Volunteer Abroad In Haiti - Christian Overseas Volunteers Wanted!

Volunteer Abroad In Haiti Programs Available Now!

Popular Projects Available:

• Community & Orphan Care
• Family & Group
• Medical Work
• Sustainable Agricultural Projects
• Short Term & Corporate
• Sports/Play Evangelism
• Teaching & Education
• Evangelistic Outreach
• VBS / Ministry
• Bible Study Groups
• Humanitarian Projects
• Potable Water Projects

There is little more rewarding, life-changing and challenging than Christian volunteering in Haiti. Coming alongside and working together with local ministers, communities, schools and churches, our volunteer projects in Haiti offer various incredible opportunities for ministry involvement.

Our Haitian Volunteer Projects work with existing, church-based initiatives, ensuring that all ministry and community involvement is ongoing and sustainable. YQI Volunteer Projects are suited to individuals or groups wishing to volunteer on a slightly longer basis (2 – 12 weeks or longer). We offer a ‘hand-up’, not a ‘hand-out’ approach to serving the needs of surrounding communities, to ensure that our programs develop maturity and freedom, not dependency. All volunteers are ‘guided’ through the volunteer experience by committed, on-the-ground with our ministry partners.

Christian Volunteer Projects:

These teams will also have the privilege of evangelizing in the near by villages, as well as being an encouragement for the people of Haiti.  Not only spiritually but socially. recreationally and in their leisure time.

There are several locations and a variety of work projects available including, Torbeck in Southwestern Haiti, Jean-Rebel in Northwestern Haiti and possibly around the Port au Prince area.  The trips can be the length that the groups want, but it is more productive to have at least 2 weeks and then we can schedule 2 or 3 days for recreation and sightseeing.

Northwest Haiti Ministry, Teaching, Community Volunteer Projects

Envision yourself spending your time serving the people of Haiti, sharing the love of Christ, working in a humanitarian food project, teaching Bible classes, bringing hope to the local Haitian children and adults alike, and transforming your life forever...  You Can!

How long: 2 - 12 weeks or longer upon approval

Where: near Jean-Rabel, Haiti  Map

Southwest Haiti Ministry, Teaching and Community Volunteer Projects

Picture yourself serving the people in romote village in Southwestern Haiti, sharing the love of Christ, possibly working in agriculture, minstry, evangelism, bringing hope to the local Haitian children and adults alike, and transforming your life forever...  Details NOW!

How long: 2 - 12 weeks or longer upon approval

Where: Village near Torbeck and Les Cayes, Haiti  Map

http://www.youthquests.com/mission-trips/caribbean/haiti/

Volunteer Abroad In Peru - Christian Overseas Volunteers Wanted!

Overseas In Peru!

Popular Christian Projects Available:

• Community Outreach Projects
• Family & Group
• Medical Missions
• Photography
• Short Term & Corporate
• Evangelism
• Ministry
• Teaching & Education

There is little more rewarding and life-changing than Christian volunteering in Peru. Coming alongside and working together with local communities, schools and churches, our volunteer projects in Peru offer various incredible opportunities for ministry involvement.

Our Peruvian Volunteer Projects work with existing, church-based initiatives, ensuring that all ministry and community involvement is ongoing and sustainable. YQI Volunteer Projects are suited to individuals or groups wishing to volunteer on a slightly longer basis (2 – 12 weeks or longer). We offer a ‘hand-up’, not a ‘hand-out’ approach to serving the needs of surrounding communities, to ensure that our programs develop maturity and freedom, not dependency. All volunteers are ‘guided’ through the volunteer experience by committed, on-the-ground with our ministry partner staff.


