Please pray for FEBC Moldova’s team of digital broadcasters, Andrey, Vanya, Eva, and Carolina. They are excited to train several new staff members. May God give them energy to serve and wisdom know the best paths to reach people with the Good News through digital broadcasts. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Unreached Prayer Focus: The Buryat The Buryat are an unreached people group of around 500,000 living mostly in a cold and heavily forested region of Siberia, Russia. They have much in common with Mongolian people groups. Buryats are believed to have settled around Lake Baikal in modern-day Russia sometime in the 13th or 14th centuries, making them the northernmost of Mongolian peoples. Buryat people were primarily nomadic herdsman in the past, but now most have settled in cities. Buryats work in a variety of industries, from white-collar jobs in the capital city of Ulan-Ude, to blue-collar positions in mills, factories, or the coal and lumber industry. Of the entire population, only 1% are estimated to be Christian. The Buryat do not have access to an up-to-date Bible, and there is only one known church in the entire region.1 Only a few Christian missionaries have traveled to this extremely remote area, where most of the population practices Buddhism and/or Shamanism. 1 Cited from The Joshua Project ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Website: febc.org Address: P.O. BOX 2850 Frisco, TX 75034 Phone Number: 800-523-3480
