UK: settling in at university on the other side of the world

9 July 2026

Mission partner Tim Lee is based in Cumbria and supports the work of Jigsaw Ministries (working with children and young people living in extreme need and hardship) in Manila, Philippines. Jigsaw works with over 1,500 children a week in four deprived areas of Manila. Pray for Tim as he guides his Filipino colleagues from afar to become a sustainable, locally led ministry.

Tim and his wife Kate ask for prayer for their daughter Grace who has just arrived in Sydney, Australia, for a year at university. Pray for her to make friends and settle in quickly, and enjoy her cross-cultural experience.

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