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Amelia

Sent from Woodlands Christian Centre, Bristol

Amelia* led a team serving among a Muslim people group on a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean, teaching English and studying the local language and culture.

She now serves in West Africa,  sharing the gospel with those in a region that is very opposed to the message of Jesus Christ.

Could you partner with Amelia in this work?

*name has been changed for security reasons

Latest Prayer News

Give thanks for the news of three new believers on the Indian Ocean Islands. Pray for endurance to continue pressing on towards Christ on their own while their main Christian mentor is and for their hearts to grow in love and devotion to Jesus. 

Give thanks with Ruth for the bound books of Genesis, Exodus, Luke and Acts and Bible audio players that were delivered to the Indian Ocean Islands recently. One believer left his book of scripture on his office desk at work and told Ruth that everyone who has come into his office has picked it up and then asked for a copy. Pray that each would be supplied with one and that God’s word will open their eyes to the truth of the gospel and their need of Jesus. 

Give thanks that workers on the Indian Ocean Island have received their first shipment of Genesis and Exodus, translated into one island’s local dialect. For the first time, they have scripture in bound books that look beautiful and look like respected holy books, in the local dialect. The translated scripture was brought over from Tanzania by a friend on a boat. Please pray for these first books to be the start for all scripture to be made into such respectable-looking books. Pray for the other copies to arrive without issue. Pray for safe distribution amongst believers and beyond, that hearts would be transformed by God’s word. 

Give thanks for the upcoming weddings of two local believing couples on the Indian Ocean Islands. AIM workers on the Islands will be attending and it will be a believer’s only celebration. Pray for those getting married, that Christ would be the centre of their marriages. Pray that this day will be an opportunity for this community of believers to feel a deeper sense of unity in Christ, as they celebrate how this day points to the truth of Christ and his bride the Church being united on the last day and the joyful hope this brings 

Mayotte is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique. Mayotte has had the worst rainy season for a long time. Please pray that God would send rain on this land to supply His people. Because of the increase in violence, the programme that expels illegal immigrants and now the lack of water, many of the French public workers are quitting Mayotte and the government struggles to find new ones willing to replace them. Pray that God’s church in Mayotte would persevere and love abundantly the people around them, sharing life, resources and especially the good news of Jesus. 

Creative Access

We use ‘Creative Access’ to refer to nations, areas or ministries where there is great hostility towards Christianity and where traditional ‘missionary work’ is not possible. Workers, therefore, need to be ‘creative’ in how they proclaim the liberating news of Jesus Christ. In North Africa alone, 200 million people from 472 unreached people groups are unreached with the gospel. That’s 200 million people unknowingly heading for a Christ-less eternity. LEARN MORE

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Lessons in sharing faith

We asked Amelia to share what she has learnt about sharing her faith over the 13 years she has lived on an island in the Indian Ocean, and how important it is to understand other people’s faith before sharing your own.

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