International Worker Focus
Let's lift up Wes & Cori Nevius serving the West African Diaspora in Columbus, Ohio with the C&MA Ohio Valley District 
 
Wes and Cori Nevius, after decades of serving in Africa, have transitioned to a special assignment with the C&MA Ohio Valley District developing Diaspora Networks, while continuing to assist with several ministries in Senegal. The OVD is one of the largest US concentrations of Senegalese and Mauritanian Diaspora. 
 
In this area they partner with key Christian leaders in church-planting movements of Muslim-background Believers. They serve, encourage, and unify local leaders to initiate and sustain these church planting efforts. The Nevius’ often meet with educational leaders and discuss possible collaborations with them. They are also committed to The Breath of Life Safehouse and Training Place for marginalized women exiting prison.
 

Please praise God and pray for the following with Wes and Cori They write:

1. We are thankful that all the Wes Nevius family is currently together for the Thanksgiving holiday, including our two adorable grandsons.
2. We are grateful to Wellspring, for their ministries of intercession and giving and remembrance that include us, so faithfully.
3. We are grateful to the Lord and to those who prayed for Cori.  The severe infection that required multiple antibiotics appears to be under control.  Praise God.
4. We are grateful for the intercession of God’s people as we seek to actively visit and reach out to folks who are coming from the Sahel region where we worked, settling in Columbus. One Fulani business owner disclosed that they are over 1,000 families here.
5. One of our friends from Mauritania recently invited us to their home.  Please pray for H a business owner, and his wife F who recently suddenly unexpectedly lost her sister to breast cancer.  F has begun a non-profit that has been launched in Mauritania to facilitate early detection and  provide practical material helps for those who suffer in this way.  They wondered if we’d be willing to help translate their documentation from French into English so that they might submit the process for a U.S. non-profit in the USA.  Both H and F gladly accepted a Gospel of John in Arabic.
6. Pray the Lord would establish a strong testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ and draw many to study Gods Word.
7. Please pray that the Lord grants us help and wisdom as we have been asked to help five Christian men from Angola, Rwanda, and Congo, called of God, who are working towards accreditation and ordination with the Alliance in the Ohio Valley District .  All processes, mentoring and training are being undertaken in French.  We appreciate prayer for this
8. Finally, pray that the French Bible study that has begun for an extended Congolese family network will produce fruit in their lives and in the lives of others.