish Bible has been available since 2001.  Pray for opportunities to distribute the Word of God to the local people.  Also due to the conflict between Turks and Kurds there has been a lot of refugees/immigrants from that region in Canada and Western Europe.  Germany has the highest Turkish population in Europe.  Pray that Christian churches would reach out to these immigrant communities and through them influence their home country for Christ.  Pray for Christian churches to be established among Kurds. Pray also for Iranian refugees who live in Turkey. Pray for the spirit of humility and repentance among Turks for the past abuses against ethnic minorities.  Pray for unity among Christians in Turkey.

Monday we lift in prayer another Turk country – Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic that has been under dictatorship since 1992, ruled by “president-for-life” Niyazov.  Constitutionally there is a “freedom of religion” but in practice there are only Sunni Muslims and Russian Orthodox Christians, everyone else is persecuted.  A single existing Adventist church has been persecuted, bombed, burned, bulldozed.  Pray for religious freedom for believers.  Pray for end of dictatorship and opportunity to witness.   Turkmen diaspora which is larger than the population of the home-country also remains unevangelised in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria.  Pray for a gospel breakthrough.

Tuesday we lift in prayer Turks and Caicos islands east of Cuba & Bahamas.  Offshore financing of money-laundering, tourism which results in drug trafficking and licentiousness challenge Christian values.   It has a high Adventist presence.  Pray that our churches will be agents of change for righteousness.

Wednesday we lift in prayer Tuvalu state.  A small nation (24 km²) that is under threat of disappearing as the ocean level rises.    Adventist Church is the 2^nd largest, ahead of Catholic & JW.  Pray that we (ADRA) would be a positive witness to the congregational national Christians. 

Thursday and Friday we pray for Uganda – “pearl of Africa,” a fertile and well-watered land.  The people had suffered since 1970s Idi Amin’s dictatorship and no one knows how many perished since during following civil wars and tribal killings.  There are still militants who abduct children in the North.  Joseph Kony is the most wanted criminal guilty for thousands of child-soldiers.  Pray for his capture and end of atrocities toward women and children. 

The church in Uganda had seen miraculous growth in the last 20 years. From mega churches of 15,000 members to network of house churches and small groups, the gospel is at work.  The Christian outreach has helped to reduce AIDS epidemics from 25% to 10%.  Adventist population is reaching 1%.   Pray for the work of ADRA in the region, for decrease in infant mortality, and for continuing growth of Christian values.