Driftless Prayer is an organization that seeks to improve advocacy for Christ-based organizations in the Driftless Region, located in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, through prayer, volunteering, and networking. Below we provide a list of organizations in need of your prayers and support, along with praise reports highlighting recent successes in advancing their missions.
For further information or to be included as one of our featured organizations, please contact Driftless Prayer at driftless.prayer@gmail.com.
Driftless Prayer is an organization that seeks to improve advocacy for Christ-based organizations in the Driftless Region, located in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, through prayer, volunteering, and networking. Below we provide a list of organizations in need of your prayers and support, along with praise reports highlighting recent successes in advancing their missions.
For further information or to be included as one of our featured organizations, please contact Driftless Prayer at driftless.prayer@gmail.com.
Learn how you can support our featured charitable organizations
About the Organization:
Adult & Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin’s mission is to provide support for individuals seeking to gain freedom from chemical addictions and other life-controlling problems by addressing spiritual, physical, and emotional needs.
Website: www.atcww.org
For more information, please contact Kevin Schaler at kevinschaler@atcww.org
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for our 5th Annual Drive the Road to Recovery event happening Oct 11th and Oct 12th that it will be successful.
- Pray for those struggling with substance use disorder that they will find our program.
- Pray for our staff who are battling in the front lines with our clients.
Praise Report:
Praise God for new salvations and water baptisms!
About the Organization:
Chariots4Hope is a new ministry designed to provide reliable transportation to at-risk, transitioning adults.
Website: https://chariots4hope.org
For more information, please contact Nyhus Schaffer at drschaffer78@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
We have taken a leap of faith, hiring a part-time executive director, and a very part-time administrative assistant to help reach goals set in 2023. Pray for energy and wisdom to make our organization sustainable.
We’re looking for volunteers to help start our community-based shop to help with low cost or no cost auto repairs.
Praise Report:
Chariots4Hope Wisconsin had a huge blessing serving over 75 people plus hundreds of community members during our first annual Riverfest car show. We were able to pray with more than 50 people publicly.
About the Organization:
CEF believes that every child needs Jesus. Their desire is to reach unchurched, unreached children with the Gospel, disciple them and establish them and their families in a local Bible-believing church. Our primary opportunity is the after-school Good News Club® which impacts the child, the family, the school environment, and the community. The Western Wisconsin chapter, which encompasses seven counties in the Driftless region, has a population of approximately 33,000 children and 124 elementary schools. In the summer, we train teens to impact the next generation with the Gospel in backyards, parks and festivals.
Website: https://www.cefofwesternwisconsin.org/
For more information, please contact wwoffice@cefwi.org
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for our summer team! We have Assistants who are 11-12 and trained teenagers from 13-18 who will be blitzing neighborhoods and parks with the Gospel.
- Pray for their own spiritual relationship with Jesus to blossom and grow!
- We have a need for 4 more hosts to impact their neighborhoods! We have the entire program, but hosts are the lighthouses in their own “field of service”.
- Pray for the hundreds of children who will hear the Gospel through the Good News Clubhouse!
- Pray for new teams being built for after-school Good News Clubs!
Praise Report:
- A parent shared that her children were sharing everything they learned at summer Good News Club with their unbelieving father.
- Many children are hearing the Gospel through the Clubhouse. One parent shared that she was encouraged to begin taking her children to church.
- One church doing summer Good News Clubs for their VBS, is very excited about the potential for outreach.
About the Organization:
Kicking Bear is a nationwide youth outreach ministry using archery and various outdoor activities as well as year-round mentorship to reach underprivileged and at-risk youth and to let them know that God has a purpose for them, and that purpose is good.
Website: https://kickingbear.org
For more information, please contact Ray Howell at (608) 881-6458 or info@kickingbear.org
Prayer Requests:
Pray over our camps – that they will be safe, fun and that hungry hearts will hear the Gospel and see it being displayed through our volunteers and staff. That the weather would be good, and that God would provide ample volunteers for everything.
Pray over our Kicking Bear families that we serve through mentoring. That there would be provision, healing, and hope for all of them that face challenges from the world. We also pray that God will provide more mentors for us and then the Holy Spirit will guide us in making connections and that the relationships created will be healthy, encouraging and guided by God.
Pray over our ministry team. That God will continue to provide direction, resources and strength as we share the Gospel, serve families and disciple youth.
Praise Report:
- Praise God for a great annual banquet on May 9. Thanks to all that participated and donated!!
About the Organization:
Life Builders International focuses on feeding the mind, body and soul of each individual they help. They not only provide meals to widows and orphans, they are teaching needed skills and nurturing their souls; teaching people to live rightly with Godly principles. In order to continue this ministry, extend their reach across Guatemala and expand their programs, Life Builders International is building a feeding center. The focus of the feeding center is on distributing food, firewood, medicine and Bibles, and teaching the life skills people need to provide for their families. When fully operational, they will be able to reach the entire country from this location.
