Praises and Prayer Requests for Missions Partners
April 19, 2025

Yuriy and Madison Perekotiy - Bucharest, Romania
  1. PRAISE the Lord we had our first short-term team visit us from CrossRoadsBaptist Church!
  2. PRAISE the Lord Yuriy and the youth leaders have experienced greatinteractions at the last youth meetings. The team is very bought in for camp as well.
  3. PRAISE the Lord Yuriy was asked to lead a trauma-informed training for theRomanian and Ukrainian teams last Saturday - it went so well! He was verypleased.
  4. Please pray for Yuriy’s family. The U4U program has ended, and we areunsure of what that means for Yuriy’s parents and sister (and her family)once their visa ends in one year. We will likely be able to apply for his parentsto get green cards as our direct relatives. Please pray for wisdom in this process.
  5. Pray for Yuriy’s brother, Elijah; he is weary. He only got one vacation in thepast year. We are praying they will let him off before summer to spend timewith his wife, Vasilisa. He has been on the front lines of this war for so long.
  6. Please pray for several of the older women from church who are looking for aplace to live. We are prayerfully considering offering to support their rent,but we want to make sure we can sustainably commit to that.
  7. Please continue to pray for Inna as she parents her kids - especially Timothy.
  8. Please pray for Yuriy to embrace the role he has been given as pastor; he ishesitant to call himself that, but in a subconscious way, it’s also preventinghim from fully taking on the role of shepherd and leader too. He sees himselfas the interim stand in. But it’s really just him!
  9. Please pray for our children, specifically Chambers - he has a lot of life andbig questions! Pray for him as he navigates this emotional ride to teen years.And pray for the Lord to give us wisdom in answering his questions in abiblical, truthful way; Lev - he is really struggling with anger and wants to bemore gentle. He is bothered by strife in the family and desires more peace,but needs prayer for self control; and Mila - she feels the weight ofeverything on her shoulders. Pray for God to release her from the burden of feeling .
  10. Please pray for our marriage, specifically for us to prioritize prayer together.We have looked into a place in Hungary that has counseling for missionarycouples, children etc. We are considering going there for two weeks as we are getting exhausted about this season of limbo (and burnout for me) and weneed some guidance. Pray that they will have a spot open in July.
  11. Yuriy also just found out about the opportunity to take some older Ukrainianteenagers to a tent camp in Romania the middle of July. Pray for thecoordination with the Romanian who owns the campsite and for the specificteens that the Lord has in mind already! Pray for enough leaders. I think wehave enough funds in our Ministry account to cover this, but please also prayfor that provision!

The Holland Family - Clarkston, GA
  1. PRAISE the Lord for He continues to be gracious in His provision for us and the ministry. 
  2. PRAISE the Lord for the continued support and encouragement ofCrossRoads Baptist Church.
  3. Please pray for our training residencies, and pray for favor with sending churches. 
  4. Please pray for more unity and cooperation and appreciation among ourlarger team in Clarkston.
  5. Please pray for our boys as they approach adulthood, that they willcontinue to own their own faith and what God wants to do with their lives.

Monel and Joselie Jules - Haiti’s Eden
  1. PRAISE the Lord that our medical services keep growing, and we need a new building already.
  2. PRAISE the Lord for new medical staff and two new doctors are joining our team. 
  3. PRAISE the Lord for the new children’s minister at the church: Guiderson Augusta.
  4. PRAISE the Lord that we have teams beginning to return to serve from the US in 2025. The next team is scheduled to come in October.
  5. Please pray for the Jules family, as they are away from Amy for her first year in college.
  6. Please pray for Amy and her studies.
  7. Please pray for Amy’s funds for school; we have saved some money for her, but allhas been used for the first year. She has received some scholarship, but we need toadd to it. So we’re praying for next year. - This is heavy on our minds.
  8. Please pray that Amy will be able to come home this summer. We will stay here and not travel.
  9. Please pray for the government in Haiti; our area is safe, but we would like to seesafety everywhere. Port-au-Prince is still a mess.
  10. Please pray for our ongoing support for Haiti’s Eden, that we can go forwardknowing that we are covered in prayer and our expenses will be covered each quarter.
  11. Please pray for more committed people in our church to spread out the Gospel andlive for Christ.
  12. Please pray for big needs for the clinic: Xray machine (hopefully soon we will have itsecured and delivered to Haiti)
  13. Please pray for some minor needs for the church and Haiti’s Eden overall: newpiano/keyboard, inverter system to use in the church, sanctuary exterior renovation, carpentry training, van suspension.

Pastor Jesus - Oneonta, AL
  1. PRAISE the Lord for His provision in the ministry.
  2. Pray for direction regarding Freindship Baptist Association
  3. Pray for Pastor Jesus birthday April 13th. Pray that he will be protected from spiritual warfare and attack.
  4. Pray for his immediate family and upcoming financial decisions.
  5. Pray for 3 new believers.
  6. Continue to pray for his people to believe in the one true God and put away superstitions and idols.

