By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM’s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launch 6 of the 9 fields that were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to the pre-launch planning phases. See more information aquí.
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.
This next 10:2 Prayer Trip is taking place in Ecuador from October 25- November 1. They will be arriving in Quito then travel to Macas (where they will be based). The team will be visiting Shuar Communities in Taisha, in Yas Nunca, and in Mendez to pray.
The team members going on this trip are: Edwin and Maria Giron (EFM Missions Mobilizers), Grace Anderson (NWYM Future Missionary), Silvia Florina (FSW), and Rosie Nila (FSW).
Team leader Maria Giron shared the following on the purpose of this prayer trip. The purpose of this prayer trip is to pray for potential areas/fields where Friends can establish new churches among the Shuar communities that have already been explored. While we are there, we will pray for more workers. We will also visit, encourage, and pray for Jose Olivas, a Friends missionary sent from Mexico in Spring 2024 as Mexico Yearly Meeting’s first missionary sent out of Mexico and first pioneer sent out during EFM’s Five-Year Goal. Lastly, we will have conversations with a local partner organization and local leaders to continue to build and strengthen relationships.
The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in Ecuador.
- Pray for safety while driving and traveling from one place to another.
- Pray that the communities we visit will be open to let us be there to pray and that God directs us to people of peace and to be able to continue building more relationships.
- Pray for health for all the team members throughout the trip.
The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.
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