Piura Peru School and Ministry, Teaching and Community Volunteer Project

Imagine spending your time serving the people of Peru, sharing the love of Christ, teaching in a local Christian School, bringing hope to the local Peruvian children and adults alike, and transforming your life forever. You will be given a greater confidence in making Him known and begins friendships that will last a lifetime...
How long: 2 - 12 weeks or longer upon approval
Where: Piura, Peru
Details

Piura Peru Medical Missions Volunteer Project

Ministry: Medical Missions (team limited to 14)
We will minister in and around the city of Piura.  Doctors & nurses needed for general medicine for adults and children, pre-natal care for women.
How long: 2 Weeks (April 11th through 25th 2012 or dates open for other years)
Where: Piura, Peru
Details

Piura Peru Ministry, Teaching, Evangelism and Community Outreach Project

Ministry: OPEN (team limited of 14)
Imagine spending your time serving the people of Peru, sharing the love of Christ, teaching evangelism, community outreach and bringing hope to the local Peruvian children and adults alike...
How long: 1 - 2 weeks (May 9th through 23rd 2012 or dates open for other years)
Where: Piura, Peru
Details

Piura Peru Construction Team Project

Ministry: Construction team (team limited of 14)
Helping with current projects at Betesda Church;
laying brick, tying steel, electrical work and local ministry opportunities.
How long: 2 weeks (June 13th through 27th 2012  or dates open for other years)
Where: Piura, Peru
Details

Piura Peru Community Outreach Project

Ministry: Community Outreach (team limited to 14)
Helping around the community and beyond - projects to reach out to families around Betesda Church.  Great opportunity to put your talents to work.
How long: 1 - 2 weeks (Sept 20th - Oct 4th 2012  or dates open for other years)
Where: Piura, Peru
Details

Volunteer Abroad In South Africa This Winter

Imagine spending 4 weeks this winter serving the people of Africa, sharing the love of Christ, bringing hope to the destitute, and transforming your life forever.  Imagine an African summer that propels you into a deeper walk with God, gives you greater confidence in making Him known and begins friendships that will last a lifetime...




How long: 4 weeks
Where: Cape Town, South Africa                          Volunteer In Africa This Winter!!!!!!

Kenya Orphanage, Teaching and Community Project Volunteers

Here is your chance to Volunteer Abroad in Kenya.
Situated on the equator of Africa’s east coast, Kenya offers beautiful landscapes, amazing wildlife and an ethnic diversity that has produced a vibrant culture. Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, is the country’s principal economic, administrative, and cultural centre and is one of the largest and fastest growing cities in Africa.

Just 30km north of bustling Nairobi, amidst the beautiful tea plantations of the Kenyan highlands, lies Limuru, a community operating at a much slower pace of life than the nearby capital. You will be spending your time as a volunteer in both Nairobi and Limuru, which will give you a diverse experience of life in Kenya.

Kenya’s population is hugely affected by the struggles of poverty, unemployment and HIV/AIDS. There are currently over 1.5 million people in Kenya living with HIV/AIDS, with a staggering 1.2 million additional orphans due to virus. There are various places with countless possibilities to impact the lives of those that are affected by this myriad of problems, such as the Nairobi slums, surrounding orphanages, schools and clinics.  For more information go to: Volunteer In Africa Details

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school-children-kenya, a photo by Youth Quests on Flickr.

Haiti Short Term Missions Trips Available

The Caribbean Islands of Haiti is waiting for YOU! Where there are many children and adults waiting to hear the gospel in several locations throughout Haiti. Will you come love them and share Christ?  Teams will fly to Port-Au-Prince and then travel to the project sites of their choice.  The teams will be working on projects, during the week, involving Agriculture Transformation, Sustainable Agriculture, Humanitarian, Water and Orphanage Projects, and VBS and/or classes for Youth and Adults.  This is your chance to make a difference in the lives of people around the world on this Haitian Missions Trip!

These Haiti missions trip teams will also have the privilege of evangelizing in the near by villages, as well as being an encouragement for the people of Haiti. Not only spiritually but socially. recreationally and in their leisure time.

There are several locations and a variety of work projects available including Torbeck, in Southwestern Haiti, where your project will be working on the sustainable agriculture projects, evangelism, outreach to the children and ministry in the church.