Mission 1418 - Pakistan
  1. PRAISE the Lord God is most real in hard times like this, and the prayers of CrossRoads Baptist Church have really helped him.
  2. PRAISE the Lord “Kelly’s” hand is looking much better, and she was able to get her cast off.
  3. PRAISE the Lord “Beth” is able to go from dialysis 3x/week to just 1x/week.
  4. PRAISE the Lord for providing the food and supplies needed to support a family of still in slavery.
  5. Please pray for Roger (Mission 1418 U.S. leader). He has been under spiritual attack and is asking that the Lord will protect him from evil, guard his heart and mind with the Truth, nourish him through time in His Word, and encourage him through fellow believers.
  6. Please pray for Roger and stress at work
  7. Please pray for Roger’s brother, who is in the hospital and has been sick on and off for 2-3 years (major illness).
  8. Please pray for Roger’s wife, Monica. She had eye surgery recently.
  9. Please pray for “Beth’s” dialysis, as it takes money and time to get her to her appointments. Pray that she will continue to improve.
  10. Please pray for direction and resources for Mission 1418. We are working with CRBC to find a way to provide counseling training/resources specifically for the women and children freed from slavery. Many have experienced sexual and physical abuse/trauma, and we want to be able to provide them with the counseling they need.

Our Hope - Uganda
  1. PRAISE the Lord for His provision in the ministry.
  2. Pray for provision and good weather to finish the new young ladies cottage. They are excited to be able to live more independently with distant supervision.
  3. Pray for the young men who are in their new cottage, that they will continue to develop more life skills, become more independent and thrive as the young men God created them to be.
  4. Pray for Jessica as she takes on a leadership role as a social worker over the young men and women’s cottages. She has completed her college degree in social work and is transitioning from child at Home of Hope to leadership.
  5. Pray for good health for the children living at Home of Hope during the rainy season when cases of flu and malaria are high.
  6. Pray for Edith to have good health and physical stamina to lead Home of Hope well while caring for her own family’s needs.

Ministerios Buena Vista - Guatemala
  1. PRAISE the Lord for His continuing provision in our family and ministry.
  2. Please continue to pray for Danny’s health.
  3. Please pray for Danny and Kim as they are apart.
  4. Please pray for Daimy as she finishes her Associates degree and waits to hear if she will be accepted into the Nursing Program.
  5. Please pray for safe travels as Kim travels back to the states in May.
  6. Please pray for the Mission Teams coming this summer. Pray that the Fathers will be done during our time together.

Wade and Joan Killingsworth - Slovenia
  1. PRAISE the Lord that Demeter became a believer! We had been praying for him for quite awhile. 
  2. PRAISE the Lord that our bigger church space is working really well for us.
  3. PRAISE the Lord that our church is still growing. People are excited to come.
  4. Please continue to pray for the following people, as they are not believers but have been coming to church: Samo, Urška, Maruša, Kaja, David, Simon, Grega, Alenka, Moica (see next request for more specific prayer for this lady).
  5. Moica (pronounced moe-EET-zuh) is a woman who has been coming to church fairly regularly for awhile now. She is very open that her demons torment her at night, and her possession by spirits is very evident. There is a darkness you can feel in her presence, even though she is very kind and easy to talk to. Please pray that the Lord will open her eyes and heart to truth and draw her to Himself. We long to call her sister.
  6. Please pray for Goran and Metka. Goran pastors our church, and his wife Metka works closely with the children. Their sending agency is cutting their funding. Please pray that the Lord will provide for their needs. They also need a break...they have worked faithfully to share the good news of Jesus with the Slovene people for years with no break. Please pray that the Lord will provide time for them to rest.
  7. Please pray for Barbara, a new lady who has visited our church, and her mother Helena to come to know the Lord.
  8. Please pray that the Lord would provide someone to work with the youth.
  9. Please pray for continued wisdom and unity with church leadership.

CRBC Missions
  1. PRAISE the Lord that our short-term mission team is back safely from their trip to visit our partners in Slovenia and Romania. No baggage was lost (across 8 flights!), and the time spent with the partners was sweet.
  2. PRAISE the Lord that He is continuing to work through CRBC to bless our partners. We were able to take 5 suitcases full of supplies and gifts to our partners, and they felt so loved and supported when they opened their gifts!
  3. PRAISE the Lord that our partners have said they feel supported and encouraged by CRBC. Pray that all our efforts to continue are led by the Lord and effective.
  4. Please pray for the missions committee to have wisdom and discernment as they make decisions regarding our partners.
  5. Please pray that God will provide the right people to replace the committee members rolling off in August.
  6. Please pray for the Guatemala short-term team as they continue to prepare for their trip in June. Pray that God will provide the funding they need to go.
  7. Please pray that the committee will continue to find ways to support and encourage our missions partners.
  8. Please pray that the Lord will give us as a church the desire and burden to consistently intercede for our partners. We know that prayer is an effective weapon against darkness, so pray that we will be effective warriors for the Lord.
  9. Please pray that the Lord will show us where and how He would lead us next year to serve as we plan and prepare for short-term trips in 2026.