PRAYER, AS A SPIRITUAL ACT OF MERCY, COMBINED WITH A SPIRITUAL ADOPTION OF A TRIBE IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT BOTH FOR THE PERSON WHO IS PRAYING AND FOR THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THE PRAYER IS ADDRESSED. WHILE IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE PARTICULAR EFFECTS OF PRAYER, WE KNOW THROUGH SCRIPTURE THAT GOD WANTS US TO PRAY, AND WE KNOW BY FAITH THAT HE ANSWERS ALL PRAYERS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SPIRITUAL ADOPTION OF A TRIBE PROJECT IS THREEFOLD:
1. SO THAT A MISSIONARY WILL GO TO THAT TRIBE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.
2. THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THAT TRIBE CONVERTS TO CATHOLICISM.
3. FOR THE FRUIT OF THEIR CONVERSION THEIR SOULS ARE SAVED ETERNALLY.