I think this is my first urgent prayer request in 20 months – since being stationed in this city.
Upon returning, after 6 weeks of summer holidays, I felt a strong sense of oppression. When I first stepped back into my apartment block, I felt my spirit darkened – an experience I’ve never encountered before here at any time. At my workplace, I felt a greater pressure to perform. In addition, there’s a heavier atmosphere of discrimination against Asians and non-native English speakers.
All I can say is, working in a foreign land is not easy and being an active Christian is even harder. These challenges have affected my spirit and dampened my motivation to prepare for my scheduled Old Testament Bible study classes with the group I am leading.
Please pray for me, my friends. Ask that God be my shield and confidence and everything else. Pray also for my group of disciples, that they not be affected but learn to stand as one body in Christ.
“Our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms.
Pray also for me,
that whenever I open my mouth,
words may be given me so that
I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
for which I am an ambassador in chains.
Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should”
