Presbyterian Church in Ireland - Mission Overseas - PL2010-24, 16-Jun-10

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PL2010-24, 16-Jun-10

The 'Day' and 'Country' designations below refer to the respective right-hand page(s) in the 2010 edition of the Points for Prayer Handbook, which contains useful background information to these prayer requests.

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Day 4 – SPAIN

During the month of June, Derek French will be writing more studies based on the Gospel of John to be used in the national GBU LIFE project (a curriculum for GBU Spain).

• Pray for clarity, wisdom and freshness for Derek as he prepares these studies.

Day 8 – ROMANIA & UKRAINE

Each summer, Csaba and Ilona Veres are busy organising and going to various summer camps.  This year, the first camp they are involved in, Mera Children's Camp, started yesterday (15th).  Then, from 5th to 10th July, a team from PCI’s Board of Youth and Children’s Ministry(YAC) will help lead a Children’s English Language Camp; a team from Clogherney Presbyterian Church, will help lead a Confirmation Camp for 14 year olds from 19th to 24th July; IKE will hold their annual youth celebration weekend from 28th July to 1st August; and from 2nd to 7th August a team from Ground Level Lincoln will help lead an English camp for teenagers. 

• Pray for Csaba and Ilona as they prepare for the camps and for the teams coming from overseas.
  
  
• Pray for good health and safety, especially in travel, for those involved in the camps.
  
  
• Pray for energy and wisdom for the leaders of each camp.
  
  
• Pray that the young people and children attending would be aware of God's voice and respond to Him.
  
  
• Pray for clear presentations of God's Word and good relationships among the leadership team and the participants in each camp.

At the annual Assembly of IKE held in early June, Csaba Veres was appointed General Secretary of IKE. At the same time, Rev AttilaBatizánwas elected as the new President and Rev Előd Mártonand Andor Ferkőas Vice-Presidents. 

• Pray for Csaba and the new team of staff as they continue with IKE’s normal programmes (leadership training course, camps, youth services, students university mission, etc) and also as they seek new and relevant ways to reach young people throughout Transylvania.

Jenni Wolfe has completed 10 month’s service at Nagyberegi Református Líceum (NBRL), the Reformed Church secondary school in the village of Nagybereg (Berehi), in Transcarpathia in Western Ukraine.  She is due to return home this Friday, 18th.

• Give thanks for Jenni’s service in Ukraine.
  
  
• Pray for Jenni as she packs up and says farewell to friends and colleagues. 
  
  
• Pray for wisdom and guidance as Jenni considers her next steps in God’s service.

Days 13 to 15 – KENYA

Stephen Cowan reports that plans to move Julius and family to the village of Seren are going well and he is very committed to going. 

• Pray for ongoing preparations for this move.
  
  
• Give thanks for the leadership training that took place recently in Nakuru, and for the involvement of those on the course as they present the challenge of mission to the churches around the Nyahururu area. 

Days 16 to 19 – MALAWI

Neil and Sara Kennedy and family are coming back to Ireland in early July for two months and there is a lot to sort out and handover for the time they we will be away. Neil is preaching twice this coming weekend.

• Pray for efficient use of time and for good people to take over their work.
  
  
• Pray that Neil will hear the Lord's voice as he prepares to preach and that he will know His presence this Sunday.

Days 21 and 22 – INDIA

Rt Rev Vinod Malaviya, Bishop of the Gujarat Diocese of the Church of North India (CNI), is continuing his visit to PCI this week and is having various meetings this week, having attended the General Assembly last week.  He is due to leave N Ireland on 19th June and will be travelling on to England and USA. 

• Pray for an encouraging visit that will help the development of PCI’s partnership with the CNI’s Gujarat Diocese.
  
  
• Pray for safe and trouble-free travel.

Day 24 – NEPAL

Grenville Hopkinson will return to Kathmandu this week after two weeks of planning with the UMN staff teams in Rukum and Mugu. Grenville has been coordinating planning for all seven UMN teams which forms the application UMN will make to the Nepal Government's Social Welfare Council for a further five-year agreement to work in Nepal, and for the necessary visas for the expatriate staff.

Last week Janet Campbell returned from organising a spiritual retreat for Tansen Hospital staff, and on Sunday last (13th), held a retreat for expatriate staff from UMN and International Nepal Fellowship (INF)working in Kathmandu.  Both events were well attended and valuable in supporting people to have an extended time with God.

Joe Campbell spent most of last week working in Pokhara to the west of Kathmandu with senior INF staff, who are seeking to discern how INF can contribute to peace efforts in the country.

The on-going political talks in Nepalremain in stalemate.  The political parties are unable to agree on who will lead and form the new government.  Sadly this lack of political agreement affects a number of other development decisions and implementation in needy parts of the country.

• Give thanks for the work Grenville has been able to do in the past few weeks.  Pray for his safe travel back to Kathmandu this week. Pray also that UMN’s discussions with the Social Welfare Council will go well and that a new five-year agreement will be reached at the end of the summer.
  
  
• Give thanks for the recent retreats in Tansen and Kathmandu and pray for the spiritual protection and development of staff in UMN. Most are linked into a small group that meets each week, as well as weekly church attendance.
  
  
• Give thanks for the work of INF in different parts of the country, especially the important medical camps which bring specialist medical care to remote regions. Pray for wisdom for those tasked with considering peace work in and through INF’s development programmes.
  
  
• Continue to pray for political leaders, some of whom visited Dublin and Belfast last year, that they will reach agreement soon and that important development work will not be further delayed.

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