Continue to pray for South Africa after looting and riots and for how communities are coming together to clean up and rebuild. Give thanks that churches were allowed to open last Sunday for people to meet in person.
NetACT partner colleges are keen to make greater use of the portal but Fraser is still struggling to update one NetACT site with a new and improved version of the software. He also faces a couple of sensitive and challenging issues requiring wisdom, tact, courage, one concerning attitudes amongst NetAct colleagues of different backgrounds, and the other with church in Wellington and the attitude and hang-ups of another person in leadership.
Prisons are still closed to spiritual workers. Pray for men who struggle to follow Jesus with no other encouragement and those tempted to return to gangs to be protected. It’s always challenging to be released after a long prison sentence but in these days especially so.
Dawn asks for wisdom as she meets someone who believes all sorts of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.
A couple at church live by a river in Wellington where many people sleep rough. They are generous and try to show God’s love but have been robbed many times, often by those they’ve previously helped. It’s a terribly stressful situation in which to live. Pray for protection for them.
Edwin and Mbulelo were released in July, need to join a Bible teaching church, be loving and patient as they rebuild relationships, and be protected against the temptations to return to their old ways.