Philippines: loss of a valued team member

Some of the poorest families in Metro Manila are receiving practical support and discovering abundant life in Jesus through the work of Jigsaw Kids Ministries, supported by mission partner Tim Lee from his base in Cumbria. Pray for Tim and the team, currently all together in Manila, as they come to terms with the recent death of Salhee, a team member who has served with Jigsaw since the beginning in 2003. Pray also for the team as they support communities to deal with recent flooding.

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Philippines: new farming practices and new connections

Mission partners Eric and Sandra Read report that Eric did a presentation for the Philippine Department of Agriculture on syntropic (regenerative and sustainable) farming. Pray for farmers or cooperatives who have heard the presentation to be enthusiastic and interested to know more about how they could benefit from using syntropic farming methods. Additionally, Sandra is starting a mothers’ group next week. Pray for God to prepare mothers’ hearts for connection and even to be introduced to Jesus. 

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

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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Philippines: syntropic farming

Mission partners Eric and Sandra Read are leading the way in syntropic (regenerative and sustainable) farming, using their farm in the Philippines to demonstrate syntropic farming methods and encouraging people of all ages to care for creation.

Pray for a meeting taking place next month where local farmers will gather to discuss syntropic farming methods – pray for people to be engaged and to see the value of these methods.

Pray for a few farmers to come forward to train and work with Eric and Sandra. Please also pray for a swift and full recovery for Sandra, who injured her knee in March and has not fully recovered yet.

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Philippines: loss of homes in fire

Mission partner Tim Lee, working to help children and families living in poverty in Manila through Jigsaw Kids’ Ministries, asks for prayer for the 24 households who lost their homes in a recent fire in Quezon city where Jigsaw has served for many years. Please pray that their homes may be rebuilt, losses restored, and that they would find peace, security, and the love and strength of Jesus. Pray for all the children, young people and families connected with Jigsaw – that in the midst of challenges they would know Jesus as Lord and Saviour, and that many more people would come to faith through his love.

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Philippines: teaching children to care for God’s creation

“Our plan last year for school visits did not happen, as the principal (and all other schools too) are under pressure to make more of an effort to improve children’s reading skills,” write Eric and Sandra Read. Eric and Sandra were hoping to have school groups visit their farm as part of their work of teaching children and youth to enjoy, appreciate and care for nature, and encouraging and practising creation care-centred food production. Now that schools have increased focus on other things, pray for wisdom to know how to move forward with teaching local children to look after God’s creation.

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Philippines: new early years programme

We give thanks with mission partner Tim Lee for Jigsaw Ministries’ new early years programme, part of the charity’s work with families living in poverty in Manila.

The new early years learning clubs, starting up this month, aim to give children a better start in life through a holistic approach to learning.

Pray for the clubs not only to support children to learn but to help them and their families to experience more of the abundant life God has for them.

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Philippines: typhoon aftermath

Please pray for people in the Philippines as they continue to attempt to recover and rebuild following two super typhoons. Pray for floodwaters to recede and for God’s comfort for those who have lost loved ones, homes and belongings. Jigsaw, a CMS mission partner-founded charity working with families living in poverty in Manila, ask for prayer as they respond to the disaster. Pray for their emergency food packs to help families recover and for opportunities to share the love and hope of Jesus in the midst of such sorrow.

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Philippines: typhoon season

Last week we asked for prayer for people in the Philippines following Typhoon Kalmaegi. Our partners at Jigsaw Ministries, who share God’s love in practical ways with children and families living in poverty in Manila, ask for continued prayer: “In recent weeks and months, the country has been struck by a series of powerful typhoons, large earthquakes and erupting volcanoes, leaving many regions in a state of emergency.” Please pray for the safety and protection of everyone in the Philippines and for the Jigsaw Philippines team to bring comfort and peace to communities dealing with extremely difficult conditions.

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Philippines: typhoon aftermath

One of 2025’s strongest typhoons, Typhoon Kalmaegi, has caused severe flooding in central Philippines, and at least 114 people have died since the typhoon made landfall earlier this week. Pray for the 400,000 people who have been displaced by the disaster, and the many more who have been affected, to receive the support and aid that they need. Ask God to help government organisations and charities seeking to protect people in the continuing path of the typhoon to communicate clearly and take quick and effective action.

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Philippines: earthquake aftermath

It has been reported that the recent 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the central part of the country has killed at least 69 people. For every person who has lost loved ones, homes or indeed everything, pray for comfort, and strength to keep going.

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