Or in Jean-Rebel, located in Northwestern Haiti, helping with the Haiti humanitarian programs, located there, outreach and teaching biblical principles.

We also have the possibility to put together a team for Port au Prince area as well.

Peru Short Term Missions Trips For You or Your Group in 2012

Come with us to Peru, South America in 2012.  Peru ranks amongst the world's amazing centers of historic civilization. Their continues fascinate travelers and archaeologists alike. Peru can be found in the west central section of South America and is particularly a nation of geographical and cultural contrast. Peru is the 19th largest nation on the planet and is bordered north by Ecuador, to the south by Chile and Bolivia, towards the east by Columbia and Brazil and also to the west with the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a unique country as a result of the climatic, natural and cultural difference of its regions, which consist of coast, sierra and jungle.

Peru is populated by over 23 million people, largely descendents of Spanish settlers as well as native Inca and pre-Inca civilizations. Currently there are three national languages: Spanish, and the native Quechua and Aymara, reflecting the native Indian and Spanish origins which cultivate modern Peruvian society.

Your main project purpose is to be a blessing and bringing hope through your work on any of the four possible missions trips to Peru, evangelism, ministry and rallies among the local people and youth of the community.  Throughout your stay in any one of these four trips you will have the opportunity to be a blessing to many by the work project you will be completing, as well as, to many children that you will come in contact with at our hosts training schools and churches in Peru. You may also have the privilege of evangelizing in the nearby villages, bringing hope to the lost as well as being an encouragement for many others.  There will be countless opportunities for ministry and spiritual mentoring in your leisure times and social activities.

These teams will also have the privilege of evangelizing in the near by villages, as well as being an encouragement for the people of Peru. Not only spiritually but socially, physically, recreationally and while in their leisure time.

For more information or to sign up for one of these for possible teams or to another location please contact us at: www.youthquests.com/contact

Short Term Missions Trips to the Dominican Republic

Immerse yourself in the culture during your 10 days or longer  missions trip to the Dominican Republic, located in Provincia Elias Pina . We will take the opportunity to share our lives and testimonies while visiting several unique destinations throughout the area with the Dominican national youth and adults that we work with or come in contact with.

Dominican Republic is one of the safest countries in Latin America. The people are very friendly. But, like every city/country, there are neighborhoods that are very dangerous. This mission has been working here with the poor and children since 2002.  They are well known in these towns and will take you to meet most of the folks.  The missions trips to this location set us apart, because they are very adventurous. You also have the option of bathing in the river which is a favorite. The mission have their own cooks that will prepare our meals each day. Very tasty! The project is located in Provincia Elias Pina" a 4 hour 1/2 trip away from "SANTO DOMINGO, where you will be arriving (the airport).

The focus of the team will be biblical teaching, ministry and some work to help the orphanage, as well as outreaches to the orphans, widows and poor throughout the area and villages.   Your main project purpose will be varied, as well as, helping with outreaches to the orphans and poor on the streets, helping with ministry and several other opportunities. With some teaching, and ministry in the community, orphanage and the church, you will not only provide much need support, but greatly encourage the children and adults alike.  With time to see the local sites, experience the culture of this area, you will have the experiences of a lifetime.

To inquire about this Christian missions trip or group missions trips contact us at: www.youthquests.com/contact

Short Term Missions Trips to the Dominican Republic

Immerse yourself in the culture during your missions trip to the Dominican Republic, located in Provincia Elias Pina . We will take the opportunity to share our lives and testimonies while visiting several unique destinations throughout the area with the Dominican national youth and adults that we work with or come in contact with.

Dominican Republic is one of the safest countries in Latin America. The people are very friendly. But, like every city/country, there are neighborhoods that are very dangerous. This mission has been working here with the poor and children since 2002.  They are well known in these towns and will take you to meet most of the folks.  The missions trips to this location set us apart, because they are very adventurous. You also have the option of bathing in the river which is a favorite. The mission have their own cooks that will prepare our meals each day. Very tasty! The project is located in Provincia Elias Pina" a 4 hour 1/2 trip away from "SANTO DOMINGO, where you will be arriving (the airport).

