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Praise & Prayer Report 4, June & July 2025

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God's Story Touches Lives in Central Africa

A faithful team continues to serve in CentralAfrica--not just through recording God's Story:

From Creation to Eternity, but through living it. This ministry is not just about finishing projects quickly, the main team gets to know the people deeply, walking alongside them and helping them grow spiritually.

During a recent recording trip, the Fast Track team helped to build up the local church body, providing needed support for the pastor and our resident local leader, using Simply The Story. Some of the youth were young men breaking free from addiction. Our team impacted the youth to the point that some of them chose to be baptized. Our language leader in Africa had the honor of baptizing some of these youth alongside their pastor. What a testimony of transformation!

Earlier this year, one of our beloved team members, who records the languages, suffered physical and emotional trauma when thieves cut his arm deeply and stole his possessions. He spent six hours in surgery and we prayed he would regain use of his fingers. We praise God for our leaders' recovery; he has full use of his fingers and he has returned to recording languages.

What is being done here isn't just changing individuals; God's Story impacts entire language communities-- people we never meet, but who will one day hear God's Story in their mother tongue.

Praise God for this lasting, multiplying impact. Pray for God to strengthen those serving in this ministry, and for the seeds planted through God's Story and STS will bear fruit for generations to come.

When Obedience Unlocked Europe, Asia and Beyond: A Story of Faith

Sometimes, the path God lays before us requires us to let go of something good to receive something greater. We are thrilled to share a powerful testimony from one of our instructors in Europe.

Her journey with Simply The Story began over a decade ago when she was first trained by a senior mentor at a workshop in Western Europe. Her passion for oral Bible storytelling ignited, and she soon began assisting at workshops in her own region of Europe, witnessing national leaders catch the vision.

In the middle of another successful ministry, the Lord called her to put down that ministry and focus on STS storytelling. After two months of wrestling, she obeyed, surrendering to God call.

The very next day, her mentor invited her to be equipped as a lead instructor at our ministry's global training center in Hemet. Her obedience unlocked a future she could never have imagined.

The fruit of that single act of faith continues to multiply today. God has used Simply The Story as a lifeline, giving her a renewed sense of purpose and pulling her out of the isolation of administrative work. She has taken the powerful stories from God's Word into churches, women's prisons, and homeless shelters, bringing light to the darkest corners of several countries.

Praise God for the renewed passion and impact He has given this instructor!

This new path opened doors for her to partner with our teams in other nations, expanding the ministry's reach and fostering cross-cultural collaboration. Along with the collaboration in other countries, she leads an annual workshop. All of these trainings have become a catalyst for missions mobilization. For example, one of the participants she trained was recently sent out as a full-time worker to serve on the islands of Oceania!

Praise God for raising up and sending out new laborers for the harvest! Pray that God would prepare the hearts of those she would train and make the way plain for His will to be done.

God's Light Shines in the Shadows of Europe

One faithful STS instructor, working extensively with the Travelers, a gypsy people group in Europe, has been using our Ministry That Multiplies (MTM) study guide to walk alongside a small group eager to learn God's Word.

This group has reached Story 6 in their STS journey. The leader has chosen a set of stories that build a clear chronological view of the Bible.

Among the most faithful attendees are four seekers from the Middle East, each one deeply engaged and hungry for Truth. One is a transgender individual; all are searching. God is drawing them, and the seeds are being sown.

Yet amid the light, darkness still pushes in. Tragedy has struck the local Traveler community--three lives lost too soon to murder, suicide, and alcohol. Each in their 30's and 40's had heard the Gospel. Only God knows what happened in their final moments. What is clear is this: Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy, but God brings hope.

Pray that the seekers come to salvation, and that God's light breaks through Satan's lies that have enveloped the Traveler people for generations.

Building Homes and Hearts in Mexico

A church mission team from Southern California traveled to Mexico equipped to build homes and change lives. The pastor leading this mission's trip, connected with a family and shared God's Story with the mother and children. This family was captivated by the story of the Bible that _God's Story _brings.

During that same trip the local Calvary Chapel pastor shared that he was starting a school of ministry, and when he heard about Simply The Story (STS), he said to the visiting pastor, "It was no coincidence that this meeting happened."

The local pastor recognized that God had orchestrated the timing, and he expressed a strong desire to host a workshop and include STS in the training of future leaders.

Praise God for aligning hearts and timing so perfectly. Pray that this new school of ministry becomes a place where the Bible is not only learned but lived and shared throughout the region.

NEW God's Story Visuals

We finally have 2 price quotes for redoing the visuals of _God's Story: From Creation to Eternity. _Our hope is to bring the visuals up to date and build in longevity. We will be sending out a few samples for people to pick the new look and feel of GS. If you would like to be part of the team that votes for the new look, please email our office. Click this link to donate toward this vital project:

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Thank you all for your prayers and love for the nations.

Andrea & The whole staff of The God's Story Project (TGSP) Executive Director