Board of Mission Overseas

Overseas Prayerline

No 2009-27 : Issued on Wednesday 1st July 2009

Thank you for your interest in Prayerline. The 'Day' and 'Country' designations below refer to the respective right-hand page(s) in the Points for Prayer Handbook, which contains useful background information to these prayer requests. Copies are available by contacting the address below.

PRAYERLINE is a service of the Board of Mission Overseas of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, setting out news and prayer requests from our personnel and mission partners overseas and is updated weekly. This week's Prayerline is set out below.

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Day 2 – BRAZIL

Naomi Keefe has three more weeks until the end of term before a break of a month for the children and two weeks for the workers. She has been teaching the children through studies in ‘The Pilgrims Progress’. Many lives have been touched and doors to discovering discipleship in Christ have been opened. During the last two weeks, one of the workers, who went on the CEF training course, will be teaching the story of Amy Carmichael and how God answered her prayers – not always in the way she expected of course.
Prayer Points –

That many of these young lives may be open to God´s Word and His calling to them to perhaps one day serve Him as missionaries in other parts of the world.
Pray for preparation for the end of term break and for Naomi’s preparations for the next term’s studies.

Day 4 – SPAIN

Jacki Hartsmith Foy, minister of the English speaking IEE congregation in Torre del Mar is visiting N Ireland in July and August. Ruth Moore, a member of First Coleraine Presbyterian Church, is hosting a barbeque in Portstewart on Saturday, 1st August (beginning at 1.00 pm) which anyone wishing to meet Jacki is welcome to attend. Those wanting to attend should contact the Mission Overseas Office in Church House, giving their name and contact details. The office will then pass on these details to Ruth and also send out to attendees directions for getting to the barbeque.
Prayer Point –

Pray for Jacki as she gets ready to visit Ireland; and that the visit will be an encouraging and refreshing time for her.

Day 6 – BOARD OF MISSION OVERSEAS

This is a period in the year when many of the Overseas Board staff will be taking holidays. A number of missionaries are returning home either on home assignment or on private visits and a number of missionaries overseas will be taking breaks.
Prayer Points –

For all the Board staff as they continue with their busy workload during the summer period
For all those on holiday that they would have a good rest and return refreshed and excited to face new challenges
For safety in all aspects of travel and for joy in family life.

Days 12 to 14 – KENYA

Stephen Cowan reports that there was attempt to raid cattle grazing around Uasorongai on Monday, 29th June. Two people were seriously injured; one with severe injuries to his intestine. The Cowans’ vehicle helped to bring them to the nearby hospital in Baragoi, where they were subsequently referred to Wamba.
Prayer Points –

For the recovery of the two injured men undergoing treatment in Wamba; and pray that peace is quickly restored.
Give thanks for the little showers and rain received over the past few days.
Pray for safe travel for the students of Tuum Girls’ Secondary School, who are travelling to South Horr for ball games. Pray also for their teachers who have to arrange everything without the presence of a school head.

Thomas Leremore, Director of the PCEA’s peace unit, will be helping to run a ‘training of trainers’ workshop in Eldoret this week, from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th July. The participants are from both the PCEA and the RCEA (Reformed Church of East Africa).
Prayer Points –

For a successful training and that those involved will know true peace in Jesus Christ.
For the safe travel of all involved including the General Assembly officials.
Remember those who will be facilitating this workshop.
Give thanks for last week's training in Ruiru. Pray that those who attended will be encouraged to spearhead peace activities within their local area.

Days 16 to 19 – MALAWI

Ali Moles is preparing to come home on 7th July, having completed his one-year assignment teaching science in Mulanje CCAP Mission School in the Blantyre Synod.
Prayer Points –

For Ali as he packs up and goes through the often difficult process of saying farewell to colleagues and friends
For safe and trouble-free travel home.

Day 21 – INDIA

Linda Jackson is due to travel back to Ireland tomorrow (2nd July) on home assignment from Woodstock School in India, where she has been Elementary School Support Teacher and Leader of the Friendship Club for Elementary school children.
Prayer Points –

Pray that Linda will have a safe, smooth and trouble-free travel home, especially as she suffers from back problems.
Pray for all the adjustments she has to make in coming home, for all she leaves behind and all she looks forward to in the future

OVERSEAS TEAMS

A number of teams are overseas over the next week and we would encourage you to remember them in prayer -

MALAWI

A team of six members from Donemana Presbyterian left last Sunday (28th) for Malawi. They will spend their first week visiting the congregation of Mtunthama (Rev Winston Kawale's former congregation) and during their second week they will visit other personnel. The team is due home on 15th July 2009.

POLAND

A team of 11 young people and two leaders from Elmwood Presbyterian leave for Poland on Friday (3rd) where they will be involved in leading a children’s camp and distribution of food parcels near Warsaw. The team, organised in conjunction with Exodus, is due home again on 16th July.

UGANDA

A team of 32 officers and senior boys from the Down Battalion of the Boys’ Brigade, which includes mostly Presbyterian companies, left last Thursday (25th), on a two-week visit to Nakasongola in Uganda, where they are involved in painting the school (built in 2000 by another team from the Down BB Battalion); installing solar panels; making 400 desks; general craft work; and running Bible club activities.

Prayer Points for these teams –

Good health, safety, strength and energy for 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.
For their home congregations, that they also may be blessed and enriched by the team’s experience.

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