JANUARY 2009

WOGAGlobal Prayer Initiative

www.global-act.org

Women of Global Action (WOGA)

is a network of Christian women

in ministry who encourage

each other through prayer and training.

We have a particular focus on issues,

such as poverty, education, trafficking

and AIDS, that impact adolescent girls.

We have active networks throughout

Africa, Asia, Latin America,

Europe and the Middle East.

Our mission is to

educate and connect women

to impact the world with God’s love.

I am also praying for...

Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

O save your people, and bless your heritage; be their shepherd, and carry them for ever.

Psalm 28:6-9

At the lake in Burundi, John Crews 2008

Women of Global Action

www.global-act.org

7660 Goddard Street, Suite 200

Colorado Springs, CO 80920

(719) 528-8728

• Arab WorldCrews News

God has provided for our needs abundantly; we are blessed!

A wish for the New Year!

We wish that every Christian Arab woman leader would be able to attend an important conference in March 2009!

Every two years Women of Global Action hosts a leadership training conference for leaders from all over the Arab world.

We’ve had the privilege to be involved in the last two conferences held in Tunisia. It was only then that we began to appreciate the value of such a conference and the impact it has on expanding the kingdom throughout the Arab world!

At these conferences women can:· Praise and worship the Lord out loud!· Receive training on leadership, discipleship and evangelism· Join together for concentrated prayer for the region· Have the joy of being with other believers; we heard from one woman who did not meet another believer for 25 years in her country!· Experience rich fellowship and encouragement, VERY important for those in this region

Please pray for funding for transportation, lodging, materials and all that is required for one leader to attend. We're praying to send 60 leaders to the conference. Donate directly on our web site: www.global-act.org .

Thank you!

We are also taking a team to take part in this conference.

The conference will be held in Turkey

March 19 - 30, 2009.

Come with us!

See for yourself what God is doing in this strategic area of our world! Let us know ASAP if you would like to be a part of this team!

We agree with an old proverb: when a woman is touched, so is the nation. Arab children are more likely to hear about Jesus from their mothers than anyone else; women set the tone for homes and communities and can reach the heart of their husbands. It is crucial that Christian women be equipped to train others, who will touch others, which will transform individuals, families, and nations.

As we sing about Peace on Earth, Good will to men, let’s do something to bring that to pass.

Peace will come when Jesus reigns in the hearts of people. Join us in proclaiming His Peace in the Arab world!! “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men.” Luke 2:14 We hope you had a blessed celebration of the birth of our Savior! Blessings,Diane and John Crews

• North America*Please pray for trafficking awareness-raising

events that will be held in January in Colorado

Springs, Houston and Los Angeles. Pray that

hearts will be deeply touched and that action will

be taken to help those caught up in trafficking.

*January 11 is the National Day of Raising

Awareness on Human Trafficking in the United

States. Pray for wisdom to communicate the

urgency and for many to commit to action.

*Please continue to pray for leadership needs in

both the Houston and Los Angeles chapters. For

faithful women who are ready and enthusiastic to

work!

*Pray for Kitty in Florence as she gathers women

to form the chapter there. Pray for open hearts and

open doors!

*Pray for our new president as he is inaugurated.

Pray that he will look to the Lord for wisdom in his

leadership of our country.

Blessings,

Cheryl Lovejoy

• At Large

Precious Prayer Partners,

Please pray for our travels in the Middle

East in 2009. We will be holding many evangelistic

meetings & training sessions for the nationals as

well as prayer conferences.

Please pray that the Lord will help us to

open more SEWING CENTERS for the destitute

girls for His Glory, be able to buy cycles to village

evangelists.

Thank you for your stand with us.

Serving the Lord with you,

K. and I. M.

• S. E. Asia IslandsGreetings and Blessed Christmas and New Year to

you!

For the Year ahead:

1. For plans to visit Philippines, Brunei

2. Local Women conferences in K. K. & S.

3. Local WOGA team to be committed in the

coming New Year.

4. Sourcing of funds.

That's all for now.

Blessings,

Lily

May the vision of God’s passion for the obedience of faith and for public justice in an unbelieving society sustain our passion until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) from John Piper’s The Pleasures of God.

1-1 WOGA International

“Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name.” Psalm 105:1-3

1-2 Middle East Pray for K & I as they travel during the year ahead, holding many evangelistic meetings & training sessions for the nationals as well as prayer conferences.

