Day

Prayer

Friday,

Nov 1

We are grateful for the two final teams of 2024 traveling this month and for the twenty-one teams, so far, listed on our website for mission travel in 2025.

Saturday

Nov 2

Give thanks for Annette Trelfa today as she celebrates her birthday – we are grateful for her service as a MOST Team Leader!

Sunday,

Nov 3

All Saints Day. This weekend we give thanks for the cloud of Christian witnesses in Heaven, and for all those who generously shared with us the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Monday,

Nov 4

Please keep MOST’s staff meeting today in your prayers as we synchronize schedules and activities. Please vote tomorrow and pray for our nation!

Tuesday,

Nov 5

Pray for Beyond the Breakwater today at Messiah/Midland -- an innovative approach to sharing ideas for practical & loving outreach by churches to their community.

Wednesday,

Nov 6

We pray today as Team 2412 travels to Guatemala to hold medical clinics for the community in and around the Lutheran church in Amatitlán.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Thursday,

Nov 7

Please pray for Team 2412’s first day of medical clinic. We are grateful those attending will hear the Word of God from our host there, Rev. Dr. Elry.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Friday,   Nov 8

We are grateful today for our Team Leaders, and especially for the two Leaders-in-Training, Bill and Mandi, who will complete their training in 2025.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Saturday,

Nov 9

Today is Team 2412’s third day out of six straight days of medical clinics. We pray for their stamina and that they stay rested and healthy.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Sunday,

Nov 10

We are grateful that Team 2412 will worship today with the congregation at “La Santa Cruz” Lutheran Church.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Monday,

Nov 11

Veterans Day! Our nation gives thanks for those brave men and women, past and present, who give of themselves to preserve our country’s freedoms.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Tuesday,

Nov 12

Today is Team 2412’s final day of clinic, and they will say farewell to their translators and other clinic helpers.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Wednesday,

Nov 13

Today the team will enjoy their “cultural day” in and around Antigua.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Thursday,

Nov 14

We pray for Team 2412’s travels back from Guatemala today. Welcome home!

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2412 Guatemala Medical                                 Annette Trelfa

Friday,   Nov 15

Our financial contributors have been generous to MOST Ministries this year. We thank them and we thank God for their dedication to this ministry.

Saturday,

Nov 16

Please keep Team 2414 in your prayers today. They travel to Belize to serve in Castillo Fuerte (A Mighty Fortress) Lutheran Church by holding eyeglass clinics.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Sunday,

Nov 17

Team 2501 meets today in preparation for travel to Tanzania in January.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Monday,

Nov 18

Give thanks for Team Leader Craig Watkins as he celebrates his birthday today!  Team 2414 will hold its first eyeglass clinic as Pastor Roldán shares the Gospel.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Tuesday,

Nov 19

Thank you, Lord, for the many volunteers who prepare eyeglasses and supplies to send with our mission teams. This ministry couldn’t proceed without them.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Wednesday,

Nov 20

We are grateful for MOST’s Five Core Values that guide our Mission: Gospel Centered, Field Driven, Nurturing Relationships, Excellence, & Servant Attitude.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Thursday,

Nov 21

Today is Team 2414’s final day of eyeglass clinic. We pray for the friendships that have formed on the team and with the host & translators during this week.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Friday,

Nov 22

Team 2414 enjoys its “cultural day” by cruising the Lamanai River.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Saturday,

Nov 23

Team 2414 returns from Belize, so we pray for their safe travels and homecoming.

Teams on the Field:                                         Team Leader:

2414 Belize Eyeglass                                       Barbara Hoffmeier

Sunday,

Nov 24

We pray today for all the Lutheran educators from MI, IN, and OH traveling to the Connections Conference in Ft Wayne for two days of inspirational presentations, networking, and fellowship. Marty Moro will network at MOST’s exhibit booth.

Monday,

Nov 25

We pray for safe travels home today for the 1300+ educators & administrators attending the Connections Conference in Ft Wayne. We are grateful for your care and instruction of our children.

Tuesday,

Nov 26

Three teams due to depart in January and February already are preparing their team members for their project and to be a witness of Jesus to those communities.

Wednesday,

Nov 27

We give thanks for MOST’s “senders.” They devote time to refurbishing more than 100,000 pairs of used eyeglasses annually, to assembling witness bracelets & finger puppets, and to packing our supplies for the mission field.  God bless you!  

Thursday,

Nov 28

Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful President George Washington declared in 1789 “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,” and that in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln established this national holiday on the final Thursday of each November.

Friday,

Nov 29

 We pray for the safe travels of loved ones who gathered for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Saturday,

Nov 30

Tomorrow is the first Sunday in Advent, a time when Christians focus on Jesus’s return to Earth. Come, Lord Jesus!