Prières quotidiennes
Timo and Laura
Timo and Laura serve in Finland among the refugee population, sharing Jesus with them and equipping Christian refugees to reach out to the Finns they live among and fellow internationals. Praise the Lord that they have been able to begin a multicultural gospel-centred community of believers. Now they have a place where they can invite people they get to know from various backgrounds and ethnicities, pray the Lord will lead and guide them to build well on that foundation.
Dr. Pete Halestrap
Praise the Lord for the recent graduation of seven surgeons and family medicine consultants and 113 healthcare professionals at Kijabe Hospital, Kenya. They also gathered to break ground for an additional classroom wing as they opened a new one. The new building, named Halestrap building, is in honour of their former Education Director, Dr. Pete Halestrap, who had to return to the UK for health reasons.
Amelia
Amelia* serves in West Africa, sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. Pray that the Lord would help her to navigate the ups and downs of life there: the frustration of not being able to express herself; of feeling like she’s not making the progress she should; of never being quite sure what cultural foible she’s on the edge of making. Pray that she would know how best to study and what to focus on in each language lesson. Thank the Lord for a couple of lessons a week with a new energetic language helper, for kind neighbours, and for a new group of women she met recently who patiently endured talking to her despite her garbled language! *Name changed for security reasons
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. The Christmas tree in her office has sparked good conversations. “Teacher, why is there a star?” gave the opportunity to listen to the story in Matthew’s Gospel with one student. This led to a request to listen to the account of the death of Jesus. Having heard that, she asked “How could the people not believe in Him when they saw everything he did?” Please ask for her eyes to see who the Son really is. *Name changed for security reasons
Elle
Elle* is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. They are grateful they were spared the worst of the recent cyclone and are unaware of any badly injured in their area. Christmas there is a strange season, as no-one is celebrating the season or the incarnation. The recent translation of Matthew’s Gospel into the local language has given Elle the opportunity to start sharing the story from this account, and she had some good discussions about the meanings of the names Jesus and Emmanuel. *Name changed for security reasons
Happy Christmas
Praise the Lord for coming as one of us at great cost to himself. Pray for those who have gone to make him known to others and are far away from family and loved ones. Pray too for those on home assignment, that this will be a precious time catching up with family.
Morgan
Pray for Morgan that he would have a rich learning experience on his short-term placement with a training team in Northern Kenya. Morgan has been involved in language learning, building houses, and visiting a Pastor in a shepherd camp. He has also had the opportunity to attend an AIM Conference and has enjoyed meeting new people and learning about the ministries that others are involved in.
Mayotte
Pray for people on Mayotte to be provided with their immediate basic needs: water to drink, food to eat, a roof over their heads; phones reconnected so they can reach loved ones; leaders to have wisdom beyond all human wisdom, both for the immediate crisis as well as for longer term rebuilding efforts; peace and order not looting and violence. But also pray that their longer term needs to feel safe, find comfort as they grieve this immense loss, and discover hope for the future would ultimately be met in the Saviour.
Indian Ocean cyclone
The recent cyclone in the Indian Ocean has had a terrible effect on the island of Mayotte. The 140 mph winds devastated the tin shacks of the large population of undocumented migrants, and all have been entirely flattened. Larger houses with tin roofs were not spared, with roofs ripped from many. Tens of thousands are without water. Pray for effective disaster relief in the short term.
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