Elle is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Elle regularly prays for healing with people in the course of her job – for instance, last week she essentially ended up holding a ‘prayer clinic’. The adults in the waiting area saw her pray with someone for provision, and they all wanted a turn! However, she doesn’t often see clear physical results. But they have heard that the husband of Sarah, a local believer, who had a large stroke last month, is now walking without aid and has been discharged from hospital! He has been regularly visited and prayed for by a local believer living on a nearby island and appears to be softening – keep praying for full healing of body and soul! Another answer to prayer is that the team has received a very generous gift from their regional office to support a midwife training day. So now Elle is busy prepping materials for this. Please pray for her as she considers the most important things to include, as she doesn’t want to overwhelm people!

Elle is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Please pray for one of the local believers, Sarah, whose husband recently had a stroke. He has never agreed with her faith and has taken a second wife in another town. However, when she heard he was sick, Sarah was quick to drop everything and support him. Much of the personal care/provision that would be expected in a UK hospital is done by relatives there, including providing bedding, doing the patient’s laundry, cooking and feeding them. During his time in hospital, she was bold to declare Jesus’ healing power in front of hospital staff and non-believing members of their family who visited. Her husband has now been taken to a neighbouring island for care. Please ask that the Lord will grant both physical and spiritual healing to him and will use the faithful testimony of Sarah to draw the community to Christ.

Elle is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Unfortunately, a source of health funding which used to finance training days offered by the team, and also subsidised consultations and treatments at the hospital, has come to an end. Before, consultations were free and patients/families were paying a little towards procedures, but now every consultation has to be paid for, and having a baby is very expensive. This has led to angry reactions and many long conversations with desperate parents. It is already having a knock-on effect of more home deliveries and out-of-hospital care, which can be dangerous, as people try to avoid the charges. Please pray for Elle and the team facing this situation, that they will have wisdom when working with patients, health workers and hospital administrators. A new medical insurance system is in the works, so please ask the Lord to introduce this soon so families can receive the care they need.