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 October, a 10:2 Prayer Trip took place in Dubai. The following is a report written by team member Matt Chesnes.

Who was on the trip?

The team included: Stan Leach, Zach Bohler, Beth Sarrice, Norbu Tamang, Sam Chappidi, Matthew Chesnes.

Where did you travel?

Persian Gulf States – Technically, we went to Dubai but it is kept more general for location.

Trip Highlights

The Lord opened doors for us among Nepali congregations. These congregations invest a major portion of their budget on transportation. Since the Lord has placed ‘Business as Mission’ in our hearts and mind, there was an immediate understanding of how we can come alongside these churches to help. We would help them start a transportation business. There are multiple benefits to the individuals and to the church.

A partnership door that opened in January 2025, opened wider on this trip. We met with leaders from an evangelical church that has 120+ nations attending with over 6,000 in attendance. Approximately one thousand individuals leave this church every year. Many of them will return to their homeland. We want to come alongside this to equip men and women to plant disciple making communities when they return home. Our role would be to develop a strategy and curriculum to equip these individuals to accomplish that task.

Prayer focus: What did the team pray for and how can others continue praying?

• Pray for open doors.
• Pray for potential partnership with the local church. This is still in the works.
• Our top priority is “who will go?”

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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 October 2024, a 10:2 Prayer Trip took place in the Persian Gulf States. The following is a report written by team member Zach Bohler.

There were eight total on this team: Ian Davison (Orange Friends Church), Andrew Blackburn (Winona Friends Church), Beth Sarrica (Morningside Friends Church), Zach Bohler (Orange Friends Church), Doyle Hartman (Orange Friends Church), Amanda Dudley (Friendswood Friends Church), Jacelyn Jones (EFC-ER retired missionary), Matt Chesnes (EFC-ER Multiplication Director).

The Gulf States 10:2 Prayer Team traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 8-16, with three goals in mind:

Obedience to Luke 10:2 by praying for workers for the harvest in the Persian Gulf.
Connect EFC churches with the Persian Gulf field through the prayer team so we would become “mini-ambassadors” upon our return.
Seek relationships and potential ministry partnerships on the ground.
Most of our time was spent in and around Dubai, with short trips to Abu Dhabi and Khor Fakkan.

Grant, an American serving in the city, introduced us to a labor camp market area in which many foreign workers live, buy, and sell. We were able to pray over the market and the people there.

Aaron, a staff pastor at Fellowship Dubai, filled us in on the thriving gospel environment that currently exists in this part of the world. We also heard about an internship program at the church that might be a resource for potential workers.

Roman, a leader in the Nepali church who we spent time with on our first two trips to Dubai, updated us on the church, his family, and the difficulties for Christians who have come to the UAE.

Bonaldi and Yen, an Indonesian couple living in the city, introduced us to their pastor, Yen-Li, and were great blessings to us as they acted as hosts and tour guides for much of our trip.

Nisin, who came to Christ in the English-speaking church in Dubai, shared with us recent highlights and challenges from the thriving campus ministry he helps lead.

Dubai has an overwhelming need for the gospel, with people coming from all over the world; there are massive opportunities with an openness unmatched in the Arab world and champions across EFC-ER who are passionate about seeing workers sent there. This trip was an immense help in increasing our understanding of what is happening in the UAE and what it will take for us to send people there.

People need to have their hearts turned from the idolatry of success (money, power, escape from their home countries) and toward Jesus. Finding someone whose career could go with them to Dubai and work while making disciples would be a big benefit.

We need individuals, couples, or families with a pioneering spirit, a heart for the nations, an entrepreneurial skill set, and a gift for developing leaders.

We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.

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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 the Persian Gulf States with a few team members staying in the area a bit longer to do some pre-launch planning as well. The prayer team will be in the Gulf States from October 9-15. They will spend October 9-13 in Dubai and October 14-15 in Abu Dhabi.

There is a team of nine going on this trip from EFC-ER. The team members are Zach Bohler (Orange Friends Church), Matt Chesnes (EFC-ER Multiplication Director), Matt Bradbury (Thrive in Place), Beth Sarrica (Morningside Friends Church), Amanda Dudley (Friendswood Friends Church in EFC-MAYM), Jacelyn Jones (EFC-ER retired missionary), Doyle Hartman (Orange Friends Church), Ian Davison (Orange Friends Church), and Andrew Blackburn (Winona Friends Church). Zach, Matt Chesnes, and Matt Bradbury will be staying later to conduct the pre-launch planning.

Team leader Zach Bohler shared the following. Our prayer team’s purpose on this trip is threefold.

1. Obedience to Luke 10:2 by praying for workers for the coming harvest.
2. Connect EFC churches with Dubai through the prayer team so they become “mini-ambassadors” upon our return.
3. Seek relationships and potential ministry partnerships on the ground in the UAE.

The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in the Persian Gulf States…

• Since we are reestablishing relationships after shifting our vision on last year’s trip, pray that our team would be led to persons of peace who would help us integrate into the culture and local communities.
• Pray that our team will catch the vision and come back on fire to tell others about what God is doing in the Persian Gulf.
• Pray that we will be able to discern who might go to pioneer this new field.

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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