Daily prayers
Please pray for the 960,000 Karimojong who live in Northeastern Uganda. Praise God for the powerful tool that audio Bibles have been in bringing communities together to listen to the Word and discuss what they have heard. People are coming to faith! Please pray for these new disciples as this is exactly the kind of breakthrough that unsettles the enemy of our souls. The team are now receiving requests from all over for more of these devices. Right now, a single audio Bible is being shared by as many as three different village groups and used multiple times a week. Keeping that running smoothly takes real logistics, communication, and coordination—it’s a good challenge to have! Ask that the Lord might grant wisdom and resources to the team to keep pace with the demand.
Mix and Katie serve at Rift Valley Academy (RVA), AIM’s boarding school founded to support missionaries across Africa. Praise God that 68 students graduated this term, and they’ve just had 10 baptisms! Many of the students shared how teachers, mentors, praise nights, and SEW (Spiritual Emphasis Week) were positive forces in their lives at RVA. Please pray for these students, that their joy and excitement in walking with Christ will continue to grow. Mix and Katie would also like visiting RVA parents to be a larger part of their ministry as they build bridges between the school and the mission partners across Africa whom they support. Ask that the Lord may grant them more opportunities to do this, that they may be able to encourage and support families well.
David and Patricia are based in Arusha, Tanzania and are partnering with different churches and Christian organisations to see Christian radio stations set up across Tanzania. Recently, they have been reflecting, “What does God want from us? What is important right now? There are so many things we could devote ourselves to. But what has our God prepared for us?” Please pray for them as they seek to live day by day in dependence on God, allowing him to guide and lead them in everything they do. David is now working at their partner radio station four days a week. The studio has been refurbished over the past few weeks, and the major projects are still in the planning and development stages. Please continue to pray for wisdom and success in the various projects they are working on, and for good progress in learning Swahili.
Kay leads a medical team on the Indian Ocean Islands. One of her teammates was finally able to recommence a bible study with a local woman called Mary. Mary is not a confident reader, and so they will be using a video overview to look at the Word together. Please pray that the Spirit will grant Mary understanding of the gospel and reveal Jesus to her with power and clarity. Another area for prayer is the conflicts Kay has seen playing out in a couple of the marriages of local believers. In both situations, at least one partner has expressed that they have reached the point where they had or are considering walking out. Please ask the Lord to intervene and provide protection for these marriages, and wisdom for Kay and the team as they listen, and give counsel if needed.
Pray for Tim and Heather. Tim serves as Director for AIM’s Asia Pacific Mobilising Region, leading a small team in Australia and coordinating teams in Hong Kong and New Zealand. Praise God for the recent opportunity Tim had to attend a conference in Thailand and connect with potential partners to help support enquirers from India and Pakistan, among other countries in the region. Tim was also able to meet in person with the Chinese Agency leaders who have sent two workers to North Africa and others who are seeking to work with Chinese agencies and churches to see more workers sent to Africa with AIM. Please pray for these connections to bear fruit, and for The Global Missions Conference, from 30 Sep – 1 Oct, which seeks to equip church leaders to think biblically and practically about global mission. Ask that many leaders will attend and be helped to think more strategically and intentionally about the place of global mission in their churches.
Simon and Miriam are serving in Antananarivo, Madagascar, encouraging and equipping the Malagasy church for mission, and reaching out to vulnerable women. In their last update they mentioned the progression of their first Malagasy candidates into AIM membership. Praise God that they have been formally approved and so Petera, Francine and Mamitiana will soon be heading on a short vision trip. It is hopeful that they will be able to be sent by their church after their Africa Based Orientation (ABO) in Kenya in January. Please pray that there will be no hindrances to their service, and that the Lord would clearly lead through their vision trip. Another encouragement was a local church where Simon and Miriam have done some training, who got in touch to say they plan to begin some outreach in the south of Madagascar. They believe God is calling them to evangelise in a particular region, and the training had catalysed their thinking. They have also just sent one of their worship leaders to do a six-month programme in Namibia! Praise God that the Lord is prompting more Malagasy churches to get involved in global missions. Ask that this church’s passion for mission would continue to grow and that the Lord may grant them many opportunities to proclaim the good news.
Pray for the 12,000 Jiye of South Sudan who live in the arid, flat lowlands of the Southeast corner of South Sudan. Praise the Lord that there is active evangelism taking place in the region, especially through visiting teams. God is opening up new areas for ministry among cattle camps, and old churches are currently being restored. Additionally, an Oral Bible Translation programme will be launching soon for the area. The Jiye are part of long-standing tribal tensions which have brought much grief and instability within the community. Please pray that, through these gospel works, the Lord may bring reconciliation, lasting hope and peace, and use the Jiye as His witnesses.
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