Daily prayers
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. Ask the Lord that we would serve by His grace and strength and submit to His will.
Dawn* works to bring the gospel to unreached peoples in the Indian Ocean Islands. Overall, she has been encouraged by the local island church family meeting much more consistently than before. Pray for wisdom for the team in how much to lead, model and participate. Ask that their motivation will truly be a desire to learn together, and a growing hunger for the Word. Dawn has been particularly encouraged by the deepening relationship with Rachel’s* teenage daughter. She has been traumatised in the past and used to hide away, but is now happy to chat with Dawn as they do embroidery together. Dawn is also encouraged by language lessons with a Malagasy partner as she grows more confident in understanding and using the local language. *Names changed for security reasons
Dave and Cristyn Wakefield serve at Moffat Bible College in Kijabe, Kenya. Please pray for energy for everyone as the term draws to a close. Cristyn is leading the local women’s bible study through a 7-study series in Esther. She recently led a 4-week study in Ruth, which the group loved and wants to continue with another book of the bible! Pray that some of the local members would be willing also to lead, and wisdom for Cristyn in how to encourage and train them up. Pray too for wisdom in standing firm in the face of the prosperity gospel. They are working through how to better equip the students and pastors against the prosperity gospel at the moment, and make the stance of the college clear for all. They are grateful for this recent statement from African church leaders, which brings clarity http://africastatement.org/.
Simon and Miriam Desborough are serving in Antananarivo, Madagascar, encouraging and equipping the Malagasy church for mission, and reaching out to vulnerable women. Please pray for the aftermath of the protests in Madagascar and for the restoration of businesses which had their sales plummet, stock stolen, and shop fronts destroyed. The offices of the Bible Society of Madagascar were ransacked, with many Bibles and Christian books burned. Pray that the Bible Society would be able to quickly resume their activities – His words will never pass away. Pray too for the repentance of the looters and opportunists who engaged in plundering cities for their selfish gain.
Jürgen and Katja Hofmann serve in Madagascar, reaching out to the Tanala people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Praise God that boxes of the translations of the Gospel of Luke, the Book of Acts and the story collection will be sent to Vohipeno, Ikongo and Irondro. Pray for the ongoing translation of the Book of Genesis. It is a lot of work because the language used in Genesis is very different from that used in the New Testament books. Chapters 1 to 6 have been completed, so only 44 chapters to go – please pray for strength and wisdom for the team working on this.
Ben and Christelle Simonin
Ben and Christelle Simonin serve in Mayotte, making disciples among the unreached people living there. They recently translated the animated movie of the 2 Kingdoms story and broadcast it on YouTube and via Google ads. In 5 days, the video had been viewed 28k times! They are happy that so many people had the opportunity to see and listen to the message of the Gospel. Pray that many people will be touched and transformed after seeing it.
Pray for the 40,000 Sandawe who are located in north central Tanzania. Please pray for fruit in the lives of many children who went to ‘kids’ camp’ (VBS) for a week in June in Magambua. Please also pray for the provision of funds to repair the broken-down clinic car, which requires extensive work on both differentials and all wheel hubs.
Pray for Christ-centred Churches among all African Peoples. The Joshua Project estimates that 510 million of Africa’s 1.5 billion people are in the 1044 unreached people groups, representing 33.2% of the population. Although Africa is now regarded as the most Christian continent, there is still much to be done in establishing Christ-centred Churches among all African Peoples.
Alan and Pauline Jordan
Alan and Pauline Jordan serve with the Africa Inland Church in Nanyuki, northern Kenya. Pray for blessings and renewal as they attend the AIM annual conference from 29th November till 3rd December with many others.
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