SUDAN--Southern Sudan Votes for Independence--The Associated Press
Voters in Southern Sudan are flocking to polling stations to cast their votes on whether to secede from Northern Sudan. On Sunday, the first day of voting in the weeklong balloting period, 20 police died in an attack by Arab tribesmen, and 30 other people were injured. The south is widely expected to secede, splitting Africa's largest country in two. The creation of a new nation would free Southern Sudan's large Christian population from the harsh rule of the Islamic north and offer hope for an end to decades of violence. Pray for the voters' safety as they head to the polls. Pray also that President Omar al-Bashir will allow the south to secede peacefully, as he has promised.
Jeremiah 33:8-9
YEMEN--Christians Pray for Revival--VOM Contacts
On Wednesday, Jan. 12, believers in Yemen will pray for revival in their country. In this poor nation on the Arabian Peninsula, many are without hope and under the bondage of Islam. Pray along with Yemen's believers that the Holy Spirit will move in Yemen and that many Yemenis will see Jesus as the answer to their hopelessness. Pray that Yemenis will seek the God of the Bible, and pray that believers there will be bold as they share Christ.
Psalm 80:18