Amelia* serves in West Africa, sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. She writes, “There are a number of challenges here to staying healthy – whether that be physically or emotionally. It feels like a significant proportion of workers here are facing struggles including chronic illnesses, depression, hard family situations back at home, team dysfunction, as well as just a general weariness whether physical or spiritual. Ask that God would bring healing, would renew unity, and restore joy. We live in a physical desert, but that doesn’t mean that we need also live in a spiritual desert with parched and weary souls. Ask that the Spirit would empower us to live here in ways that would cause people to constantly be asking us the reason for the hope that we have.” Pray that some time away from her ministry location would be refreshing for Amelia* in all the ways she needs it to be!

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Amelia* serves in West Africa, sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord for new believers amongst the groups in the South and that some of them in the capital have been fasting and praying for the majority people group. There are many reasons why it would be hard for the good news to spread from one group to the other, but as the Spirit leads people to love when they have only received prejudice and oppression, might that be the very thing that causes this country to crack wide open? Pray for healing and forgiveness, and a compelling vision for a unified church that draws in men and women from every area of society. 

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!

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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 her language teacher will want to hear more stories about Amelia*’s life and how Jesus has saved her from eternal judgment. She tells Amelia* that she feels like life is slipping by without her feeling like she’s achieved the things she wants to do, some of which are memorising her holy book and learning about other faiths. Soon Amelia* plans to use some Bible stories as part of their language learning time; pray that God will prepare her language teacher’s heart to receive these stories as the life-changing truth that they are. 

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Amelia* serves in West Africa, sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. Give thanks that God has answered her prayer and provided multiple groups of women willing to befriend her and invite her to sit and talk with them. Her neighbour and her daughters have warmed to her and regularly bring food parcels to her flat as a sign of friendship. Pray that the Holy Spirit will give Amelia the skills she needs, both in language and in compassion and cultural awareness, to deepen her friendships with these women and girls. 

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