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 the mothers in our program as they are getting help while being away from their kids
- Pray for the loved ones who are affected by addition for strength, forgiveness, and tolerance
- Pray for our clients for continued unity and a strong sisterhood in the center
Praise Report:
- Praise God for a successful Jason Gray concert fundraiser with over 700 people attending, raising over 60K
- Praise God for new salvations and 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:
Pray for our nominees fighting earthly battles that are keeping them from being productive and qualifying them for our program.
- Pray for our need of a program director to keep missional in our purpose of showing God’s love by overcoming transportation barriers.
Praise Report:
- God brought Gabrial (RX Auto Care) to us as our part-time mechanic.
- Dahl Auto has been a blessing with vehicle acquisition.
- Our faithful board and volunteers.
- Our group of faith lead non-profit leaders providing referrals.
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 Good News Club’s reaching children and their families in elementary schools.
- Pray for clubs at Northside and Emerson Elementaries in La Crosse, Evergreen in Holmen, Camp Douglas, New Lisbon, and a new club in the beginning stages in Coon Valley.
- Pray for faithful laborers for teams.
- For children to attend and for them to come to know Jesus, not just about Him.
- Pray for a Good News Club team of four to be raised up to reach the children in every elementary school.
- Pray for Fort Mc Coy as they begin steps toward a Good News Club on their base.
- Pray particularly on the steps that need to be completed for an Easter Party set for March 29th.
Christian Youth in Action
- Pray for the Lord’s choice of teens for reaching the next generation this coming summer. Application Deadline is April 1st.
- Pray for the opportunities for the students to grow deeper in their faith while fellowshipping with other believing teens and serving the Lord.
Christian Kids in Action
- Pray for God’s choice of children who have the desire to be missionaries to their own generation in their schools, neighborhoods and families. March 15th.
Praise Report:
- For the children hearing the Gospel and being discipled each week at Good News Club in their own elementary school.
- For the children’s thirst for God and desire to love Him more.
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
- Pray over the Kicking Bear families that are served 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 Kicking Bear and then the Holy Spirit will guide them in making connections and that the relationships created will be healthy, encouraging and guided by God.
- Pray over Kicking Bear’s ministry team and volunteers. That God will continue to provide direction, resources and strength as they share the Gospel, serve families and disciple youth. And that God will continue to provide workers for the harvest, helpers on the mission.
- Pray over our upcoming summer evangelism camps and outings with mentees. We will be hitting the road for the next 6 months traveling all over the country for our camps and events. Prayers for safe travels, good weather and lots of new families in attendance!
- A great camp down in Florida to start our camp season, an awesome turkey hunt with 13 young men and a very successful Unity through Community Camp in March. A young man prayed for salvation in the turkey blind on our last hunt. God is awesome!!
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:
- Evangelistic outreach at EAA Oshkosh, July 2025. Join them for their 13th annual outreach at the EAA. Last year, over 100 people came to Christ through their outreach.
- 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 young adults, ages 17-28. You can spend a few weeks doing intensive training on the mission field and drawing nearer to God. Contact Jason at jason@
lifebuildersinternational.org Come on down!
Praise Report:
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.
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:
- Please pray for the northern province of Luang Namtha, as many families have been displaced because of severe flooding and house damage during this rainy season.
- Please pray for open doors to share with students at the National University. Thousands of students come from all over the country to study here. The harvest is ripe!
- Please pray for my heart, to never stop following Jesus and keep Him the most important thing in my life. Pray that I would discern His voice every day and obey what He is calling me to.
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 Jason Kalember at jason.k@nextchapterlacrosse.org or 608-519-0919.
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. Scheduled program completion dates are one in December, one in January, and three in May.
- 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
- Pray for the teams preparing to travel to Laos in January to do medical teaching, construction work, women’s health training and discipleship training.
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100,000 nutrition bars have been produced, but now the borders are closed so prayer is needed to find alternation ways to get the nutrition bars into 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.
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Pray for the educational system in Laos, as many teachers have not been able to be paid for five years and are leaving the teaching profession to find jobs elsewhere. The education system is in very desperate need of teachers, as the children are not able to attend school.
- Praise God for the team that just returned from Laos and the groundwork that was laid for the January teams heading to Laos.
- Praise God for the 9 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:
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 Tracy Trussoni at tracy@
Prayer Requests:
- For growth in their volunteer base.
- For radically transformed lives in the families that they serve.
- For families they serve to see Jesus through the volunteers and the organization.
- Praise for God’s continued provision.
- Pray for a new mom and her family.
- For their Spring fundraiser to be successful and impactful (4th Annual Spring Soiree https://givebutter.com/Soiree2
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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 who support their programs and service with their time and energy.
- The 64 individual residents who stay with them each night.
- The 73 individuals who graduated from their shelter to permanent housing last year.
Praise Report:
God is good, and we thank God for His goodness.
Community Events and Prayer Meetings
Community Events:
- February 24, 2025: Mentorship Dinner, Olivet Lutheran Church, La Crosse, WI — RSVP HERE
- March 7, 2025, 6 pm: BINGO Fundraiser for Chariots4Hope; Concordia Ballroom, Tickets, $35 per person. (See Chariots4Hope website for more information.)
- March 16, 2025: Unity Through Community Camp, Omni Center, Onalaska, WI
- April 4, 2025, 6:30 pm: Jason Gray Fundraiser Concert for Teen Challenge at First Free Church, 123 Mason Street, Onalaska. (See Teen Challege WI homepage for more details and online ticket purchase, $10 per person.)
- April 12, 2025: Safe Families 4th Annual Spring Soiree, Celebrations on the River, 2100 Dawson Avenue. (See Safe Families homepage.)
- May 1, 2025: Annual Wisconsin Banquet, Omni Center, Onalaska, WI — MORE INFO HERE
- July 13, 2025: Pizza Ranch Camp, La Crosse, WI — Registration coming soon!
- July 26, 2025: West Salem Camp, MGV, West Salem, WI — Registration coming soon!
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