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Kay leads a medical team on the Indian Ocean Islands. A local believer, Mama Fiona, had stopped allowing the team to meet in her house for a Bible study, and recently she shared more about why this was. Having told her parents about her desire to follow Jesus, her father insisted that they would cut her off completely if she turned from Islam. Mama Fiona loves her family dearly and says she can’t lose them, and so has agreed to go back to praying their way and reading the Quran daily. She is torn because she loves Jesus, but also her family. It’s easy to say that Jesus is worth the cost, but Kay is very aware that she has not experienced the threat of family rejection and appreciates how difficult it is. Please pray for Mama Fiona and for her father, that his heart might be opened to the truth. Ask that all the local believers there would continue to shine brightly and be a light in the dark places.
Simon seeks to build relationships with African diaspora in the UK as part of the Borderless team. Seven years ago, one of the first churches Simon visited after starting in Diaspora ministry was a small church on the edge of a city estate in the East Midlands. The church had no pastor, a small membership and few of the local community had been into the church building. But praise God that the believers there felt the Lord was leading them to reach out to their neighbours. This year they partnered with Borderless to host the sixth annual Community Outreach Week, which concluded with 100 people from the local community coming into the church building for a picnic and fun day. It is amazing to see how God is working through this small but committed congregation. Please pray that God will continue to water seeds planted through this ministry and stir up other local churches to step out in faith.
Ruth works on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. On the third of September, Ruth celebrated the anniversary of when she first went to Africa seven years ago. Each year she spends the day enjoying East African treats and reflecting on how the Lord has continued to help her. She initially served on the Kenyan coast, but unfortunately, due to security issues, she had to leave after only a few months. There have been no workers there for the past two years, but one of her old teammates, P, has just returned and is hoping others will join her so that she can lead a new team. Praise God for this encouragement, and the opportunity that Ruth had to visit recently. Some contacts that Ruth made in the past are still there, and P is going to try to follow up with these. Please pray that the seeds sown by Ruth will be watered by P, so that they will have the joy of seeing the church grow in this region.
Barry and Heather work with Growing Nations, an organisation based in Maphutseng, Lesotho, which shares God’s love through a focus on agricultural knowledge and training. At present, they are celebrating Growing Nations winning “His Majesty’s Honour Award” in recognition of its outstanding contribution to agriculture at the Annual Farmers Awards in Lesotho. One of their former students was also given the “Conservation Agricultural Champion” award. They thank God for the recognition that comes with these awards and the opportunity it gives them to share more about their ministry. Please do intercede for the ongoing work of Growing Nations, as they are currently extremely short of funds and are trusting the Lord’s guidance and provision for the future of the ministry.
Elle is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Please pray for one of the local believers, Sarah, whose husband recently had a stroke. He has never agreed with her faith and has taken a second wife in another town. However, when she heard he was sick, Sarah was quick to drop everything and support him. Much of the personal care/provision that would be expected in a UK hospital is done by relatives there, including providing bedding, doing the patient’s laundry, cooking and feeding them. During his time in hospital, she was bold to declare Jesus’ healing power in front of hospital staff and non-believing members of their family who visited. Her husband has now been taken to a neighbouring island for care. Please ask that the Lord will grant both physical and spiritual healing to him and will use the faithful testimony of Sarah to draw the community to Christ.
Please pray for the 500,000 Ndau who live in the Zambezi Valley of Central Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. The practice of lobolo (bride price) is severely affecting the lives of many of the youth within the churches, and shapes their understanding of marriage. Please ask God to give them the desire to follow His plans for marriage and the discernment to view cultural practice through the lens of Scripture. Continue to pray for the young people to bow their knees to King Jesus and grow in faith, and for God to raise up more leaders.
Pray that all in AIM would be Christ-centred: compelled by Christ’s love (2 Cor 5:14) to love, pray for, and proclaim the Gospel to Africa’s unreached peoples. Pray that our sufficiency, hope, and ministry would flow from our relationship with Christ. Pray that we would serve by His grace and strength and submit to His will.
Timo and Laura serve in Finland among the refugee population, sharing Jesus with them and equipping Christian refugees to reach out to fellow internationals and the Finns they live among. They have recently shared a prayer request for a friend in DR Congo who has been working with some of the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps, with a focus on trauma healing and discipling young people. At one point there were about 100,000 people in these camps, but a recent security incident caused people to flee from one camp. As well as being scattered across the country, this will likely increase the spread of Ebola. Please pray that the Lord will give great wisdom and strength to this friend and his team, and bring hope in the midst of this complicated situation in DR Congo.
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