10 Year Fast

Prayer for Kyrgyzstan – Today, most Kyrgyz consider themselves to be Muslim. However, they also strongly hold onto their ancient traditional practices. Many people still turn to mediums and seers to cure sickness with magic, communicate with powers, and control events. Please pray that as they seek encounters with the spiritual realm they would find […]

Prayer for Kyrgyzstan – In Kyrgyzstan music, dance and storytelling are important parts of the culture. Verbal folklore has been very well developed over the years. The Kyrgyz have the longest oral epic in the word entitled “Manas.” It contains 100,000 lines of verse. Folk tales are often sung, accompanied by a three-stringed guitar called […]

Prayer for Kyrgyzstan – Women in Kyrgyzstan are held in high esteem once they are married. However, bride stealing is still in practice in the region. A young man may abduct a single woman and take her home. She becomes a “kelin” or a new bride and for the first year she is a live-in […]

Prayer for Kyrgyzstan – This month we are praying for the nation of Kyrgyzstan (5 points for those who can pick it out on a map). Many of the Kyrgyz people are nomadic cattle raisers. They live in one of the highest plateaus of the world. The nomads travel as extended family units and live […]