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

WISDOM OF GOD, thank You for the Prayer Partners and Support Team members who have helped us revive OSM and other missions this year, and who are making our Christmas outreaches to international students possible this month. AMEN

ALPHA AND OMEGA, give Bill Bray grace as he re-approaches pastors, leaders and Christian volunteers or supporters this month. Help the campus missionary staff and volunteers to locate Friendship Partner host families for Christmas outreaches to international students. Use us all Lord, to bring together the "haves" and the "have not's" during this holiday season. Provide the funding needed to help those in need during this season, and especially anoint and use the December newsletters that are going out this week. In all we do, help us to find "chosen vessel" indigenous missionaries that God wants to send back to their own nations with the Gospel. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--who forgives you all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion" (Psalm 103: 2-4).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S FOCUS: During the Christmas holidays, OSM conducts a national search to find new Christian families and individuals who will help volunteer to host international students for a meal or a whole weekend. Our goal is to eventually have enough Friendship Families or partners to host all the 624,000 international students now in the United States.

It takes the whole community around a university or training base to make this happen, and that includes the pastors and clergy of local churches as well as the campus missionary.

Screening host families carefully means good working relationships with local spiritual leaders and national organizations such as ISI, IVCF and Bridges International. They have the responsibility of finding students and matching them up with the right Friendship Family Partners or Friendship Partners. PLEASE, PRAY FOR THIS ENTIRE PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 25.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, November 29, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

Dear Prayer Partner,
Today we will be starting our Advent Ministry by setting up the missionary book table in two local church services. This is a very important ministry for us, not selling books, but distributing the missionary and devotional challenge that underlies our whole enterprise. Literature is one of the best ways to minister our challenge.
Pray for us that many will take adopt the Prayer Planning Diary as their main devotional tool in 2009 and buy challenging mission books for their children and dear ones as Christmas gifts.
Bill Bray+

SON OF THE HIGHEST, we thank you for the favor you are giving us with local pastors and mission leaders in the Charlottesville area and we thank you that we are entering into the Advent season again, a time to review our lives, pray about our budgets, set faith goals and prepare to make vows for the New Year. AMEN

WISDOM OF GOD, may we end this year debt free, both in the work of the mission and in our personal lives. Give us favor as the Charlottesville team takes the missionary book table out to the churches today and also help Bill as we works on important editorial projects for the month of December with online prayer coordinator John Henry in Dallas. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK, "Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--who forgives all your sins and heals all your disease, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion" (Psalm 103:2-4).

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

Dear Friends,
One of our newest ministry partners, Royal Priesthood Christian Cultural Center, is joining us Saturday morning for prayer. We will be walking the grounds of our campus in Charlottesville, opening ourselves to the Holy Spirit of God to receive a renewed vision and word from the Lord. As we pray in faith for the future and line up our thoughts with the mind of Christ, we expect to see mountains move. Over the years, I have been amazed to see how this kind of "prayer walking" changes situations. Join us to pray in the spirit if you cannot join us in person. Ask the Lord to reveal to you in your heart his plan for the OSM ministry across the USA, thanking him for the wonderful facilities we have received.
Your missionaries in Christ,
Bill and Ivy

EVERLASTING GOD, we thank you for men of God like Howie Campbell, Dr. Bob Finley and Bishop Timothy Williams who are standing with us in faith and putting that faith into action in word and deed. Thank you Lord for these heros of faith who are not discouraged by circumstances but hold fast to the vision you have given them. AMEN

EVERLASTING LIGHT, come down and meet with Bill Bray and the prayer team as they wait upon you tomorrow and renew their vision for reaching overseas students and using the property you have given us to your glory. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes" (Deuteronomy 10:21).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, November 25, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

Dear Prayer Partners, Family and Friends,
Hard to believe that as we prepare for our international student guests this Thanksgiving, we also need to be getting ready to help these lonely visitors at Christmas! Pray for both these valuable holiday outreaches to foreign visitors. This kind of Friendship Evangelism is as much a ministry of hospitality and presence as it is the spoken word! Today's prayer request is all about getting ready for "company" as my mom used to call it!
Bill (and Ivy)

GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, we thank you for submitting to the Father by being born as one of us. Thank you for coming to earth as a foreign visitor to bring us salvation. Thank you for your love to the aliens among us and your commands to be hospitable and kind to visitors and sojourners. AMEN

SON OF MAN, give Bill grace as he writes the Christmas newsletter today and as our volunteers as they gather to send out this and so many other holiday communications to Friendship Family host families and international students. Use us LORD, to bring together the "haves" and the "have-nots" during this holiday season. Provide the funding needed to help those in need during this season. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes" (Deuteronomy 10:21).

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

TRUE GOD, we thank you for our indigenous missionary partners in Africa who are faithfully reaching hundreds of tribal groups and ethnicities across such vast territories. We especially thank you for the Royal Priesthood ministry among African-Americans and their vision to reach the nations of Africa in Africa and in Europe as well as in the USA. AMEN

SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, bless the OSM national headquarters office this week as they work with International Students and other international student ministries on over 850 campuses. Guide everyone in making the right match-ups for maximum spiritual impact. May every lonely student who longs to learn about Thanksgiving find a Friendship Family to host him or her on this holiday weekend. AMEN

JEHOVAH-ROPHE, send your healing power over John and Elaine Henry, giving them power to serve you and especially grant John the wisdom and understanding to get the OSM internet prayer ministry functioning this week.

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Live as free men...love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king" (I Peter 2:16-17)

Dear Praying Friend,
You are in our thoughts and prayers this morning.
As you can see from our "Weekend Pause for Prayer" below, the team has a busy weekend. The Campbells are singing at Northside Baptist Church, I am preaching at Royal Priesthood Sunday morning, and Lourdes Sanchez Ponousis is celebrating another anniversary of "Christ the Mighty God Church" in Athens, Greece. Saturday night, we have a Thanksgiving Dinner for international students from the University of Virginia.
It's a busy weekend reaching all nations, with a special focus on Afro-Americans and Filipinos.
Thanks to your support, Ivy and I are reaching out, worshipping, and resting in the Lord this weekend. It has been a very busy and stressful week at the National Office of OSM. We are storming the gates of hell and the enemies of God don't like it! THANKS FOR PRAYING! Persist.
Your missionary,
Bill Bray

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, November 22, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

SON OF GOD, we thank you for every pastor, volunteer and missionary who is working today to help us reach all nations and fulfill your mission assignment for this time of the gentiles. Thank you for the health, power and strength to do your will. We especially thank you for Howie and Debbie Campbell, Brother Williams, Sister Lourdes and everyone at Trinity Presbyterian and International Students who is seeking to reach out this weekend. AMEN

SON OF ABRAHAM, bless all our missionaries today around the world, empower them to resist pride and sin, to faithfully proclaim your written and spoken word. Meet their pressing and urgent financial needs. Give them victory and empower them in a way that gives you great glory this weekend. Give us all the grace to bring souls to your kingdom and cause many to make decisions for you. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. Fear the LORD your God and serve him" (Deuteronomy 10:19-20a).

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

SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, we join our hearts to praise and thank You for the recent news stories that have appeared about the Friendship Family program. We thank you for articles in Assist News, CBN, local newspapers and radio KTIS in Minneapolis. We thank you for surprising us with this unexpected favor in the news media. AMEN

HOLY AND TRUE, we ask you to use the CBN Christian World News programs and website ministries in the next week to involve many more Christian families and volunteers in the Friendship Family Thanksgiving outreach. We pray that the news media will remain favorable and help us to better reach out to all 624,000 international students through holiday home hospitality. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. Fear the LORD your God and serve him" (Deuteronomy 10:19-20a).

Dear Praying Partner,
It has been very exciting to meet Christians on the phone all this week, folks who want to open their homes to foreign visitors. We have also met a lot of fine campus missionaries from various international student ministries that are setting up the connections on the local level. Pray for them and for the OSM Thanksgiving and Christmas outreaches. Ask the Lord for much fruit.

