The screen saver and all updates are provided free of charge by Hesed Interactive as a service to the body of Christ and in the hopes that it will be a reminder to you to pray for this unreached people group.

• You must have Windows Media Player installed to take full advantage of the audio portion of the screen saver. Click here to be taken in a new browser window to Microsoft's site where you can download the player.

• In addition, the screen saver requires Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, 8mb RAM, 5mb disk space, and a 256 or more color display.

Base Version With Music (11.1 mb)

Base Version Without Music (1.7 mb)

Update With Music (969 kb) for Windows 95/98/2000

Update With Music (969 kb) for Windows NT 4.0 or greater

Update Without Music (968 kb) for Windows 95/98/2000

Update Without Music (969 kb) for Windows NT 4.0 or greater

Update With Music (1.2 mb) for Windows 95/98/2000

Update With Music (1.2 mb) for Windows NT 4.0 or greater

Update Without Music (1.2 mb) for Windows 95/98/2000

Update Without Music (1.2 mb) for Windows NT 4.0 or greater

• Click on the Start button in the lower left of your Windows desktop

• Move your cursor up to the "Run..." item and click on it.

• This will open a dialog box appropriately named "Run"

• Click on the "Browse" button

• This will open a dialog box appropriately named "Browse" which contains the directory structure of your computer in its main window

• Find the screen saver executable file (note that the folder or directory in which you placed the executable file during the download process must appear in the "Look in:" field at the top of the "Browse" dialog box. If it not there, click on the arrow at the right of the "Look in:" field -- this will allow you to choose another folder or directory). The screen saver executable file for the Pray for the Mali of Jula screen saver is named jula.exe.

• Once you have found the screen saver executable file, double click on it. This will return you to the "Run" dialog box, and you will notice that the path to the screen saver executable file now appears in the "Open" field.

• Click the "OK" button, and the screen saver installation routine will begin. Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation of your screen saver.

Only one percent of the Jula population of Mali consider themselves Christian and the evangelical portion of that percentage is very small. A Bible portion was completed for the Jula language in 1992, and a New Testament was completed in 1993. Gospel recordings are available to be used in evangelism of the Jula, and there is one Christian radio broadcast available in the Jula language in Mali.

1. John Trundle of Mission Aviation Fellowship reported to us on August 14 that Josephine Traore, the wife of one of the key Christian workers among the Jula people, has contracted cerebral malaria. She is fighting for her life, and the doctors do not expect her to live much longer.

   Josephine and her husband Antoine have been tireless workers among the Jula since their conversion to Christ two years ago. They have organized numerous village crusades, won several to Christ, established four churches, written evangelistic tracts in the Jula language, and have been involved in many strategic activities for the cause of Christ among the Jula. Josephine has spent many hours teaching young women and children in the ways of the Lord.

   Josephine first started showing signs of the illness on a trip to her family village. She was rushed to the hospital in the capital city of Bamako where she has been struggling to live for five days. Please pray for God's healing touch upon her life and for the Lord to strengthen her husband Antoine.

2. Steve O'Connell of Christian Missionary Alliance told us that a crusade will take place on August 21 in the Jula village of Kourémalé. Although several crusades have been held in this village over the past few months, there are no known believers among the residents. Muslim influence has historically been very strong in this village, but after the last crusade held three weeks ago, several members of the village secretly expressed interest in the gospel.

   Please pray that many will come to know the Lord as a result of the upcoming crusade and that a vibrant new church would be established in the village.

3. Jean Mandin of the Christian Literature Crusade office based in Bamako, Mali has told us that their workers will be distributing AIDS tracts in the city of Kangara on August 24. Kangara is a city near the Malian border with Guinea-Bissau which is in the center of the region where most Malian Jula reside. The Christian Literature Crusade regularly distributes books and tracts in this city and consistently experience two reactions: 1) opposition and persecution by the larger Islamic community; but also, 2) later contact in secret by interested people. They have found that distributing AIDS tracts often results in less opposition from the Islamic community and the local authorities are much less likely to attempt to stop the distribution.

   Please pray for the upcoming distribution on the 24th -- that hearts will be open to the message of the gospel as the only effective solution to the tragic problem of AIDS.

4. According to Mary Stevens, Southern Baptist missionary in Bamako, the elders of the church in Ouéléssébougou report ongoing persecution at the hands of local Muslims. Their pastor, Ali Djembé, and the elders of the church have been beaten and chased from the village on more than one occasion, but they all sense the call of Christ to this village and so they return. Two of the elders have been fired from their jobs because they are believers. The church building was recently burnt to the ground, but the believers continue to meet anywhere they can. The local authorities, who are Muslims, refuse to intervene.

   Please pray for the strengthening of this small group of believers and that the church in Ouéléssébougou would grow as the Islamic community sees the testimony of changed lives among the believers.

5. Helena Dean, an Assemblies of God missionary to Mali, has told us of a Jula village elder named Ahmed. Ahmed is also an Islamic leader in his Jula village named Filomana.

   Ahmed was recently traveling in Bamako when he heard music from a church building. Not being entirely familiar with the city of Bamako and not knowing what the building was, he stepped inside. When he realized it was a Christian church, part of him wanted to leave, but before he could go, his soul was captured by the joyful music. He stayed and ended up hearing a clear presentation of the gospel.

   Ahmed has secretly expressed interest in the gospel over the past few weeks, but he is struggling with severing his ties to the Islamic community. Please pray that the Lord would strengthen him to make a decision for Christ.