2012 Teams - please pray!

Mission International is sending three teams during the summer of 2012.

1. Burundi/Rwanda
2. Haiti
3. Ghana

All of our teams will be travelling to serve alongside Mission International partners in what will be difficult circumstances.   

Burundi/Rwanda:

The Burundi team are predominantly a Mission Medics team, Hugh Henderson (MI director) will also be involved in church leadership training in Burundi and as the Mission Medics element of the team return home he will continue on to spend time with partners in Cyangugu in Rwanda.

Haiti:

Our base location in Haiti is in the city of Ouanaminthe, where teams will serve amongst an urban poor community developing ministry amongst some of Haiti's poorest people.

Ghana:

The village of Zuarungu (Near Bolgatanga) in the NE sector of Ghana.   The work we have been doing there with our partners is to help develop a new health centre and a school.   

Pray for the teams planning process!

Teams are planned during July & August 2012 to Burundi, Haiti and India and if interest increases, to Ghana and Kenya too.

If you would like to be part of a team in 2012 please visit our www.mission-teams.org website, where you will find a lot of information and application forms too.

Pray for us!

Mission International needs prayer all the time.   We are working in areas where we face, along with those we support who are personally going through it in the developing world, many difficulties.   These may seem insignificant at times for those of us who live in the relative security of the west, however they do take their toll.

One big challenge we face happens on an almost daily basis.   Almost every day we receive requests from someone in the world who is asking for help.   They may ask for some support in providing a water well for their community, or they may ask for a Bible or other study materials.   They may ask for a team to go and help them share God's Word in their communities.  Whatever it is they ask for our biggest challenge is to let them down gently as we say "no, I'm sorry we just don't have the funding, the resources or the personnel to help at the moment".

Of course there are many to whom we say yes!   Our supporters and donors work hard and give well to help us to say yes more times than ever before, however when the 'no answer' is the only one available then it causes us great sadness.

Please pray that God provides us with funding, personnel and resources in such a way that we can extend what we are doing so well in the places we already work, to other new projects around the world.

Thank you for praying for us

Hugh Henderson
Director

Please pray for our summer teams!

Pastor Tom Opiyo - Pakistan Trip

Pastor Tom Opiyo has been invited to go to Pakistan to share the Good News there.   This trip is a wonderful opportunity for him, however it is not without danger.   In recent days the minister who is responsible for minority groups within Pakistan and a Christian was shot dead in his car near his home.

Please pray for pastor Tom as he makes this trip and for the many Pakistani Christians who are now facing a very uncertain future.

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Items for prayer:

Please pray for us!
All of us at Mission International are grateful for those who pray for us on a regular basis.   We agree that our ministry  and service would not be successful if you were not praying for us.

News & Announcements:
We post items on the News & Announcements page on a regular basis and so if you need to be kept up to date with regard to prayer, this would be a good place to begin.

Teams:
The recruitment, training and deployment of mission teams is a central part of the work that we do.   Please pray for quality hard-working team members to apply and pray for those to whom we minister, that God would meet with them and prepare them for His service.   Please also for our safety as we travel and minister in often difficult circumstances.

Contact us:
If you would like to let us know you are praying regularly or would like to ask a question on the work in which we are involved, please contact us on mail@mission-international.org

New Year 2011

It is at this time of year that our minds turn to the future and to what God wants of us as the New Year unfolds.   It is true to say that God has been good to us in 2010 and we can be sure that His grace and favour is promised in the new year too.
Part of our service to the Lord is to pray.   It is often the most difficult area of a Christian's life, making time to pray, knowing what to pray about and identifying God's will and purpose for our lives.   We can be sure that if we pray God will speak to us and will guide us for the future.
As the new year opens and as 2011 progresses we would appreciate your prayers for the work in which we are involved.

