"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 31, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

EVERLASTING LIGHT, thank you for all the people who are helping our missionaries and projects like the Overseas Students Mission to have national and global outreaches through the Internet and World Wide Web. These include John Henry, Ricky Cain and Roy McClanahan as well as their wives, families and friends. AMEN

GOD'S FIRSTBORN, we particularly pray today for John Henry who is helping to set up the OSM Internet Prayer Ministry from his home office in Dallas. May he understand the Constant Contact tools and master them, helping to not only set up the Prayer Partners ministry but other aspects of the program. We especially pray for his wife Elaine that you will give her much strength. Meet the emotional, financial and physical needs of this couple as they do this critical work. AMEN

GOD'S FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD, as we celebrate the Christian feasts of All Souls and All Saints this weekend, use our missionaries to witness to the fears and hopes of children as the world focuses on death and horror. May children come to know You as victor over death and be freed from the terrors of demons, hell and evil through the Gospel. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "What shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:14-16).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 28, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

SON OF THE HIGHEST, we thank you that You have given us the faith, freedom and passion to meet every Wednesday night to pray for All Nations and that you have also commanded us to pray for those authorities that govern us. Thank you for meeting us as two or three come together in your Name. AMEN

GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH, we ask You to provoke more intercessors to join us on Wednesday night in person and in spirit as we pray with You for All Nations. May new and serious Prayer Partners join us. Anoint Bill Bray as he leads the intercessors this week at the Downtown Prayer Center in Charlottesville. Guide us as we pray for your will to be done in the upcoming American elections. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:14-16).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 27, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

WISDOM OF GOD, we thank you for the Boards of Directors of our missions as well as other counselors, advisors and wise friends who help us to oversee the spiritual life of Bill Bray as well as the missions and projects which the team is assisting. We thank you that you give them advice to help correct, discern and follow both your will and ways. AMEN

SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, help Bill and Ivy as they prepare 2008 reports on the ministry to date and write up preliminary budgets and spending plans for 2009. May their work be accurate and complete. We pray for the Board of Directors as they meet with Bill Bray on Tuesday. Help them to approve and improve the preliminary budgets, review 2008 expenditures, and preview plans to promote and develop the work this year and next. Give them wisdom to counsel wisely and give Bill a heart to discern and follow. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:14-16).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: As we go into the critical months of November and December, we plan on spending most of our time meeting with leaders and advisors, seeking their input on the last year and suggestions for the work ahead. This is a very important time in the life of the ministry. Without the advice and input of many counselors, it is certain that our efforts will fail. Although our faith and reliance is ultimately upon the Lord, we realize that one of the ways we hear his voice is through the counsel of godly authorities.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, October 26, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, thank You for submitting to the Father by being born as one of us. AMEN

TRUE GOD, may we also learn submission and obedience by following in your steps and completing your sufferings through training the next generation of indigenous leaders. Guide Bill and Ivy Bray as they plan the calendar and write the financial spending plans for the 2009 Missionary Boot Camps this week. Help them to get administrative and financial reports ready for a national board of directors meeting this week and for local church budget meetings throughout the month of November. Lord, we ask you to attract your anointed vessels to us, those whom you want to join this work as well as the additional Prayer Partners and Supporters needed to support them. Help our existing supporters to overcome their financial challenges and make generous gifts to the mission this week. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. (Romans 9:14-16)

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 24, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD OF LORDS, we thank you for the Volunteers and Prayer Partners who are joining us to work and interceed as we send out the November Call to Prayer, the OSM President's Report and other newsletters every month. AMEN

TRUE GOD, give Bill and Ivy special favor this weekend as they reach out to the local community in a special way, and help them to do so in a greater and greater way between now and Christmas. Particularly bless them as they join the International Students from the University of Virginia this weekend for a hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lead Bill and Ivy into relationships with the Chosen Vessels whom You have selected to return as missionaries to All Nations. We pray that you will surround the Brays with many students, mentors, advisors, volunteers and supporters who have heard your voice and are obeying your will in this matter. Keep your people from discouragement, fear and despair during the current trials and may many give sacrificially to help the mission end the year strong and in the black. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 23, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION, we thank You for our publishing partners at YWAM in Seattle, GFA in Dallas and STL in Atlanta and Xylon in Orlando. We praise you for the talent and energy that goes into producing great Christian books by authors like Marit Newton, George Verwer, K. P. Yohannan and so many other modern day prophets and apostles. AMEN

