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Praying for Breakthrough
Nepal: Please pray for partners in Nepal whose network of churches have been severely impacted by the disastrous flooding. Pray for the churches who are reporting many families in their congregations as dead or missing. Pray for our partners as they mobilize to deliver aid to those in need. (* If you or your church would like to give to help these partners, please contact info@wpartners.org.)
Pakistan: Pray for a Pakistani partner who is currently visiting the US to meet Missionary church people. Pray for divinely orchestrated connections.
Greece: Pray for Nathan Moser and his family as they continue to develop relationships through an outreach conversation and café setting called Andrew’s Corner.
Asia: Pray for a missionary who will be traveling extensively in the region in support of various indigenous disciple-makers in whom he’s invested. Ask the Lord to impart fresh vision and encouragement to these workers as they face hardships and persecution.
Venezuela and Colombia: Pray for a WP Regional Strategy Coordinator in the region who is responding to pastors and communities impacted by recent earthquakes in both countries. His travels to assess these areas and encourage pastors has been arduous. Ask the Lord to provide and sustain him and the communities he is working to serve.
Pakistan: Pray for a Pakistani partner who is currently visiting the US to meet Missionary church people. Pray for divinely orchestrated connections.
Greece: Pray for Nathan Moser and his family as they continue to develop relationships through an outreach conversation and café setting called Andrew’s Corner.
Asia: Pray for a missionary who will be traveling extensively in the region in support of various indigenous disciple-makers in whom he’s invested. Ask the Lord to impart fresh vision and encouragement to these workers as they face hardships and persecution.
Venezuela and Colombia: Pray for a WP Regional Strategy Coordinator in the region who is responding to pastors and communities impacted by recent earthquakes in both countries. His travels to assess these areas and encourage pastors has been arduous. Ask the Lord to provide and sustain him and the communities he is working to serve.
Good News
We are grateful to the Lord for providing a new associate partner in Asia earlier this week. We look forward to supporting her as she sends and trains local people into restricted access countries.
Bright Spots from the WorldPartners Team
Right side: Shop owner (in hat), Ivan to his right
Jesus is at work all around the globe through World Partners people. Check out this glimpse from Ivan and Zhana Kalabric who are WP missionary partnersto Belgium.
Not long ago, a man walked up to us with a quiet but sincere question: “I want to learn more about Jesus and the Bible.” He owned a small sandwich shop, and we decided to meet there — right in the middle of his everyday life.
What he told us was unexpected. People were coming into his shop not only for food, but to ask about Jesus. The problem was simple and profound: he didn’t know what to tell them. He wasn’t a Christian. He came from a different religious background. And yet, Jesus had somehow become central to his story.
The reason goes back to one morning when he woke up alone at home with his two young daughters. His wife was already at work. Suddenly, he felt an intense pain in his chest. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t reach his phone. He was convinced he was dying.
Before the girls woke up, he had a vision. A man appeared and said, “It is not your time yet. Follow Me.” The man said His name was Jesus. After that, everything went black.
He woke up later in a hospital emergency room. A nurse asked who had brought him there. His answer came instinctively: “Jesus.” There was no emergency call, no ambulance record, no explanation of how he arrived. Even more strangely, he later saw a man in white come into his room and give him medicine — twice. There was no record of any doctor visiting him.
After a few days, he was discharged. The report said he had suffered a major heart attack, yet no further treatment was needed. He was healthy.
Instead of going home, he bought a guitar. When he arrived home, he began playing and singing songs about Jesus in his own language — songs he had never learned, on an instrument he had never played.
That’s how a sandwich shop became a place of curiosity and conversation. Not because of sermons or arguments, but because of a transformed life.
This is life on mission: using every opportunity, every space, every ordinary moment to point to Jesus — even before we fully understand Him ourselves. When God moves, even a sandwich shop can become a place where disciples begin.
Not long ago, a man walked up to us with a quiet but sincere question: “I want to learn more about Jesus and the Bible.” He owned a small sandwich shop, and we decided to meet there — right in the middle of his everyday life.
What he told us was unexpected. People were coming into his shop not only for food, but to ask about Jesus. The problem was simple and profound: he didn’t know what to tell them. He wasn’t a Christian. He came from a different religious background. And yet, Jesus had somehow become central to his story.
The reason goes back to one morning when he woke up alone at home with his two young daughters. His wife was already at work. Suddenly, he felt an intense pain in his chest. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t reach his phone. He was convinced he was dying.
Before the girls woke up, he had a vision. A man appeared and said, “It is not your time yet. Follow Me.” The man said His name was Jesus. After that, everything went black.
He woke up later in a hospital emergency room. A nurse asked who had brought him there. His answer came instinctively: “Jesus.” There was no emergency call, no ambulance record, no explanation of how he arrived. Even more strangely, he later saw a man in white come into his room and give him medicine — twice. There was no record of any doctor visiting him.
After a few days, he was discharged. The report said he had suffered a major heart attack, yet no further treatment was needed. He was healthy.
Instead of going home, he bought a guitar. When he arrived home, he began playing and singing songs about Jesus in his own language — songs he had never learned, on an instrument he had never played.
That’s how a sandwich shop became a place of curiosity and conversation. Not because of sermons or arguments, but because of a transformed life.
This is life on mission: using every opportunity, every space, every ordinary moment to point to Jesus — even before we fully understand Him ourselves. When God moves, even a sandwich shop can become a place where disciples begin.
Living the Gospel Together
Carlos, Ruth, Andrea, Sofia, and Ana Medina
The Medina family serves with WorldPartners Latino with a clear conviction: Jesus knows us, calls us, and sends us. Their ministry is centered on relational discipleship, practical service, and helping people experience the goodness of God in everyday life.
As part of World Partners Latino, their work focuses on raising and sending Latino missionaries, discipling families, teaching Scripture, and strengthening churches. Much of their ministry takes place around tables, in living rooms, and in community spaces — through Bible studies, pastoral care, leader training, and simple, meaningful conversations that lead people toward Christ.
Their mission is simple: to make disciples and help people encounter Christ, whether through teaching, serving families, training leaders, or sharing a cup of coffee. As they look ahead, the Medinas hope to strengthen discipleship efforts, expand the Bible Institute in Mexico, create more leader-training resources, and continue serving churches and families in Michigan, Mexico, and beyond.
You can keep up with their ministry and prayer needs by requesting to receive regular email updates by emailing Carlos at CarlosMedina@wpartners.org.
To support the Medina’s financially, please visit wpartners.info/CarlosRuthM734.
As part of World Partners Latino, their work focuses on raising and sending Latino missionaries, discipling families, teaching Scripture, and strengthening churches. Much of their ministry takes place around tables, in living rooms, and in community spaces — through Bible studies, pastoral care, leader training, and simple, meaningful conversations that lead people toward Christ.
Their mission is simple: to make disciples and help people encounter Christ, whether through teaching, serving families, training leaders, or sharing a cup of coffee. As they look ahead, the Medinas hope to strengthen discipleship efforts, expand the Bible Institute in Mexico, create more leader-training resources, and continue serving churches and families in Michigan, Mexico, and beyond.
You can keep up with their ministry and prayer needs by requesting to receive regular email updates by emailing Carlos at CarlosMedina@wpartners.org.
To support the Medina’s financially, please visit wpartners.info/CarlosRuthM734.
THANKS FOR GIVING
TO MISSIONARIES AT WORLD PARTNERS
Gospel Center Missionary Church
Rev. Jon M Ranous
930 S 30th St, South Bend, IN 46615
Rev. Jon M Ranous
930 S 30th St, South Bend, IN 46615
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