Marli Spieker and Project Hannah in Africa

I grew up in a small Montana town, the youngest of seven siblings… and the only girl. Yes, I’m a little spoiled and, I’m not proud to say, at times rather self-centered. It’s caused me to oftentimes assess life through a narrow view. “Is everybody in my little circle fine? Family, friends? Okay, life is good.”

But God is opening my eyes. And my heart. Recently I signed up to help Project Hannah, a ministry that reaches out to hurting women around the world. They do most of their work through prayer.

Each month Project Hannah distributes a calendar to 109 countries in 58 languages with a specific focus, either a geographical region or a serious issue that threatens women. Every day of the year, all around the planet, people pray the same prayer request—we pray for victims of sex trafficking, women in Russia and Ukraine, Asia and West Africa, and for women whose lives have been ravaged by war. That’s powerful!

Honestly, I feel a tingle of excitement as I pick up my calendar in the morning, just thinking about the numerous people praying that same prayer all around the world. 

And an awareness is waking up within me—the realization that my seemingly small prayers from a windy hilltop in Colorado are joining forces with thousands others, and that from my comfortable home I can affect a change in the lives of suffering women around the world.

This is a movement that is way beyond my little circle, and I’m honored to be a part of it.

Prayer Sisters, together we CAN change the world. One prayer at a time… Will you please join me?