spotlight on: EURASIA

by Monica Rodriguez

"Revival is simply God overrunning or immersing a whole area, city or people group in His presence so that holiness, evangelism and miracles are the staple diet of the whole community."
- Pastor Kaj Martin

Russia, one of the world's largest nations, is home to 5.5 million Tartar people. Regrettably, the "forced conversions" of the 16 th century still affect these peoples' view of Christianity. Pray that Christ would come "leaping and bounding over the mountains" in Russia to bring light and hope to the Tartar people.

About 10 million Tajiks live in Tajikistan and its surrounding countries. Less than 1 percent of them know Jesus and view Christianity as a form of Soviet influence and imposition. Although religious freedom is now growing, many children are turning to the only faith they know - Islam. Pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pray also for encounters with Jesus among Tajiks through dreams and visions, revealing to these people that true freedom comes only through life in Christ Jesus.

Nepal, a nation unreached until the 1950s, remains a restricted area for missionaries from America. Within its borders, girls are kidnapped or unwittingly sold by their families into the sex slave trade in India. Others are deceived into believing they will find better job opportunities. Currently around 100,000 girls, many under 18 years old, are forced to work as prostitutes. Pray for God to open a door of escape from the bonds of evil men, for a restoration of families and for humanitarian groups to be developed to provide jobs for communities in Nepal.