Prayer Requests
Please pray for this specific needs from scholars, graduated scholars, staff, board members, and supporters of John Stott Ministries and Langham Partnership International.
May 2012
Thank you for your prayers for the work of Langham Preaching around the world. Here are some items for prayer and thanksgiving for this week – a little busier than usual!
Vanuatu: from Monday to Thursday the local facilitators will meet on the island of Espirito Santo (Holy Spirit) - up to 18 men and women, with Andy Shudall facilitating. Please pray for LP country coordinator Philip Baniuri, as it is very difficult to contact people on the islands, and pray for people to arrive safely and enjoy much blessing, challenge and growth in understanding, so that God's Word can increasingly speak to the people of Vanuatu.
Nigeria: please pray for the Level 2 regional event, held in Ekpoma, Edo State, from Monday to Friday this week. This is for the 50 or more pastors who attended the Level 1 last year. Please pray for the facilitators, Daniel Ogundayo, Akila Adamu, Solomon Makun, Mike Adegbile and Raphael Okafor. LP coordinator Emeka Egbo asks: ‘Please pray that the Word of God will grip the hearts of the participants and that they will leave the conference eager to put to practice what they are learning.’
West Malaysia: this week a Level 1 & 2 event takes place in West Malaysia (with some East Malaysians attending too). Please pray for the facilitators, Paul Barker, Neil Watkinson, Mike Raiter and Wei-Han Kuan. Please pray for more participants to attend, and for participants to grasp quickly the foundations of expository preaching. Give thanks for two strong preaching clubs operating since last year.
Colombia: this week, from Tuesday to Friday, there is a training of trainers event at Covenas, Colombia. Facilitators include Jorge Atienicia and Jonathan Lamb, and please also pray for the country coordinator, Dionisio Orjuela. This is the fourth seminar for the first Langham Colombia group, which began in 2009. Dionisio writes: ‘We are expecting a group of 70 participants, who have been faithful members of their small groups. Pray that, as a result of this seminar, new initiatives will multiply. May the Word of God flow throughout all Colombia, and may this bring deep transformation in the churches and throughout society.’
Ecuador: on Wednesday and Thursday this week LP facilitator Alex Chiang will visit the groups in Guayaquil and Quito. This is a follow-up visit to help the coordinators of the small groups, and to motivate all those who are taking part in the training process. Please pray for renewed strength and wisdom for Alex, and a good response from the participants in both cities.
Zambia: there are about 25 pastors gathering from this Thursday to Saturday for Level 1 training in Kaoma, which is in Western Zambia. Conrad Mbewe will be one of the trainers, together with Chipita Sibale. Conrad writes: ‘The Lusaka preachers group will be seeing this as a further effort to start another preachers group. We've started two others in Lusaka, but this will be the first one outside the capital city.’
Zimbabwe: next Saturday will see the start of the 2012 monthly Langham training events, every first Saturday of the month from May until December. LP facilitator John Bell writes: ‘We expect many new people to come in at Level 1 and we have a total of 4 levels undergoing training at the same time. Please pray for good initial interest and for the facilitators, that they will be well prepared and enthuse the students! We are short a couple of facilitators for the opening meeting, so need special prayer. Also pray for 3 new pastors who will be working as understudies of the facilitators with a view to them developing into trainers themselves. Our desire next year is to take the training to other cities in the country.’
Kenya: a refresher event is happening next weekend, and so please pray for LP coordinator Mercy Ireri as she plans and runs this. ‘One of the objectives of this Refresher is to plan our first ever Regional Level 2, which will take place in the Eastern Region. For now, we ask for prayer that every planning detail will go well, and that the Refresher will greatly benefit the local facilitators as we practice our teaching skills.’
Benin: a word of thanks from LP facilitator Emile Houedanou and the team, following their refresher seminar last Saturday. Please pray for the plans made for de-centralizing the training, moving to the interior of the country, and for the local facilitators to be motivated for this new mission!
Thank you for your prayers!
