THIS WEEKS PRAYER ITEMS
Thank you for praying for the people and work of GC3.
Prayer is critical to all we and our mission partners do in our ministries so thank you in joining us in praying through the items we provide each week. The task of presenting the Gospel is far from over; there remains vast number of people globally who have yet to hear of God’s love.
David & Enless (Day 8)
Thank you for praying for safety and health for Daniel as he is climbing everything and is recovering from a nasty tonsillitis. Please pray for Enless as she adapts to her new nursing officer role. Give praise that Dr Paul Osteen is here for a few months so that David can have a break and for healing for a knee cartilage.
Ashley (Day 10)
Babus (9yrs) has missed school and Selah for almost two months. She has potential. Pray that she will come back. Rudi is also missing a lot lately. They are making kid-sized decisions and the adults in their lives aren’t mindful of the consequences or that education has the possibility to help change their lives. Pray for Denisa who has a physical disability and can’t walk without help. Pray for her grandparents who care for her and look out for her best interests. It’s easy and faster sometimes to carry her, but with help she can walk. Pray her mum will supply her birth certificate so we can enrol her in school, and for doors to open so that we can find help, treatment, or support for her disability.
Kirsty (Day 31)
Please pray my health would improve. I have just had a very severe bout of Malaria and am taking a while to recover from it this time. Also, since I have been out of action for over a week, I’ll have a lot to catch up on at work when I am able to get back.
Andrew & Karen (Day 10)
Thank you to all for your prayers. We appreciate your steadfastness in upholding people and work before our Father. Please pray for teachers to have the energy and spark needed to take students through the final five weeks of this term. Please also remember our whole team as we begin to read through the Beatitudes together. May we grow in our understanding of how to really live in God's Kingdom, and may He change the way we live! We are focusing more on preparation for Summer School. May our Father direct our thoughts and our planning, and protect relationships inside the team as we prepare to receive and nurture youth for four weeks in July. As always, we are prayerfully looking for people who He wants to bring to help with English teaching and business work. This is a necessary part of living here in a closed country. Please join with us in asking the Father to continue to provide.
Kathleen & Anita (Day 15)
Praise God for His help and direction in the teaching sessions in Medellin. The need for re-evangelisation was very evident as people were challenged to reconsider their standing before God. Many realised they had never had a personal encounter with God and had not been born again. The counselling sessions revealed that many families have a history of involvement in occultic practices. Pray for spiritual and physical renewal for us as we pick up the threads of life and work in Armenia. Praise God that Julian´s passport came through. Please keep praying for his spiritual growth.
Marion (Day 7)
Yoshiya Kitano is coming to Hirosaki on Sat 27th - 29th for ministry and gospel. Those in Te Puke & Paengaroa will remember him and his father's visit in 1994, and those in PN and Dannevirke his father's participation with us at the Centennial in 1996. He was my husband's friend right from the time of his arrival in Japan in 1950. It is my privilege to have Yoshiya San here to lunch before the meetings starts. Please pray for this weekend, and for the Kitano family as they continue to serve the Lord.
John (Day 21)
I am about to return for a further time in Papua New Guinea. Please pray for me and the ministry of Christian Brethren Churches in PNG. I will spend most of my time in Wewak serving alongside the people in the National Office. PNG can be very demanding with constant power outages and lack of fuel. There are many decisions to be made in relation to the future of CBC ministries, not only in local church ministry but also in education and health. While in Wewak I plan to meet up with tertiary students that are assisted through Issachar (a partnership between NZ and PNG to support tertiary training of young people with the goal of contributing to our communities in PNG). Thank you for your prayers.
Jeff & Ginny (Day 29)
PTL that our Vanuatu trip went well. As we got our visa approved in March, our family is aiming to move into Vanuatu in August 2024. Pray for spiritual sensitivity that we can catch the waves of the Holy Spirit in this overseas move. Pray for our children to be ready for a huge transition from NZ to Vanuatu. Pray for enabling us to live a life where we die daily, and Christ lives
Craig & Darlene (Day 1)
Praise God we have our visa and have booked flights to return to Vanuatu on 3rd May! Thank you for your prayers.
Ashley & Gillian (Day 19)
The Sigatoka church service last Sunday had visitors from several countries, and they were involved in the programme with Sunday school children and youth. The numbers attending church have increased - and with a new keyboard, drums and microphones on stage, the praise and worship to the Lord is uplifting and encouraging. Pray for the new young converts and those who counsel and mentor them.
Robert & Ayesha (Day 13)
Currently there is an increased security presence in our city and heightened scrutiny of Christian activity. Please pray for protection and wisdom. We have some new co-labourers arriving soon. Please pray for their needs, in particular, visa platforms. They are an answer to prayer and will greatly increase our mission capacity. Pray for salvation for ‘Melissa’. Rob mentors her brother and she is very receptive to the gospel and is currently weighing the costs she will encounter if she chooses to follow Jesus. Thank you for your prayer for us and the mission - we really appreciate it!
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