India Prayer Guide

Sharyl & Beth with members of the IJM Mumbai Team

For nearly two weeks, two members of our ministry team (Beth Cossin & Sharyl Vaughn) will be connecting with potential partnership opportunities for SLW in India. As part of our emphasis on extending the hands of Hope & Freedom, this is a big next step for us as a local church, so with great intentionality and dependence on the Holy Spirit for leadership, discernment, and connection, Pastor Beth and Sharyl doing some boots-on-the-ground reconnaissance with a group of others from around the world.

As part of their trip, Pastor Beth gave the following notes on what to pray for as they connect--please use this as a guide during the next several days.

From Beth:

India is a new place for us to be partnered in and we want to be very mindful of how God is leading us in that process. ...  Please pray for protection for both of us emotionally and spiritually on the days that we are in the red light districts (there will be about 3 days of that, I think) that we would not be “crushed and destroyed” in our hearts, but rather “sweetly broken”.  

Thanks for praying!

February 22

We will be staying at the YWAM campus in Lonavla.   Pray that we are a blessing and encouragement to those that serve the Lord there.  We will also be working with the street children on this day and assessing the needs there.

February 23-27

This is the span of time where we will be interacting with the girls who have been rescued and healed through the ministry of Home of Hope.  They are planning for their graduation and we will be an integral part of helping the celebration to happen.  Pray that this will be a joyous occasion for the girls as they step into a new chapter of their lives.  Pray that we will be a blessing to them and that they will feel joyous about what is next for each of them.

                  

Additional prayer for the time in Pune:

Pray that if we are supposed to partner further in Pune, it will be abundantly clear.  There is so much need everywhere, so we are praying for the Holy Spirit to clearly move in our hearts about where we are to invest.

February 28 – 29

We are hoping to reconnect with the women running the street ministry to children during this time and are again praying that if we are to invest more here, God would clearly speak.  Please pray for wisdom and discernment.

                                   

March 1 

Hard to believe, but at this point we are are preparing to return home!  Our group will split up at this point with just 4 of us heading back to Pittsburgh and the rest going to England or on to Ooty, India to another home for rescued girls.

This isn’t comprehensive, but it is what is on my heart right now. 

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers!

 Seek Justice (Isaiah 1:17),

beth