Ukraine update 26 February
Latest from our local partners in Ukraine:
We are well, but are getting ready just in case they will try to attack us. We have 40 ppl with us here from the church that we were able to evacuate yesterday.
There is a big chance they will come to the village where we are today. They are trying to come into kiev, but all of the bridges were destroyed by our army, so they will try to come through the villages. And ours is on the way.
Also, we were cooking food and feeding our soldiers today. Our boys were able to come to them, praying for them and were able to witness to them.
We almost don’t sleep. Couple hours a day. We are praying all night, changing turns and in contact with our church members who stayed.
Latest prayer news
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CMS-Africa ask for prayer for Bishop Eraste Bigirimana ahead of his installation as the sixth archbishop of the Anglican church on 23 August. Pray that God will grant him wisdom, grace, humility, and the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Brazil: leaving ministry in local hands
We were excited to have mission partners Rosie and Stu Bayford in the CMS office this week and to hear them reflect on their mission journey over the past seven years. We praise God for the energy and love they have invested in people in Olinda, Recife, supporting girls at risk through their work with
Nepal: upcoming commissioning
Stephen Edison will be formally commissioned as the new head of Asia-CMS in Nepal in August, having taken over the role from Rev Dr Chan Nam Chen earlier this year. Pray for practical aspects of the event to come together, and for God to prepare Stephen for his formal installation.
Peru: encountering God through art workshops
CMS partner Anna Sims works alongside the local church in urban Lima to build community and share Jesus with people in creative ways. Anna writes that a community centre recently opened in Pamplona, on the outskirts of the city, and she and others run weekly art workshops on Saturday mornings and a midweek afternoon workshop
Tanzania: peace in difficult decisions
After a period of careful and prayerful discernment, Dave and Tricia Rollett have made the decision not to proceed with their CMS mission placement to Zanzibar. Our prayers are with them as they consider their next steps as a family.
South East Asia: mission partners in transition
Please pray for B and M and their children as they prepare to relocate within the region for the second time in the space of a few years. Pray for each member of the family to know God as their rock during this time of change, and for them to quickly settle and find new
