May 16 - Pray for the Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec

The Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec have a population of 172,000 in Mexico and many thousands more in the USA in New York, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, California, and Washington. Their primary language is Metlatónoc Mixtec and their primary religion is a mixture of native religious practices and Roman Catholicism.  This people group is less than 2% evangelical, but have recently been adopted by a church in the USA and will soon have a missionary family living among them in Mexico.  There are also efforts to reach out to them in Virginia and Alabama.

More information on the Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec
More information on the Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec in the USA

As you pray for the Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec:
1. Ask the Father to raise up workers to take them the gospel
2. Ask God to raise up people of peace who will give gospel workers access to their people
3. Ask for open access, as many groups are suspicious of evangelicals
4. Ask for His Holy Spirit to prepare their hearts to receive the gospel
5. Ask that God would highlight those who have immigrated to the USA to churches so that they can be evangelized, discipled, and mobilized to reach their people, both in the USA and Mexico

Photo by Robert Thiessen, courtesy of Joshua Project.