The other night we were all
given a tribe of Guinea to pray for. There are many of them throughout this
country. Here is a little information about my tribe that was recorded by the
Joshua Project.
Tribe: Badyara, Badyaranke
Population: 9,400
Main Language: Badyara
Main Religion: Islam
Bible: NONE
Christ-Followers: around 1%
“The Badyara people live in the
Koundara Region. They also live in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. They earn extra
money by extracting Honey from beehives and also by producing excellent cotton
cloth. Most primarily earn their living as subsistence farmers. Most villages
consist of only 100 to 500 people. They are very proud of their unique
historical and cultural roots.
They people fled to Senegal from Guinea approximately 110 years ago due to war in their regions.
They still practice female circumcision. Boys are circumcised at 8 years old and are then taken away from the village for about one month, during which time they are taught the ways of the people. This event is followed by a public washing and a huge celebration involving the whole village. This is the only time that the men dance.
They speak a language called Badyara and are part of the Atlantic people cluster. The Biafada language is somewhat similar to their language.”
They people fled to Senegal from Guinea approximately 110 years ago due to war in their regions.
They still practice female circumcision. Boys are circumcised at 8 years old and are then taken away from the village for about one month, during which time they are taught the ways of the people. This event is followed by a public washing and a huge celebration involving the whole village. This is the only time that the men dance.
They speak a language called Badyara and are part of the Atlantic people cluster. The Biafada language is somewhat similar to their language.”
Approximately 1% of the population of the Badyara,
Baryaranke of Guinea are Christians. That means, out of 9,400 people from this
tribe only 94 are Christians. Imagine
the struggle of the 94. Can you hear their cries to God for help to come? Can
you hear their plea for revival, to no longer live in persecution? Maybe they feel alone and cut off but the
reality is they are not alone. They are a part of this family – our family…your
family.
Will you join with me to lift these 94 up to our Father in
fervent prayer?
Will you join me in lifting up the 9,306 who do not know the
saving grace of our Father?
We live in a land where our streets are filled with fellow
brothers and sisters in Christ – imagine yourself being one of the 94.
Lord, today I lift up the 94 to you. Today I make a stand
for them, a stand on my knees as I lift them to you in prayer. Wrap them in
your peace and hope – let them know they are not alone – others know about them
and others are praying for them.
Psalm 107
1 Give thanks to the Lord,
for he is good;
his love endures forever.
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the
Lord say this—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the
lands,
from east and west, from north and south.
from east and west, from north and south.
4 Some wandered in desert
wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and
thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the
Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight
way
to a city where they could settle.
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to
the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
and his wonderful deeds for men,
9 for he satisfies the
thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
and fills the hungry with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness and
the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 for they had rebelled
against the words of God
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to
bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the
Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of
darkness and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains.
and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to
the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
and his wonderful deeds for men,
16 for he breaks down gates
of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
and cuts through bars of iron.
