Presbyterian Church in Ireland - Mission Overseas - PL2010-29, 21-Jul-10

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PL2010-29, 21-Jul-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

GBU is holding a training camp for the leaders of GBU groups in universities in Spain. The camp began yesterday (20th), and finishes this Friday (23rd). The theme for the camp is ‘Disciples of Christ’ and seminars topics include, leadership, guidance, missionand evangelism.  Derek French is leading two seminars on guidance. 

Prayer Points: –

• That the training the leaders receive at the camp will encourage them to be more effective leaders and witnesses for Christ in the universities they attend. 
  
  
• For David Burt who is leading the main sessions. 
  
  
• Give thanks for Alex, Cristian and Jon who are attending the camp from the Basque Country. Pray that they will catch the vision for student ministry in their universities.

Following the Leader’s Camp, GBU will hold its National Camp for students who attend GBU groups, beginning on Saturday (24th). So far, around 90 students have signed up for the camp, with seven going from the north of Spain where Derek and Jane French work.  The theme for the camp is ‘The power of the Holy Spirit’ and the main speaker is Jaume Llenas. Seminar topics will include, the Bible, Evangelism, Current and Cultural IssuesandApologetics. Derek French will be leading five sessions on teaching Christianity Explored. The camp ends next Friday, (30th). 

Prayer Points: –

• For the smooth running National Camp.
  
  
• For the staff workers as they prepare and lead seminars. 
  
  
• That the students would be challenged to grow in their faith and to live out their faith on a daily basis.

Days 13 to 15 – KENYA

This week, a team from Malindi are holding a mission in Galana. 

Prayer Points: –

• That many more people in Galana will commit their lives to the Lord.
  
  
• That those in Galana who are already Christians will become involved in the mission and that their faith will grow and mature as they see God at work.
  
  
• For God’s presence to be felt constantly in the project compound and that no bad influence will be allowed in. 

In the Timau area, where Derek Roulston is now based, a small group of around 20 farmers and agricultural officers have been invited to the demonstration plot on Thursday to see first-hand the results of the potato seed trials. Indications have already shown that quality seed is producing a larger yield, than the seed which is available locally. 

• Pray that the information from these trials will encourage farmers as they see the potential of their own land.

At the end of July, Alice who has been working in the WHEAT office in Malindi, is relocating to Timau, to run WHEAT’s new office there. 

Prayer Points: –

• For Alice, her husband and young child as they move from Malindi on the coast to inland Timau, and that they will soon settle and find good friends.
  
  
• That Alice will feel God’s leading in her new role at the information office in Timau.

A number of members of the newly planted PCEA congregation for East African expatriates living in London, where Edwin and Anne Kibathi minister, have recently been bereaved. Mr and Mrs Kamau’s father was laid to rest on Friday in Kenya, however unfortunately only Mr Kamau and one of their daughters were able to travel to the funeral.  Another member, Ms. Jerusha Shianda also had to travel to Kenya last week, after receiving news of her mother’s sudden death. Also last week, Mrs Kiiru from PCEA Umoja in Nairobi arrived in London last week, after receiving news of her daughter’s sudden death there. She leaves behind two children and the PCEA congregation in London are supporting the family. A memorial service for Mrs Lucy Kaburu, a member of the congregation in London, was held last Sunday evening (18th) and her body has been flown to Kenya for burial. Mrs Kaburu’s two daughters and a grand-daughter have also travelled from London to Kenya for the burial. 

This week Rev Kinyua (a PCEA Minister who lives in the USA), together with his family are coming to visit the PCEA congregation in London for five days.

Prayer Points: –

• For safe travel for all those travelling to attend funerals and that God will give strength and peace to the families of those who have died. 
  
  
• For the visit of Rev Kinyua and his family. 

Stephen Cowan reports that July’s monthly Bible teaching time in Tuum was excellent! Some new participants came from Wuaso Rongai, where there has been a group of people meeting each Sunday for a long time.  

• Give thanks for good attentiveness in the teaching times, and pray that some of the practical ideas shared, will be tried by people at village level.
  
  
• Pray for the outreach which will take place locally and also in Seren. Julius hopes to move to Seren very soon (after some sanitation is installed), and set a Christian example in the community.
  
  
• Pray for one of the local young leaders who has supported cultural practices, even though he speaks against them. Pray that he will repent and set a good example to others. 

Days 16 to 19 – MALAWI

Volker and JinHyeog Glissman and their children Lina, Micha and Lukas arrived safely in Zomba in southern Malawi last week and are settling in to their new home. 

Prayer Points: –

• For a smooth transition for each of them, and as a family; as they settle into their new surroundings; establish a new home; and adjust to a new culture.  Remember the children especially; pray that they may quickly settle and make new friends in Malawi.
  
  
• That they may have open minds and hearts and willingness to learn, as they seek to get to know and appreciate Malawian culture. 

Day 24 – NEPAL

Monsoon has arrived in Nepal with steady and persistent rain falling over the past week over the whole country. 

• Pray for good rice planting at this time and for a healthy harvest in October / November.

Joe Campbell will be speaking on Thursday morning (22nd) at the conference for church leaders’ on ‘Forgiveness and Reconciliation’ being held in Kathmanduthis week, at which some 40 people are attending. 