Website: https://www.lifebuildersinternational.org
For more information, please contact Jason Patton at 502 5308 1378 (please use WhatsApp)
Prayer Request:
- Pray for our local Guatemalan communities as there is 90% unemployment. Pray also for resources to support the local churches as few Guatemalans’ can donate.
Praise Report:
Our distribution center is complete!
We have been using the distribution center for kids’ programs that brought 55 kids and 20 adults for a total of 75 people. This is the 4th event for Children in the new facility and we have used it for distributing an entire container of Christian material and Bibles, blessing over 250 churches.
Support Request:
Life Builders International will be putting on a conference in February 2024. $2,000 is needed for the sponsorship of meals and Bibles.
About the Organization:
Michael Monsoor is a missionary who has been in Asia for five years working in a restricted access nation, seeking to plant churches and work with university students to bring the gospel to their families and villages.
Website: https://globaloutreach.org/giving/missionary-details/michael-monsoor
For more information, please contact Michael Monsoor at mmonsoor1@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for five new student believers who made a decision to follow Jesus in the last two months. Pray that their faith would grow and deeply follow the way of Jesus.
- Pray for new team members from Minneapolis who will move to Laos at the end of June. Pray for a smooth transition for this family of six and for team unity as they arrive.
Praise Report:
Opportunities are opening for students and families to learn the Bible through story-based ‘Creation to Christ’ narratives that can be easily distributed.
About the Organization:
Next Chapter’s mission is to build lasting relationships with people who desire to be set free from the cycle of incarceration, restoring them to God, family, and community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Website: https://www.nextchapterlacrosse.org
For more information, please contact Chris Crye at chris.crye@nextchapterlacrosse.org
Prayer Requests:
- Prayer for the five men we have in our Discipleship Home to continue in our program to completion. There are two men scheduled to complete the program in April, one in June, one in August and one in September.
- Also be praying that those coming into the house to fill those spots will be able to get comfortable in our Discipleship Home community.
- Prayer for our program staff, Dean and Jason, to have wisdom and persistence in walking with the men who are coming through the program.
- Pray for Next Chapter’s search for a new Executive Director as Chris Crye transitions into retirement. Thanks Chris for your many years of service and eternal legacy!
Praise Report
- Praise for the six beds in the Discipleship Home being booked into 2025.
- Praise for favor we have with the La Crosse County Jail and Department of Corrections staff, judges and public defenders that give us opportunities to connect with men who can benefit from our navigation and residency program.
About the Organization:
Omegoodness empowers communities with sustainable agriculture and fair-trade partnerships to combat malnutrition, prioritize eco-conscious farming practices, and promote Sacha Inchi as one of the worlds healthiest natural food sources.
Website: https://www.omegoodness.com/
For more information, please contact Charlie Dee at Charlie@Deeimp.net
Prayer Request:
- Pray for the 34 new ladies from very poor tribal villages that will start the Dignity Women’s Training Sewing program May 20th for 14 weeks.
- Pray for the funds to help manufacture 100,000 nutrition bars to go to Myanmar to help alleviate malnutrition among the children. Many necessary food items have become scarce with the political turmoil and children are suffering. The nutrition bars are manufactured by ministry partners in Laos and sent to Myanmar. This helps create jobs for Laos people and also benefits the Myanmar children.
Praise Report:
Praise God for the successful teams that were in Laos to help with the women’s training program and doing medical training. Both teams have been asked to return in the future to continue training.
Praise God for the 7 new believers who came to faith, some of the first in their villages.
Praise God for the start of construction on the New Hope Training Center where children who have very little “hope” because of high inflation, unemployment and poor training can become vocationally trained and develop skills that they can take to the marketplace or start small businesses themselves.
About the Organization:
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Website: www.salacrosse.org
For more information, please contact Michael Quam at michael.quam@usc.
Prayer Requests:
- Mission and ministry of The Salvation Army in La Crosse County
- Volunteers to support the mission and ministry
- Monetary gifts to support a 40%+ increase in costs associated with supporting the mission and ministry (food + shelter)
Praise Report:
God is good, and we thank God for His goodness.
Community Events and Prayer Meetings
Community Events:
- July 22- 28 – Join LIfebuilders International at the Oshkosh Airshow. They have an information booth and share the gospel with many.
- August 3 – The Sally Splash. See Salvation Army website.
- October 11 and 12 – 5th Annual Drive the Road to Recovery. See WW Teen Challenge website for more details.
Prayer Meetings:
Prayer meetings every Sunday from 5:30 to 7:00 pm; Horizon Christian Fellowship; 601 St. Andrew Street La Crosse, WI 54603, 608.782.0896.