September 23 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Please pray for the ministry of the IMB missionaries of Team Gaúcho in Metropolitan Porto Alegre. There are currently three missionary families on the team, and there is an ongoing search for two more families. Pray that God would lead the right families to the team at the right time.  Pray that God would pour out His Holy Spirit on these missionaries and that they would bear much fruit. Ask Him to lead them to the right people to work with and to influence for the Kingdom.

September 22 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Please pray for the church planting efforts throughout the Metropolitan Porto Alegre area. Over 5 million people live in this area of vast urban sprawl, and there is only about one Baptist church for every 125,000 people. Ask God to raise up workers for the harvest who have a heart for starting and multiplying new churches. Pray that God would pour out His Holy Spirit in a way that has never been seen before, and that a tremendous spiritual awakening would sweep through the area which would bring lasting Kingdom transformation.

September 21 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

During the Summer months of December-March, millions of Gaúchos escape the heat of the cities in Metropolitan Porto Alegre and head to the coast. E. is leading a church plant in the coastal city of Tramandaí. Pray that E. would have the favor and anointing to reach both the permanent residents of the town as well as the tourists who flood the area in the Summer. Pray that God would use the light of the gospel in the lives of the believers to push back the darkness in this town which serves as a center of idol worship.

September 19 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Please pray for A.L. and his wife I., who are serving as the leaders of their local Baptist Association and revitalizing a church in the city of Guaíba. A.L. has a passion to lead his Association to have a vision for evangelism and church planting. Pray that God will give him strategies and the wisdom to know how to cast a new vision for expansion in an area where there has been little growth of new churches up until this point. Pray that new churches will be started and will thrive throughout this vast and needy area. Pray that God would bless their family.

September 17 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Please pray for the church planting efforts in the Vila Jardim neighborhood of Porto Alegre. Pray that God would raise up church planters who can dedicate the necessary time to evangelizing the neighborhood and conducting Bible studies.  Pray that God would push back the strongholds that hold the neighborhood in darkness and that the gospel would take firm root. Pray for much fruit and a strong, solid, and reproducing church to be firmly established in this neighborhood.

September 16 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Pray for M., a new Brazilian Baptist Home Missionary in the city of Arroio dos Ratos. M. has a tremendous heart for evangelism, and has become known throughout the city as the “man of faith with the bike,” as he rides his bicycle around and plays Christian music and preaches over the built-in sound system. Pray that M. would remain faithful and that God would bless him and his young family with much fruit. Pray that the church would be firmly established very quickly and that this church would become a base for starting new churches in the surrounding cities of Triúnfo and São Jeronimo.

September 15 Prayer Request for the Gáucho People

Please pray for the community development work of Mont’ Serrat Baptist Church on the “Island of the Flowers” in the Guaíba river in Porto Alegre. Pray for S. as she leads this project and reaches out to the poorest of the poor who live off the scraps of garbage from the city. Pray that God would show her how to prioritize her time and where to focus her energy in the midst of so many overwhelming needs. Pray that God’s love would shine brightly and that many lives would be transformed as God’s people serve as His hands and feet to those in need.