Prayer

None of Mission Africa’s personnel working in Nigeria, Chad, Burkina Faso and Kenya could do so without the prayers of committed supporters back home.

We have many groups of people in Mission Africa across the UK who are committed to praying faithfully for our missionaries. Our prayer partners are a vital part of the team, enabling each missionary to do what God has called them to do in the place that he has called them to.

Each month we send out a comprehensive prayer update with news from our missionaries and ministries, by post and email. We also organise special prayer days throughout the year.

Prayer Monthly January 2020

• 1st January

  Donald and Ruth Garvie give thanks for the privilege of serving the Lord with Mission Africa for the past six years. Please pray for them as they now finish their time with the Mission and seek other avenues of service in the new year. 

• 2nd January

  Pray with David and Lucy Morrison for the team at the Acacia centre as they seek to gradually delegate more responsibilities to the women working there. Their heart is that one day it becomes entirely theirs and that David and Lucy “do themselves out of a job.”

• 3rd January

  Pray that David and Lucy would reach their desired level of Arabic before they return to the UK next spring. Pray for confidence to practice and for patient Chadians with whom they can engage in conversation.

• 4th January

  Pray for guidance as David reflects on the relationships he has built so far with the local men, for direction as he looks to where this ministry is heading and wisdom in how to deepen these relationships.

• 5th January

  A new administrator has been appointed to Holley Memorial Hospital, Rev Joshua Paul Odeli. Pray for wisdom and guidance as he settles into his role and that the partnership between the hospital and the mission would continue to grow strong.

• 6th January

  Pray for a successful phonics training programme that Katie Morrison will be involved in with the primary school teachers. The aim is to develop the level of children's reading and writing. Pray that the teachers would be committed and willing to learn.

• 7th January

  Thank God for His care and protection over the Gaiya family. Continue to pray for security throughout Nigeria. Pamela thanks God that visitors still come and are still a blessing.

• 8th January

  Pamela and Musa ask God for renewed enthusiasm, freshness in the work and strength to continue. Gracie is almost half way through Grade 4; pray for her studies..

• 9th January

  Pray for the annual UEC conference. Pray for new leadership appointments and ordinands, that they will enact their responsibilities faithfully.

• 10th January

  Pray for reconciliation between the UEC and QIC, who have been divided since 2002. Pray that the commitment to re-unite would be matched by concrete steps.

• 11th January

  Gail and Godwin Ekanem ask for prayer for God’s wisdom and knowledge as they minister to the people in Nigeria. May God show them how to use their time wisely for His glory.

• 12th January

  Pray with the Ekanems for security and protection in their home and as they travel around Nigeria for ministry and meetings.

• 13th January

  Pray for the Mission Africa Council. Give thanks for their commitment to the governance and leadership of Mission Africa. Pray that God will guide and lead their decisions to further His Glory.

• 14th January

  Robbie and Margaret Toop are hoping to visit Nigeria in the middle of January. Pray for visas and planning to facilitate this. Pray for safety as they travel.

• 15th January

  Give thanks with Samantha for the FCS winter conference. Pray that the young people’s lives will be impacted. Pray that they will be filled with a renewed vision as they return to their homes and families.

• 16th January

  Pray with Samantha for her FCS students as they go on Christmas break, that they will be shinning lights in their families and resume school safely.

• 17th January

  Samantha thanks God for Hephzibah's first term of school. Praise God that’s she’s settling in.

• 18th January

  Jeremy Nash gives thanks for a good conference in Ouagadougou that allowed leaders of the Bible club ministry in the different parts of Burkina to meet each other for the first time. Pray that this will have been an encouragement to all who attended.

• 19th January

  Pray with Jeremy for the new places where the course is being introduced: Zorgho, Diebougou and Ziniare. Pray for people to step up and assist. Nationals are also taking the ministry to new areas where it is too dangerous for him to go: Solanzo, Gourcy and Tenkodougou.

• 20th January

  Jeremy asks for prayer for those responding to the displaced people crisis – some towns have nearly doubled in population. Nearly all the schools in the north have been closed, so kids are sent on their own to continue schooling into towns where there is a security presence. Pray particularly for those in Tougan trying to reach children with the word of God and help them in other ways.

• 21st January

  Sid Garland gives thanks that ACTS was able to distribute book-sets to 1500 pastors who received over 21,000 books during the past year.

• 22nd January

  Pray with Sid that God will guide and provide for all who need the Hausa edition of the Africa Bible Commentary, recently published by ACTS.

• 23rd January

  Ana van Brakel gives thanks that her permanent residency visa has been approved. She asks prayer for her application for British citizenship that she will now be starting. Pray especially for the citizenship test as it covers such diverse subjects as rugby and how it is organised

• 24th January

  Ana also gives thanks that her TEFL studies are going well. She asks for prayer that the last 'lap' of the course (her last assignment) will go well and that she will be able to finish this soon.

• 25th January

  Pray for Sarah Morrison as she begins another short term placement in Nigeria. Pray that God would bless the work that she does in the Hospital, and that He would use her as witness to the staff and patients.

• 26th January

  As we move into 2020 and preparations for next year’s summer teams and short term placements begin, pray that God will be guiding the right people to apply. Pray for the staff involved in promoting and organising the teams.

• 27th January

  Pray for the Mission Africa office staff. Pray that God will guide and encourage them as they carry out their day-to-day duties.

• 28th January

  Pray for ongoing attempts to secure work permits for gappers wanting to visit Kenya. Pray that we would not be tied up in bureaucracy, but that things would work to enable the sending of workers to Kenya.

• 29th January

  Pray for the ongoing work among the Fulani by David Onuche. Pray for his dedication to serve God though difficult times. Pray that the Bassa people would be able to return to their homeland.

• 30th January

  Pray for our partner organisations and churches as they work to share the Good News of Jesus. Pray that God will lead and guide them.

• 31st January

  Pray for God to call new workers to serve him in Africa. Every day we hear of new need and new opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus. Pray for open hearts and willing hands to serve.