DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Paul and
Angela Hannay (Shrewsbury) are
currently helping with the work at
Katoka.
On 5th
August they will be travelling with
Mary Ratter
to Kasaji,
as Mary
is due to speak at the women’s conference
there.
Angela has also been asked to take a
couple of sessions, while
Paul
will help with some jobs that need to be
done. Please
pray for
Mary
and Angela
as they speak to the ladies, and for
Paul
as he does practical work at the hospital.
ZAMBIA
John Symons
(Mkushi) is involved with several
conferences this month. First he will attend
the Pan-African Brethren conference in
Kabwe,
and then he will be the main speaker at two
conferences in the
Northern
Province. He may also have to speak
at a third conference, but this is yet to be
confirmed.
Pray for him as he prepares the
messages and delivers them.
Jean-Luc
and Rita Hainaut (Eliya) (left)
are still in Belgium sorting out
Rita’s
father’s affairs. They planned to stay only
one month but their tickets are valid for
two. Pray
that they will not have to postpone their
return, as the work in Zambia is suffering.
A youth camp and conference have had to be
cancelled, as well as
Jean-Luc’s
teaching sessions at
Kashikishi
Bible School. Also, the building work is at
a halt.
JAPAN
David
and Esther Dexter (Miyazaki) would
appreciate
prayer for the daughter of an elder
in the
Fukuoka assembly, who has been
seriously ill since May due to the herpes
virus affecting her brain.
Pray
also for an elder’s wife from the
Osaka
area, who has just discovered she has cancer
at an advanced stage. The couple have three
teenage children.
David
is due to visit the prison again on
11th August.
He has requested permission to use Bible
courses with the inmates, and is awaiting
the response.
Pray
that it will be positive.
FRANCE
David and
Brigitte Sutherland (Arras) will be
involved in leading a family camp in
Brittany
from 7th to
22nd August. They are expecting 200
people to attend, so it will be hard work.
Please pray
for the Lord will bless this time.
REPUBLIC OF
IRELAND
Colin and
Rosemary Sheldon (Dublin) have just
returned from two weeks in
Newcastle,
Co. Down, where they were responsible for a
children’s outreach as part of a tent
campaign.
Praise God that
Colin
was able to lead three children from one
family to the Lord, and a teenager also
professed faith at one of the children’s
meetings.
OTHER
OVERSEAS SERVICE
Boyd Aitken
has recently had an MRI scan and
faces surgery on
12th August.
Please pray for him and
Blanche.
FINALLY
Please
pray
for the GLO
teams working in
Coleraine,
Northern Ireland, from
8th to 17th
August and in
Limerick,
Republic of Ireland, from
8th to 15th
August.
Pray
that the team members will be kept in good
health, work well together and be effective
in their witness.
Ian Burness
and John
Aitken (Echoes Directors) are
visiting Africa this month, staying first in
the Democratic Republic of Congo and then
moving on to Zambia to attend the
Pan-African Brethren Conference on Missions.
Pray
that they will be kept safe and in good
health, and that the time spent with
missionaries and other workers will be
beneficial.
LOCAL
"Coffee
and Chat" on each Wednesday
morning at 10:30 am.
Open Air
witness
outside Larkswood Road Community Centre,
next Sunday, at 5:30 pm. Please remember in
prayer.
Phil
Richardson (Harrogate) - Paul
Richardson’s son—is planned to be with us on
Sunday next for the preaching of the Gospel.
Please remember in
prayer.
Monday -
Young People's Meeting at 2:00pm
