(Planned Prayer Mission Trips Below!)
General Information:
Short term mission trips which focus primarily on the ministry of prayer is the primary focus of Prayer Missions International. While many short term mission trips focus upon construction, medical needs or Biblical instructions, these trips will focus primarily upon the ministry of prayer. Teams consisting of 5-10 men and women will spend their ministry time focusing upon the ministry needs of the missionaries, pastors, diaconal workers and other ministry personnel. Additionally part of the prayer ministry time will be interceding before God for the community in which the ministry is located. We will pray for the government, the economy, the education, the medical and social needs of the community. To better understand how this ministry team will work, please refer to a sample itinerary located under Itinerary. Also refer to the information letter located under Volunteer Application on this web site.
Two comments from the Nehemiah Center staff, Nicaragua Prayer Trip - October 2010:
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"A couple years ago we explored how we can design a North American group that would be geared to recruiting the leadership from our supporting churches. Nothing really materialized until Prayer Ministries International contacted us last spring. With little work on our part, a team organized by Prayer Missions International that included Jon DeBruyn and six church leaders from our supporting churches (Vanderwees, Holtrop and Huyser). The team spent a week meeting our families, learning about Nicaragua and the CRC work. They had a chance to pray for Nicaragua, our families, our partner staff and several communities they were able to visit. They also led a morning workshop on Lecto Divino for the Nehemiah center quarterly retreat. - As a country team we were really impressed with this group. They were incredible encouragers and left us feeling strengthened and protected. We did a bit of follow-up work and this sentiment was echoed by everyone that they interacted with. Prayer seemed to overcome a number of cultural and language barriers. In our busyness, we often forget to bathe our work in prayer. We would welcome PMI back on a regular basis." For the country team, Mark Vanderwees -CRWRC Nicaragua
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"Let me just say I would really second this. I think this was one of the most rewarding teams we have had - - both for us and the national leaders we work with. Prayer seemed to break down the us/them barriers in ways that other sorts of teams have been unable to do. The national leaders really appreciated this team and the way they took time to listen to them and prayer with them." - Joel Huyser, Director of the Nehemiah Center
Closed Trip - Northern Africa
This trip to Northern Africa is to a Muslim country and it is best not to broadcast our intention to travel there for the purpose of prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.
Please be in prayer for this trip in March. Pray for protection and mostly for spiritual insight and spiritual power to pray and accomplish God's desire in sending us there.
Eastern Europe Trip (Hungary, Ukraine and Romania) - April 25 - May 8, 2012
Traveling to the heart of the Eastern Europe provides wonderful opportunities to pray for churches struggling against years of atheistic communist teaching. This trip will start in Budapest and travel through to Ukraine and Romania, visiting Christian missionaries, schools and churches and returning to Budapest for departure. The trip will be twelve days, including our travel days.
- Dates: April 25 - May 8, 2012
- Hosts: Lois Craven, former missionary to Hungary will accompanying the team through out our travels; George deVuyst will be our host in Ukraine; Steve Michmerhuizen will be our host in Romania; Frank Sawyer will be our host in Sarospatak.
- Costs: $1225 per person, plus transportation from your departure city.
- Deadline for application: March 19, 2012.
- This trip will be done in cooperation with Christian Reformed World Missions and ServiceLink of the Christian Reformed Church. Application will be done through ServiceLink, http://www.crcna.org/pages/servicelink_pmi_wmprayertrip.cfm
Uganda, Africa - June 7-19, 2012
This prayer mission trip is a joint sponsored trip with Set Free Ministries of Grand Rapids, MI. Set Free Ministries' International Director, Dr. Jeff Stam, will be accompanying us on the trip to visit and pray for nine different projects Set Free has in Uganda.
- Dates: June 7 - 19, 2012
- Hosts: Dr. Jeff Stam and local Set Free personnel
- Costs: $950 per person plus the cost of transportation from your departure city. Presently airline costs from Chicago are about $1900.
- Deadline for application: May 1, 2012
- Application for this trip is through Prayer Missions International. The application is available on this web site under Volunteer Application.
New York City - September 8-15
Sample Itinerary (see also Prayer Warriors - Trip Diary for another example of a prayer mission trip itinerary)
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This is a sample of a prayer mission trip itinerary which took place in
Saturday: 7:10 p.m. - Team arrives in
Sunday - 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast with hosts
9:00 a.m. – Leave for English worship at Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church.
11:00 a.m. – Team members either go to attend Santa Anita Mission or walk around and pray for the Bugambilias neighborhood.
12:00 p.m. – Team members either 1) attend Spanish worship service or 2) walk around Bugambilias neighborhood and pray for the community.
1:45 p.m. – All meet together for lunch in Las Fuentes.
4:00 p.m. – Half the team leaves for house church worship with Melquiades.
4:30 p.m. – The other half leaves for downtown church and pray around the church and the downtown area. Worship begins at 7:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m. – Snacks at hosts home tonight in place of dinner as we will have eaten a large and late lunch.
Monday – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast with hosts.
9:00 a.m. – Meet together for devotions, orientation, overview of schedule and to pack a lunch for the day.
11:00 a.m. – Go downtown on bus to pray: visit Roman Catholic Churches, parks, plaza, government buildings, meet street evangelist, hand out tracts, Possibly time to shop the San Juan Dios market.
6:00 p.m. – Meet together for dinner, evening free time and debriefing.
Tuesday - 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast with hosts.
9:00 a.m. – Meet together for devotions, pack lunch. Leave for El Salto where downtown church is planting a daughter church. Pray for the neighborhood, meet believers and others, hand out tracts, see the new building and spend time praying for this new ministry.
3:30 p.m. – Options: 1) go to pray for a struggling believer, Martin, and his neighborhood or 2) go to the world headquarters of Luz de Mundo and do spiritual warfare praying against this sect.
6:00 p.m. – Meet together for dinner and evening free time and debriefing.
Wednesday - 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast with hosts.
9:00 a.m. – Meet together for devotions and to pack lunches. Visit the Basilica de Zapopan. Stop for lunch at a park which is also a “high sport” overlooking
5:00 p.m. - Leave for downtown to eat, stroll the Plaza Tapatia, shop at the San Juan de Dios market.
7:00 p.m. - Open air worship service near downtown market.
Thursday - 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast with hosts.
9:00 a.m. – Meet together for devotions and pack lunch. Leave for day at
5:00 p.m. – Dinner
6:30 p.m. – Leave for prayer meeting at mission in Santa Anna.
Friday - 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast with hosts.
9:00 a.m. – Meet together for devotions. Pack lunch. Some open time today, possible visits to Tonala, market, etc.
4:00 p.m. – Open air evangelistic service in the park near the
7:00 p.m. – Farewell dinner at restaurant near
Saturday - 8:50 a.m. – Group leaves for airport and return home.