Brazil: walking alongside people on the margins

Please pray for people on the margins of society in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Mission partners Marcio Ciechanovicz and Noemi Celeti are connecting with people by running activities in a 15km-long park in the heart of Indaiatuba. As they encounter people who are dealing with mental health issues, loneliness and more, pray for God to […]

CMS on Songs of Praise

Mission partner Alf Cooper interviewed for November programme

Bolivia and Peru: new presidents

Praise God for peaceful elections in Bolivia last weekend. The President-elect Rodrigo Paz faces challenges, particularly economic difficulties. Please pray for him and for his government to be guided by God and for their actions to benefit the country. In Peru, the outgoing president, Dina Boluarte was impeached due to the government’s failure to deal […]

Honduras: sleeping

Please pray for mission partners Lindsey and Steve Poulson and their seven-month-old daughter Elizabeth, who share that they have ups and downs with sleep. Pray for the family of three as they seek to establish a routine. Pray, too, for even more people to benefit from Lindsey and Steve’s work of mentoring and creating safe […]

Bolivia: presidential elections

Please pray for the people of Bolivia as they head to the polls this Sunday 19 October for the very first presidential runoff election in the country’s history. Please pray for a peaceful election, a just outcome and for leaders to govern with integrity and wisdom. 

Honduras: temporary closure of coffee shops at Proyecto Alas

Mission partners Lindsey and Steve Poulson, working with at-risk children and young people, ask for prayer for the future of the coffee shops at Proyecto Alas in Honduras. These coffee shops provide safe spaces for at-risk children and young people in a context where gang violence, corruption and poverty affect many. The original shop is […]

Bolivia: English classes

Mission partners Andrew and Lisa Peart ask for prayer for teachers and students to feel welcomed as they build a Christ-centred community of learners through LOGOS English classes. As new classes start this month, please pray for teaching assistants recruited from the public university in Santa Cruz to benefit from their involvement with the classes and […]

Brazil: meeting Jesus at Vineyard Floripa

We give thanks with mission partner Katia Rocks, one of the leaders at Vineyard Floripa church in Florianópolis, that people are being drawn to the church and encountering God. Pray for people to continue to meet with Jesus at Sunday services and through members of the church during the week, and for Katia as she […]

Guatemala: supporting young people and families

Mission partners Azaria and David Pocasangre, who were recently on home leave in the UK, ask for prayer as they settle back into their ministry of supporting young people and families through the local church. Pray for Azaria as she supports fellow mentors and refers new mentors to start serving in local children’s homes. Pray […]

Brazil: pioneering mission

Mission partners Marcio Ciechanovicz and Noemi Celeti, based in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, are sharing the gospel in new ways beyond the walls of church and encouraging others to do the same. Pray for Marcio and Paul Tester – CMS’s manager in Latin America – as they prepare to visit a pioneering team in Argentina towards the […]

Guatemala: settling in again

Following three months in the UK, mission partners Azaria and David Pocasangre have returned to their work of supporting vulnerable young people and families through partnership with the local church. Pray for them as they settle back into life in Guatemala, process everything from their time in England and as they navigate the challenges of […]

Peru: consecration

We give thanks that local partner Victor Condori was consecrated bishop in a ceremony in Lima on 30 August. He will serve as suffragan and coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Peru, meaning he will be become diocesan bishop in due course. Please pray for him and his family as he assumes this new responsibility. […]