1-3 S.E. Asia Islands Pray for Lily and her plans to visit both the Philippines and Brunei in 2009. Pray that ground will be taken for the Lord.

1-4 Los Angeles, USA Pray as preparations are made for the government-instated, national ‘Human Trafficking Awareness Day’ next Sunday 11 January, and particularly for events in Colorado Springs; Houston, LA, and Tampa Bay.

1-5 Burundi Pray for Peace and her co-workers as they minister in this poorest country in the world. Ask God to bless there efforts with success, and to keep them strong and steadfast as they build His kingdom there.

1-6 Central America Praise God who is the antidote to the failed economies, increased violence and gang activity, instability and fear.

1-7 WOGA International We give thanks to God as we pause…, and reflect…, for His goodness, mercy and strength, and we stand amazed at His patient, unconditional love. Worship Him.

1-8 Middle East Pray that every Christian Arab woman leader would be able to attend an important conference in March 2009, so that together they can celebrate the greatness and goodness of God! (Psalm 33).

1-9 Japan Ask God to, by His Spirit, produce much fruit in the lives of believers here: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22).

1-10 S.E. Asia Islands Pray for God’s leading as Lily sources funds for ministries in this part of the world. Pray for ‘cheerful givers’ to step forward.

1-11 USA National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Pray for the hearts of all Americans to be touched and for action to be taken to help those caught in this modern day slavery. 1-12 South Pacific Pray that those serving here will ‘wait on the Lord for their strength to be renewed; mount up with wings like eagles; that they will run and not grow weary, and walk and not faint’. (Isaiah 40:31).

1-13 Burundi Ask the Father to draw the nation of Burundi to Him: from the youngest to the oldest; both the disenfranchised and those in authority; and for His special favor on the widows and orphans.

1-14 India Pray for unity amongst believers here: across caste, denominational, organizational lines of division. ‘…that they may all be one… so that the world may believe that you have sent me.’ John 17:21a.

1-15 Myanmar Pray for a single heart, a devotion purely for the Lord from all women leaders here, and that they would ultimately be conquerors who receive the morning star. (Revelation 2:28).

1-16 S.E.Asia Islands Pray for the Women Conferences for local women in K. K. & S.

1-17 Houston and LA, USA. Ask God to call faithful and enthusiastic women into servant leadership in these WOGA chapters. (Luke 22:27)

1-18 Central America Pray for the encouragement and equipping of all believers, that they will stand firm, and for a strengthened church.

1-19 Middle East Pray that the Lord will help K & I to open more SEWING CENTERS for the destitute girls for His glory, and to be able to buy cycles for village evangelists.

1-20 USA Pray for the new president as he is inaugurated today. Pray that he will look to the Lord for wisdom as he leads the country, and that God’s Word will serve as his moral compass. 1-21 East African Nations Pray for new ways for believers in the West to stand with the many people enduring great hardship here. Ask for Gods inspiration, and for faithfulness in praying for the brothers and sisters we will not meet until heaven.

1-22 Japan Pray against the strongholds created by competing ideologies and philosophies that keep people from knowing the Lord Jesus - the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14:6).

1-23 South Africa Ask God for His protection over the women and children, aliens and any others who are especially vulnerable to the wiles of the evil one, as the ungodly are used to victimize them. Ask God to humble the arrogant and exalt the humble.

1-24 Uganda Pray for the PAWCA members, that they would be innocent as doves and wise as serpents as they face daily opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. Ask God to give them victories from day to day in what is a long and hard battle both in the physical and the spiritual.

1-25 Tampa Bay, USA. Pray for continued and increased passion for prayer amongst this group of women, and for its spread throughout WOGA internationally.

1-26 Burundi Pray for Jesus’ command to “love your neighbour like yourself”, and His instruction to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, to take hold both in Burundi and in neighboring nations all across the continent of Africa

1-27 Canada ‘I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ Psalm 34:1. Pray that this will be true for all of the WOGA women in Canada.

1- 28 India. Pray that ‘multitudes’ will come to know love and worship the Lamb and be blessed in being invited to his marriage supper. (Revelation 19:1-10).

1-29 Florence, SC, USA Pray for Kitty as she gathers women to form the chapter here. Pray for open hearts and open doors!

1-30 Middle East ‘Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders?’ Exodus 15:11. Ask God to reveal Himself to people in this part of the world today.

1-31 S.E. Asia Pray for great commitment from the WOGA team here in 2009.

January 2009 Prayer Requests