FORERUNNER, we pray that many churches and other venues will open their doors to the Book Table Mission of CIS and that Bill and Ivy will be able to distribute many tons of books and other media that proclaim the all nations missionary challenge to the next generation. We especially ask you to help the team distribute the new 2009 PRAYER PLANNER from YWAM. AMEN

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Bill Bray has chosen two new books to promote for holiday gift giving this year; the 2009 YWAM Prayer Planner and K. P. Yohannan's Touching Godliness Through Submission. Almost every year since he began the book table ministry in 1964, Bill has promoted the famed prayer and planning diary. "Next to the Bible," he says, "this is the most important devotional book in my life." The new book from K.P. (author of the missionary bestseller, The Coming Revolution in World Missions) has a message that the Christians of the USA need to hear in order to survive during the current time of judgment on backslidden, heretical and apostate churches.

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 21, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

FAITHFUL WITNESS, we thank you for your emergency provision for the widows and children of your servants, and especially for needy missionaries that have forsaken all to follow You but face sudden emergencies. Your promised that no one who gives up houses, land or family for your sake will be left desolate. Thank You that we can be channels of blessing to those in need. AMEN

GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, we ask you to replenish The Samaritan Purse fund that Bill Bray and the Board established last year in order to reach out to needy missionaries and their family members in emergency need. May Bill always have discretionary funds that he can use to respond to emergencies and to give to your servants who are in distress. We ask you to raise up and connect a network of individuals and churches who will endeavor to help the Brays keep this poor box full and ready to be used in times of crisis. AMEN

EMERGENCY PRAYER REQUEST -- Please pray for the growing flood of Christian refugees being forced to flee their homes in Mosul, Iraq. As we write, over 2000 families have fled, often with only the clothes on their backs as Muslim terrorists continue to randomly kill innocent Christians on a daily basis. Many of the Christians are fleeing to nearby Kurdish areas where there is less persecution. The government seems unable to stop the genocide as the ethnic cleansing campaign forces Christians to flee from areas where their ancestors have lived for centuries. Pray that OSM will be able to find and support Kurdish and Iraqi chosen vessels who will go back and help establish new missions among the unreached of Iraq. Pray that Christian refugees will be able to quickly find new villages and homes free from Islamic terror. Pray that the government will be strong and just, able to bring peace and protection for the Christian minority.

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUESTS: Many times, Bill Bray finds himself in a situation where he stumbles across "a wounded victim along the road" as he travels in his work helping indigenous missionaries. It may a real victim of an accident, crime or sudden disease. Sometimes it is the child of missionary pastor who needs help in school or in some other situation. At other times, such as now, it can be a sudden shortfall of income due to economic downturns, disasters, famines, genocide, recessions or wars. The Board of Directors has authorized a special "Good Samaritan Fund" to be set up to help in these situations, it is coded 099-WMN for the purpose of designating gifts and offerings for this purpose. It is reserved for one-time or short-term special aid to missionaries and their immediate families.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 20, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

SON OF GOD, we are thankful for the volunteers who come out to pray on Wednesday nights and to work on the November prayer letter mailings on Missions Volunteer Day, on the 24th of every month. AMEN

SON OF ABRAHAM, we pray for those who volunteer time and talent to serve this ministry. Coming out to pray and work on prayer letters, websites and newsletters. We pray for also for those who cannot come and work but continue to support this ministry financially, even though in many cases it requires sacrificial giving. We are thankful for those who are keeping missions like ours afloat in these times of national financial crisis with their offerings. Bless them, dear Lord, and prosper those who are sending in faithful gifts to help reach All Nations for Christ. Bless all those who are suffering to keep this mission alive. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 17, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD, we thank you for the impact of short term missions in our own lives and churches over the years, and especially from the teams led by indigenous missionaries. AMEN

