- Supported Workers: Ruth (& Artis) Powell, Emily (& Blake) Ackerson
- Countries: Australia, United States of America, Zambia
- Details: The Ackerson’s team focuses on three campuses with nearly 80,000 international students in total. Pray that God will guide them to those who are actively seeking Jesus. Pray for the development of trusted relationships with the South Asian community at the University of Sydney. Last month, Emily worked with a film crew to create a film to help mobilize churches to welcome international students during the holidays. Pray that the final version of the video will be completed this month so they can promote the “Friends for Dinner” hospitality program in churches in time for Easter and that this film can be used to help mobilize the church to be engaged in reaching the nations at their doorstep. Ruth and Artis Powell are new Parkside missionaries who do ministry both here in Cleveland and in Zambia, where Ruth founded a Christian organization called Village Hope International. Praise God for providing a local doctor to help people in Kasempa, Zambia. His name is Alex Mpumba Jr. Pray for him and for the provision of his needs, especially medicines to treat and help people. Many people in the village die from lack of medical care, even from things that could have been easily prevented. Thank God for the five after-school Bible Clubs they lead in public schools in Cleveland, Euclid, and Painesville. In the past, they have held Bible clubs in more schools, but this year they are short on volunteers to help. Pray for more volunteers. Netherlands Antilles (Caribbean). Population: 209,708 Believers: 7.7%. The Papiamento Bible was published in 1997. Pray for impact on the majority of the population who use it. Pray also for literacy programs and more Christian literature in the language. Biblical literacy will go a great distance in discipling and renewing the Christian population. New Caledonia (Pacific). Population: 295,966 Believers: 7.0%. Most Kanaks are Christianized, and most villages have a church, but the gospel is often confused with Western culture. Animist practices usually underlie a Christian veneer. Pray for pastors to discern between tradition and the pure gospel, and that a truly biblical, truly Kanak church may continue to grow and demonstrate the power of Jesus over the evil one. From Operation World DVD-ROM 2010 and www.operationworld.org
