Our number 1 prayer request at the moment is that the Lord would provide us a place in Tübingen. It is extremely hard to find anything. However, we know that the Lord often provides in the 11th hour.

We give thanks as we celebrated our 9th Birthday with Calvary Church Claremorris. We are nearing our final stages with the building and hope to sign off soon with the legal phase. Pray as we get to know some new people who have come along to church. For the ladies as Nicola meets up with many of them from week to week.

Mid last month there was an after-church picnic for the sister churches at Rovereto and Trento. It has been a long time since we have done something together and it had to be postponed twice in the past year due to bad weather or other commitments. Give thanks for the wonderful time of fellowship together, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones, and pray that we will be able to repeat it in Spring.

Please pray for the home office staff working for the ECM Britain section as they have a team day together today 29 October. As the majority work park-time and/or remotely, we are trying to have a day together every quarter to get to know each other better, to build on the unity of the team, and support each other in prayer. Please pray particularly for Astrid with her ongoing cancer treatment.

This month we are running workshops to help enable our church members to tell their story with Jesus to non-Christians in a relevant and authentic way. Please pray for us to run these workshops well and that what people learn might bear gospel fruit.

Pray for us in the Varaždin, Novi Marof and Sesvete churches, that we minister well (preaching, leading worship and encouraging everybody), that new people come and become Christians. Pray also for our neighbours, especially 4 couples who we visit and witness to, that they open their hearts to Jesus.

We give thanks for our Mental Health Seminar in September with church. The title was Finding Peace Amidst Anxiety. It involved a psychiatrist and psychologist from church as well as Colin as pastor. Pray that those who attended might know real help for their anxiety and real hope in peace of Jesus, including those who may be searching spiritually. Pray for wisdom for other topics.

We are praising the Lord for the restart of week meetings at the church. Children and youth ministry on Fridays will continue regularly. Pray for less pressure against children and teenagers because of their coming to the meetings. A special prayer is needed for the teenagers to come to Sunday Services. Peer pressure and hindrances from the families are quite strong. Pray for young adults to continue going to churches wherever they go out of Kosovo, as they leave the country for "a better life".

We are starting a new season at Shalom House with a new member. We are thankful for the past year’s spiritual growth and answered prayers. Please pray for boldness and stepping out in ministries, leading and sharing God’s story with our friends.

From today, 23-26 October, it’s the Spanish Field Prayer Days. Please pray for this large field (about 60 missionaries plus children), held in Valencia. May we leave having encountered Jesus in a very real way.

Please pray for the health of my body and the strengthening of my emotions in Christ.

Thank God for one teenage girl who went with us to the summer camp. Afterwards, she said that people in the camp talked a lot about God, but she did not understand what that means. Please pray that God would talk to her heart in the way she can understand. Because He can!

Letters inviting tenders from hotels are being sent out now. Please pray that some hotels with suitable accommodation, conference, seminar and children’s rooms respond, and at an attractive price. Please pray that it would be possible to visit suitable hotels in the autumn to assess them.

We are launching a basketball league in Piotrków, where we are planting a church. The league will feature six teams (ages 17+) sponsored by local businesses, directly involving companies in the project. Alongside the games, we will host alcohol-prevention sessions for teens and inter-school competitions like Hype Games. Our goal is to unite local government, businesses, schools, and families. From October through April, we will host eight events to build community, encourage healthy relationships, and share the gospel.

I ask for prayers regarding career direction. I recently resigned from my position at Seraph and am currently unemployed. I am praying for trust in God's plan and peace to wait on Him. Nina has been so supportive, and I am thankful to have a godly wife to support me in the unknown.

Pray for Monica Petrini starting in the role of admin at ECM Australia: a steep learning curve and all those acronyms. For Peter Irvine taking on the finances of ECM Australia. For ECM Australia as we transition with new staff and new procedures and for Rod and Abby Bishop as they leave ECM Australia. Thanks for the commitment and hard work, prayer for the new chapter ahead.

From today until 19 October, some 130 or so leaders from 30 national Lausanne movements will be gathering in Cullera, in Valencia, Spain. Jim and Usha are the Co-Regional Directors for Lausanne Europe, and this gathering will seek to foster and encourage collaboration both within and between countries. Pray for safe travel, for God to speak, and for real collaborative action to result from the gathering.

We give all glory to God for our church‘s 5th Birthday Party! Please pray for more workers and the numbers in the church grow.

We are thankful for the improvements that have been carried out at the house and for the funds provided for the many tasks that needed to be done in order to start a new ministry at the Good Samaritan. Please pray with us for coworkers. We have service opportunities for housekeeper and maintenance worker as well as for a couple with experience of working with those suffering with anxiety and depression. Pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out labourers in His harvest field.

From 12-19 October I will be attending a residential week of training for the start of my second year of a Spiritual Direction Course in Málaga. Pray that as God speaks I would hear and respond to Him. May I learn more about this discipline and may my relationship with God grow deeper and closer over the course of the week.

Today October 12, Portugal holds local elections. As residents, we are allowed to vote, even though not Portuguese citizens. Please would you pray for Mouranenses (and, indeed, all those eligible) to vote, and to vote wisely for the common good and not out of selfish interest.

Praise the Lord for the support of a group of women in Macherio, my hometown, who have helped me bring my personal exhibition to life, taking place from 11-26 October. Please pray for me as I prepare: my paintings, the poems accompanying each piece, a booklet combining my watercolours and poems and, above all, my speech for the vernissage today, 11 October. May visitors be deeply touched by the Holy Spirit. Please continue to pray for Eleisa’s family, especially for her son Noah.

I would like to ask for prayer for today, 10-12 October. Our university student group will have our annual 'Fall Retreat', where we leave Budapest and spend 3 days together hearing from God's word, worshipping him and spending time together over food and activities. We will be hearing from the book of 1 John over 4 sessions. Pray that students will be challenged, grow in their faith and re-enter the city in boldness for the gospel throughout the campuses of Budapest.

Pray that the Lord would provide us with suitable housing in Tübingen and open doors when I begin with the BERG church. Pray also for Jared's health; he has had continual digestive problems over the last years. Pray for us as a family that we would stay close and faithful to Jesus as Satan loves to destroy workers.

Please pray for the students in Dan's Fundamentals of Doctrine 1 class at Spain's Evangelical School of Theology. Pray their study of God's Word draws them closer to Him.