{"id":28142,"date":"2025-04-28T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=28142"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:34:38","slug":"may-2025-prayer-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/prayer\/may-2025-prayer-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2025 Prayer Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/May-2025-Prayer-Letter-Web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website.png 1127w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website-1024x194.png 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website-18x3.png 18w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Prayer-Initiative-Website-600x114.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>EFM is excited to announce our new prayer initiative called \u201c7 Fields, 7 Calls to Prayer.\u201d This seven-month journey will highlight fields where God is calling us to send new workers, and we need your prayers to help prepare the way.<\/p>\n<p>If you sign up to join us, you\u2019ll receive a monthly resource that includes prayer points, stories from the field, and ways to stay involved. We hope you\u2019ll use them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In your home with your family<\/li>\n<li>With a small group or Bible study<\/li>\n<li>With an existing prayer group<\/li>\n<li>And by encouraging your church leaders to share them more widely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This journey works in tandem with the Luke 10:2 Prayer Gathering\u2014held on the second Thursday of each month at 10am Pacific. We\u2019ll introduce the approved field (from our Five-Year Goal) we\u2019re focusing on that month and hear directly from those preparing to serve there as well as those that are preparing the way. Our next gathering is Thursday, May 8\u2014we\u2019d love for you to join us!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/2025-prayer-initiative\/\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong> to sign up and be part of the Prayer Initiative. We can\u2019t wait to see how God moves through this united prayer effort!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-2048x1346.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-1600x1050.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-Help-Wanted-Postcard_Page_1-600x394.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Is it possible that God has an adventure <\/strong><strong>for you in another country?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine living your whole life never hearing that Jesus loves you. EFM is going to places where that is a reality. Often, these corners of the world are wracked with poverty, broken relationships, lack of education, social concerns, and spiritual darkness. Along with career missionaries, EFM is looking for people who can respond to these needs, even on a 1-2 year basis.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, EFM invites you to redefine your understanding of what it means to be a \u201cmissionary.\u201d Simply said, a missionary is a person willing to engage in cross-cultural ministry, using their unique life and vocational experiences, skills, and interests to live out and usher in the Kingdom of God. In today\u2019s complex world, ministry requires people with diverse abilities \u2013 education, business, agriculture, hospitality, social work, medicine, IT and more. The key is a willingness to build genuine relationships. These connections \u2013 whether families, men, women, children, or youth \u2013 create fertile ground where disciple-making flourishes.<\/p>\n<p>Begin the conversation today to discover how your unique life experiences and vocational skills can meet these important needs. EFM will equip you for cross-cultural service, training you in the latest methods for immersing yourself in a new culture, learning a language and developing the depth of friendships that flow into disciple-making relationships. Once trained, EFM also provides the infrastructure to support you, including prayer networks, training in fundraising, a ministry coach, and a personal care team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/go\/\"><strong>haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/strong><\/a> to begin the conversation today and discover how your unique life experiences and vocational skills can meet these important needs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/May-2025-Prayer-Letter-Web.pdf\">Read this month&#8217;s prayer letter here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFM is excited to announce our new prayer initiative called \u201c7 Fields, 7 Calls to Prayer.\u201d This seven-month journey will highlight fields where God is calling us to send new workers, and we need your prayers to help prepare the way. 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