Pray for African Diaspora prayer guide

Pray for the work amongst the African Diaspora in Finland. The AIM team are forming a multicultural Gospel-centered community. As a community, they regularly engage with Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Catholics. Pray that those who came to the Easter Sunday gathering would want to know the risen Jesus. Pray for the deepening of these relationships. Thank the Lord that some come to the team asking for practical help, for example with the Finnish language, or understanding Finnish traffic laws and signs, and sometimes with deeper issues.

Earlier this month a small team was finalizing plans for this year’s East Midlands Community Outreach Week (August 2nd to 10th). Please pray for the Lord’s help in preparation for this gospel opportunity. Pray too for the development of an internet/social media ministry aimed at people from the Horn and North Africa who have settled in the UK. This is being undertaken by a group of people from different churches and one of our Borderless team members is involved.

Praise the Lord for the following encouragement for some of our diaspora workers. A lovely letter was received from the Headmistress of the school attended by the children whose mums have come to the ‘Kids Matter’ parenting course. The aim of the course is to help the mums (nearly all of whom come from North Africa) work through the challenges of parenting kids who are being schooled in a completely different cultural setting to that of the family home. The Headmistress said: ‘It means so much to all of us at the school that you have given your time and energy to help make a real difference to these families. We believe that all these initiatives are strengthening the parents and children to live their family life with more love and understanding for one another.’