GOD BLESSED FOREVER, we pray for many successful outcomes from the Fellowship of Short Term Missions that are meeting in convention this weekend in Atlanta. We especially pray for a powerful impact from the messages and workshops led by international student ministry expert Leighton Chinn. We pray that OSM will be able to exhibit and participate at FSTM events in the future and support a new generation of international students who are leading short term missions back to the unreached areas of all nations. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:11-12).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Although the economic crisis of 2008 is further curtailing travel from the USA, millions of Americans have been exposed to the needs of unreached people groups and nations through short term missions. As a result, we have seen that thousands are more willing now than ever to support indigenous missionaries and international students who are chosen by God to return to their homelands with the Gospel. In the days to come, OSM wants to expand our help to international students who are raising support to lead short term missions to their homelands during summer breaks and holiday times. This is one of the unique ways that OSM is helping not only the students but churches, indigenous missions, and other international student ministries (ISM's) to respond to the needs of the future. Pray for the 2009 operating budget of OSM to be fully subscribed, including the parts supporting the Fellowship of Short Term Missions participation.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 16, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GOD'S ELECT, we praise and glorify You that you make the desserts blossom, dry riverbeds flood, the sick well and that You meet our every need. We thank God that you, not man or the government or the economy, are the source of our supply. We bring sacrifices of praise to You this day, thanking you for your graces. All that we have comes from You and we give it out of your hand. AMEN

DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH, we agree with Colin Campbell from WAR ON CANCER that the Bray's and all our missionaries and staff will fill their calendars with divine appointments between now and Thanksgiving. Bless them with favor from pastors and church mission committee leaders as well as from business and mission agency heads. Break the iron fist that dares to shake itself in the face of God's Elect and your servants. Expose the lies and deceit of Satan and his servants and give the Bray's favor with church budget committees in the days to come. May the entire 2009 budget for OSM and the Bray's ministry be subscribed before January 15. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:11-12).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 15, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

ALPHA, we thank You and praise You that You are the source of all, including our very lives and assignments to our various duties and ministries. We acknowledge that an ultimate day of reckoning comes to all of us and thank you that you have given us a lifetime to prepare for it. AMEN

OMEGA, be with Ivy and Bill today as they handle the mid-month business affairs of the mission and with Cynthia Finley, wife of our founder, who is in Georgia helping to wrap up the business affairs of her mother who passed away last week. Help Cynthia as she deals with relatives and all concerned that she might have strength and do all her work in a way that honors you, and help Bill and Ivy today as they deal with the missionaries and projects. May every bill be paid and account handled in a way that gives honor and glory to you. We ask you to help us to be faithful at mid-month and end of the month every month as we settle accounts, pay bills, and issue support checks as You provide for our needs. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. There you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:11-12).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 14, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

CHRIST OF GOD, we thank You for the growing band of prayer warriors that have surrounded the Bray Family over the years and for the countless blessings, miracles and wonders that have come through answered prayer. You are the Son of God who created this world and meets our every need. Thank You for always hearing our intercessions. AMEN

GOD'S DEAR SON, during these troubled financial and political times, we are more desperate than ever to pray and enlist more prayer partners for our needs and those of the unreached in all nations. Use Bill and Ivy as they lead the weekly "half-night" of prayer and intercession every Wednesday from 7 to 10 PM. We also pray for John Henry who is considering helping us as the new webmaster of our Internet prayer outreach. Lord, we look to you to meet the urgent need to involve more people in prayer for this ministry. AMEN

INDIA AND IRAQ FOCUS, Lord we pray for the refugees who are fleeing rape, murder and violence from Hindu Jihad in Orissa and elsewhere in India and for those suffering from the Muslim Jihad in Mosul (Iraq). We pray also for the those native missionaries working in the HIV clinics of Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh (India). AMEN

VERSE OF THE DAY: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:11-12).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 13, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

EVERLASTING FATHER, we thank you for the memory of Christopher Columbus and all the other saints and apostles who helped to bring Christ to the new world. AMEN

FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, help the missionaries we support who have Columbus Day as a holiday to use the day wisely. May Bill and Ivy Bray be productive and take advantage of this quiet day in Charlottesville to create November letters and communications that will help raise the 2009 Budgets for OSM and the other missions they serve. Inspire their writings and use them to encourage the discouraged, provoke the complacent, and discipline the sluggardly. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:11-12).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 10, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