• Evangelism - Our mission teams make every effort to share the Good News about Jesus wherever they go.  The environment is not always easy to cope with but the commitment is there to allow often un-reached people groups to know of the great love of Jesus.
• Discipleship - Jesus calls us to be disciples and to make disciples.   This call is so necessary in the developing world where resources for pastors and church leaders are so limited.   Please pray that we can help resource in terms of teaching as well as in terms of literature to give local pastors the necessary materials to serve and teach in their churches.
• Projects - Supporting the poor through small, medium and large projects is key to our purpose as we obey God's call to the world.   The funding required to provide a small income generating project or a large dwelling, medical, training or educational resource is so necessary to bring infrastructure and also hope to communities in great need.  Please pray that God makes a way for us to provide what is necessary in support of poor and needy communities around the world.

Please let us know if you are praying for us.   If you would like a representative of Mission International to come to speak about our work in your locality we would be delighted to discuss this with you. 

Teams summer 2010

Please pray for 2010 summer Mission Teams:

During July and August of 2010 there are proposed teams to Burundi, Kenya and India, then a further school team in October 2010. Please pray with us that God allows us to achieve great things as a result of these teams. Many of those who participate have little experience of a Christian team of any kind and so we would ask that you would pray for God to touch and challenge all concerned.

Please also pray that our teams are filled up and that those who are seeking support to fund their trip will be suitably provided for.

To find out more on Mission International teams please click here.

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Mission Team - Burundi 2009!

Pray for the Burundi Team:
A team of 15 people will head out to Burundi on 14th July to support our partners in Burundi Rema Ministries. The team comprises a dentist, a doctor and three further medics, young people and older people and will be involved in medical/dental practice as well as evangelism, youth and children's work and training for church leaders.

Please pray for:

• Safe Travel from Scotland via Amsterdam, Nairobi to Bujumbura and within Burundi for the period of 2-3 weeks.
• The many who will come for medical/dental treatment that the practitioners will have the energy to treat those who come and the wisdom to know how to proceed in difficult circumstances.
• Those team members who have not been to Africa before that they are not too seriously affected by culture shock.
• The many who will come to hear the Gospel that they may decide to follow Jesus and that their lives will be dramatically changed.
• Those who give testimony, perform songs and drama and who preach will find God's inspiration to share appropriate material.
• That the Rema team (MI Partners) will benefit and be blessed by the team experience too.
• A positive and safe experience for everyone involved.

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Wedding excitement in Burundi:

Pray for Esther & Gervais as they marry:

Gervais Nyandwi a member of the Rema team is to marry Esther Donaldson a Mission International supporter and team member, in Bujumbura Burundi on the 18th of July 2009. Please pray that their arrangements go well and that the whole day is a blessing to everyone involved.

Please keep a look out and we will try to get some photos of the big day posted up for everyone to see.

Carr Family return from Burundi:

Please pray for the Carr family:
Charles & Val Carr and their three boys have recently returned from Burundi to start the next stage of their lives together in Lancaster, England. Val has already acquired a position at Lancaster University and the three boys are all safely ensconced in school, Charles however is still seeking a position where he can best use and develop his many skills in building and the use of CAD.

A church to call Home:
The family are presently seeking a place of worship too. They have visited some of the local churches already and would like to find a 'home' church which is focused on the family and local and international mission.

If you would like to see what the family have bee doing in Burundi during 2008/09 then please follow the Hope Centre Burundi link here. Please also pray for the continuation and completion of this project.

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Teams Training Day - this weekend!

30th May '09 - Teams training Day:

Please pray for those who will be attending the Teams training Day to be held near Edinburgh on Saturday 30th May.

The 15 member team will get together to learn about their trip and how to deal with some of the issues they are likely to encounter. The team ranges in age from 16 years old to those in their 70s. The team will be involved in primarily evangelism and support to the church, children's ministry and project work.

Please pray that all of the travel arrangements work out for the trip and that as we go god will really bless us as we obey and serve Him.

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Carrs return to the UK!

Return to Blighty!

Please pray for Charles & Val Carr and their family as they return to the UK. The family have spent 10 months in Burundi serving at the Mission International project The Hope Centre. Charles & Val have done a wonderful job planning, building and managing the project from the ground up, they have seen every brick made and laid and have also helped with the fundraising and raising the profile of the project and that of Mission International.

