Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in the 2013 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the question of Jesus to his disciples, “How many loaves have you?” from Mark 6:38. The book is filled with stories of God’s abundance in the face of overwhelming needs and a scarcity of resources.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 16, 2013

PRESBYTERY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, OHIO - After fleeing civil war in 1990, Isaac Monah worked as a tracker of monkeys in Ivory Coast. During a torrential rain, Isaac and an American colleague, primate researcher Scott McGraw, got lost and took shelter in a forest. They talked about Scott helping Isaac immigrate to the U.S. and the fact that Scott was a kind of Christian called “Presbyterian.” Isaac was Christian, but he’d never heard of this denomination. Eventually Isaac came to the U.S. and joined Noble Road Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights.

In 2007, after the 14-year war ended, Isaac visited the rural region where he grew up. He saw children who couldn’t go to school unless they went to a city to live with unfamiliar family members. He remembered his difficult childhood journey and felt a call to build a school there. When he returned, Isaac told his pastor of his vision. It was a vision that spoke of feeding a multitude, yet it was being pitched to a congregation that had only a few loaves, with 88 active members and an uncertain financial future.

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