Many of you have been praying for ECM Britain's wonderful staff member, Astrid Vieru-Huttmann, who has been in hospital since 3 October due to unforeseen complications from some planned surgery. She has been incredibly sick but is now beginning to get better although she is still in hospital (at the time of writing). Thank you to many who have already been praying. Please continue to pray for Astrid to make a full recovery.

Please pray that we settle well into our new home and find spaces for rest, and for our children and family as we navigate significant changes and moments of pressure. Pray for us as we raise support and that, as we share with people in Australia, their hearts would engage more deeply with God’s mission to the nations.

We thank God for our trip to the USA and for the new friendships we have made; may this be for the glory of God! We need much prayer for our mission in Romania (Pro Deus), that God would give us guidance, wisdom and resources to grow the mission and have the greatest impact among Christians and non-Christians! We are involved in biblical training, Christian counselling, and Christian book publishing!

Praise for the 3 teams that have helped with the olive harvest at the Good Samaritan Centre. The sale of the olives gets reinvested into the centre. We have almost completed the renovations but now need to put another 2-metre fence around a field because the deer jump over the existing fences and as they chew the leaves on the olive trees, they spread tuberculosis which harms the trees.

In November I moved from Finland to the Netherlands, hoping to get a rehab place in the Netherlands to recover from post-Covid. Please pray that this may indeed happen.

We are overjoyed to share that we have purchased the property where our guesthouse, Casa Camino Antiguo, is located and where we also meet as a church. The Lord has been faithful and has shown us His love through the generosity of friends and His church in various places. Thank you for your prayers! You are welcome to visit us anytime; the Bizkaia team would love to have you here.

In September 2025 the church building in Desenzano was sold. At the moment we rent a room each week. Please pray for a good dynamic and new younger coworkers.

After years not attending church, but still quietly reading his bible, our youngest announced he was getting baptised in Maastricht!! A is in Maastricht on a university exchange. He began attending church once more in Maastricht and found a home there. He was supposed to be in the USA this year but was denied a visa, so the plans changed. God’s plans are never thwarted. Rejoice with us and praise our Good, good Father.

Praise God for the provision of many mature university students in the ministry this year. Yesterday and today, 24 January, these students will meet to prepare and discuss how to approach the upcoming school semester. Pray this may be a time of mutual encouragement, fellowship and mission-focused preparation.

From today, 23-26 January, we plan to have an information booth at a Christian Music festival called ‘Festival One’. Please pray for many good conversations and follow up afterwards.

Please pray for the pastor from Novica’s hometown. He recently had a cancer operation and received his first chemotherapy. Please pray for his recovery. During January we will have the opportunity to distribute Christmas parcels (shoe boxes) to many children. Please pray for God’s leading and open hearts of children and parents.

We thank God for an amazing year filled with new relationships and many opportunities to share the Gospel. Please pray with us that the seeds planted in 2025 would bear lasting fruit in the months ahead. As we begin 2026, pray for wisdom and clarity as we plan our upcoming outreach programs and seek God’s direction for the ministry. Thank you for standing with us in prayer and support—we are grateful for each of you.

Praise for a time of prayer, listening to God and brainstorming regarding next step for initiating the "enebro project" at the Good Samaritan Centre. Thankful for Steve Steiner (trustee) and Dave who shared their experience and wisdom with us. Pray that the Lord would raise up servants with a heart for those with emotional health problems. Praise for the small group started in Almadén just over the border in Castilla de la Mancha. Pray for Angel and Maria, two Spaniards who coordinate the group.

We are in need of at least one more trustee, so please pray that the Lord would lead us to the right people with the skills that we need on the Board.

Please join us in praying for the week of prayer in Wageningen, from today until 25 January. May many churches take part and may there be an openness to one another and a holy seeking of God together for society.

Please pray for the launch of an inter-church youth event today, 17 January, for Christian young people across Brittany from this denomination. For good speakers to be found, for youth to be encouraged to live out their faith in their everyday contexts where they won't have many Christian friends.

Both ECM Australia and ECM New Zealand have moved their finances to the ECM International office. At the same time as we began the move, the database that both offices used was decommissioned suddenly, so we have both had to transfer to a new database. Please pray for Peter Irvine as he learns each of our systems and processes (thankfully they were both very similar). Pray also for the rest of the ECM Australia and NZ teams as they adapt to a new database and the change in systems this has necessitated.

Praise the Lord for the constant stream of visitors we are getting at the church in Pozoblanco. Pray people would join our small groups where they can be discipled and together share their faith with others.

After more than five years, Ina was able to visit Marseille in May 2025 despite limited mobility. We had many touching moments, and the marketplace ministry in two locations remains vital for Ingrid. Back in Holland, Ina continues to share the Gospel through her daily travels by train and bus. Give thanks for many meaningful encounters. Pray for the spread and impact of the literature. Pray that those we know would come to a living faith in the Lord.

Thank God that after nearly 13 years we’ve been able to move from our old home into a new place just 15 minutes away. We’re grateful for the practical help of many people—we truly felt carried by their love and for the opportunities we’ve had to minister to individuals, groups, and churches and receive encouragement through it all.

Please pray for an evangelistic open small group that we're launching this month. Our hope for this small group is that it might be a place where Christians and non-Christians can become friends, experience deep, regular community and be changed by reading in God’s word. We pray that this format will be fruitful and that these groups can keep multiplying. Please pray for people to be open to join and for a blessed start.

The Mobilisation Leadership Team (MLT) meets at the beginning of each month. During our monthly meetings we discuss procedures, policies and actions that ensure we are all aligned well together and working together. Please pray for ongoing unity and collegiality.

We give thanks to the Lord for the past year, which has been a time of transition. We are truly grateful to have finally secured a home in Spain. Please continue to pray for our language and culture studies.

Thank God he is working in Schwerin-Lankow. Two more women want to get to know more about God and Jesus. Pray that they open their hearts for Him and see Him as their Saviour. Pray also that we can accompany them the way Jesus wants us to do.

Give thanks for the growth in our local English-speaking church. Families and particularly young people are coming on Sundays through word of mouth. Pray for Edgar as part of the leadership team for God to guide this year for what is ahead.