The focus of the team will be biblical teaching, ministry and some work to help the orphanage, as well as outreaches to the orphans, widows and poor throughout the area and villages.   Your main project purpose will be varied, as well as, helping with outreaches to the orphans and poor on the streets, helping with ministry and several other opportunities. With some teaching, and ministry in the community, orphanage and the church, you will not only provide much need support, but greatly encourage the children and adults alike.  With time to see the local sites, experience the culture of this area, you will have the experiences of a lifetime.

To inquire about this Christian missions trip or group missions trips contact us at: www.youthquests.com/contact

Pattaya, Thailand - Ministry and Outreach Missions Team

October 29th - Nov 6th. 2011
For this missions trip there is the opportunity for you to join a small team for 7 days. We will be concentrating on the city of Pattaya as this is where God has led this mission’s ministry to establish a Rescue Home for little girls rescued from child trafficking.  This city is in such desperate need of the love of Christ!

Thailand is a country of breathtaking natural beauty and menacing darkness. Innumerable young girls are sold into prostitution each year, while practically 5 million more children have been forced into labor. Oppressive occult customs and practices, propagating crime syndicates, and expanding drug networks have caused many of Thailand's 62 million people to lose hope.  Evangelism is a major focus of this trip to Pattaya, and consequently, there are various opportunities to reach people with the love of God through outreach such as street-witnessing, working with girls who have been victimized by the sex-industry, slum ministry, just to name a few.

Outreach:

• Slum ministry - Our team will be joining a local ministry that ministers in the slum areas in the city. These children are desperate for a hug, a smile, the love of God. This is a very high risk area for trafficking of children. You will join us in reaching out and connecting with these hurting children and families.
• Bar ministry outreach- Pattaya is the number one destination in Thailand for trafficking of women and girls. In our bar outreaches, our team will enter into the bars on the walking streets and sit down and minister to the prostitutes in the bars. This opens the doors for the girls to get out of trafficking and transitions them into a Christian ministry that we have partnered with in Pattaya. 
• Children's Drop-in Center - We have partnered with a local children's center that operates right in the center of the area known for pedophiles and child trafficking. This center operates as a night-time drop in center for the children of the bar girls and street children. Our teams connect with this center and help provide a safe haven for the kids! It is also under some construction right now, so we may be able to offer a little elbow grease! 

This is your chance to make a difference in the lives of the people and children in Thailand.  Join this Missions Trip to Thailand today!   For information regarding this Thailand missions trip or other missions opportunities please contact us.

Missionary Attitude, Evangelism and Conduct

Missionary Attitude, Evangelism and Conduct

(Part 1 of 3)

(Learning some very important lessons from two missionaries)

Respect and Adapt to THEIR Culture
To start this portion of the study, I wanted to give you a little information about two very successful missionaries, J Hudson Taylor (Founder of China Inland Mission) and the Apostle Paul.


Hudson Taylor’s preparation and attitude:
(some excerpts taken from http://www.wholesomewords.org)
Mr. Taylor heard his call from the Lord to go to China at a young age.  Mr Taylor decided to learn what he could about China and it's culture and to prepare himself for the Chinese mission field.  Who was Hudson Taylor? "J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was an English missionary to China. Founded the China Inland Mission which at his death included 205 mission stations with over 800 missionaries, and 125,000 Chinese Christians."

