Prières quotidiennes
Beth
In a creative access location, Beth* has the joy of reaching out to many with the love of Jesus through language teaching and daily befriending. A recent family bereavement has given cause for reflection on the difference that being a follower of Jesus makes to grieving. In her region of North Africa, typical prayers which are said when someone dies are completely empty of hope. In fact, grieving is not encouraged because life is seen as a test and everything, no matter how awful, must be responded to with ‘praise god’. Pray for Beth* to be able to convey that although death and grief are awful, knowing that Jesus promises to be with us in the darkest valley brings such comfort and hope. Continue to ask that Jesus would open the eyes of the blind, unstop the ears of the deaf, and that the people of this land might know deep love, deep peace, deep rest and deep joy because they know Him. *Name changed for security reasons
Chad Unit Annual Conference
Pray for logistics to come together for the many different guests attending the Chad Unit annual conference in June: childcare team from the US, keynote speaker and wife from Kenya, Central Region office staff, and several International Office members. Pray for the Holy Spirit to be guiding Pastor Chris Mwalwa as he shares from God’s word.
Simon and Miriam Desborough
Simon and Miriam Desborough are serving in Antananarivo, Madagascar, encouraging and equipping the Malagasy church for mission and reaching out to vulnerable women. They want to ensure their mobilisation efforts are founded upon much prayer and reflection. As they have now formed a mobilisation committee, they are beginning to advertise new roles. Simon presented on the work of AIM to the Firahalahian’ny Mpitandrina Evanjelika (Brotherhood of Evangelical Pastors) and many were excited to receive training and partner in various initiatives. They are due to provide some missions training to a church in July, and take part in a youth camp teaching on mission in September. It’s been a flurry of new opportunities since returning, but they are thankful to God for ensuring they are not overwhelmed and that they have time to cover these events in prayer.
Hannah
Hannah works at Wellspring School in Chad. Pray for the final month of school – that teaching staff will have perseverance to finish the year well despite the heat, and wisdom as they prepare report cards. Pray for students leaving at various times throughout the month and for the practicalities of finishing up assignments remotely. Praise God for the recent review of their Vision, Mission, Objectives, Goals and Core Values. Pray that they will be committed to working towards these goals, and that the Lord will continue to guide them in this ministry for His glory and their good.
Claire Weddell
Claire Weddell is based in Chimoio, Mozambique, working with local churches in discipleship and leadership development.  Thank God for her recovery after illness. Please pray for God’s intervention following a surge of criminal activity in her locality. Pray for the perpetrators to come to Christ.
Karana-Gujarati of Madagascar
Pray for the 60-70,000 Muslim Karana-Gujarati of Madagascar. They are generally descended from Indian immigrants from the Gujarat province, a people known to be resourceful in business. Their estimated control of 50-60% of the Malagasy economy causes resentment and the Malagasy church has little vision for reaching out to them. Pray for a family of Karana believers who are joining a church in Ambilobe to be encouraged. Pray for the witness of a lady who is a fervent Karana believer, and also half Antakarana, who has a deep burden to reach the Antakarana in the North of Madagascar as well as her Karana relatives.
Voice and Tone
Pray that AIM’s communications would be supportive, informative, and optimistic. Pray that we would inspire readers to engage with the mission’s work actively; highlighting both the challenges faced by communities and the strides being made toward reaching Africa’s unreached people groups.
Claudia Middendorf
Claudia Middendorf serves the local church in Beira, Mozambique, in leadership training. She has finished teaching Biblical Geography at her church and enjoyed helping the students understand how real biblical places were and still are. Please pray for wisdom as she now starts to revise the material to leave with the church for future teachers to use, plus a booklet for interested readers. She is also leading a discipleship Bible study with four young students. Pray that they would be able to attend regularly, learn from God’s Word and grow in their faith.
Dawn
Dawn* works to bring the gospel to unreached peoples in the Indian Ocean Islands. Please ask for wisdom in choosing what to be involved in as she settles back after a break. On the Bible translation front, there are plans for a consultant check on a draft, which will be done remotely in a couple of months’ time and community testing of drafts to be done as they try to finalise other books. Other options include embroidery with some ladies, local language lessons for a Malagasy partner, and help with English for her former translator. Pray she will commit to the right options, along with investing in many long-term friendships with women across the island and women in the local church. Also continue to askt hat there will be a real hunger for the Word, and a desire to support one another and meet together. *Name changed for security reasons
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