In Christ our Lord,
Bill and Ivy

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, November 18, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, we thank You for those who are being blessed and prospering with us through prayer during these days of ongoing miracles. Thank You for answering our prayers, meeting our needs and giving us the strength we need to overcome the enemy of our souls. SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, we thank You for those who have joined and are joining us in special prayer this week for our indigenous missionary partners in China, India and all of Asia, in Africa, in Greece and all nations including those in the USA and Europe. AMEN

SHEPHERD, lead and guide your sheep by your Holy Spirit to join us in a new burst of prayer starting today. Use Bill as he leads Morning Prayer to begin this day and ends with prayer for all nations at the Downtown Prayer Center. Give him strength and favor during the day to call upon many pastors and leaders, and give John Henry wisdom and strength to design and set up our new daily prayer letter design. Unite us with your praying saints around the world so that we might better stay in touch with You. AMEN

VERSE OF THE DAY: "And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. Fear the Lord your God and serve him" (Deuteronomy 10:19-20a).

NOTICE: After many months of waiting, we are soon going to be switching over to Constant Contact for all our email Prayer Letters and Newsletters. By law, we must ask you to renew your FREE subscription if you want to stay in fellowship. Please sign up today if you want to join our new burst of prayer. We want to continue working with you to fulfill Christ's command to reach ALL NATIONS. Simply click on the link at the bottom of this letter and follow the easy steps. Choose to get at least the monthly Newsletter as well as the daily Prayer Letter if you want to stay connected. THANK YOU.

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

SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, thank You for sharing with us your passionate heart for the nations, for revealing to us your love for all peoples, and entrusting us to carry your good news and love to all ethnic groups. Thank you for the opportunity during this holiday season to have international visitors as guests in our homes and to share your love with them. AMEN

MESSIAH, we pray that people we encounter on your behalf, and especially those whom you have blessed financially, will fall in love with the ministry of Overseas Students Mission. May they be convicted and compelled to send large, end-of-year contributions to the missions and missionaries we serve. May there be a flood of donations this Thanksgiving, Christmas and at New Year. Help those are are living in sinful fear during this time of recession and strengthen their hearts with faith. Forgive us for our greed and selfishness. Lord, You know the needs of your servants, and so we look to your hand to fulfill them to your glory. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. Fear the LORD your God and serve him" (Deuteronomy 10:19-20a).

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

WISDOM OF GOD, we thank You for the pastors from many churches and different ethnic groups who are finding us in Central Virginia, especially among the Africans, Chinese, Hispanics and Koreans. We thank You also for those from many traditions who are laying aside historic differences in order to obey You and respond to the crisis of this hour in missions history. AMEN

WORD OF LIFE, use Bill and Ivy as they go out with the Missions Book Table to two different churches this weekend including the Royal Priesthood Christian Cultural Center church for their Annual Women's Conference. May the Brays enlist many new Prayer Partners and supporters this weekend and may they come closer in bonds of love with the whole Body of Christ in Charlottesville. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. Fear the LORD your God and serve him" (Deuteronomy 10:19-20a).

NOTICE: After many months of waiting, we are finally switching over to Constant Contact for all our email prayer letters and news letters. These are subscriber controlled emailing lists so that we won't be guilty of sending spam. If you want to continue receiving our prayer letters please go through the simple sign-up process by clicking on the new OSM Emails link at the bottom of the page. THANK YOU!

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

REDEEMER, we thank you for the Friendship Families who are willing to share their Thanksgiving holiday with international students. We praise you for affiliate international student ministries on over 850 campuses in the United States who are organizing this effort. AMEN

PRINCE OF PEACE, use OSM news releases and mailings to pastors and volunteers to uncover more Christian families who are willing to host international students from nearby universities, military bases and colleges for Thanksgiving. We pray that this OSM Friendship Family program will grow every year so that all 600,000 international students will have opportunities to share the holidays with Christian families. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing" (Deuteronomy 10:18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, November 12, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LIVING STONE, we thank You for the growing number of Prayer Partners who are joining with us to pray for the nations on Wednesday evening both in Charlottesville and joining us around the world in spirit. We thank You for the extraordinary efforts of John Henry to set up an Internet and World Wide Web prayer ministry through Constant Contact for OSM. AMEN