In these three years of preparation for the mission field:

• He eat simple foods that were mainly rice, oatmeal and brown bread.
• He moved to a very poor area of the city: "a very undesirable portion of the city of Hull. Two rows of poor little cottages faced each other, and between them was a ditch where rubbish was thrown. The neighborhood was called "Drainside." When the tide rose high enough the rubbish was carried away. Unattractive as this was, Hudson Taylor selected one of these cottages as his dwelling-place. A room less than twelve feet square was his, while his landlady, Mrs. Finch, with her children, occupied the upstairs room and the kitchen."
• He worked hard and ministered to people: "At the close of his day's work he would take his lonely walk to his comfortless room, and on Sundays he visited the sick and helped the poor. It was not the kind of life one would be apt to choose, but God's blessing was upon him, and that is more than all the world has to offer."
• He did what he could to learn skills that would be helpful on the mission field and the language in preparation for China.
• Faith, the most important lesson he knew he must learn: "There was one lesson that young Mr. Taylor knew he must learn, if he wanted to be a successful missionary in China, and that was the lesson of faith. He knew there would be many times in that far-away country when he would have no one to depend upon but God, and he must know how to get his prayers through and receive an answer. He wanted to know how to "move man, through God, by prayer alone.""

Once in China Mr Taylor set out to the work he was called to do:

• He used his learned skills to help others, ministering to their bodies and then ministering to their souls.  "As he ministered to the needs of their bodies, he told them of the cure for sin-sick souls. A school for boys and girls was started and Mr. Taylor was happy. There were difficulties too, but Taylor had fitted himself for hard things by the rugged life he had lived before leaving England."
• He chose to adapt to their culture and dress.  "For some time he considered the question of adopting Chinese dress, and finally decided to do so, believing he could accomplish more for the Lord in that way. He had his head shaved, leaving a little hair which would grow into a Chinese cue [hair tied at the back of the head in a braid], and with baggy trousers, white calico socks, satin shoes, and to complete the costume, a loose silk gown with wide sleeves, he attracted less attention, and won the hearts of the natives as he could not do when in English dress."

You may ask yourself; Where did Mr. Taylor come up with his plan of action, what he should do and the faith to do it?  I believe he read about the first missionary in the Word of God.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom: (The first missionary)
Paul chose to adapt to the cultures and customs of each people group he ministered to.  1 Cor. 9:19-23 "Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ.  When I was with the Jews, I lived like a Jew to bring the Jews to Christ. When I was with those who follow the Jewish law, I too lived under that law. Even though I am not subject to the law, I did this so I could bring to Christ those who are under the law.  When I am with the Gentiles who do not follow the Jewish law, I too live apart from that law so I can bring them to Christ. But I do not ignore the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.  When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.  I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings."

Paul became all things to all people groups.  He did not try to walk in superiority, or the attitude that his way or culture is better then theirs.  He adapted to their ways, without sinning.  He did not use his freedoms in Christ to do what he wanted, but to become all things to all people in order that the may share Christ.

It's our job as missionaries to learn their culture and beliefs.  Take the time to find out as much as you can about the specific people group, culture and primary religious beliefs you will be ministering to.  Each culture has it’s own since of what is acceptable and what is not.  What is rude and what is not.  For instance in Thailand it is not proper to touch a person of opposite sex in public even if you are married.  Doing so would place the woman in the category of a prostitute and the man as someone who is associating with this type of person.  Then in China it is not proper to look someone directly into the eyes for a length of time.  Some eastern cultures believe if is an insult to touch their heads with your hands or point with your foot.  So you see it’s our work to learn and put into practice their culture’s dos and don’ts, not to try to change them or have feel inferior or possibly insult them.  It is their county and culture, not ours.

Respect and Adapt:
Hudson Taylor and the Apostle Paul respected and adapted to their culture, choosing to become one of the people groups they ministered to by adapting their dress, language and culture.  They chose to become as one of them to share Christ with them without sinning.  Within every culture on the earth there are things that are not pleasing to the the Lord and we need to stay sinless, keeping our testimony and lives in unity with the Word of God, without offending.

Tornado Disaster Teams Available Now!

Missions trips to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for your groups are available. Be the hands and feet of Jesus while letting your light shine in a darkened world.  Your group would be lodged in a church, showers will be available.  

Your work with either be debris clean up and/or working in a warehouse where items are donated.  There are other opportunities as well depending upon when your group will be there.  Please contact us if you are interested.

