Today I get married to Xavi, a Catalan guy who started coming to our little church plant in Catalonia. Praise God for the gift of marriage. Pray for us as we start life together: for communication (we speak in my 3rd language) and for Christ to always be the centre. Pray that it won't rain (it's outside), that the technology works (we're sharing it on YouTube as my parents and many others are unable to fly out to Spain).

The Andersons and the Mortons will be representing the work of ECM and the needs of Europe at the annual missions’ week at Liberty University from September 28 to 2 October. Pray that God would call those he wants to serve in Europe from the on-campus student body of 16,000.

From 3–4 October, please pray for Al as he preaches in Alexandroupoli, northeast Greece, and spends time encouraging and supporting the young pastor there and his family. Please also pray for Rachel as she helps out with MumCo at Kypseli Church in Athens. Pray for Rachel and the team as they reach out to mums in the local community, that this ministry will be a source of encouragement, friendship and support.

We were pleased to be able to facilitate both a month-long sabbatical in Portugal for a Welsh pastor called Jason in the spring and a short-term placement to Greece this summer for a young British woman called Rebekah. Please pray for another young woman, Rosie, as she spends two months in France this autumn and for other young (and not so young) people to respond to God's prompting to spend some time in ministry in Europe.

It is always encouraging to run the Foundations Course. In August we had 11 participants, most of whom are in their first year or two on the field – in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Germany and Poland. Thank you for praying for these people as they continue language learning and begin ministry.

Please continue to pray for our neighbours following the death of Elfi (89 years old). May the Lord continue to use David’s words at the funeral to draw people to himself. Walter is 96, frail and has just lost his wife of 69 years. Understandably he is very lost.

Praise God for the opportunity to run the Emotionally healthy spirituality course. We had a really engaged group with up to seven different languages represented. Pray for Hope as she goes back to school and Rafael as he starts preschool.

Pray for our MCE-Iberoamérica team as we strengthen our mobilisation work and seek to see people respond to God’s call to mission in Europe. In October, we will host a ‘Come & See’ experience, bringing people to meet missionaries, see what God is doing and discern how He may be inviting them to participate. We long to see men and women say yes to God and go where workers are few, so that more people across Europe may encounter the hope and transforming love of Jesus.

I will be on a ‘semi-sabbatical' for the rest of the year. After 15+ yrs with ECM I have been feeling somewhat weary, and so I will be taking some time for rest and refreshment. I will continue to serve ECM NZ two days a week in order to maintain ECM NZ, but I won’t be taking on any new speaking engagements or responsibilities during this time. Please pray that this will truly be a time of rest and refreshment for me.

Do join with us in thanking God that some asylum seekers have been to the international church here recently, welcomed prayer afterwards, and one is reading a Bible. Pray they will begin to discover the amazing love of God.

Please pray for a new service opportunity in Gdańsk, Poland, a vibrant city welcoming refugees from around the globe. At the centre of this work is Revelation Church, an international community founded by Nikolay, a refugee from Ukraine. Because he knows what it means to lose everything, his church has a unique heart for welcoming the stranger. We are searching for a "Gateway Missionary"—an individual or family called to help turn this church into a true home for those starting over.

Please pray for people who are suffering from depression and do not manage to come out of their flats. Sometimes it is difficult to be able to make a contact with them. And I personally feel sometimes helpless. But I know that God loves this people and wants to help them.

We continue to look for a location for rent where we can open our Ministry Centre, Rincón de Luz. Finding an adequate place within the community has been challenging. We're thankful we have all the approvals we need and are able to invite people to partner with us. Pray for the final logistics of how we can receive this support and for God to raise up a team of partners and intercessors.

Pray for this new term with the different ministries starting back after the summer break. Today, Sunday 20 September, we will celebrate the church 10 years Birthday with church family and having a church lunch together. Praise God for his Faithfulness.

Please pray for the inter-church youth event today Saturday 19 September, for youth to be encouraged and built up in their faith, to build connections and have fun. Pray for good working together in the organisational team and for spiritual protection.

Asier, our younger son starts his final year at Exeter University in September. He has just finished his Erasmus year in Maastricht and in finding other young Christians in an international church, attended and was baptized. Your prayers for his ongoing journey of faith back in Exeter would be appreciated, that he will find a community where he can continue to grow.

Please pray for God’s help for us to disciple new believers well. Pray that God will form our open small group kicking off again in September and lead the right people to us. Praise God with us for a good pregnancy for Maddie so far and that we have already reached the third trimester. Please pray that the baby is healthy and stays inside until full term. Please pray for Sami's preparations for a sermon in September on the parable of the prodigal son and that God speaks through him.

In Spain work and school life starts the year in September after a hot and holiday August. For Edgar and the 2 executive ECM Spain leaders, September sees the process of applying, interviewing, locating to existing teams and projects for several new missionaries to Spain. Prayers for wisdom, discernment and clear communication valued.

In the second half of the month, we will restart the ministry towards families with neurodivergent people. We have invited a very well-known and appreciated neuropsychologist at Rovereto to speak about what it means to belong to such a family. Pray that it will be helpful to those who attend, that it will bring more people to the normal meetings, and that there will be opportunities for a good witness even though it will not be an explicitly Christian meeting.

The European Freedom Network Board will be holding meetings in Albania later in September. Please pray for wisdom, guidance and courage to make bold decisions about anti-human trafficking in Europe.

Please pray for candidates Stuart and Cathy Dennis, empty nesters planning to serve in Germany from later this year. Having finished their respective jobs, they are now spending time raising support, selling or renting their house, and working on preparations such as visas, DBS and safeguarding training. Today, 13 September, is their commissioning service at their home church in Weymouth with family and friends, so we pray this is a special time for them all and especially for Stuart and Cathy as they continue with their preparations.

Jim and Usha will be travelling to Latvia tomorrow, 13-21 September, in their roles as Co-Regional Directors for Lausanne Europe. They will be meeting with leaders of different denominations and Christian organisations over the week and working towards the creation of a Latvian national Lausanne Movement. Yet Jim has often found these visits also open up partnership conversations for ECM. So pray that God would guide these conversations, forge key relationships, and foster unity and collaboration both for Lausanne and ECMI in a country where we are currently not working.

Please pray for the upcoming church conference at Kamp Timok, on the theme “The just shall live by faith.” Pray that it will be a special time of fellowship, friendship and encouragement for believers from the south of the country, and that newcomers attending for the first time will be touched as they hear the Word of God.

I was recently in the Netherlands for nerve root treatment on my lower spine. Please pray that the treatment has gone well and will reduce the pain in my back and legs, making sitting easier. This month I’m checking the Inari-Saami translation of the Jesus Messiah picture book, so please pray that the treatment enables me to work comfortably at my computer. Please also pray for my return to Finland, today 10-12 September.

Please pray for Beatriz and Isabela, who at 17 will begin biblical seminary studies at Palavra da Vida in Hungary in September 2026. Pray for God’s protection and the Holy Spirit’s guidance as they begin this new season, growing in grace and wisdom. Please pray for our journey to Hungary as we take our daughters, and for us as we adjust to this new season of ministry with them living far away. Pray also for our physical health. Please pray for spiritual revival in our church, and for wisdom and effective ways to share the Gospel with the Portuguese people.