Living Hope Raleigh

This week, August 28th-31st, our church is sending a dedicated medical and dental mission team to Sky Village in Cancun, Mexico! Our seven-member team from both KM and EM will be serving the local community by providing essential healthcare services while sharing God’s love through meaningful ministry. This mission represents more than just medical care – it’s an opportunity for our team members to experience God’s heart for the nations firsthand and to expand the gospel’s influence throughout the Sky Village community. We’re asking for your prayers in three specific areas: that our medical and dental work will truly meet the needs of the people, that our team members will have a deep encounter with God’s love for those they serve, and that the gospel’s influence will continue to grow in Sky Village long after our team returns. Your prayers are a vital source of strength for this mission. Please join us in lifting up this important outreach as we serve our neighbors in Mexico with Christ’s love.

Our Mexico Mission Team is heading to Chiapas for a life-changing week of ministry! They'll be bringing hope through VBS, house visits, medical ministry and visiting hospital and homebound patients alongside local pastors in one of Mexico's poorest regions. As they serve this community struggling with poverty and hopelessness, we need your prayers for: smooth travel logistics and schedules for all 27 team members, unity across this multi-generational team as they work together, strong partnership and teamwork with the local mission center staff and translators, and most importantly, that through every VBS program, medical visit, house call, and patient encounter, the gospel would be clearly shared and received. Pray that the children and families in Esperanza village would not just enjoy the activities but truly encounter Jesus and find eternal hope in Him, and that the love of Christ would shine through every interaction our team has in this hurting community.

Our Japan Mission Team will be in Tokyo this week (July 15-23), where they'll spend time sharing the gospel through VBS with second-generation Japanese youth, supporting homeless ministry, and joining street evangelism efforts. As they minister in a culture where young people are struggling with hopelessness about their future and where sharing Christ faces deep cultural barriers, we as a congregation will be covering them in prayer just as Pastor Soo prayed for them this past Sunday: that God would protect and strengthen each team member, teaching them to pray daily and put on the full armor of God. Join us in praying that through the team's unity with local church leaders and missionaries, the love of Christ would shine through every interaction, bringing hope to a generation that desperately needs to know Jesus.

Please pray for:
The Gospel to be delivered as hope in the midst of despair:
That the hope of Jesus may reach the Japanese people who are struggling with mental anguish and social issues

The mission team may serve in unity:
Team members may be united in the Holy Spirit, sharing the Gospel with humility and wisdom

The hearts of the next generation in Japan may open to the Gospel via VBS:
Although many children have never experienced church, may their open hearts to change also open to the Gospel

Local churches may be strengthened and leaders raised up:
Small churches may not lose heart, but continue to share the Gospel, and that young leaders may be established

Spiritual barriers may be broken and the work of salvation may take place:
The walls hindering the Gospel, such as ancestor worship and idol culture, may fall, and that many may encounter Jesus