Today, 9 May, I will be running a missions table at a 'Missions Day’ in Dunedin. This event is a collaboration of a number of mission organisations. Please pray that I will connect with those attending whom God is calling to serve in Europe. I will be sharing in the services at Hope Church.

In our youth group, there's a Hungarian girl. We'd like to get better contact with her father. Some time ago, he suggested cooking Hungarian food for the youth group. But since then, he's cancelled every time. Please pray that it'll work out, that he'll cook for us and we get good contact with him.

Please pray for our family as we consider moving to northern Spain, asking God to guide us as we begin this new chapter. Pray that we clearly hear His voice and follow His plan every step of the way, and that He provides a home for us in the north. Pray for our older children as well, that they find a place to live in Sevilla while completing their studies. We thank God for the prison ministry Kike is part of: please pray for the man who recently gave his life to Jesus, that he continues to grow in his faith. Also pray for our marriage ministry, that couples would grow, mature, and make healthy, biblical decisions, and for opportunities to counsel non-believers, that they would come to know God.

Today, 6-9 May, we travel to Tuzla, Bosnia, to the Gospel Workers Gathering, with many Balkan Pastors meeting with Pastors from Ireland for encouragement. Please pray. Pray also for Novi Marof evangelism: Saturday mornings children's club and Friday evening church. In April we had a fantastic Easter Quest evangelism for families and some 40 attended. Pray for good follow up.

Please pray for our son, Shaun Cotter, as he underwent major surgery on 30 April. We ask for your prayers for his recovery and for a smooth and speedy healing process.

Pray for Pastor Tomáš Mojžíš and the blossoming multicultural church Remedy in Poděbrady. In a nation where 99% remain unreached, this intergenerational community is a rare beacon of hope. As they outgrow their space, pray for a new, larger building, not just a hall, but a functional hub for ministry. May this foundation stand firm, serving as a vital "Body of Christ" and a lasting spiritual home to transform one of the world’s most secular regions through God’s love.

Please thank God for a good meeting of the International Board together with meetings and workshops with the International Director’s Team, at Heathrow recently. It was great to be encouraged about the work of ECMI missionaries, have productive discussions and workshop time on the Memorandum and Articles review, as voted for at the last General Assembly. Please continue to pray for the International Trustees, for God’s wisdom and direction in all that is done.

Thank God for good conversations at the light exhibition in March! Pray for my preaching on inner lightness and freedom with two paintings of mine on today, 2 May, and for a preaching at an exposition on May 31.

I ask for continued prayers for me and my kids, Emalee, Ethan and Erin, as we grieve the sudden loss of Nina. And also, for me as I continue to navigate all the legal and paperwork requirements. Thank you to all who have prayed, sent cards and other notes.

Please pray for our witness to our neighbours. Praise the Lord: Benji, who lost his job in bizarre circumstances, was exonerated. When he heard the news, he drove straight to a local church to thank the Lord. Uwe and Andrea came to church when David was preaching. Afterwards Linda had a surprisingly open and encouraging conversation with Uwe and he wants to talk more. Please pray for the conversion for these three and for other neighbours.

Our ministry serves women entrapped in prostitution and victims of human trafficking. During this past Easter, we visited brothels with small gifts and shared the message of Easter—the hope and new life that come through Christ. Please continue to pray that the women and men working in these places will hear and remember this message of hope, and that these places of darkness will one day be empty as people find freedom and new life.

Praise God that we have moved and that we are settling in well. Pray for good friendships in our village and contacts in Tübingen. Pray for Verena as she has been quite sick the last days with fever and infected tonsils; she is currently taking antibiotics. Pray for BERG Tübingen (confessional evangelical reformed church) that I can be a great encouragement to the church and that the Lord would continue to build His church.

I'm in Poland! Praise God I arrived here safe and sound and am getting settled into a church that is eager for me to serve among the next generation ministries. Please pray for wisdom as I help lead the Bible study group with university students (in Polish); for growing and stable attendance of students at the Bible study; and for the remaining financial support needed for my time here.

Our annual church retreat started yesterday until 27 April. Please pray that it would be a refreshing and encouraging time together, that God would speak to us through His Word, deepen our fellowship, and that people would leave strengthened, encouraged, and spiritually refreshed.

From today, 25 April, there is an inter-church youth event in Brest (far northwest of France). Do pray for fun, community building, time to connect with one another, meaningful teaching on prayer, youth to engage in worship time, good team dynamics, and safe travel, as some will be traveling for over 3 hours to get there.

We were thankful for our Easter celebrations with the church here in Claremorris. We had our Good Friday service and our Easter Sunday morning service in our new building. Praise God! The youth group will also be having a weekend away from today, 24-26 April, in Co. Donegal. Youth groups from other churches in the West of Ireland will also be meeting together. We give thanks for this.

From today, 23-27 April, the mission organisation I am seconded to, ReachGlobal, will host a 'summit' for supporters and those interested in mission. Pray it may be a great time of mutual encouragement, and that God would stir hearts in people to strongly consider cross-cultural mission, whether in Hungary or elsewhere!

Please pray for Orangefield Church as we prepare to launch a MumCo group; for our Iranian friends, with all that is going on in their country at the moment; for our Afghan friends facing attacks from Pakistan and increasingly harsh Taliban laws for women; and for Noah’s parents visiting, as Hope and Rafael enjoy time with their Grandma and Papi.

Thank God that the painting on the Sea Lilies has been successful! Pray for another painting exposition on speed which starts today April 21,22 and 28,29. Please also continue to pray for God's intervention in Eleisa's life. May God speak to her sons Noah and Levi and Nathan and her daughter Tabatha. May bureaucratic issues be solved.

From today, 20-23 April, it’s the European Member Care Consultation in Italy. Member care practitioners from across Europe, including two from ECM, will be gathering to fellowship, learn, and discuss ways in which to improve member care for missionaries. Please pray for a fruitful conference.

Pray for us as we work through the logistics of developing a project with all the planning, communicating, paperwork and decision making - that we'd be sensitive to God's leading in all of it. Pray for us to be able to find a suitable location to start offering classes and other activities to the migrants of Roquetas. Ideally, we'd love a place with a kitchen and two bathrooms, large front windows and a plaza or space for kids in front!

Please pray for Noah teaching from Jonah at an international student retreat, and for those exploring faith — including an Iranian participant who said the teaching helped her understand the story for the first time; an Iranian believer attending Orangefield and the discipleship course with Suzi helping translate; and Y who attended our evangelism course, that he would remain open and keep asking questions about Jesus.

Please pray for the small groups in our church plant – women’s, men’s and couples’ groups. These groups meet to study Scripture, pray, and walk together in faith. Ask God to grow a deeper love for His Word among participants and to strengthen relationships within the church. Pray that these groups would help believers mature spiritually and encourage one another to follow Christ in their daily lives.

Thank the Lord for the new Chair and Vice-Chair of the SICC Church Council. Pray they will be humble in their roles, unaffected by previous misuse of power by others. That the new Bible Study groups will grow and produce fruit that will last. For Herr S., Frau A. and Frau M. who've got baptised. For our daughter's encouragement: that godly families, with girls her age, settle into SICC.

Our son Shaun has finished his chemotherapy for his oesophageal cancer, and sometime in April he will have major surgery to remove his oesophagus and lift his stomach to take its place. Please pray for a successful operation and for quick recovery.