Amelia* leads a team serving among a Muslim people group on a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean. She teaches English, is a student of the local language and culture, and seeks to share the love and hope of Jesus through every area of her life. Amelia and the team long for the day when every Islander has the chance to hear and respond to him.
Could you partner with Amelia in this work?
*name has been changed for security reasons
Please pray for Amelia* and the workers on her Indian Ocean island as they are going through lots of changes at the moment, with old team members leaving, new ones arriving, and Covid-19 changing plans at the last minute. Pray that they will trust in God’s sovereignty over it all and provision for what they need. Pray that God would give them strength and that they will lean on his faithfulness.
*Amelia’s name has been changed to protect local Christians and those ministering among them.
Praise God for the technology which has meant that the Bible translation project on the Indian Ocean Islands has been able to keep going, despite how much Covid-19 infections have spread. Please pray for all those involved in the project, and for continued funding so that more of the Bible can be translated into the local language. To give to this translation project please contact Steve at donations.eu@aimint.org
Please pray for some missionaries who have recently joined a ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Please also pray for healing and a good recovery for others on the team who have been suffering from Covid-19 infection.
The Indian Ocean Islands are going through a second wave of Covid-19, with cases rising and some islands preventing people travelling to or from them. Please pray for healing for those infected, that transmission of the virus will be stopped, and that cases will fall. Please also pray that missionaries who are hoping to begin ministry on the Islands in the next few weeks will be able to travel there.
These beautiful tropical islands are 99.9% Muslim and for security reasons we refer to this area as the ‘Indian Ocean Islands’ rather than naming individual islands. Islam is deeply rooted on these islands and to be an islander is to be a Muslim. There are a small number of believers on each island but many follow Jesus secretly for fear of rejection and persecution.
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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.
F* shares why he is serving as an English teacher on an Indian Ocean Island and the challenges and joys it brings as he seeks to share the gospel.