I need to know a few things and need to hear from you soon to finish up the preparations for your team:

1. When did you want to go?
2. How long did you want to be there?
3. Do you have your own transportation you can use while in Alabama?  If not I will have to work on that.
4. Do you have a fairly accurate number of people that are wanting to go?

News Letter Updates

We want to share with you our vision for a small rural village in southwestern Haiti.  This remote area north of Torbeck, about ten miles away from Les Cayes, has a church that has been taking care of twenty-six orphans.  The orphans attend the services and are growing spiritually. The church has a strong desire to be able to assist these orphans, an many others physically as well as educationally. Their desire to help the other orphans in the area is limited by their finances.

In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Haiti, there was a great need for immediate assistance for the local people to purchase food and minor medical supplies.  With your help, we successfully sent funds at least twice to the local pastors for food supplies to help in the time of need for them and their congregation.   James 1:27  What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world. 

The overall vision we have at Youth Quests International is to provide enough help, assistance, support and education to help this community help themselves in the following ways:

• assist the church and pastors
• help provide self-sustaining agricultural projects 
• provide a safe and clean drinking water source
• start building the first phase of the orphanage project 
• then move on to an educational center for school classes  
• vocational training  
• an educational center for the local villagers

In the information that follows, we will share with you the achievements and successes we have had this year in cooperation with your help, assistance and support.  After our initial preliminary trip, there were two teams that went to the village near Torbeck this year.  

 In preparation for the teams that would arrive, I and four other men flew to Haiti and spent between 3 to 5 days with the people.  It was our desire to assess the immediate needs of the local people and the minimal requirements and safety issues for the teams. Due to this visit, needed changes were made to the original plans that would better meet the immediate needs as well as fulfill requirements for the overall vision of the orphanage.

Prior to the first team’s arrival many building materials and tools were purchased in Haiti by a pastor with funds that were forwarded ahead for this purpose.  A generator was bought to use in the home where the teams will be staying, needs in the church, showing films for outreaches and the building projects. A laptop was provided for better communication and a camera to record progress on the project and with the orphans. 

Team One

Project # 1: Major work on a home for future teams included cleaning tons of cement and debris from upstairs. Wiring lights in the house and cooking area provided longer hours for ministry. A well was dug by hand near this home and lined with cement for washing, bathing and laundry.  Because the home didn’t have a safe way for individuals to get to the second floor where larger teams would need the extra sleeping quarters, we built some cement stairs to the upper level of the home.

Project #2: Tin was bought for roofing the half of one of our host pastor’s home that did not have a roof.  David and Sheila were living with and helping orphans in this home.

Project #3: Ministry and evangelism opportunities took place through Vacation Bible school, children’s ministry and evening services. 

Team Two

Project #1: The Jesus Film in Creole was shown in the evenings during special services. Tracts in Creole were distributed in churches and given to people as we walked around the village and local areas. Ministry was continued to the children.

Project # 2: The agriculture project was started and funds were provided to continue working on this poultry business project.  We are very excited that this is nearly completed because it will help support the orphanage, pastors and provide some food for them as well.  We will share with you the things that you may participate in for the success of this project later in this letter.

Both teams were given the opportunity to minister in other churches and in open air meetings in a couple of villages.  Many Haitian people were touched and ministered to through us with your help.

OpportunitiesNow with the holiday season fast approaching, we wanted to share with you the opportunity to share in the success and vision of these projects in Haiti by prayer,  physically going yourself or supporting these projects or someone who is able to go.  We will list the areas you may feel led to participate in and share the success of these projects.