Mission International is so grateful for the selfless way in which this family has gone and served in a strange country and culture. Please pray for them as they begin their new life in Lancaster in England.

If you would like to contribute to the work still going on in the Hope Centre in Burundi please clik here.

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Pray for Christians in Pakistan:

Churches burned and Christians murdered in Pakistan:
News recently received by Mission International from contacts in Pakistan relate stories of Muslims meeting out cruel abuses on Christians and churches in the Punjab region. Under reporting by local press agencies and the fact that Government agencies have largely ignored the plight of the Christians and the crimes of those carrying out the abuses is further evidence that Pakistan is in a crisis.The recent reports received claim that churches have been burned down and many Christians have been killed, in particular young men, although some reports detail rape and murder of young women.

Appeal:
Mission International intends to send financial support to Pakistan to help purchase basics like food, clothing and shelter for those whose homes and churches have been sacked. If you are able to help by supporting this endeavour please donate by clicking here or donate to 'Pakistan Appeal' via PayPal at the top right of this page.

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Pastor Emmy Nnyanzi - Malaria:

Please pray for Pastor Emmanuel Nnyanzi:

Pastor Nnyanzi, the founder of Parental Care Ministries in Mbarara, Uganda has fallen sick with a bout of malaria, one of Africa's most dangerous and widespread diseases. Please pray that he makes a full recovery and that the ministry there is not adversely affected by his being away from work.

To see information on the work carried out by Parental Care Ministries click here and here.

Resurrection Day celebration!

City Centre Christian Event:
The Caird Hall, Dundee will be the venue for one of Scotland's biggest Church events of the year. Resurrection Day '09 takes place on Easter Sunday at 5.30PM. The Caird's side hall (The Marryatt Hall will host a Ministries Fayre with stands and displays by many of the city's and country's Christian ministries.

Mission International will be there with an all new display, please come and visit us an hour before or and hour after the main event.

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Burundi summer team:

Burundi team - Prayer points:

• Fundraising for team member as they find their fares and raise funds for projects in Burundi.
• The medics on the team as they resource medicines and equipment.
• Pray that the team will be spiritually prepared.
• Travel and health issues throughout team deployment
• REMA team Burundi that their planning and preparation will go well.
• That those we work with and minister too will be blessed by God.
• Many will have their lives positively changed as a result of the team experience.
• Team members will return having been positively affected by their experience.

Joshua arrives safe and well:

Dear Friends
We give God thanks and praise as today (22nd of November) at 11.55am (3.55pm UK time) we welcomed into the world Joshua Alexander Holt
Cabrera (length 53cm, weight 3.6kg). Both Joshua and Claudia are doing fine after the surgery/delivery. Emma and Sara are not too sure
what to make of their new wee brother yet but were fascinated when they came to see him. Many thanks for all your prayers and messages of
support and encouragement. Claudia hopes to get home tomorrow afternoon so please pray for a good recovery.
In Him
Kenny, Claudia, Emma, Sara & Joshua

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Holt baby on the way:

Dear Friends Just a quick update on Claudia and the baby. Unless the baby comes by himself in the next 24 hours, the Doctors have scheduled a Cesarean to be carried out on Saturday (3.30pm UK time). The baby is doing fine but there are certain indicators that suggest that an intervention in the pregnancy would be preferred. Some of you may know that the 22nd is also Claudia’s birthday so this will be a lovely birthday present (apart from being operated on that is!). She is a bit anxious about the operation so I would ask that you pray for peace for Claudia throughout all of this. Please also pray for wisdom for the Doctors and a healthy and safe delivery for Mummy and baby. I hope to have some more news for you over the weekend. Thank you for all your prayers and words of encouragement. We give God thanks for you all and the wonderful knowledge of friends around the world praying for us as a family, particularly Claudia and the baby at this time. Love in the Lord Kenny & Claudia