4–8 OCTOBER 2021
Prayerlines M 4 OCTOBER // BRAZIL Daniel and Sarah Brito Medeiros serve with ReVive, a charity working with children who have survived abuse, trafficking or exploitation. Daniel and Sarah ask for prayer for the children at ReVive to know Jesus and be transformed by his love, and for God’s Spirit to be poured out in local churches.
T 5 OCTOBER // HONDURAS Earlier this year, mission partner Steve Poulson married Lindsey (nee Kalk), and they are now in the UK, connecting with link churches, family and friends and for training. Pray for them as they prepare to return to Honduras together to mentor and create safe spaces for at-risk children and young people to grow.
MISSION NEWS
Uganda: Bringing healthcare to the Batwa community Women and children from the often-marginalised Batwa community in Uganda are now accessing vital healthcare services, thanks to the efforts of the team at Potter’s Village in Kisoro, including mission partner Nicci Maxwell, who started visiting a local Batwa community prior to the pandemic. Knowing that Batwa people (a pygmy group forcibly evicted from their homes in the 1990s and scattered across the region) are often hesitant to accept offers of help from outsiders, Nicci approached with some anxiety. She was pleased when they responded with interest and good suggestions about what would be helpful:
Children in the Batwa community in Kisoro now receive medical care from Dr Nicci Maxwell
“Within a fortnight we were up and running.” Nicci now describes the visits as a highlight in her week. This scheme is funded by an Australian church that has long had a heart for Batwa people. Nicci shared with her CMS supporters that five Batwa babies have been safely delivered and more and more children and pregnant women are receiving medical care.
W 6 OCTOBER // GUATEMALA “Pray for people who come to our home for time apart to meet with Jesus and know how much they are loved by him,” write Mark and Rosalie Balfour, who host retreats at their home, Betania, as part of their role of providing pastoral support for Street Kids Direct workers.
Th 7 OCTOBER // BRAZIL Please pray for mission partners Andy and Kati Walsh as they go through CMS mission partner training this autumn and prepare to join Jimmy and Katia Rocks in Florianopolis, where they will be involved in outreach through Vineyard Floripa and teach at New Wine discipleship school.
F 8 OCTOBER // ARGENTINA “The Diocese of Northern Argentina has lost many older leaders in the past two years. Pray for equipping and accompanying of younger men and women for transforming mission in church and community,” write Catherine Le Tissier and Nick Drayson, who coordinate the AMARE women’s organisation and serve as primate of the 4 4 Province of South America respectively.
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A beacon of hope in Olinda As Brazil entered its second wave of COVID-19 in early 2021, shorttermers Becky and Evaldo Reid Rodrigues’s church, O Farol (“The Lighthouse”), opened its doors to the community as a vaccination centre for over two months, seeing about 100 people a day vaccinated. Even though places of worship remained closed, this was a way to use the building as a place of life and hope for the city. With their
pastor Anderson’s agreement, Evaldo spoke to the coordinator of vaccination operations at the Olinda city council, and suggested the church building as a vaccination centre. Within a week, the church was preparing to receive people for their vaccinations and members of the church were signing up to volunteer as stewards, with Evaldo coordinating the schedule. As word spread, more people began coming to O Farol to be vaccinated, and the state news team visited the church twice.