• Because of the tremendous rise in the cost of items and building materials in the aftermath of the earthquake and the desire to have the business start operations, you may help get the poultry business started by helping with the following items:

• Between buying the 500 chicks, feed, antibiotics, feeders and the wire needed to complete the building there is a balance of about $2,400.00 left to purchase these items and have this valuable resource completed and in operation.
• Drilling a deep water well and equipment for a potable water supply for the church and future orphanage (total $2200.00) *this would help prevent cholera outbreaks.
• Repairs and enhancing the church facilities
• The first phase of building an orphanage: 
• Raising funds to start building the initial phase of the orphanage, (Enough rooms for 40 children, a kitchen, laundry and bathing facilities and house-parent’s quarters. ($50,000.00)

To make a contribution to this project or others during this holiday season, giving thanks for what we have and sharing a gift to those less fortunate please go to Haitian Contributions or contact Youth Quests for more information, prayer and opportunities.  To mail us: 2138 N 650 W  Lehi, Utah  84043

Mat 25:34-40  Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.  I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes, naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.' The righteous will then answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?  When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you?  When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'  The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'

Wars, Rumors of Wars and Disasters!

The Middle-East needs our prayers with unrest in almost every area.  Listed are some specific things and areas to pray for.   Pray for:

• That the he peace and hope that surpasses all understanding to fill the Christians in these areas.
• That the Lord will reveal Himself to the lost and dying.
• That provision and blessings will be manifested in the lives of the Christian people so that they may show the love of the Lord to their fellow neighbors.

Here is the news:

• Yemeni police open fire on protesters, killing 3.
• Syrian Security forces shot dead at least at least 100 protesters on Friday.  This is one the heaviest death tolls in a month of escalating demonstrations.  Forces have shot at the mourners today and even those coming out of Mosques.
• In Libya the fighting has not subsided, but the forces loyal to the present government have withdrawn from the port city now, leaving it to the rebels for the present.
• I have received many emails from Pakistan Christian leaders asking for our prayers as well with the violence and discrimination against the Christian minority.
• Then keep Nigerian people in your prayers as well.
• Japan's tsunami ravaged coast received its first foreign leader to tour this area.  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed shock and sorrow while visiting the evacuees at a shelter and seeing the devastation in the area.  The Japanese people are in desperate need of Hope.
• Haitian pastors are still asking for your continued prayers and support in their efforts to help the people.

As you pray about these things, would you pray as well about what the Lord would have you to do.  Contact us at Youth Quests for ways to help in these areas.

Nigerian Riots - Pray!

After the Nigerian incumbent president, who is a Christian, won the election the Muslim opposition started rioting.  Burned corpses with machete wounds lay in roads and smoke rose above this city where rioting broke out again this Tuesday.  The Muslims were angered by the announcement of the Christian incumbent winning the election.
Please remember the Christian Nigerian people who are in danger.  Pray for their protection and that they will be so blessed that the people around them will be amazed and ask them "What is the reason of the hope that is in you?" and  "What must I do to be saved?"

Turmoil & Heartaches Worldwide – What's Happening!

Turmoil & Heartaches Worldwide – What's Happening!
Japan's earthquake and Tsunami is the world's costliest natural disaster.  Residents were warned not to give babies tap water because of radiation leaking from the nuclear plants and produce is also affected from these areas.  Also in Tokyo there has been some increased radiation registered.
Unrest in the Middle East:  There was a bus bombing in Jerusalem Wednesday just a few hours after militants vowed revenge for deadly Israeli raids on Gaza.
While in Libya just the U.S. role in Libya costs hundreds of millions so far in an international assault to destroy Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and save rebels from likely defeat, Gaddafi's tanks and forces resume their attack on the rebel-held town of Misrata, moving back onto the offensive just hours after Western strikes silenced their guns.
Then In Syria president Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented ledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to the Syrian people on Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
Thursday night in Myanmar there was a 6.8 - magnitude earthquake that struck in Northeast Myanmar shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok, Thailand.  One person was confirmed dead from the quake.
Hey! Do you think it could be the signs of the times?  Let's continue to pray for the safety of the Christians, Hope to flourish, that many would come to know the Lord at this time and ask ourselves what we can do to help.

From Libya To Japan - News and Prayer Requests!

