Daily prayers
Christ-centredness
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 that we would serve by His grace and strength and submit to His will.
Hannah Jackson
Hannah Jackson is the Assistant Child Safety Officer for AIM. In the middle of June, she joined some Eastern Region Office colleagues and 12 newly-arrived short termers at the GO Programme in Mombasa for a few days. The ‘Goers’, who are from Zambia, Ethiopia, Australia, Brazil and Kenya, started with two weeks of orientation before going to their ministry placements along the coast. Hannah led a child safety training session and shared about her ‘journey to mission’. The sessions on the Friday were on Islam and they gathered to pray when they heard the call to prayer from local mosques. Hannah was excited by spending time with these individuals who are interested in cross-cultural mission and exploring how God might be guiding them! Pray that God would work in and through the Goers as they are now on their placements.
Africa Based Orientation
Africa Based Orientation (ABO) for workers new to Africa runs from 15thJuly to 5th August. Steve and Sharon are leading this for the first time and 77 people are attending, including children! Pray for logistics, health, great teaching, fellowship, and fruitful preparation for these new workers.
Pablo
Pablo* serves in West Africa, where he continues to use English teaching to develop relationships for the gospel. In the academic year which has just finished, Pablo led a team of six foreign and local teachers to: welcome 150 registered students, plus visitors; teach classes from ‘Debate’ and ‘Business English’, to ‘Acting’ and ‘World Cultures’; organise events from leadership skills seminars, to paintballing and beach parties; and make improvements to the English Centre, such as better library systems. Spiritually, Pablo is grateful for God orchestrating things, allowing him to meet the right people and be in the right places, where opportunities to share the good news have been so frequent. He has been able to disciple three new believers and welcome a couple of second-generation believers as students at the English Centre. Pray for fruit from the seed which has been sown and give thanks for safety and health in an oppressive place (politically, physically, and spiritually).
North Africa
Pray for those working in North Africa facing the discouragements of those who once professed belief. E* explicitly told a team member to not chat about faith matters anymore. S* and C* have unfriended another team member on social media and have been intentionally avoiding her calls. *Names changed for security reasons
Edward
Edward* serves in a closed country where there are very few Christians. Most of his team are away on home leave over the summer. Pray for rest and refreshment for them all, and especially one family who have had a particularly hard time. There are also tensions with the organisation where Edward and another team member work. A financial crisis means they probably won’t be paid for a while, and this adds to the feeling that their contributions and efforts aren’t valued. However, alternative employment possibilities were threatened with sabotage by their current employer. This is sadly representative of the cultural attitude towards foreigners. Please pray for the team to be physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. Pray for wisdom and guidance from the Lord regarding the relationship with this employer. *Name changed for security reasons
The Lopit of South Sudan
Pray for the 70-80,000 Lopit of South Sudan. They inhabit the Lopit Hills in Torit district in S. Sudan but have been marginalized and politically excluded by the Lotuka elite. The team is so encouraged by the local believers who are firm in their faith and beginning to step up to lead. Recently, leaders from seven churches came together to be trained in preaching skills and church structure, led by one of the local believers. Pray for Lopit Christians to use the gifts they’ve been given to build up and strengthen the church.
Partnership
Pray that the Lord will continue to help all involved with AIM to fruitfully partner with churches as we seek to reach Africa’s unreached.
Rex and Ruby
Rex and Ruby* have served in a variety of creative access locations, seeking to share the gospel with those who have yet to hear it. In April, a teenage boy on one of their teams was bitten by a venomous snake while hiking with friends. He recovered, but was in hospital for several days and needed multiple doses of anti-venom injections. While in hospital, he was visited by Abe*, a young man who believed back in 2020 and has had some ups and downs in his walk with the Lord. During that visit, Abe said he wanted to get more serious about his faith and he began sharing with some of his friends. Abe then ran into Harry* (a childhood friend who lives in the same neighbourhood) and shared the Truth with him. Harry showed interest in what he’d heard, so Abe asked some of the team to meet with them to explain more. On the third time of meeting together, Harry decided to follow Jesus! Recently, Abe baptised Harry with a small group of believers in the sea. Abe and Harry plan to meet once a week to study the Word together. Then they want to meet a second day of the week to go out sharing with their friends or people they meet and talk to them about Jesus! Praise the Lord that He chose to redeem part of the pain and distress arising from the snake bite to involve this teenage boy, his family and team in encouraging a new believer and drawing another soul into the Kingdom of Light. *Names changed for security reasons
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