Pray for Cuba

• Full Name: Republic of Cuba
• Government Type: Communist State
• Leader(s): Raul Castro (president)
• Population: (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 9
• Language(s):
• Spanish (official)
• Religions: 
• Christianity> 56.2% (predominantly Roman Catholic, with an 8.6% subset of Protestantism)
• Non-religious> 23.2%
• Ethnic Religions> 19.6%
• Other> 0.7%
• GNI: $5,460 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Cuba lives under the oppressive rule of communism. Pray for the cessation of this oppression, and that its citizens may come to understand that there is freedom in Christ and heavenly citizenship, which no earthly power can take from them
• Many Cubans claim to be non-religious. Pray that, although Cuba is a relatively closed country, that God would make ways for His gospel of salvation and hope to those and others.
• Pray for the many Cuban expatriates who live in the United States, many of whom live in Miami. Pray that the U.S church would find ways to reach out and minister to them.

Pray for Serbia

• Full Name: Republic of Serbia
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Tomislav Nikolic (president), Ivica Dacic (prime minister)
• Population: 7,276,604 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 5
• Languages:
• Serbian> 88.3%
• Hungarian> 3.8%
• Bosniak> 1.8%
• Romany (Gypsy)>1.1%
• Other>4.1%
• Unknown>0.9%
• Religions: 
• Serbian Orthodox> 85%
• Catholic> 5.5%
• Muslim>3.2%
• Protestant> 1.1%
• Unspecified>2.6%
• Other, unknown, or atheist>2.6%
• GNI: $5,680 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Serbia is a primarily an Orthodox and Catholic nation religiously. Pray that people would put religion aside and would come to have a personal relationship with the Living God.
• Pray for the Roma Gypsies and Muslims, both minority and marginalized people groups. Pray that the Church in Serbia would catch a vision to reach out and minister to them.

Pray for Croatia

• Full Name: Republic of Croatia
• Government Type: Parliamentary/presidential democracy
• Leader(s): Ivo Josipovic (president), Zoran Milanovic (prime minister)
• Population: 4,480,043 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 5
• Languages:
• Croatian> 96.1%
• Serbia> 1%
• Undesignated> 2.9% (Italian, Hungary, Czech, Slovak, German)
• Religions: 
• Roman Catholic> 87.8%
• Orthodox> 4.4%
• Other Christian> 0.4%
• Islam> 1.1%
• Other and unspecified>0.9%
• None>5.2%
• GNI: $13,850 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Croatia is a primarily Roman Catholic and Orthodox nation religiously. Pray that people would put religion aside and would come to have a personal relationship with the Living God.

Pray for Seychelles

• Full Name: Republic of Seychelles
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): James Michel James (president)
• Population: 90,024 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 8
• Languages:
• French Creole (Reunion and Seselwa)> 91.8%
• English> 4.9%
• Other> 3.1% (Chinese, Hindi, Tamil, French, Gujarati)
• Unspecified> 0.2%
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 82.3%
• Protestant> 7.5%
• Other Christian> 3.4%
• Hindu> 2.1
• Islam> 1.1%
• Other non-Christian> 1.5%
• Unspecified> 1.5%
• None> 0.6%
• GNI: $11,130 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Seychelles is an isolated nation, with perhaps little worldwide attention. Pray that the Lord, who knows all people by name, would raise up laborers to this harvest field., and that national believers may seek to reap a harvest among their fellow countryman who need to know of the hope in Jesus Christ
• Seychelles is predominantly Roman Catholic. Pray that people would understand what it means to have a personal relationship with the living God.
• Pray for Bible translation for the two main French Creole dialects. Seselwa has no translation, and the Reunion has only the New Testament.
• Pray for a pure and holy Church in Seychelles, set apart for the Lord.

Pray for Cote d'Ivoire

• Full Name: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Ernest Bai Koroma (president)
• Population: 21,952,093 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 83
• Language: French (official), along with 60 native dialects, of which the most widely spoken is Dioula
• Religions: 
• Islam> 38.6%
• Christian> 32.8% (predominantly Roman Catholic)
• Indigenous beliefs> 11.9%
• None> 16.7%
• Average income: approximately $700 USD per year
• Prayer requests:
• Cote d’Ivoire has a relatively high rate of HIV/AIDS among the population. Pray for the cessation of this tragic epidemic, and for Christians to rise up and minister, and introduce them to the onlyOne who can give them hope, and Who has overcome death and its sting.
• Pray for Christians, that they may show love to their Muslim countrymen, and that Christ would shine through as they seek live lives in accordance with Micah 6:8: “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with you God.”

Pray for Sierra Leone

• Full Name: Republic of Sierra Leone
• Government Type: Constituional Democracy
• Leader(s): Ernest Bai Koroma (president)
• Population: 5,485,998 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 27
• Religions: 
• Islam> 60%
• Christian> 10%
• Indigenous beliefs> 30%
• Average income: $160-$200 per year
• Prayer requests:
• Sierra Leone is dominated by the idolatry and strongholds of Islam and various indigenous beliefs. Pray that the power of the Gospel would smash idols and breakdown strongholds, and that national believers and missionaries would be empowered by the Spirit as they minister to the people in this task.

Pray for Costa Rica

• Full Name: Republic of Costa Rica
• Government Type: Democratic Republic
• Leader(s): Laura Chinchilla (president)
• Population: 4,636,348 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 11
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 76.3%
• Evangelical> 13.7%
• Jehovah’s Witness> 1.3%
• Other Protestant> 0.7%
• Other> 4.8%
• None> 3.2%
• GNI: n/a
• Prayer requests:
• Costa Rica is a predominantly and overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Pray that the strongholds of religion and superstition may be torn down, and that the evangelical minority and missionaries would have opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ.
• Costa Rica is a beautiful country, and people flock from all around the world for ecological tourism. Pray that this would be an opportunity for believers to point them to the Creator of it all.