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.
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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 new men’s center in Wausau that God will bring the right staff who are called to work with men in addiction.
- Pray for our new men’s center Director, Micah as he steps into leadership leading the charge in Wausau.
- Pray for those who are considering coming into our program that God would remove all barriers to allow these individuals to enter our program!
Praise Report:
- Thank God for meeting our 2025 financial needs!
- Praise God for our expansion into now serving men.
- Praise God for intervening as we had a new intake who wanted to leave and when our team prayed for this new intake something shifted and she decided to stay!
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:
- Pray for our new staff Ashley and Gabe. That their hearts are motivated to lead our ministry.
- Pray that we reach more people about our Mission’s two-hour Journey2Freedom event, and that the right people step up to help at that event.
Praise Report:
- God blessed us with new insurance so we can continue to serve!
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:
Good News Club®
- Pray for a Good News Club in every school! For the Lord to raise up new partnering churches, providing new laborers to go into new schools in the fall.
- Staff and Volunteer Support – Remember to pray for ongoing Teacher Trainings and Teacher Enrichment sessions, that they would be fruitful and impactful. Lift up all staff and volunteers, asking the Lord to give them renewed passion, clear vision, and energy as they serve in these ministries.
Good News Clubhouse
- Pray for the Gospel outreach efforts taking place during the Christmas Train event in December. Ask for the message of hope and salvation to reach many hearts during this special time.
Christian Youth in Action
- Praise the Lord for raising up one Intern, four CYIA (Christian Youth in Action) students and five Assistant CYIA who have stepped up to prepare for the summer ministry! These teenagers will put in many hours of intensive training, learning to share the Gospel more fully and lead a full VBS-type club to be taken out into the communities’ neighborhoods and parks. They will also share the Gospel to children at local and county fairs and festivals. Please pray for their training week from June 14th to June 20th.
- Pray for the CYIA leadership as they not only strive to teach many practical methods but seek to disciple each teen deeper in their walk with the Lord.
- Each teen participates in Partnership-raising which is “Asking God and telling His people” about the prayer and financial needs of their summer ministry. Please pray for this exciting way to be a blessing to God’s people!
- We are still setting up summer opportunities for these teens, so please pray for the Lord’s choice of locations for the clubs in the neighborhoods to reach the most children with the Gospel.
Kids learn how to share the Gospel with their peers! Pray for kids for Christian Kids in Action (CKIA)
Pray that many families will hear the Gospel and respond at Fort McCoy Valentine’s Party.
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 info@kickingbear.org
- Pray for safety, strength and health of all attendees and servants during the upcoming Kicking Bear camps across the United States.
- Pray for the hearts of all who attend to hear and receive the free gift of salvation.
- Pray over KB’s mentors to keep growing in their walks with God so they can share that with their mentees.
- Pray over Kicking Bear’s leadership team to keep our eyes focused on Christ and for strength to love and serve like Christ.
- Pray for protection and strength for the spiritual battle we are in.
- Praise God for providing future pathways for Kicking Bear to continue for many decades.
- Praise God for the decisions of Christ and baptisms that we have already had during our spring and early summer camp season.
- Praise God for the vehicle he provided for Kicking Bear to use as we travel near and far.
- God continues to use the ministry to impact the lives of kids and families, Praise Him!
Events:
- 6/27/2026: Sparta, WI – God’s Country Archery Adventure Camp
- 7/11/2026: Kimball, MN – Adventure Camp
- 7/18/2026: Fort McCoy, Sparta, WI – Adventure Camp
- 7/18/2026: Roscommon Camp, MI – Adventure Camp
- 7/25/2026: West Salem, WI – MGV Adventure Camp
- 8/1/2026: Rochester, MN – Coyote Creek Outdoor Fest
- 8/1/2026: Holmen, WI – Boy Scout Camp “Camp Send a Kid”
- 8/8/2026: La Crosse, WI – Bethany Church Foster Care Family Day
- 8/8/2026: Linton, IN – Adventure Camp
- 8/15/2026: Elkton, MD – Adventure Camp
- 8/22/2026: Horicon, WI – Adventure Camp
- 8/29/2026: Madison, WI – Adventure Camp
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:
- Widows program serving almost 50 widows twice per week with clean water, healthy food, nutritional and lifestyle assistance, as well as hearing from the Word of God!
- Missions Opportunity for all ages. You can spend three weeks doing intensive training on the mission field and drawing nearer to God. Contact Jason at jason@lifebuildersinternational.org. Come on down!
Praise Report:
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Annual EAA Oshkosh Airshow Evangelism Outreach, July 2024. Life Builders prayed with many people for various challenges and 120 to receive Christ for the 1st time.
