Ecuador: rain
Please pray for more rain for Ecuador, as a lack of water has led to power cuts (due to reliance on hydroelectric power generation). In this context please also remember in prayer CMS mission partners Sharon Wilcox and Beverley Cannon de Pinos and mission associate Johnny Pinos.
Madagascar: training
CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for Madagascar, Ialy Tongasoa, asks for prayer for upcoming courses taking place 18–30 November. Pray for young people undergoing the 3D training (Discover, Develop, Deploy) to recognise their own potential and gain the confidence and tools they need to move forward. Pray for women on the women’s empowerment course to be equipped […]
South Sudan: peace in Abyei and Twic
Paul Lueth, a local partner in South Sudan, asks for prayer for a lasting peace in the Abyei and Twic areas of the country. It was recently reported that innocent people who travelled from Khartoum to South Sudan were ambushed in those areas and that four people died. Please pray for Paul and others as […]
Ethiopia: literacy for women
Mission partners Chris and Suzy Wilson ask for prayer for women in refugee camps who are learning to read in their mother tongue, and the local teacher who is teaching reading and writing for the first time. Learning to read would open up a number of opportunities for women in refugee camps, including access to […]
Madagascar: food shortages
CMS-Africa’s country coordinator in Madagascar, Ialy Tongasoa, asks for prayer for people in the south of the country, where food is in short supply until the next harvest in mid-December. Pray for food to stretch further during this lean time.
Ethiopia: training for church leaders
CMS-Africa asks for prayer for Rev Samuel Atsali, who trains church leaders and works for peace, particularly in the Diocese of Gambella. Pray for God to work through upcoming training in Gambella and for Samuel and others as they follow up with local churches throughout the diocese. Praise God that there are signs of peace […]
Life change through carpentry
Doris, a deaf woman in Tanzania, is the first female carpentry trainee at a new workshop run by CMS mission partners
From armed militia to minister
What can make someone go from being part of an armed militia to a minister of the gospel?
Abunas – the 65th tribe?
A conversation about cultivating a new, transcendent tribe of peacemakers in South Sudan.
Uganda: upcoming gathering
Pray for wisdom for local partner Judith Murungi, CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for Uganda, and for God’s guidance in every decision, big and small. As they plan the upcoming gathering in Uganda for people in mission, pray for Judith and others to hit on ideas and make choices that will make the gathering an edifying, restorative […]
DR Congo: opportunities for people with disabilities
Local partner Bisoke Balikenga runs a peace centre against the backdrop of ongoing conflict. In addition to ongoing peacebuilding programmes and providing water for 3,000 families, give thanks that the peace centre was able to provide a seminar for 100 displaced people with disabilities. Pray for more opportunities for people with disabilities to heal from trauma […]
North Africa: pastoral care for hospital patients
J and S, serving through a church and a school in a town in North Africa, write that doctors and nurses at the local hospital are enthusiastic about the idea of more spiritual care being offered at the hospital. Pray for those working to establish a group of committed believers who can offer pastoral visits, […]