EVERLASTING STRENGTH, thank you for helping CIS Board Member Dwight Foster negotiate a low price on a used vehicle to replace the Gospel Van for the Bray Family Missionaries. We thank you for agreements from vendors and other contractors to extend payments and cancel some services to help us deal with the financial judgement that is affecting overall giving from Christians in the USA this month. We thank you for those who are being faithful in their giving and for those who are even giving extra. AMEN

FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD, we pray that you will help Bill and Ivy to live more frugally, stay in good health, and wisely manage the affairs of the mission to reduce costs and survive the downtown in collections and offerings that is affecting many churches and believers in the USA. We pray that you will attract new support to the mission ministry at this time and help Christians to remain faithful and generous during this crisis. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are begin renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (II Corinthians 4:16-17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 9, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, we thank you that we are the sheep of your pasture, that you are good, and your mercy is everlasting. All that we have comes from You and we give it out of your hand. AMEN

AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION, we pray that you will strongly encourage the hearts of missionary supporters, supply their needs and prompt them to be faithful during this time of economic fear and uncertainty. We pray that the Holy Spirit will come during this time of global crisis and strongly comfort the faithful so that missionary collections for the work of the Lord will actually increase. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all (II Corinthians 4:16-17).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Since Labor Day weekend, as election and economic fears have gripped the mass media, the hearts of many believers in the USA and elsewhere have frozen in fear. Finances have slowed. Many have failed to keep their faith promises. Missionary support has dropped off as well as aid to many Christian charities and non profit ministry organizations. As a result, many of our missionaries and project leaders have had a hard time paying their bills. Please pray that believers will trust the Lord, make up their lapsed pledges and increase their giving to the work of Christ.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 8, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

FIRST AND LAST, we praise and thank you for bringing both Bill and Ivy back safely and successfully from their mission to extend Overseas Students Mission to the Dallas Fort Worth Area and hold a Bray Team Reunion there with supporters and friends. AMEN and AMEN

DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH, bless the prayer team in Charlottesville tonight as they meet with Bill and Ivy at the Downtown Prayer Center and the Bray Family as they begin the many hours of follow-up work required to capture the results of this mission trip and move ahead. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (II Corinthians 4:16-17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 6, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

DOOR OF THE SHEEP, we thank you for all the seed that has been sown over the last 10 days in North Texas, for new friends made and for the renewed fellowship with long time supporters and prayer partners in this key geographic territory. We thank you for favors granted and the good welcome received. AMEN

EMMANUEL, be with Bill and Ivy as they travel home to Charlottesville today and recover spiritually and physically from this mission. Use their follow-up efforts to reinforce the message and water the seed that has been sown. Help them to make contact with those who were missed and give the Overseas Students Mission favor with all concerned. Bless those who have heard the word and have a heart to respond to this need. May every bill be made and every budget be met. Especially give Bill wisdom as he leads the mission into the important work of last quarter of this year. AMEN and AMEN

DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH, be with CIS board member Dwight Foster, son Billy Bray and Ivy Bray as they work to arrange a replacement vehicle for one of the two Bray Family cars that were destroyed last month. May every need be met and the right Gospel Van purchased. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (II Corinthians 4:16-17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, October 5, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

HEAD OF THE CHURCH, we thank you for the fellowship of the whole body of Christ and local churches throughout the USA. AMEN

CHIEF CORNERSTONE, we pray that you will help the Brays to find mission-minded pastors and church partners in Texas and throughout the USA who will include Overseas Students Mission in their 2009 missions budgets. Use Bill Bray to calculate a sound budget for 2009 and to prepare it well for consideration by friendly pastors, missions committees, and church boards. AMEN AND AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 3, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

CHIEF CORNER STONE, we praise You for our friends, ministry partners, supporters and OSM volunteers in Texas who are so unselfish and generous toward the work of your Great Commission. AMEN

DELIVERER, only You are our supplier and the one to whom we look to meet every need. We pray for the half of our guests who have not yet returned an RSVP for Saturday night's Bray Team Reunion in Dallas. We pray that you will prompt them to respond or come anyway bringing a guest. May you give us a full house to praise you and launch the new ministry of Overseas Students Mission in Texas. Especially bring other potential partners from Bridges International, Gospel for Asia, ISI and IVCF to join us. Anoint Bill Bray as he speaks on defeating the "Giants in the Land" for 2008. We pray that you will touch our supporters and provide the offering needed to cover all the costs of this mission trip. AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN!

