By November 2024 EFM had made a commitment to launch seven of the nine fields that were under exploration. Those seven fields are now moving on to the prayer and pre-launch planning phases. Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider other potential fields. You can learn more here.
A 10:2 Prayer Trip is an annual trip to the mission fields where EFM has committed to sending missionaries. Teams are asked to pray for the soil (Matthew 13:1-23) and pray for the workers (Luke 10:2). Teams are sent or guided by sponsoring regions/yearly meetings of the new EFM fields that have been leading exploration. 10:2 Prayer Trips will target appropriate communities for prayer walking and interceding that “the Kingdom come, and God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven” in those places.
In November 2025, a 10:2 Prayer Trip took place in the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The following is a report written by team member Jonelle Liddell.
Who Was On The Trip?
- Christy Neifert
- Soni McGrew
- Fred and Jonelle Liddell
- Jim LeShana
- Kathleen Dungan
Where Did You Travel?
We traveled in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and briefly crossed the border to Capljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Trip Highlights
On our first day together as a team, we visited the Croatian church in Vela Luka, Croatia. We were all encouraged by the open arms of the pastor and the congregation. This Croatian pastor and his wife are key potential ministry partners and mentors for our long term team, and is modeling love for others across ethnic lines, evangelism to neighboring communities/islands with no current evangelical presence, and active presence in your community for relationship building and witness.
This open armed welcome was repeated in our other interactions with existing contacts. We had a sense that previously there had been expressions of welcome with emotional reserve (which aligns with what we’ve been told about the culture in this region), and that this reserve had reduced or vanished. Now, we were just brothers and sisters.
We went on prayer walks in several villages, towns, and cities, and at different points most of us felt a sense of the either the Spirit speaking or impressing a message, or of spiritual resistance and oppression. This resistance was felt physically as several of us had significant health issues, unrelated to each other. God’s timing and provision was clearly seen, but the resistance was clear.
How You Can Pray…
- We sensed that the hearts of many individuals are closed like shuttered windows. We prayed that God would remove the spiritual shutters and let His love and grace pour in, driving out sin’s darkness.
- We thanked God for the faithful believers we met and prayed that God would bless their witness and bring many to Himself.
- We prayed that spiritual stronghold would be removed and this whole country would be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.
- In addition to joining in those prayers, please pray that the workers God is calling to this field would respond.
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