November 2026

November Prayer Calendar

In this season of thanksgiving, we have much to be thankful for! So much of that is because of you. By the end of September we received more donations than we did in all of 2025! We are humbled by your generosity. We are honored to steward it.

This year in our communications we’ve used most months to highlight a different type of ministry: ministering during wartime, women’s empowerment, economic development for pastors and missionaries, children & young adult ministries, disaster relief & rehabilitation, persecution response, and ministry training & tools. Every single one of those ministries has either expanded or deepened this year because of your increased support. We’ll highlight a few more now – all projects we couldn’t have done at this scale even a few years ago!

As we write this, several of our pastors are distributing “establishment packs” to 250 families whose entire town was wiped away in the flash floods at the Nepal-Tibet border in August.

Because of the funds we had on hand, along with support and in-kind donations from partner organizations, we have been able to both respond immediately and thoughtfully. Unlike Myanmar, where we have done so much relief work recently, Nepal has a government seeking the best for its people and many other aid organizations were able to respond to the crisis. So, after their first initial relief responses of water filters and quick food packs, our leaders took more time to assess where the greatest needs emerged and which gaps needed to be filled. The 250 neediest families were identified methodically. Their packs include kitchen utensils, bedding, and dry food—rice, lentils, beans, spices, etc. The basics needed to rebuild a home when everything has been lost.

By the end of the year, Jandi*, our co-coordinator in the country, plans to hold at least one medical camp addressing people’s non-emergency health needs. That has emerged as a huge need as hospitals and medical centers were also wiped out in the flood. She is doing this with the same team she has assembled for women’s health camps over the last several years. In 2027, the longer-term needs will unfold. Our local network will be there to respond.

Anyone who has experienced grief or loss knows that while comfort and help in the initial days after a tragedy is needed, it’s usually needed even more a month, a year, or even a decade later. Having funds on hand, instead of needing to fundraise for a specific type of relief response or being concerned about people losing interest after a disaster falls out of the news has been such a blessing. It allows our leaders to intentionally walk alongside their communities in the long run, adapting to the greatest needs.

Near the India-Bhutan border, there is currently a guest house being built. The majority of the men and women we support in Bhutan attend a small Bible school here. We have supported this school with modest funds over the years, specifically funding scholarships for students.

Your support has allowed us to make a larger contribution—about $26,000 total. Years from now, this school won’t need foreign funding. Even now, it is mostly funded locally, but our contributions at the beginning and end of the project will get it to the finish line.

Pastor Jagan*, our Bhutan coordinator explains, “The Guest House project has been initiated to provide safe, clean, affordable, and ministry-oriented accommodation. The facility will also serve as a source of sustainable income for our Bible school, helping to support the operational needs of the institute and its leadership-training ministry. The primary beneficiaries will come from the Himalayan region, including Bhutan, Nepal, and India, including pastors, Christian leaders, missionaries, students, ministry partners, and Christian visitors from other parts of India and abroad. It is anticipated that the facility will accommodate approximately 25–35 guests at a time, depending on the final room configuration.

The project directly supports our school’s vision of equipping Christian leaders and strengthening the Church throughout the Himalayan region, especially the closed country of Bhutan. Our Bible school regularly provides leadership training, seminars, conferences, discipleship programmes, and ministry development opportunities. Having an on-campus guest house will make it easier and more affordable for pastors, leaders, students, missionaries, and ministry partners to attend these programs. The guest house will also provide an opportunity for Christian travelers and ministry partners to stay in a safe and welcoming environment while visiting the region.

Most importantly, the project is intended to become a sustainable income-generating ministry asset. Rather than depending entirely on outside donations for operational expenses, income generated through accommodation can gradually help our school meet expenses related to student training, staff, maintenance, utilities, and ministry programs. Thus, the project combines hospitality, Christian fellowship, leadership development, and financial sustainability. Our prayer is that this Guest House will become a place of hospitality, fellowship, training, encouragement, and mission. Serving God’s workers and contributing to the advancement of the Gospel throughout the Himalayan region, especially training the first-generation leaders for the closed country of Bhutan.”

Rural areas of southwestern Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to flooding from heavy rains and cyclones, alongside other climate shocks. We support a team of local missionaries in two districts (similar to US counties) in this region, who have faithfully worked to share the Good News of Christ and demonstrate His love through holistic relief and community development work for over 15 years.

In the largely-tribal communities, the decision to become Christian is most often made as a larger group, after reflection as a community. Due to high poverty rates, these groups of new believers often meet outside or on a villager’s veranda for church, but this makes them more vulnerable to persecution from neighbors who haven’t embraced Christ.

A simple church building is a strong deterrent of such persecution; it confers legitimacy in the eyes of the local government, and local authorities then protect Christians from communal opposition. Such church buildings also serve as community centers where non-Christian neighbors are welcomed for activities like literacy classes, and as spaces where anyone in need can take shelter during flooding, cyclones, or other emergencies.

This year, we will be able to support the building of 14 of these small church buildings in rural villages—specifically in places where local congregations raised much of their own funds. Pastor Darpan*, our Bangladesh coordinator, has long had a vision for a larger shelter to accommodate up to 200 people in an especially disaster-vulnerable community. Thanks to a gift of $28,000 from one of our long-time supporting churches, our leaders will break ground this month!

Now, for years to come, these communities will have legally-registered places of worship which double as a safe space to flee persecution, and which holistically serve both Christians and non-Christians as disaster shelters and sites for community development activities.

Your generosity has helped us as we open doors to resources and opportunities for local Christian leaders serving in Asia’s most vulnerable and persecuted communities, equipping them to carry out their God-given vision. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Harvest Bridge Team