Daily prayers
Barry and Heather Mann
Barry and Heather Mann work with Growing Nations, an organisation based in Maphutseng, Lesotho, which shares God’s love through a focus on agricultural knowledge and training. Barry also serves as AIM International’s Crisis Consultant. Back in March, Growing Nations hosted a series of Mission Training Conferences, attended by seminary students and graduates, and pastors from different church denominations in Lesotho. Pray that God will work in the hearts of all who attended. Pray too for one particular couple, leaders of a local church, who have felt God calling them into mission for a while. That calling has been reaffirmed as a result of attending the training so please pray that God will make a way for them to follow that calling and that they will be open to God’s leading.
GO Progam
AIM’s GO Program runs until August 15th. It’s a two-month discipleship and mission training program based in East Africa and facilitated by experienced missionaries and national leaders. The goal is to develop Christ-like character and instil basic skills for outreach among unreached people groups. Pray for the participants to be called into full term ministry. Ask that their time in the GO Program would be formative in their walk with Christ and give them a greater understanding of global missions.
Laarim of South Sudan
Pray for the 7-10,000 Laarim of South Sudan who live in small settlements in the Boya Hills: a rugged area with rich savanna, high grasslands and scrub bushes. Cattle-rustling continues to fuel hostilities between the Laarim and the Toposa, and efforts for peace and reconciliation have so far borne no fruit in this long-standing conflict. They are also in the middle of a cholera outbreak and the community has experienced a lot of loss. The small clinic is understaffed, lacking supplies and overworked, but they continue to curb the impact of this epidemic. Pray for the Lord’s mercy! Despite this being the hunger season, the Lord has brought rain for the gardens, and he is strengthening the faithful few believers as they are learning to look to Christ for their help. Pray for them.
Vision
Pray that our passion to see the worship of Jesus Christ spread among Africans around the globe – through individual lives fully committed to him, and collectively through Christ-centred churches – would be kept central to all that we do. Pray for it to result in Christ-centred churches among all African peoples.
Chad
Pray for reduced opposition from locals towards one of our teams in Chad. There has been opposition to the team’s presence and particularly to people spending time with them because of their witness to Christ. Pray that attitudes will change so they can renew friendships and make new friends without difficulty. Pray for opportunities to share the Good News and for open hearts and minds to hear and believe.
Mat and Katy Linley
Mat and Katy Linley are based in Kijabe, Kenya. Mat is Assistant Superintendent at Rift Valley Academy. Katy is involved in Family Health Clinical Officer (FHCO) training at Kijabe Hospital. As the Linley family prepare to return to the UK later this month, pray for the next cohort of trainee FHCOs, due to begin in September 2025. Online interviews were recently held, with eight strong applicants. As well as those from across Kenya, there is one clinician from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan and another from Torit, South Sudan. The different contexts where the applicants currently work are striking – dealing with war, cholera outbreaks, and civil unrest. Please pray for this group as they prepare paperwork and finances – that they would all be able to come to Kijabe in September.
Dawn
Dawn* works to bring the gospel to unreached peoples in the Indian Ocean Islands. Pray for all the logistics (transport, supplies, food etc.) for a US medical team coming to visit different villages this week, and for opportunities to share truth as well as medical help. *Name changed for security reasons
North Africa
Pray for our teams in North Africa who will do regular “fishing pushes” – prayerfully going out into the local area to see who the Lord leads them to. Two workers met M* because she got into the taxi they were in. They spent a whole day with her and also met for a second time later in the week and again shared with her. They are still in touch via WhatsApp and plan to meet again. Pray for M* to read God’s word for herself and that He would open her eyes to the truths there. *Name changed for security reasons
Claire Weddell
Claire Weddell is based in Chimoio, Mozambique, working with local churches in discipleship and leadership development. Give thanks for the opportunity to participate in the ‘Send Africa’ Conference for Mobilizers. Please pray for her as she considers how best to implement all that she learned, and for the team of mobilizers as they prepare for future courses and follow-up, especially for the youth.
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