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ANGOLA
Brian &
Debbi Howden are now safely back home and report that the
printing work in Saurimo is
going well, and it was encouraging to see the recent consignment of
Portuguese Bibles being made available to the people, with many new
titles of sound books and commentaries obtainable from the Emmaus
work.
Overall it was a very profitable visit,
and they were so thankful for the
prayers of the Lords people especially this first visit back
without the boys. Please continue to remember the work at
Saurimo.
Remember
too in prayer
Ruth Hadley and the shortage
of teachers.
REPUBLIC
OF SOUTH AFRICA
 Paul
and Dorothy Grieve (Murchison) have been concerned at the
drop in numbers of people studying the scriptures through the
Emmaus Bible
Correspondence courses, especially in a large prison complex
in Durban. They used to have
several hundred prisoners in this section studying the courses, but
now there is only a handful. Pray
for numbers to be resumed.
ZAMBIA
Barry &
Rachel Haigh continue with their visit to
Nyangombe. There is still no
news with regards the Court Case on the ownership of the Bible
School property. Please remember in
prayer.
JAPAN
Tom and
Nui Hill (Koshigaya) - Recently a number of young people have
been attending the meetings at the fellowship in
Matsubushi and they ask
prayer for several of them.
Two brothers, arrive very early on Sundays to take Bible Studies
with an elder, and Hayato, a
16yr old boy, has expressed an interest in being saved, baptised,
and being able to join in the breaking of bread, but his parents
will not allow this as they have no interest in the
Gospel
.
Remember too in
prayer
Ken &
Christine Cowell, who have
returned to Japan until the 15th
September
and plan to visit the area of previous service around Kushiro.
PHILIPPINES
Jonathan
and Jingle Bradford (Manila) ask
prayer for the ministry in
the Philippine assembly whilst they are in the UK. Pray for
Micah and
Miren who are leading their
discipleship group, and also pray for
Jingle’s family, who depend
on them, especially since the flood in 2009 which destroyed much of
their home. Prayer is asked
that when Jonathan and
Jingle return they may be
able to find a safer location for all of them to live in.
ARGENTINA
Heber and
Fiona Gallitto (Parana) ask
prayer for Valentina(14yrs)
and her brother Matias(12yrs)
who were baptised in January. Due to divorce they live with their
father who will not normally allow them to attend meetings, although
recently they were allowed to attend a Saturday Teens group and stay
overnight, enabling them to be present on the Sunday.
Pray for them and for those
who try to encourage them in their faith in these difficult
circumstances.
BOLIVIA
Mario and
Helen Ponce (Cochabamba) ask
prayer for believers in Colomi (close to where they are in
Cochabamba) where recently over 100 people were injured during
riots.
David &
Lorna Brickman (Lorna is Graham Edwards’ daughter) have
recently gone into full time service at
Trinidad-Beni,
Bolivia. They ask prayer
support for:
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Spanish language learning
-
School residential camps in
September.
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A deepening of relationships with
those they meet and work with daily.
BRAZIL
Simon and Judy Quelch
(Juiz de Fora) ask for
prayer
support for
Simon as he prepares a 15
week course on ‘How
to read the Bible’ for University Students. The plan is to
work through the course with a group of 5 students each term.
Pray for him as he continues
to be involved in one-to-one Bible studies with various folk on
Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings.
ALBANIA
Enris and
Sylvia Nase - Every Saturday, the small church in Tirana
distribute tracts near the city centre. They have a big screen
showing different quotations, whilst handing out tracts and engaging
in conversation. Pray for new
believers within the assembly, and those who encourage them in the
faith.
Peter
Hedley writes: Praise the Lord for encouragement during the
children and youth camps in
Gjirokaster during the summer. Several made clear
professions of faith in Christ, including two from the children’s
home. Please pray for
Marijan Nyhof, now in her
sixties. We don’t know how the orphanage there would continue
without her. She needs your prayer
and support in this wonderful work of mercy among abandoned
children.
FRANCE
David and
Brigitte Sutherland (Arras) advise that
Brigitte had an
Emmaus
stand at a recent summer camp. One lady ordered 5 courses. She had
previously studied a Bible correspondence course in 2004 but since
that time had not shown an interest in spiritual matters. Please
pray that her interest will
be sustained.
REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND
Colin and Rosemary Sheldon (Dublin) would appreciate
prayer in preparation for the
Autumn programme. Rosemary
will be involved in the ladies work at the assembly, and also among
local ladies. Colin will be
restarting the ‘Bible
Explorer’ programme
in the new school year.
Prayer is asked that there will be many openings again this
year.
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