October 1999
Some of the most difficult places in the world to share the
Good News are found in the countries of The Last Frontier.
This month we join evangehcals around the world in inter¬
ceding for these countries.
What might God do in answer to our prayers? A good
example is the Feb. 22 Global PrayerGram request for Chris and
Gwen Wilkinson. That day we prayed that God might make a
way for the gospel to be shared in the language of their unreach¬
ed people group. The very next day, a computer program that
would allow them to type Bible stories in the language arrived
after two years of effort to acquire it.
Also that day, a courier got through after a long, dangerous
journey with Old Testament stories in the language. And, final¬
ly, that same day, the New Testament in the language of that
Last Frontier people was presented to Chris and Gwen. It had
taken 57 years to complete!
Day by day, as you pray for the 65 countries of The Last
Frontier, remember this marvelous answer, and then ask big
things of our great God.
Randy Sprinkle, Director
International Prayer Strategy Office
1 INDIA.
Population: 1 ,042,51 2,060; Location: south Asia
Predominantly Hindu, some Muslim, restricts evangelism.
MAURITANIA.
Population: 2,700,000; Location: west Africa
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, prohibits evangehsm.
Thank God that He works in situations where you cannot
pray specifically, because needs and victories cannot be shared.
Ask Him to guard intercessors who are supporting believers in
sensitive areas and keep them faithful.
2 SUDAN.
Population: 33,600,000; Location: north Africa
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, some indigenous religions,
restricts evangehsm.
AFGHANISTAN.
Population: 25,400,000; Location: west Asia
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, some Shiite Muslim, restricts
evangehsm.
Ask God to provide safe places and facilities for believers to
meet for worship, Bible study, and training. Pray that workers will
maintain the necessary discretion to continue their efforts in these
countries.
3 KUWAIT.
Population: 2,900,000; Location: Arabian Gulf
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, some Shiite Muslim, restricts
evangehsm.
BANGLADESH.
Population: 146,600,000; Location: south Asia
Predominantly Muslim, some Hindu, restricts evangehsm.
Pray that those who are persecuted and imprisoned will be
strengthened and that the needs of their families will be met.
4 JAPAN (eastern Asia). Missionaries Mike and
Janet Brooks write: "Rejoice with us in the salvation and bap¬
tism of [a man in our church]! At Shinsei Baptist Church in Kobe,
he gave his testimony of how God worked in his wife's life to show
him the forgiveness and love that she had never been able to give
before she became a Christian. He confessed his sins toward her and
his family and proclaimed Christ as Lord of his life. Please pray for
him, especially in his commitment to stop drinking alcohol. Pray
for complete and total reconciliation between him and his wife."
GUINEA-BISSAU.
Population: 1,200,000; Location: west Africa
Predominantly indigenous religions, some Muslim,
restricts evangelism.
5 BHUTAN.
Population: 1,900,000; Location: south Asia
Predominantly Buddhist, some Hindu, restricts evangehsm.
SAUDI ARABIA.
Population: 22,000,000; Location: Arabian Peninsula
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, prohibits evangelism.
Ask God to give believers wisdom on the dissemination of
information and prayer requests, so that there will be no unwise dis¬
tribution of materials by well-meaning persons, but only the wide¬
spread distribution of information that can and should be shared.
GUINEA.
Population: 9,200,000; Location: west Africa
Predominantly Muslim, some indigenous religions, restricts
evangehsm.
THAILAND.
Population: 63,700,000; Location: southeast Asia
Predominantly Buddhist, restricts evangehsm.