LORD OF PEACE, visit the Charlottesville Prayer Council tonight as Bill chairs a meeting to set up a prayer website for the Church in Charlottesville and other communications efforts. Lead the group in their prayers and discussions as they seek to make intercession a way of life locally and globally. Answer our prayers for indigenous missions to All Nations tonight and use us to send your Gospel to the world. Use John Henry to increase the number of Prayer Partners who are signed up for our daily and weekly Prayer Letters and cover his support needs for November and every month. Teach us how to pray in one accord with You and one another. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing" (Deuteronomy 10:18).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUESTS: Nothing in the history of Christian missions has ever occurred without the prayers and intercessions of God's people. Therefore, when Bill Bray accepted the call to come and serve as President of OSM, the first thing he did was to organize a prayer movement. All apostolic action must spring from our communion with Christ through prayer. It is the way that we discover his will and receive his provision. Therefore, OSM is making a strong effort to foster prayer before all else.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, November 11, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

HE THAT LIVES, we thank You for the 600,000 overseas students that You have brought to the United States for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, and we thank You for the millions of Christians here who have the means and could open their doors to welcome and befriend them during this season. AMEN

HEAD OF THE BODY, we pray that you will use Bill Bray and OSM to wisely challenge and call Christians to befriend international students this holiday season and open their houses to welcome them. Use Bill's letters and mailings to pastors, other international student ministries, and news releases in the media to highlight this need and focus on the Friendship Family outreach program. May Bill's Thanksgiving appeal letter touch many hearts this week and cause prayer partners and supporters to encourage this effort with offerings and gifts. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing" (Deuteronomy 10:18).

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

GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, we thank you that you lead us beside still waters and set a table before us in the presence of our enemies. We thank you that because of you, we shall not want. AMEN

HEAD OF EVERY MAN and CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, we ask you to pour out financial blessing on Bill Bray's Thanksgiving appeals for the poor and indigenous missionaries. May the fundraising letters be received on time and may the hearts of friends and supporters be softened by your Holy Spirit. May they have generous hearts and be blessed so that they will send thousands of dollars to the mission for Thanksgiving. May every needy missionary find extra financial resources during this time and may every bill be paid to your Glory. Defend us from the thief and destroyer and may the watching world see your mighty hand of provision for your people. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing" (Deuteronomy 10:18).

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

THANK YOU LORD JESUS for the doors you have opened this weekend in Virginia, especially with new pastors and churches. AMEN

CHIEF SHEPHERD give our missionaries Bill and Ivy Bray open doors as they visit two separate church events this Sunday with the Missionary Book Table ministry. May the word of God go forth and may they find favor with new Prayer Partners and Supporters. Continue to give them special favor as they call upon 50 local churches between now and the start of Advent to seek line item budget enclosures for 2009. May many remember needy missionaries in their Thanksgiving and Christmas offerings, especially this month and we ask you for a rush of contributions to the ministry. AMEN

LORD OF HOSTS, help our Friendship Family volunteers, the International Student staff and the Brays as they have the monthly social Saturday night in Charlottesville. Bless the Brays as they assist various International Students Ministries such as ISI, Bridges International and InterVarsity on 850 campuses to find more "Friendship Families" to help during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Give OSM the publicity needed at this time to get Americans involved in this. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes" (Deuteronomy 10:17).

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

WORD OF GOD, thank You for your promise that those who delight in your law will be a like a tree planted by rivers of water, bearing fruit in due season. We thank you that those who go forth, bearing precious seed, will doubtless come again rejoicing. AMEN

CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, we pray for our missionaries today who are planting the seed in so many ways, taking your message both to the lost and to believers. We especially pray for the headquarters missionary team as they work on Thanksgiving outreaches to international students in Charlottesville and across the USA. We pray for their efforts to enlist more "Friendship Families", supporters and volunteers for this work. Especially bless the mailing volunteers as they gather tomorrow to send out a Thanksgiving newsletter to all the supporters. May this Thanksgiving letter bring much fruit. Lord, we ask you to pour out financial blessing on our missionaries today, especially Bill and Ivy. May they and all the needy indigenous missionaries they serve find extra sources of help during these troubled financial times. May every bill be paid to your glory and as they wait on you, may they demonstrate contentment and trust to those who watch their attitudes and behavior during this recession. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE DAY: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" (Psalm 1: 1-3).