There are several things happening today that require our prayers from Japan to Libya.  In Japan while they are still fighting the problems at the nuclear power plant sites officials have found that radiation contamination has now entered the food chain.  On another front French warplanes have now fired the first shots the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that seemed on the verge of defeat in Libya.
A warplane from France opened fire on a target in Libya today, opening the coordinated international campaign to prevent strongman Moammer Gadhafi's forces from crushing an uprising.  U.S missile attack on Libya prepared, but the American ships and aircraft stationed in and around the Mediterranean Sea did not participate in the initial French air mission Saturday.  There are many people in Libya that have been affected or killed by mercenaries or the forces loyal to Gadhafi.
The first signs that contamination from Japan's crippled nuclear complex has seeped into the food chain as officials stated on Saturday that radiation levels in spinach and mile from farms near the tsunami-stricken facility exceeded government safety limits.  Many areas of the northern coast need assistance as the full extent of the missing and loss of life continue to rise.
Please pray and ask the Lord what He would have you do!

I Am Thankful but Yet Hurting!!!

In watching the news around the world I realize how blessed we are in the USA.  But, yet many of us are full of worry or anger because of the downturn of our economy, loss of investments and so forth.  I am so thankful for the Lord's protection, health, provision and His amazing Salvation!  Can we take the time to look outside of our own world and cares and  pray for those who are going trough so much around the world, from the conflicts in some of the Arab nations and brutality in Libya, to the horrific earthquake and tsunami Japan, as well as, the very real fears of two nuclear meltdowns in their power plants.
The nuclear emergency after the deadly quake and tsunami is finding the Japanese worker battling to try to stop the meltdown of two reactors.  While in the northeast coast of Japan it is feared that over 10,000 people are feared dead after the quake and the 25 to 30 foot tsunami that followed in these villages. I have heard that one man was found today clinging to the top of his destroyed home 10 miles out in the ocean.  As we pray for those who have lost loved one, for those who are yet to be rescued and for the several emergencies with Japan, let us remember to be thankful for what 'we' have.
As the fighting in intensifying in Libya, let us be thankful for the peace and safety we do have as we pray for the  people in this war torn nation. Even at this very moment the Libyan forces are drawing closer to the main opposition-held city of Benghazi.  Let's pray for the safety of the Christians living in this country and for the revelation of Jesus Christ to those who do not know Him.  Many have went off into eternity.  Do they know the Lord?  Has someone told them about Jesus?  Pray to the Lord of the  harvest to send forth laborers into the harvest fields.

Japan Nuclear Power Plant - Frantic Efforts to Avoid Meltdown

Continue to pray for the Japanese people.  The magnitude of this disaster in beyond what I can wrap my mind about.  Earthquake and aftershocks, Tsunami, and now explosions at one of the nuclear power plants.  Frantic efforts to avoid a meltdown are now taking place.
While we are here in our homes in relative safety it's almost like it's unreal and one of the latest disaster movies that so many of us watch, but this is real!  People have died!  Families are without homes, cars or even a job now in some circumstances.  Food and clean water are in short supply in the effected areas.  It's my prayer that through all of these events, that many will find comfort, refuge and peace in the midst of the storm by clinging to the Rock, Jesus Christ.  Also it's my prayer that many of us will be the hands and feet of our Lord and help in any way we can as we pray for them.
Power plant youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZQZToDpXo

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE JAPANESE PEOPLE! EARTHQUAKES / TSUNAMI!

I wanted to write a quick prayer request to remind us all about the events that took place not long ago.  There was a huge earthquake in Japan with several aftershocks; then a second earthquake in a different area of Japan as well.  Between these two earthquakes and aftershocks there have been several people killed. Also, this first earthquake triggered a tsunami, tidal wave, which swept across the Japanese seaboard.  There has been enormous damage and more loss of life.  Please pray for the people who are Christian for their safety and peace in the midst of this devastation.  But also pray for the many people who do not know the Lord, to look for answers in our Savior, that the Lord would reveal Himself to them in a marvelous way.  

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