Project Hannah Prayer Points
March 2010

Praying for Women Who Don’t Read

Please pray for…

  1. Opportunity for the four billion oral communicators in the world to HEAR the gospel in their preferred learning style so they can understand it and respond to God’s invitation of salvation. Jesus, the greatest Teacher, spoke to masses of illiterate people in stories, poetry and repetition so that His message could speak to their hearts and impact their lives.
  2. Insight and creativity for Project Hannah’s (PH) translators as they make God’s truths clear for non-literate women by adapting the Women of Hope (WoH) programs to the local culture and heart languages of the people. Praise the Lord that WoH Bambara is now on the air in Mali!
  3. Marli Spieker, PH’s Global Ministry Director/Founder, as she engages in strategic planning with women leaders in the International Orality Network Task Force meeting at TWR in Cary. Pray also for Jan Piersall (Global Recordings Network), Debbie Lundberg (OneStory), Nancy Wilson (StoryRunners, Campus Crusade), Susie Brown (Scriptures in Use) and Marie Umidi (Drama of Christ) who will also attend.
  4. Praise the Lord for the thousands of faithful women in PH prayer groups around the world. PH’s monthly prayer requests are translated orally in languages like Canela, Guajajara, Kimbundu, Lingala, Nganguela and Umbundu, where most of our intercessors do not read. In some prayer groups, someone (often a child) reads the prayer request so these amazing women can pray for others around the world.
  5. The two million women, many who do not read, who currently suffer with fistulas, to hear by radio and other media of the surgeries provided by Mercy Ship, Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital and smaller hospitals in Bahir Dar, Mekele, Yirgalem and Harar. Pray also that women and families will learn the ways to prevent the tens of thousands of new cases of fistulas worldwide every year. (Christianity Today, January 2010, www.fistulafoundation.org).
  6. PH and Norea Media Mission (Norway) as they partner with others in Africa to provide spiritual guidance and practical medical information to women, many who do not read, concerning female genital mutilation, fistulas and other health issues.
  7. Wisdom and understanding for literate writers who are producing WoH programs for oral communicators who learn from experience, association, repetition and interaction.
  8. Mothers and the one billion children around the world who face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and AIDS. Pray that Christians will treat them kindly, with the love of Christ, so they will not despair.
  9. Christians who live long distances from a church or other believers and who must depend on Christian radio programs for their fellowship, growth and encouragement.
  10. Those producing a version of WoH that will focus on women from oral cultures, like Afghanistan and other like-minded people groups.
  11. Wisdom and unity for the Tagalog, Cebuano and Ilocano WoH teams as they work together to reach the women of the Philippines for Christ. 
  12. 12. God’s wisdom and discernment for Sonia, Andrea and Mercedes as they produce the Spanish WoH program heard in 21 countries and on the internet.
  13. The production and duplication of cassettes and CDs of the WoH program. Women who do not read need to hear the programs several times in order to memorize the material and apply it to their lives, as they cannot refer to written notes or the Scriptures.
  14. Discernment in selecting music for the WoH program. Music is an important tool for teaching God’s truths to oral communicators.
  15. Clarity of understanding and openness to receive God’s salvation through Jesus Christ as women listen to the WoH program in 55 languages around the world. Uplift those who accept Christ so that their families will not turn against them, but instead be drawn to God.
  16. Women who spend their whole lives in communities that are isolated with few opportunities to learn about God. “I would have never imagined that the radio spoke our language … Our community has 700 habitants, but only four know how to read and write.” (Albania)
  17. WoH listeners, who are in prisons, to have freedom to meet together for worship and encouragement in their walk with the Lord (Hebrews 13:3).
  18. Wisdom in reaching non-literate women who have a difficult time understanding and participating in Bible studies and worship services because they cannot read or process information the same way literate people do.
  19. Clear reception of the WoH program so that listeners can hear the broadcasts. Also, pray for radios to be provided for the many who cannot afford them.
  20. Purity in Biblical teaching in communities consisting of mostly illiterate people. Radio programming is vital because they cannot read and study on their own. Many do not have pastors, and often pastors have not received accurate teaching in Biblical studies. “We have no pastor in our area … In our group, I am the only one who can read and write … Even though I live in the mountainous area where the level of education is low, my knowledge has developed thanks to TWR’s programs, especially the Women of Hope program … We don’t have any other source to learn about things. I did not understand much about the Bible, but when we listened to the program, my understanding increased.” (Vietnam)
  21. Listeners to WoH around the world to know their Creator, who died on the cross as payment for their sins and rose from the dead in power and glory.
  22. Women who are isolated by their culture, religion and families and have never heard the good news of salvation.
  23. Women who have poor eyesight and cannot read to be able to listen to TWR radio programs and receive encouragement and instruction from God’s Word. “I am getting old therefore my eyesight is weak so reading the Bible is also a problem. I have to depend only on radio to listen to the Word of God. If I do not listen to your program one week, I feel very sad. All your programs are good but I like Women of Hope the most because it meets me at my point of need.” (India)
  24. Strength and joy in the lives of millions of women who work hard in the field all day and then return home to care for their families under primitive conditions.
  25. Women in Ukraine, Moldova and Russia to hear about and understand the great gift of love and salvation that God offers them through His Son.
  26. The Holy Spirit’s work in the hearts of women of Central Asia, preparing them to receive the transforming message of hope in Jesus Christ. Pray that each member of the Central Asia WoH teams (Central Asian Russian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek) would not be discouraged.
  27. PH staff as they hold listeners’ rallies, provide health seminars and respond to listeners’ and intercessors’ questions.
  28. PH’s translators and prayer coordinators as they translate the prayer calendar into over 40 languages and distribute it throughout more than 100 countries. Pray for the radio programs that share the daily prayer requests so that those who do not read can pray with PH’s thousands of intercessors.
  29. Lonely women who turn to the radio for companionship to know that not only do the women who write and produce the WoH program care about them, but their Heavenly Father loves them and has plans to prosper them and not to harm them, plans to give them hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).
  30. Knowledge and understanding for the millions of women who do not understand the nutritional and health needs of their children. Pray for the writers of the “Life Lessons” portion of WoH.
  31. TWR staff as they produce radio programs (chronological Bible storying, Bible reading and dramatization of Scripture) for the four billion oral learners around the world.