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Continual relationship building with the ladies who attend the widows program.
Support Request:
Life Builders is building 3 bedrooms to house volunteers who come to assist with the feeding center and projects. The cost is $22,000.
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 a group of nine church planters in a southern province who just learned about oral Bible storying methods. Pray that they would feel a burden to share with two villages with new believers. (2 Corinthians 5:14)
- Pray that God would stir our hearts to pray more. It has been difficult to inspire the locals to gather and pray daily. It must be a work of the Spirit. Pray that He would empower His church to intercede and cry out to Him here. (Isaiah 64:1)
- Pray for a dear friend of mine, whose older brother is addicted to alcohol and needs help. My friend wants to bring him to the city for treatment but the brother has refused any help thus far. Pray that the voice of the enemy would be silenced and this man would experience true freedom in Christ.
- Pray that my love for God would continue to grow brighter and stronger. Pray that I would be filled with the Holy Spirit and power to do the things that the Father is calling me to. (1 Corinthians 4:20)
Praise Report:
- Praise God for what He’s doing in one man’s heart who is living with me. He’s 19 years old and strongly seeking something outside of himself. God is drawing him ever so gently. Pray he commits his life to Jesus.
- Praise God that another believer who is staying with me just finished writing a book and is in the final publishing stage. This book is a powerful testimony to the transformational journey that this young man has been through. Pray that God uses it to declare His power to the next generation.
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 Jason Kalember at jason.k@nextchapterlacrosse.org or 608-519-0919.
Prayer Requests:
Pray for the three men in residence at Next Chapter:
- Tom: For continued success at his job at Holland Berry. For continued spiritual and personal growth. That he passes his license test.
- Adam: For him to find personal peace and fulfilling employment. For the relationship with his children to be restored.
- Matt: For continued success at his job at Dollar Tree. For him to continue to give God a chance and for him to be more engaged during bible study.
- Pray for Sklyer as he relocates to Milwaukee ARC.
- Pray for Travis as he has recently started the program at Next Chapter. For the relationship with his children and wife to be redeemed and restored.
Praise Report
- Praise for Jovan’s graduation from Milwaukee ARC and him to transition well back into residence at Next Chapter.
- Praise for Charles’s graduation, redemption, and reintegrating back into the community in his first apartment of his own!
Events:
- 7/30/2026, 5:00-8:30pm: Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch in La Crosse, WI
- Donor Appreciation Cookout sometime in August!
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
- Pray that a workable growth plan can be developed for the Huayhoy Clinic as it continues to grow and how to handle the increased medical needed for the community.
- Pray for the organizing of the 2027 medical training teams and that God would fill all the teaching slots.
- Pray for the Modular Study Groups and the teachers that are needed for next school year in Vientiane, to help teach missionary children.
- Pray for the children who need to be sponsored through Global fingerprints program.
- Pray for the Microfinance fund that is being set up to help small businesses start up in Laos. Pray for wisdom for the leadership of the fund.
- Pray for another possible medical clinic and the meetings that will be happening with another Christian Lao Doctor, and if a clinic is a possibility in his community.
- Pray for the many governmental schoolteachers who haven’t been paid for months and years and are still teaching the children.
- Pray for Nouphone and the laying of groundwork for the New Hope vocational training center where the Global Fingerprints children can get vocational training.
- Pray for unity for the team going back to Laos this October and laying the plans for the January teams.
- Pray for ARDA Language center in Luang Prabang that they will be able to find English teachers.
- Pray for Dr. Philippe and Mai Savanh Lao and the partnership with the government authorities in a protected forest setting as they want to grow Cacao, and they are an unreached people group, and the possibility of using the Cacao training to get the Gospel into these people groups.
- Pray for Nouphone and the discipleship training that he is doing in many registered churches, this is a foreign concept to many of the registered churches.
- Pray for David and Kee who are key people for the Mekong Vocational Training center and want to have children and for Kee’s health as she has a major respiratory condition.
- Pray for Michal Monsoor and his wedding that keeps getting put off by the government officials always requesting more paperwork and then delaying the approval.
- Pray for fundraising for Kirby and that he will be able to raise enough support that he can concentrate on his ministry and does not need get a secular job.
- The X-Ray machine has been delivered and is in the process of being installed.
- That Andrew Hepburn has received a new approval letter from the Governmental officials to operate the Mekong Vocational Training school.
- Praise for the impact the medical training team has had on the Lao Rescue and health staff and their encouragement for our teams to return again and do more training and soften the attitude of governmental officials to Christians.
- Praise for a successful wedding of Kirby Roger’s daughter Ionia as she starts a new life with her husband in the states. Ionia grew up in Laos, so the American Culture is different for her.
