Praying 40 Days to Freedom — Prologue

In a few short hours Day 1 of the “40 Days to Freedom” prayer campaign will be posted. In focus are three groups of people: The Somau Garia people of southern Madang Province (Papua New Guinea), the Aruamu people of the middle-Ramu district of Madang Province, and the missionaries serving with these folks (including my family and me who are connected to the Somau Garia people).

Why forty days? Why now? Prayer is foundational to transformation, to real spiritual impact. Todd will be preaching a series of gospel meetings to celebrate the availability of the Aruamu New Testament in digital audio. This will be a tremendous resource for transformation in the Aruamu communities. Todd will also be spending significant time reconnecting with the Somau Garia team–his brothers in the work of translation, to encourage them, renew relationships, and prepare for a return to ministry with them in the coming months.

Ahead are forty opportunities to bless, encourage, protect and change through prayer. Forty days, forty prayers, forty moments of connection with God, with the Owen family, and with the Aruamu and Somau Garia groups of people. Join us in forty days of dedicated intercession, that these precious ones might gain freedom from fear, despair, and hopelessness and in so doing, the Kingdom of God might be established in a powerful way in them.

Thanks for joining us!