Pray for Ecuador as the congress has been dissolved by the president, who was facing impeachment. He can govern by decree but has to hold elections within six months. Protests are expected. The country is also facing a huge rise in violent crime fuelled by the drugs trade. Pray for good governance, for peace and security in the country and for Sharon Wilcox and Bev Cannon de Pinos serving there with CMS.
The community market in Recife continues each week with the regular families coming to get their food with their children. Mission partners Rosie and Stu Bayford ask for prayer as they prepare to ask some families to give up their spaces to new families who are more in need in the New Year. Please pray […]
Read moreMission partners Alf and Hilary Cooper write: “Chile has been on a political rollercoaster over the last four years. After the social uprising in 2019, a constitution was proposed and rejected on 4 September 2022. Chile has changed. The mood is swinging to a conservative preservation of Chile’s republican values and now a further attempt […]
Read moreGive thanks for the Anglican presence at the COP28 summit, of which mission partner Joel Kelling is a key facilitator. Give thanks with Joel that: “Our relationships continue to grow and it is encouraging to be in solidarity and fellowship with the wider Anglican family here – sharing a meal together one evening – as well as […]
Read moreMartin Gordon shares that the only thing people in the east of the country want for Christmas is peace. Please pray for those who are behind the conflict – that God would turn their hearts from war to peace. Pray for the work of the churches to promote peace, through trauma healing and mediation. Pray for the […]
Read moreChris and Suzy Wilson, mission partners in Addis Ababa, write that Chris recently had a great trip to one of the refugee camps to train local pastors in preaching. Praise God that the training sessions went well and that the students gave positive feedback about the course as a whole. As Chris looks into making […]
Read moreMission partner F asks for prayer for theology students as they do their exams and practical assignments before their graduation on 15 December. Please pray that the long-delayed board meeting may take place soon and that the principal can get some help with the accounts and administration. Please pray, too, for young women to sign […]
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