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Cees and Mirjam serve in Kotido, Uganda, to engage the Karimojong people for Christ. Despite the heat (and the energy it takes), wonderful things have happened in Kotido. Nine children’s workers/pastors who took the ‘Train the Trainer’ course with Mirjam received their certificates at the beginning of February. Here is a beautiful testimony from one of the students: “Halfway through the course, Mama Mirjam challenged me by asking what my deepest motivation was for participating and what my spiritual gifts are. Not everyone has the gift of teaching, after all. It made me think and pray. God confirmed very clearly through His Word that I could continue. I am a Karamojong, the first follower of Jesus in my family. I came to know the peace and joy found in my Saviour Jesus through a friend’s testimony. One of my brothers has also come to faith and now leads a “tree church” (a house church held under a tree). I hold the lowest level of education in the entire TTT group; thankfully, you don’t necessarily need a diploma in order to participate. Now I teach young people in my brother’s church, and I want to organise a training course for children’s workers together with another TTT student. Mama Mirjam is coaching that process and helping us with the preparations and the teaching. Together, we’re making great progress.” Praise God for the fruit he is bearing through this ministry and pray for more!
Alan and Pauline have been serving with the Africa Inland Church in Nanyuki, northern Kenya. Praise God for a safe arrival back in the UK, as they have now left their home in Kenya. It has been a big undertaking; finishing the ministry, saying goodbyes, farewell meals, painting the house, sorting, selling and packing up. Please pray for them as they move into a new season and grieve the loss of Kenyan family and friends. Ask that the Lord may grant them precious time with their family in the coming months, and plenty of time to rest and reflect, as they look forward to what God has in store for them next.
Pablo serves in West Africa, where he uses English teaching to develop relationships for the gospel. Praise God for the time away in the desert with the centre staff, including a good conversation with one of the new teachers called ‘Kerry’. This has helped Pablo, as one of the latest in a series of believers to interact with him, in knowing how to take things forward with Kerry. In January, a TikTok account was created, which resulted in a surge of new enquiries from prospective students! Praise God that through this avenue, they have grown from 30 to 80 students a day. They have now started a new term of classes and activities. Please pray for good use of time and clear guidance to connect with the right people, especially with all these new students. Pablo will be teaching a new class this term on ‘Ethics’. Ask that this may open up many conversations about morality, ultimately resulting in the conclusion that our God is unfailingly and objectively good!
Tim is in the process of preparing to head out to North Africa. It can be hard waiting on the Lord’s timing, but praise God that he was recently encouraged through a retreat where he was looking at the book of Revelation. As he meditated on the descriptions of Heaven and seeing the Lamb on the throne, he was reminded that God is invested in bringing the nations to himself, and that his purposes can be trusted. Please pray for Tim as he obeys the Lord’s call to go, that the path would continue to be made clear and the necessary provision supplied at the right time.
Please pray for the work of the Safina Street Network, an outreach working with vulnerable children and young people in Tanzania. One of their goals for this year is the construction of a girls’ home and a children’s home at two of their branches. They are also planning to build a small guest house for one of their schools, and to organise three holiday camps for children, youth, and girls. Please pray that the Lord would provide a car to enable them to transport children more effectively to the hospital or government offices, as they often encounter prejudice on public buses. Ask the Lord that this year, many more children and young people will come to know God, and with his help be able to find their way off the streets, return to their families, and accept help when it is available.
Pray for the 25-36 million Amazigh who are found throughout North Africa, with large populations in the mountain and rural areas of Morocco and Algeria. Praise God that through Ramadan, new believers were gathering to listen to the Bible and pray together. They want to pass on what they are learning to their communities, and, as a result, more of the women in their villages have come to Christ. However, many continue seeking to be justified through the requirements of Islam. Please pray that believers will be courageous in their witness for Jesus, and that the Lord may bring many more to repentance and faith.
Please pray for Sudanese refugees in Egypt, as returning to Sudan remains dangerous amid conflict and famine, yet staying in Egypt feels increasingly unsafe. Ask the Lord to grant wisdom for families facing these painful decisions and for peace to come to Sudan. In all this, pray that many Sudanese would turn to Christ as their true refuge, receiving unshakable hope even when no earthly security exists.
Please pray for the local partners who travel to villages to share the gospel through the Jesus Film and personal ministry, among the Bara of Madagascar. Ask God to protect them, strengthen their health, and encourage their hearts as they serve. Pray for practical provision, including fuel and resources needed for travel between villages. Above all, pray that through their work many Bara people would come to salvation in Christ and that new believers would grow as disciples.
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