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PL2010-32, 11-Aug-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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Days 13 to 15 – KENYA

Galana – As a result of the recent mission in the area, a small congregation has been started in Shakahola. Salvation is still quite a new concept to so many, and even those who have committed their lives at previous missions, still find it difficult to leave their traditional practices.  

The harvest field day held recently, which Derek and Linda Roulston were involved in organising, was a great success with a small group of government agricultural officers and community based officers, very enthusiastic and keen to learn more and pass on the knowledge they gained to the farmers in their communities. The next big event coming up is the official opening of the Agri Information Centre, the date of which has yet to be confirmed. 

The Roulston family is enjoying being together over the summer months. Joshua is due to return to boarding school in a few weeks’ time while, in September, Laura-Jayne is hoping to start university and Amy will be back at school in Ireland.

• Pray for the new believers in the small congregation in Shakahola (Galana), that God’s Spirit would clearly speak to them and lead them in the right direction.
  
  
• Give thanks that the harvest field day went so well.
  
  
• Pray that the official opening of the Agri Information Centre will be a very special event and the Lord’s presence will surround it. 
  
  
• Pray that Joshua will feel ready to return to boarding school when the time comes and that he will remember the positive things about school.  Remember the girls as they prepare for university and return to boarding school in Ireland. 

Tuum – Stephen Cowan reports that the Waringstown Presbyterian team arrived safely in Tuum last Sunday (8th), in time for the start of the August Youth Camps. The junior camp started well on the same evening with children around 140 young people attending, coming from Seren, Uaso Rongai, Baragoi, South Horr and Tuum. This camp continues until Friday morning (13th) when the senior youth camp begins, running through to next Wednesday (18th) evening.

• Pray that the camps will run smoothly; and for the young people attending, that they will get to know Jesus and accept him as their Saviour and Lord.
  
  
• Pray for God’s enabling and blessing for members of the Waringstown team as they continue to teach and witness to the many young people attending both the junior and senior youth camps.
  
  
• Pray for a safe journey home for those leaving Tuum on Friday after the junior camp; and again for safety for those coming into Tuum from surrounding villages to attend the senior youth camp.
  
  
• Pray for understanding and patience in the Simale community as they continue to try to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Catholic Church regarding access to water supplies.

Days 16 to 19 – MALAWI

Volker and JinHyeog Glissmann and family are continuing to settle in and set up home in Zomba.  Thankfully, the problem with the water supply to the compound where they are living has been fixed and they at last have running water!

• Continue to pray for the Glissmanns as they settle into life and work in Zomba. They still face many challenges in adjusting to Malawian culture and ways of doing things. Give thanks that the three children are settling in well and have already made friends with other children living close by.

Day 23 – PAKISTAN

Over the past week, the severe floods which began in the north of Pakistan have spread to the central region of the country and are continuing to spreading southwards, threatening to kill many more people. It is estimated that around 14 million people have so far been affected by the floods, with 1,600 missing or dead. Aid agencies have described it as a ‘Mega Disaster’ as so many people have had their homes and livelihoods destroyed. In some areas, 100% of the crops have been destroyed and there are fears that the floods could reach an area in the south of Pakistan known as the country’s breadbasket, which could leave millions in need of food aid for many months to come. 

• Pray for all the flood victims - the bereaved, the injured and those who have lost their homes and livelihoods.  Pray that all will find adequate shelter, clean water and food. 
  
  
• Pray for strength and energy for all those assisting in the aid effort, and for rains to cease until the floodwaters are back to normal levels. 
  
  
• Pray for Christians in Pakistan; the majority of whom are desperately poor.  Pray for those directly affected by the flooding that they may know the comfort and provision of their heavenly Father.  Pray that their attitude of hope, joy and peace will be a blessing and inspiration to others.
  
  
• Remember the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan as it deals with this situation and seeks to show the love of Christ to those affected, who are mainly Muslims.

FLOOD APPEAL

Following the launch last week by the Disasters Emergency Committee(DEC) of the Pakistan Flood Appeal aimed at helping the millions of victims affected by this devastating natural disaster, a decision is expected on Friday of this week (13th) on whether there will be a Moderator’s supported Appeal to members of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI). Meanwhile, those wishing to help Pakistan’s flood victims can channel their giving through DEC or any of the agencies involved.

Donations can be made online at: Christian Aid Ireland, Tearfund, Barnabas Fund or DEC

OVERSEAS TEAMS

A number of teams are overseas over this next week.  We encourage you to pray for them:

BRAZIL– A team of 10 adults from Bloomfield Presbyterian is in Recife, working alongside Adrian and Judith Stewart, Presbyterian missionaries serving with Latin Link. They spent 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. This week they are doing 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 this Sunday, (15th). 

KENYA – A team of 10 people from Waringstown Presbyterian is in Tuum, where they are helping to lead the youth camps, alongside Stephen and Angelina Cowan (for more information, see under Kenya see). 

MALAWI– A team from Greenwell Street Presbyterian, Newtownards is in Ekwendeni. Last week, they were helping lead a children’s club for five days at Ekwendeni, and this week they are leading a club for teenagers. They also hope to do some work with the Livingstonia Aids Programme (LISAP). The team comes home on 13th August. 

ROMANIA - A team of ten adults and young people from High Kirk Presbyterian, Ballymena, leave on Saturday (14th) for Oltenia, Romania where they will run holiday clubs in three churches for local children, and also hold meetings with adult women.  High Kirk has been forging links with these churches over the last three years. The team is due home next Saturday (21st).

TANZANIA – A team of eight people from Knock Presbyterian leaves tomorrow (12th) for Dar es Salaam to support Kenny and | Andrea Woodrow from Knock who are working with Wycliffe. The team will spend a week in the Sala Sala district working with street children, and then lead a spiritual envisioning week in HOPAC (Haven of Hope Academy), a school serving over 300 children and young people whose parents are missionaries, full-time Christian service workers (attached to 37 different Christian service or mission organisations), or local or international business people. The team returns home on 1st September.

UKRAINE – A team of 11 people from West Kirk Presbyterian Church are due home today (11th) from Ukraine, where they have been working alongside a church in the village of Karpilovka in north-west Ukraine, running a Bible Club for children and distributing Christian literature. 

A team from First Islandmagee, with support from Second Islandmagee, First Larne and Ballyclare, leaves tomorrow (12th) for Transcarpathia in western Ukraine. The team will be leading a two week English language camp in the school run by the Reformed Church in Nagybereg and supporting the Roma mission outreach in that village, where Jenni Wolfe (who is also on the team) served last year. The team is due home again on 27th August.

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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