Then on Saturday morning, (24th), Joe will speak at the Nepali church where he and Janet have been members for the past four years. This will be the last sermon Joe will preach at the church, before he and Janet leave for Ireland on August 1st. Next Saturday (31st), the church is arranging a farewell gathering for Joe and Janet.

• Pray for Joe as he speaks at the conference and at the church service. 
  
  
• Remember Joe and Janet as they pack up and say farewell to friends and colleagues. 

Greenville Hopkinson has been in Doti District in the far west of Nepal this past week. He has been working with the UMN Doti team and also researching about local governance in Nepal. 

• Pray for a safe return to Kathmandu on Thursday (22nd) and for a safe journey to join Georgie and the children in Thailand on Saturday or a family holiday.

OVERSEAS TEAMS

A number of teams are overseas over the next week as follows and we encourage you to pray for them:

BOLVIA – A team of 12 adults and one infant from High Street, Holywood Presbyterian Church are in Cochabamba, in Bolivia. High Street congregation supports Marcos and Gwen Quinteros (and their family), whom they got to know and supported when they studied at Belfast Bible College(2001-03). The Quinteros’ have established a community centre through which they are seeking to meet the social and spiritual needs of the barrio of Sumumpaya. Earlier this year, they celebrated the first anniversary of the formation of La Corona (The Crown) church fellowship. The team is working alongside members of La Corona church, giving help and support in any way they can. They fly home on 28th July. [Team Blog].

BRAZIL – A team of ten adults from Bloomfield Presbyterian Church depart on Sunday (25th) for Recife, Brazil. There, they will work alongside Adrian and Judith Stewart, Presbyterian missionaries with Latin Link. They willspend their first week helping to lead a camp for teenagers, which is being run by a local congregational church plant in an area of Recife called Tejipio. After that, they will do a mixture of follow-up work with local children, English teaching and possibly other types of workshops, as well as engaging in some construction work on site (a former seminary building). The team is due home again on 15th August. 

JAMAICA – A team of eight people from The Mall, Armagh Presbyterian Churchis in Jamaica where they are involved in children’s work. The team is due home on 28th July. 

KENYA – A team of six people from Hillhall Presbyterian Church are working at Compass School, just outside Nairobi where they are helping to build a crèche. The team is due home on 7th August. 

MALAWI – A team of eight teachers organised by PCI’s Board of Youth and Children’s Ministry (YAC) and the Board of Mission Overseas is in northern Malawi. They are working alongside Diane Cusick and Fiona Innes, assisting in the running of workshops for those who in turn train other nursery school teachers. These workshops will promote interactive teaching methods – including games, music and movement, effective storytelling and questioning and making resources. The team is due home again on 2nd August. 

A team from Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church, Newtownards leave today (21st) for Ekwendeni. During their first week, they will help lead a children’s club for five days at Ekwendeni and the following week will lead a club for teenagers. They plan to work alongside local Malawian Sunday school teachers for the children’s club, (last time they had up to 1,000 kids on a daily basis), but it will be the first time they have held the club for teenagers. They also hope to do some work with the Livingstonia Aids Programme (LISAP). The team is due home again on 13th August. 

ROMANIA – A team of nine people from Clogherney Presbyterian Churchis in Romania, where they are working alongside Csaba and Ilona Veres, helping to lead a Bible Camp for teenagers from the Hungarian Reformed Church. The team is due home this Sunday, (25th). 

A team of 18 people from Annalong Presbyterian Church is working at a Christian camp in Romania. The team has divided in two, with 12 men doing some building work and the other six (men and women) are helping to lead a camp for Romanian children. The team is due home on 1st August. 

A team of 12 people from the congregations of Portstewart Presbyterian Churchand McQuiston Memorial Presbyterian Church leave for Romania this Friday (23rd), where they will help to run a camp for teenagers. The team is due home again on 3rd August. 

Rev Nigel and Antonia Craig are leading a group of 12 teenagers and six adults to Romania. The young people and their leaders are from Ray and Newtowncunningham Presbyterian Churches, and two other Presbyterian congregations in Co. Donegal. The team will initially go to the village of Bihor Vajda, to assist Hungarian Reformed minister Rev Endre Kondor, with youth and children's work. The team will then participate in an IKE (Reformed Church's youth movement) camp in Algogy; this camp has been organised by Csaba and Ilona Veres. The team departs this Friday (23rd) and returns home on 2nd August. 

UGANDA – A team of 15 people from Bannside Presbyterian Church is in Uganda working with Abaana, helping to build a school and working with street children. The team is due home this Friday, (23rd).

A team of 21 people from Joymount and Cairncastle Presbyterian Churches is due home today (21st) from Uganda, where they have been teaching in the Caring Heart Primary School and in Grace High School and helping to lead music, sports and Holiday Bible Clubs. They also worked with the women in the villages doing sewing and crafts and did some general maintenance work. 

UKRAINE – A team of ten adults organised by the Board of Mission Overseas is in Transcarpathia in western Ukraine where they are helping to lead an English Language teaching camp for young people from Transcarpathia. Most of team is due home next Tuesday (27th), with the others returning on Friday (30th).

Prayer Points for these teams –

•      Good health, safety, strength and energyfor all the team members and those they are working with.

•      The work that each of the teams will be involved in.

•      For the Word of God to be explained clearly and for spiritual fruit in the lives of those the teams are going to help or work alongside.

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