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

KING OF GLORY, we thank you for blessing the people of the United States with peaceful general elections and for their new President Elect Obama, new congressmen and praise you for all those you have placed in authority over them including President Bush and all other officials. AMEN

KING OVER ALL THE EARTH, we pray for all those in authority over us that we may live peaceful and honest lives, serving You in righteousness. May American Christians find it easier now to act in courage, be strong in You, and prepare to more fully obey you as a result of the 2008 election year drama. Have mercy on us Lord for our many sins and help us to be stronger lights as we witness for You and love our neighbors as ourselves even more. AMEN

LIGHT OF MEN, we pray that you will call forth many Friendship Families to host international students in their homes for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Give Bill, and all the missionary staff and volunteers much wisdom as they present this opportunity to the larger Christian community. Direct the matches between Christian families and unbelievers that these meals may be wonderful opportunities to meet with Communists, Hindus, Muslims and Pagans from closed lands. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes" (Deuteronomy 10:17).

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

KING OF KINGS, thank you for giving Americans the privilege of living in a land where they actually get to vote for the president of their choice and have a voice in helping to select their next leaders and lawmakers. Thank You for exhorting us to make supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks for all men; for kings and all those in authority. We recognize that you give us the leaders we crave and deserve, yet we acknowledge that you are supreme and no man takes authority without your permission. AMEN

LORD OF LORDS, we pray therefore that you will give the Americans a president who will protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness so that Christians in the USA may all lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. Have mercy Lord on Your church in the USA and grant it more time to repent and submit to your will. Forgive American Christians for their many sins and heal their land so that they can better do your will in their personal lives, families, ministries and vocations. May American continue to be a city on hill, shining the light of the Gospel for all the world to see. Revive it so that it may continue to serve as a mighty engine of freedom, mercy and mission to a world in need. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of Lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes" (Deuteronomy 10:17).

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

THANK YOU LORD FOR LOCAL CHURCHES that support and have supported the Brays in the Charlottesville area and across the country. Looking back over the last 18 years, we lift our hands in praise for the pastors, churches and local leaders that have stood behind the Brays at various times. Thank You Lord for the prayers and support of your people. AMEN

CHIEF SHEPHERD, give our missionaries Bill and Ivy Bray an outpouring of fresh support from churches and Christian leaders in the Charlottesville area and across the nation. Help them to find more local churches who which will become their missionary partners in the days ahead. Many many local churches support outreach to international students by finding Freindship Families to host students in homes at Thanksgiving and Christmas. May the Brays, and all the needy indigenous missionaries they help find favor from pastors and church mission boards. Open doors as they call, visit and write to over 50 local churches between now and the start of Advent. May they find favor as they set up the CIS Missionary Book Table in friendly churches. May they be included as a line item in many local budgets. In addition, may many churches include needy missionaries and student outreaches in their Thanksgiving and Christmas offerings. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes" (Deuteronomy 10:17).

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

LORD OF HOSTS, thank you for the strength and vigor to meet with international students today from the Muslim Middle East, Communist China and Hindu India. AMEN

LORD OF HOSTS, help international student missionaries, including Bill and Ivy from OSM, as they hike today with international students from many nations. Bless them as they counsel a Christian student today from Liberty University at breakfast and then go on to gather with the others. Bless the Brays as they assist various ISM's on 850 campuses to find "Friendship Families" who will host international students for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays this year. 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).

FACT: There are over 600,000 overseas students on American campuses this year, many from closed lands which forbid American missionaries religious freedom to come and preach the Gospel of Christ.