Sunday, May 1 – Laos
People are coming to Christ in spite of persecution that has driven some from their homes. Local missionaries are proclaiming Christ by radio, USB drives and Facebook, with 1.2 million people viewing Facebook Live messages over the course of a year.

Monday, May 2 – Peru
Pray for new Christians as pastors and other local missionaries teach and encourage them. One worker is providing Bible training to church leaders to better equip them to deepen the faith of ethnic Yanesha villagers.

Tuesday, May 3 – China
The message of redemption in Christ is overcoming barriers to bring peace to many hearts. Local missionaries visiting homes in one town saw two people put their faith in Christ, and in another area seven people were saved.

Wednesday, May 4 – Chad
Using Bible stories translated into the heart languages of people from various unreached tribes, local missionaries overcame Muslims’ anti-Christian bias and were able to sow much gospel seed.

Thursday, May 5 – Lebanon
The pandemic sometimes requires the gospel to be shared in small groups, but the Good News is entering the hearts of people in many ways.

Friday, May 6 – Nepal
During lockdowns, local missionaries led online worship services and in-person small groups, and they also found opportunities to share the gospel and distribute Bibles.

Saturday, May 7 – Sri Lanka
In an area where Christianity is viewed as a foreign religion linked with former colonial occupation, local missionaries are breaking up hard soil to plant gospel seeds.

Sunday, May 8 – Europe
Local missionaries with outreach to North Africans found a young man who had grown up in an orphanage shivering with cold under a building stairway.

Monday, May 9 – India
A young woman whose family deeply opposed Christianity heard a local missionary share the salvation message at a worship service and felt God’s love for the first time.

Tuesday, May 10 – Ghana
A woman who was the target of black magic stopped fearing such attacks after a local missionary led her to Christ, and she then shared the gospel with her husband.

Wednesday, May 11 – Pakistan
The gospel sounded forth to more than 2,000 people as local missionaries recently proclaimed that Jesus is the Christ in 30 different areas.

Thursday, May 12 – Iraq
Local missionaries are bringing the love of Christ in desperately needed aid, Bible distribution and proclamation of the gospel to thousands of people who have never heard the Good News.

Friday, May 13 – China
A Bible school emphasizes hands-on training so that students learn by doing. They regularly intercede for others in prayer and strive to share their faith with a certain number of non-Christians each month.

Saturday, May 14 – India
A local missionary has relocated her family to a remote area where there is no church, devoting one floor of her house as a place of prayer for all who are interested.

Sunday, May 15 – Africa
Christians driven from their land by Islamic extremist persecution need food, clothing and the resources necessary to begin their lives anew in safe locations.

Monday, May 16 – Brazil
Native missionaries are visiting remote villages and turning people from darkness to the light of Christ, distributing Christian literature in their local dialects and providing poorer families with food baskets, clothes and other aid.

Tuesday, May 17 – Syria
Many children and other young people who enjoyed a local ministry’s events, studies and camps are forming part of home fellowships.

Wednesday, May 18 – Greece
A refugee from Iraq had been looking for God since he was 13 years old, he told a local missionary who then led him to saving faith in Christ.

Thursday, May 19 – Indonesia
A 21-year-old woman was on the path to a life of sin when local missionaries met her during a recent outreach, and she was deeply moved by the story of the sinful woman anointing Christ’s feet and wiping them with her hair.

Friday, May 20 – North Africa
A young woman raped by a family member was traumatized long after arriving at a native ministry’s shelter.

Saturday, May 21 – Burundi
Under shelter of palm trees, a fellowship of three people that a local missionary planted grew to 20 members in three months.

Sunday, May 22 – Burma
Amid violence related to the military coup, native missionaries have helped meet needs and spread the Good News of Christ’s salvation.

Monday, May 23 – Mexico
Praises that the unbelieving wife of a Christian began attending a local missionary’s church, and after two months of studying God’s Word she received Christ as Lord and Savior.

Tuesday, May 24 – China
Meeting in small groups in homes, Christians are continuing to build each other up while local missionaries disciple them through private visits.

Wednesday, May 25 – Albania
In a country with an anti-religion history and a majority-Muslim population, local missionaries are in prime position to share the gospel in a complex culture.

Thursday, May 26 – Turkey
Refugees facing hostility and discrimination are losing weight and getting sick as the pandemic eliminates the few jobs that are available.

Friday, May 27 – Kenya
In remote areas where traditional tribal beliefs and rituals are rampant, local missionaries are shining the light of Christ.

Saturday, May 28 – South Asia
In the course of seeking deliverance from COVID-19, villagers opposed to Christianity in a remote area unstopped their ears to hear local missionaries proclaim Christ’s saving death and resurrection.

Sunday, May 29 – Bangladesh
A local ministry lost its founders to COVID-19, but the leader is thankful that workers have been able to continue sharing the gospel and meeting the needs of the poor.

Monday, May 30 – Philippines
Almost all the poor tribal people in remote areas who received loans from a native ministry for micro-enterprise farming projects have gained their livelihood from them and paid off the initial debt.

Tuesday, May 31 – Christian Aid
For local missionaries high in commitment but low in resources, you are a hero of the faith for supporting them to help the poor and needy and proclaim Christ in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous areas.