ETHIOPIA

Robert Revie travels to Ethiopia on the 31st May for 2 months. He has a busy schedule but is looking forward to spending time with the believers.  Robert would value prayer on this deeply emotional trip.

REPUBLIC OF S. AFRICA
Rodney & Joy Brown (Cape Town) – Give thanks for the 25,000 Gospel texts distributed during a ten-day ‘Seed Sowers’ outreach event in Namibia. The literature was well received and quite a few discussions with locals were held. Pray that a church will be established in Namibia and that the Lord would open the door for mission workers to go there in a full- time capacity.

Simon Mubanga is a brother from Zambia, and asks us to pray that the LORD will provide the resources needed for beginning gospel work in Windhoek in Namibia soon!

TANZANIA

Stephen & Gill Davies (Dar-Es-Salaam) -  ask for prayer for the children they teach that the seed sown may have found good ground and bring forth eternal fruit.

They have had completed all the necessary building work so that Aziza can have an extra bedroom and kitchenette. Bunk beds with mosquito nets have been provided for her 2 children.

The Kinzudi assembly continues to meet for worship and witness, although fewer in number than in the past. The elders are very close to completing the assembly constitution so that the believers can be registered with the Tanzanian Government. This has taken many years (as many things do in Africa) but they are now very close. Please pray that things will progress smoothly over the coming weeks towards a positive outcome.

CANADA

Peter Smith writes that they now have  some 2300 students and their families, along with a faithful team of 260 teachers. He would love to hear that some have trusted the Saviour and so pray often for God’s blessing in salvation. One point he would especially value prayer for concerns his desire to add ‘younger blood’ to the board. They need the Lord’s guidance as to who they should approach to join us. Also please pray that the pressing needs of the PBS work (the office workload, the large monthly costs and recruiting new teachers) will be met by our Heavenly Father, according to His perfect will.

Please pray for Sue Ellery, who has been asked by the Canadian Emmaus Bible School to start a PBS work in their new premises in northern Ontario. It will be simply known as Emmaus PBS (Postal Bible School) and will operate on the same basis as themselves, using the identical database etc.

PANAMA
Clive & Hazel Walker (Santiago) – Please pray for the Atalaya fellowship. In April they purchased a property with a small house on it and the plans are to renovate the house into Sunday School rooms, a kitchen, bathrooms and a meeting room where the believers can meet each week.

FRANCE

Graham and Alison Black (Bouc Bel Air) have just had a very encouraging request from a man who did Bible courses with them while he was in prison and for one reason or another stopped doing the courses around three years ago. He has just written to say that he wants to start doing the courses again. It was unfortunate that he stopped because he was someone who did the courses very thoroughly and regularly. It is a great encouragement therefore to have him back. Please pray for this man, Mr N.

NORWAY
Nat and Jennifer Rodgers (Skien) would appreciate prayer for the work in the prison. Please pray for a man who has been serving 9 years has recently been released. He became a believer before he was released. Please pray that he will continue to draw close to the Lord and will quickly adjust to life outside of prison.

SPAIN
Ken and Alison Barrett (Madrid) would value prayer for the purchase of the Red Box premises in Madrid city centre. A deposit has been paid, with the main payment to be received within a year. Please pray that the funds will become available to complete the purchase of these premises.

VARIOUS AREAS

Roger and Yvonne Malstead would appreciate prayer for their film ‘Jesus, Son of God?’, which has been produced in Albanian. Please pray that the Lord will use this film to share the gospel in the smaller towns and cities and that they will be able to show this on the local TV stations.

Peter & Riitta Hedley – Give thanks for recent encouragement in the prison work in Albania. Many prisoners are open to the Gospel and some have come to faith in Jesus. Pray also for the children’s home in Gjirokaster and for Jorida, who will take over the role of Director at the end of the year. She is being mentored by Marijan Nijhof and is settling in well, learning quickly and enjoying the work.

Opal Trust (“Overseas Publishing and Literature”) currently have the Gospel of Luke available in 8 Different languages in one 500-page book. The languages comprise English, French, German, Turkish, Croatian, Russian, Arabic and Persian. This is particularly suitable for use in evangelism by those working with immigrant groups and refugees in UK and Europe. These are available free of charge while stocks last.

In the UK we have plenty of Bibles, but the people have no desire to read it.

TYNESIDE SEED SOWERS

Distribution of Seed Sower packs is planned for the weekend Sept. 23rd to the 25th .

It is proposed to hold a “Breakfast and Planning Meeting” on Saturday, 11th June, at 9:30 am, at Bensham Gospel Hall. It is the intention to discuss every aspect of  the weekend including production and distribution  of the Seed Sowers’ packets, the region to be covered etc.

NORTH EAST MISSIONARY WEEKEND. 

This is planned (D.V.) for Friday to Monday, 16th to 19th September. The expected speakers are:

Stephen Grant, Timothy Sloan (Ukraine), Robert Muir ( ex-Zambia).