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September 16, 2017

Supported Worker: Equipping Servants Internship (ESI)
Countries: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
Details: Pray for the many new ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) groups that started last month in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in Temuco, Chile and in Bogota, Colombia. There is great enthusiasm about studying the Word of God. So many church leaders have recognized the terrible consequences in their churches and in their own lives from abandoning the Bible over recent years. Pray for gospel impact in lives, marriages, families, ministries, churches and cities in these new regions as pastors and church leaders commit to study the Bible together. Pray for the ESI “Fundamentos” pastors conference in Bogota (October 12-14) on the topic of Discipleship. Pray for the over 1000 active Equipping Servants Internship (ESI) participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and Chile. Pray for the 1625 total graduates since 2002. Pray for Pastor Tomas Diaz as he works with 5 groups of ESI pastors in Loja, and expands ESI into Guayaquil, Ecuador. Pray for pastor Edwin Callejas as he works with 4 groups of ESI pastors in Huánuco, Peru, and oversees two ESI groups in Cajamarca. Pray for Pastor Edgar Mamani developing ESI among Tacana Indian church leaders in the Rurrenebaque region of Bolivia. Pray for Pastor Javier Soliz that God will guide and grant wisdom as he trains pastors in 5 ESI groups. Jharkhand (India). Negative reactions to evangelism are common and often violent by animists and Hindu tribals. Such rejection to evangelism is expected and is frequently orchestrated by militant Hindu groups, but it is on occasion exacerbated by evangelists’ lack of sensitivity. Pray for contextualized outreach that takes into account the unique nature of each of these peoples as well as their practical needs.
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