All of our KMUSA missionaries work hard to be fully integrated into their local communities. They often must rely on community members they meet when they first move to their country to show them where the grocery store is and even teach them the right time to eat dinner. They have to count on community leaders to help clear the way for them to plant churches that will be effective in that community. Any new believers arising from their project will, of course, come from among the population of the community where the missionaries serve. So these people are important! Without establishing relationships in their community, there will be no new church.
These vital relationships are sometimes formed over coffee, at public events, or even while paying for gas. But there has to be a true connection made, because otherwise the missionary remains an island. Because each missionary’s community around them plays such a large role in their life and work, it’s vitally important for us to keep them in the center of our prayers.
Prayer: Lord, lift up [Your missionary’s] community. Help them to establish strong relationships with not only community leaders to build churches, but with all kinds of acquaintances and neighbors and friendly business connections, so they can spread Your good news to them. I want to pray for safety over these communities and for Your Holy Spirit to work through and in them.
