Presbyterian Church in Ireland - Mission Overseas - NEPAL: UMN calls for week of prayer

1st September 2009

Mark Galpin, who took over as Executive Director of the United Mission to Nepal (UMN) in May this year, is inviting all associated with the UMN family to enage in prayer for Nepal during the week of the 7th to the 13th of September, 2009.

Writing recently, Mark says:

“Many things that we are involved in and facing we can do something directly about and influence by our own actions – they are in our own ‘sphere of influence’.  But many other things are outside this sphere and our most worthwhile activity when this is the case is, I believe, to place them in God’s hands and trust Him to resolve them in his own way and in his own time.  The situation in Nepal at the moment with on-going political turmoil, ethnic and religious conflict, disease outbreaks and a looming food crisis is one that can either fill us with feelings of hopelessness and despair - or drive us to our knees in prayer.

In the face of these I believe God is calling us, as the UMN Family, to have a week of focused prayer. I would therefore like to invite you to join us in prayer during the week of the 7th to 13th September 2009.  In Kathmandu we will be having a daily morning and early afternoon time of prayer and praise during that week.  Do think about how your own teams around the country could do this.”

Presbyterians are encouraged to take up this invitation and, individually, in two's and three's, in Bible study or prayer groups, or as congregations; to join with all involved in praying for the nation of Nepal and the ongoing work of UMN.

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