Burundi: community development seminar

CMS-Africa partner in Uganda Peter Seme asks for prayer as he travels to Burundi next week for a community development seminar. Pray for safety for Peter and others as they travel to and from the seminar and for a fruitful time of learning and networking.

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Uganda: support for local Christians

Hanna and Ian Spillman, now based in the UK, previously spent about 18 years serving in Uganda, initially with Tearfund and later as mission associates with CMS. Ian asks for prayer as he travels to southwest Uganda on 15 June for a month to support Kisiizi Hospital. Ian hopes to support the hospital board in planning, offer tech support, do some paediatric teaching and may also preach in the local church. Pray for safe travel, for wisdom for Ian in all his interactions and for local Christians to be encouraged by his visit. Please also continue to pray for containment of the Ebola outbreak in the region.

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DR Congo, South Sudan, Uganda: Ebola

There have been 220 suspected deaths from Ebola since an outbreak was declared in DR Congo on 15 May. Pray for ongoing protection for CMS partner Bisoke Balikenga and his colleagues, and for those they minister to through a peace centre in Bunia.

Please also pray for mission partner Martin Gordon, Bishop of Goma, and local churches as they offer healthcare and support communities.

Uganda has now fully closed its border with DR Congo, putting South Sudan at higher risk from anyone wanting to leave DR Congo.

Pray for mission partner Nicci Maxwell, a doctor who focuses on paediatric and neonatal medical care in Juba, South Sudan, and her colleagues, as they handle whatever might come their way.

Pray for protection from Ebola across all three countries, and for the virus to be contained.

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Uganda: Mission partners hand over the reins

Sarah and Simon Cawdell have recently finished their time as mission partners in Gulu. Please pray for Dr Denis Ruhama as he has taken over from Sarah and is now running the Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College. Please also pray for distribution of coffee seedlings through the recently formed Diocese of Northern Uganda coffee cooperative. Pray for the long-term success of this initiative and in particular for rebuilding work being carried out on a greenhouse being used for the harvesting of seedlings.

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Uganda: Cawdells finishing service

After three years serving at Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College in Gulu, Sarah and Simon Cawdell left Uganda this week and are preparing to finish service as mission partners. Pray for them as they settle back into life in the UK, and for the new principal of the college, Dr Denis Ruhama, as he and his family get established in Gulu.

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Uganda: new health clinic

CMS-Africa partner Seme Peter leads Save Life Christian Ministries (SLCM), a ministry which seeks to transform lives and promote holistic development through spiritual, social and economic empowerment in Uganda, DR Congo and South Sudan. Pray for obstacles to be removed so that Peter and others can establish a community health clinic in one of the villages.

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Uganda: new project in the Diocese of Northern Uganda

Mission partners Sarah and Simon Cawdell, who teach theology to local leaders and develop sustainability projects, have received funds from the Anglican Relief and Development Fund to establish a chicken project and farmhouse on the diocesan land. Give thanks for this money, the new project and the prospect of increased sustainability alongside other community projects such as a coffee garden. Pray for Simon to find an effective and honest engineer who can draw up good plans and oversee the work.

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Uganda: mudslides

Please pray for people in Sebei, Kapchorwa, where mudslides due to heavy rain have blocked roads, destroyed farms and crops and caused at least 18 deaths. Pray for comfort, protection, and recovery for all those affected.

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Uganda: training programmes and elections

We give thanks with CMS-Africa and Jacob Finosa, a partner in Uganda, for the success of their training programmes in carpentry, mechanics and driving. Pray for these programmes to continue to benefit young adults and open doors for them to enter the workforce. Please pray, too, for the people of Uganda in the lead-up to general elections early next year. Pray for wisdom, unity and for God’s will to prevail for the good of the nation.

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Uganda: trauma healing

Local partner Sam Malish serves South Sudanese refugees by leading trauma healing ministry in three refugee camps in Uganda, training and managing other leaders and more. As Sam is currently feeling somewhat overwhelmed by his many responsibilities, pray for opportunities for him to rest so that he can continue to serve in the way he feels called.

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Uganda: outreach and discipleship

CMS-Africa ask for prayer for upcoming outreach events and ongoing discipleship to bring many people to a deeper relationship with Jesus and equip them to disciple others, too. Pray for unity across denominations and people groups so that Jesus’ love can be shared wider and faster. Pray for individual, family and community transformation as people across the country get to know Jesus.

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Uganda: God’s provision

Thank God for his continued provision for the Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College in northern Uganda – where mission partner Sarah Cawdell is principal. Sarah and Simon write, “month by month it seems unlikely we will have food for the students, and certainly they find it hard to pay their fees. But then from unlooked for sources enough comes to tide us over for another week.”

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