Philippines

During March our "EasyEnglish Bible with Clive Gray" videos on YouTube totalled over 1,000 hours of watch time from the Philippines specifically. People may be watching and listening to the Bible being read slowly and clearly either to learn from the Bible or to learn English. Please pray that they will return to hear more, and tell others too. Pray with us that all will understand the word of God and apply it to their lives.

Mission partners Eric and Sandra Read, based in the Philippines, encourage and practise creation care-centred food production and teach children and young people to enjoy, appreciate and care for nature. Now that they are starting to work with local schools, pray for Eric and Sandra to connect well with decision-makers and for teachers and children to be positive about learning and practising creation care.

Half of the 42,000 communities in the Philippines still lack a church that clearly teaches Bible and shares the good news of Jesus in a meaningful way. Pray for efforts to plant more churches in the Philippines.

Mekong Minorities – The Dong people group live in very remote areas in the region around the Mekong River. Pray for creative ways for gospel workers to share the good news of Jesus in these areas.

Please pray for Al Massira International and for several trainings (some already underway) in countries in SE Asia. A worker couple are witnessing to Middle Eastern students; others are witnessing to people from East Asia; others are witnessing to SE Asians. Please pray for another training in the SE Asia region next month. May the AM resources (currently translated into 38 languages), continue to help resource the Body of Christ to further train and equip Brother and Sister-workers in their faithful, prayerful pursuit of reaching precious people from all nations, with the glorious Gospel. To the glory of God!

Viva’s partner, the Philippine Children’s Ministries Network (PCMN) is a nationwide organisation comprised of eight local cluster networks – that’s a total of 638 churches and faith-based organisations that are committed to changing the lives of children in the Philippines. PCMN is influential in matters related to keeping children safe. Its priorities include tackling the online sexual exploitation of children, empowering young people to become advocates for change, and responding to needs following natural disasters. Pray for greater opportunities to strategically grow the work, especially through starting new local networks, developing training and programmes, and partnerships with others.