- Supported Worker: Johannes (& Mathapelo) Thaele
- Country: South Africa
- Details: About 30 leaders from their children’s ministry are gathering at a camp on December 7-9. Pray for God’s guidance as they plan for 2025 and seek to discern what is of greatest importance in their ministry. Their students will also have a camp retreat to celebrate all God has done throughout the year—including VBC (Vacation Bible Camp), when the Parkside youth team visited South Africa. Pray that this is also a time for them to reflect on their relationships with Christ and to commit to being more rooted in him. Chad (Africa). Population: 18,847,148 Believers: 10.1%. Many Muslims have heard the good news! New groups of believers from Muslim backgrounds have emerged. Bible storytelling and Chadian Arabic Christian radio help spread the gospel in culturally relevant ways. Violence in nearby Darfur at the hands of other Muslims caused some to question Islam and left them open to the loving ministry and witness of Christians. Still, Islam grows in numbers, and in financial and social influence. Pray that Christians will learn to reach out to the Muslims around them. From Operation World DVD-ROM 2010 and www.operationworld.org