We thank the Lord for His unfailing faithfulness, gentle character, and patient work in our lives. Please pray for unity, protection, and clear direction as Matej continues his apprenticeship, and for our family as we move forward in ministry. Pray for God to provide for every spiritual, financial, and practical need we carry. Also pray that the church and the city of Maribor would experience spiritual growth, maturity, and lasting fruit, and that the students Matej serves would come to know Jesus personally and walk faithfully with him.

Praise God for all the amazing people who have joined my support team to partner with me in the last two months. It looks very likely that I will be able to depart for Romania at the end of March. Please pray for me as I finalise things in New Zealand and sort out my final documents to be ready to leave. Pray for protection and provision.

Praise the Lord for great friendship and the building of community among our neighbours (a group of 15 houses). This has given us opportunities to share the love of Christ with many - 7 attended advent services, a group sang carols with us around a campfire, over 30 came to our annual brunch, one man has been praying with David and is reading his Bible. And now another Christian couple recently moved in. What is God doing here? Please pray.

Please pray that the GBU international group will grow over the next semester; that the international students will begin to attend GBU and their hearts be softened to the gospel. Pray too for fruitful local church ministry to encourage congregations particularly in Rocha Nova church and Community of Grace church plant, and for Rocha Nova church to have evangelistic vision going into the new year.

Please pray for our sons, Jan-Willem and Jack, who will be beginning new studies Fall '26. They need to make choices of schools and programs this spring/early summer. Jack has very difficult entrance exams in April that will open or shut doors for him. Pray for good health, discernment and wisdom.

Today, 6-8 February, we are holding our Greece Cluster Prayer Days. Please pray for encouragement, inspiration, deep fellowship and unity of purpose.

Today February 5, we begin the weekly meetings of our university student ministry in Budapest. This is also the time that we meet many new students who may be arriving in Budapest for a semester (or multiple!). Pray we may be a welcoming, gospel centred community that attracts Christians and explorers alike!

Praise the Lord that all 50 Maasai girls we support returned to school, and that 20 more received the supplies needed to attend public school. These 70 girls are a testimony to God’s goodness and bring Him praise. Ron is helping promote collaborative church planting among the Hispanic church in North America, with a shared vision to see the gospel saturate every nation, including the USA. Please pray that pastors and leaders of all Bible-believing churches would live out the unity Jesus prayed for in John 17, working together to advance God’s Kingdom.

We are thankful for our youth group. Of 8 wonderful people who enjoy being at our home and chilling on our sofas. It is a safe place for them, and a little bit like a warm home, which they do not always have at their own houses. Please pray that they would grow together and get to know God.

Please pray for 2 young Basque women, N + L, who are spending this year in Australia (my home!). Give thanks for this connection that God has brought about and pray that, as they meet my friends, they would experience the Father's love and welcome, and the invitation to life with Him.

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.