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK: Pray read Psalm 90,91 and 92 with Bill and Ivy as they claim all the precious promises of these passages for the work of Christ in Texas and around the world through the indigenous missionaries they support.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 2, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

CHRIST THE LORD, we thank you that you prayed that we might be one with one another and that you so clearly want us to be of one mind, collaborating with each other and obedient to you as head of the body. AMEN

FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, we ask you to with Ivy and give safety and rest as she flies to Dallas to be with Bill for the final days of his mission outreach there. We pray that you will give Bill favor as he meets with leaders of Bridge International, Gospel for Asia, Christ for the Nations, Southwest Baptist Seminary, Dallas Theological Seminary and many other group leaders especially with International Students and Intervarsity missionary staff in Dallas. My they find ways to co-operate together to locate, equip, train and send back the next generation of indigenous missionaries to the Arab lands of the Middle East, China, India and other closed lands. May the same be true in Charlottesville with leaders of Advancing Native Missions, Christian Aid and other indigenous missions agencies based in Virginia and nearby states. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: Please review Psalms 90, 91 and 92 to pray with Bill Bray and the team.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 1, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

Our missionaries, Bill and Ivy Bray, are in the Dallas area to hold a Texas Team Reunion with supporters on Saturday October 4 and reach out to international student ministries and leaders in North Texas and eventually to the whole state. Texas has scores of universities, colleges and Bible schools that attract foreign students from the closed Arab lands, China and India. Please pray for the following prayer items over the next seven days and whenever you think of the Brays and their missionary ministry.

• FLOODS OF FUNDS - While it will usually takes several years to develop church budget and regular support, at the beginning it is essential that the Brays find a handful of partners who can give in a substantial way to cover the monthly budget of the new mission. About $12,000 a month will be needed in 2009. Pray that the Lord will raise up these special partners.
• CHURCH PARTNERS - Pray for pastors, missions chairman, and church groups that will also include the Overseas Students Mission and the Brays in their regular prayers and support. Pray for churches that will help by providing "Friendship Families" to host students in their homes for holidays.
• VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS - All kinds of volunteer workers are needed, not only to work face to face in the discovery process with international students but in national leadership and in the World Wide Web ministry. The only way to offer OSM services to 875 campus outreaches and over 600,000 students is on the Internet. God has given us new technology to master and use.
• ADVISORS AND MENTORS - Student mission leaders need older counselors to help train them and connect them to the churches and supporters in the community who will help to send them back to their closed nations. Pray that Bill and Ivy will find favor with retired missionaries, ACMI leaders and others from ISI, IVF and similar student ministries who will help fulfill this need.
• ALLIANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS - Without collaborative efforts with international churches, cross cultural ministries and indigenous mission agencies such as Advancing Native Missions, Christian Aid, Partners International and many others the task of the Great Commission will not be completed and Christ's return will be delayed. Please pray for good working relationships.
• BOOMERS AND ENCORE CAREER SPECIALISTS - One reason for Bray Team Reunions is to gather together talented retired executives, leaders and homemakers who can help reach out to international students. Encore career volunteers are needed both at the local, state and national level. Pray that we will be able to connect with these talented people.
• GIANT KILLERS - As we face the final frontiers for the Gospel in unreached nations, tribes and tongues people of great courage and faith are needed to lead the intercessory prayer teams and volunteer. The enemies of the Kingdom are both within the churches and on the outside. Only courageous faith and obedience will defeat them and raise up the next generation of indigenous missionaries.
• PLEASE FREELY reprint and circulate this prayer list as widely as possible and enlist others to pray with you. Please stay in touch with us for fresh news and prayer requests.