About the Organization:
Safe Families for Children seeks to keep children safe and families together. Safe Families for Children is rooted in faith, fueled by radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion, to build a network of caring and compassionate volunteers to support families facing social isolation. Their goals are to prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system, and support and stabilize families.
Website: www.safefamilieswi.
For more information, please contact Stacia Johnston-Lyga at stacia@safefamilieswi.org
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for continued volunteer commitment and recruitment.
- Prayers for families seeking support that they can feel compassion and hope.
- Pray for staff, that we continue to walk according to God’s plan for keeping children safe and families together.
Praise Reports:
- We have successfully launched Safe Families in Vernon County. God has blessed us with a solid base of volunteers willing to walk alongside families.
- The summer is full of activities that we can share about Safe Families.
- We continue to have referrals coming and volunteers saying yes to walking alongside them.
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 Mary Rohrer at mary.rohrer@usc.salvationarmy.
Interested in volunteering your time to make a difference in the lives of others? Call the Salvation Army Volunteer Line: 608-782-2616 x 226
Need a Thrift Store voucher? Call Social Services, Salvation Army, 608-782-6126 x 240, or email tina.cannon@usc.salvationarmy.
Homeless? Call The La Crosse County Salvation Army Social Servies 608-782-6128 x 247, Quinn Devlin, Shelter Director
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for our La Crosse County Salvation Army friends Pat Stephens, September 16, 1948-February 3, 2026, and Al Trapp, May 21, 1946 -February 7, 2026, who daily practiced service about self.
- Pray for our La Crosse County homeless who lack not only a place to sleep, but lack clothing and food, and the La Crosse County Salvation Army to receive sufficient donor gifts in order to provide for these needs.
- Pray for our 69 shelter residents so that they may find the right kind of housing with the right level of support.
- Pray for our community leaders of La Crosse County and the City of La Crosse Pathways Home collaborative homelessness response plan that they may achieve functional zero homelessness.
Praise Report:
- The La Crosse County Salvation Army’s many volunteers who donated over 10,000 hours of their time to help the needy over the past twelve months at The La Crosse County Salvation Army
- The Rotary Mobile Clinic Med Team who arrives every Wednesday morning at the La Crosse County Salvation Army to treat the underserved and under insured
- The volunteers at the La Crosse County Salvation Army who serve an average 85 lunches every noon to those but for this lunch have no available food to them
- The Social Worker Team at the La Crosse County Salvation Army who houses an average of 8 homeless persons per month into private housing and gainful employment
Events
- Annual Volunteer Recognition Complimentary Event March 12, 2026, 5 pm, English Lutheran Church. Reservation: 608-782-6126 x 226 or rick.rux@usc.salvationarmy.org
- Red Shield Civic Dinner Fund Raising and Recognition Event May 12, 2026, 5 pm, Radisson Hotel. Reservation: 608-782-6126 or mary.rohrer@usc.salvationarmy.
org - Church Worship Services Every Sunday 10:30 am at The La Crosse County Salvation Army, 223 No 8th St La Crosse, WI, Majors Jeffery and Dawn Russell. Welcome All!
Community Events and Prayer Meetings
Community Events:
- Salvation Army Church Worship Services Every Sunday 10:30 am at The La Crosse County Salvation Army, 223 No 8th St La Crosse, WI, Majors Jeffery and Dawn Russell. Welcome All!
Kicking Bear Events:
- 6/27/2026: Sparta, WI – God’s Country Archery Adventure Camp
- 7/11/2026: Kimball, MN – Adventure Camp
- 7/18/2026: Fort McCoy, Sparta, WI – Adventure Camp
- 7/18/2026: Roscommon Camp, MI – Adventure Camp
- 7/25/2026: West Salem, WI – MGV Adventure Camp
- 8/1/2026: Rochester, MN – Coyote Creek Outdoor Fest
- 8/1/2026: Holmen, WI – Boy Scout Camp “Camp Send a Kid”
- 8/8/2026: La Crosse, WI – Bethany Church Foster Care Family Day
- 8/8/2026: Linton, IN – Adventure Camp
- 8/15/2026: Elkton, MD – Adventure Camp
- 8/22/2026: Horicon, WI – Adventure Camp
- 8/29/2026: Madison, WI – Adventure Camp
Next Chapter Events:
- 7/30/2026, 5:00-8:30pm: Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch in La Crosse, WI
- Donor Appreciation Cookout sometime in August!
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.
- Prayer meetings every other Sunday night from 6:30 – 7:30 pm; First Free Group, all are welcome! Personal residence on French Island, contact Rob Wolf at 608.797.8113 for exact dates and address.
Volunteering
Volunteering Opportunities Coming Soon