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Praise the Lord for reports of multiple baptisms last month across the Indian Ocean Islands! Unfortunately, pictures of these professions of faith were posted on social media, so those in the pictures are almost assuredly to face stiff opposition from their community. Please pray for the Lord’s hand of protection to be over them, that He will grant these new believers courage, and that He will use this for good to draw many to Himself.
Pray for the 89,000 Gabbra that live in the Chalbi desert in Kenya, close to the border with Ethiopia. Some of the workers recently completed a course which is designed to help participants carefully examine how Scripture aligns with—or challenges—different cultural practices, and to consider how to faithfully move forward in light of God’s Word. Please pray for wisdom and clarity as the team prepares to take this material and share it with local leaders. Ask that these discussions would be guided by the Holy Spirit, and that they would lead to deep understanding of the gospel and healthy, rooted discipleship. Pray especially that many would come to see that following Jesus is not the rejection of their identity, but the transformation of it—that someone can be a faithful Christian while still fully belonging within Gabbra culture. Ask that God would raise up strong local leaders who rightly handle His Word and faithfully shepherd new believers in truth, grace, and love.
Ben and Christelle serve in Mayotte, making disciples among the unreached people living there. Please pray for them as they will record a new song and a video clip. Pray for wisdom as they plan to be part of the activities for the end of the school year; may they be where God wants them to be and share with the local people as effective witnesses among them.
David and Patricia are based in Arusha, Tanzania and are partnering with different churches and Christian organisations to see Christian radio stations set up across Tanzania. Please pray for wisdom and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in their daily interactions. Every day, they come across people they want to share the gospel with, and often Patricia can feel rather weak and ineffective, and that she doesn’t have the right words. Ask that she will hold fast to the truth that God works even in our weakness. Patricia is really enjoying teaching at the Tanzanian school. There’s a big change coming to the team, as the current leaders will be leaving the country in July. Please pray for this transition as they have been like family, and it will be hard to continue the work without them.
John and Zoe serve at Rift Valley Academy (RVA), AIM’s boarding school in Kijabe, Kenya, which educates and disciples the children of missionaries. After three years at the school, their older daughter is graduating and moving back to the UK for university. They will be staying in the dorm with a new cohort of 7th-grade girls who will be with them for two years. Zoe will continue helping in kindergarten every morning, and John will be taking a sideways step out of teaching and into a pastoral role as the Hub Co-ordinator. The Hub is a pastoral team including representatives from academics, student life, student health, counselling, spiritual life and senior leadership. John’s role will be to receive referrals and direct them to the relevant department, and to liaise with parents about the co-ordination of care, interventions and support any student might need. He will continue to coach sport every day, and be on the Preaching, Worship, Child Safety Interviewing, UK Further Education, and African Field Studies teams too. Please pray for a positive finish to their last term with their current group of dorm girls. Ask that the Lord may grant them a precious last couple of months as a family of four living together.
Chris and Sarah serve in Germany, where Chris is the HR Manager at Black Forest Academy (BFA). There are 25 new staff arriving at BFA at the end of July. Pray for them as they raise support and prepare for the move. Pray for Chris as he will be involved in their orientation and staff training days. Praise God that Chris and Sarah are feeling more settled in their church and have been able to get to know the pastors and others better recently. They have also started hosting a home group for those living on their side of the border and are praying that more people would join the group and that they can support and encourage each other well. They will be coming to the UK for a month over the summer. Please pray for them as they take a break, catch up with family, and visit a couple of churches and supporters.
Amelia serves in West Africa, sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. Recent progress in her language learning has coincided with some great new connections in the neighbourhood. Both of these have been an encouragement to her. Along with this, Amelia has been doing some evening ‘classes’ with a few of the teenagers in the neighbourhood. It’s very informal – and as they meet at her neighbours’ house, their five-year-old son is invariably jumping around in the middle of them, repeating words or phrases he hears. Plans are coming together for her Home Assignment in the UK. Please pray for wisdom as Amelia decides how to spend the time. Ask that health issues may be addressed, and that she may be refreshed and equipped to return to the field.
Pray for the 20 million Fulani people who are widely dispersed across the African continent West to East, in a band just South of the Sahara Desert. Praise God for a small Fulani sub-group in Chad who have constructed their own simple shelter where they meet for church each Sunday. These 4-5 men and their wives, who have believed over many years, are nomads who settled down and have persevered despite attempts to draw them away from the gospel. Pray for one of the men who has had some Bible training and seeks to guide them. Ask that the Lord would protect them and give them courage to speak of Jesus to their neighbours.
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