It looks like we have our first team members here in 11 years! Praise the Lord. Please pray for Stuart and Cathy as they prepare to join us in September. Another young woman will also be joining our church. She needs accommodation and work; please pray for her.

Please pray for the GBU Coimbra international group. It is opening doors to connect with lots of students from different countries, and to share the gospel with them. Please pray for gospel fruit through this work. Please also pray for our international group at Coimbra university, specifically for the Portuguese conversation group and English bible studies.

In the wintertime we have been at the playground every Friday to get in contact with the people in our area. It was very cold and almost no-one came out. But now the sun is shining and the birds are singing. Many parents and children are on the playground. Please pray that God would bless this season and give us lots of good connections.

Pray in thanksgiving for Pastor Jason Wilkins from Wales, who served with us for a month on mission in the interior of Portugal. Pray for our trip to Brazil (March 21–April 13). Pray for Isabela’s health, that her hidradenitis suppurativa may be healed and no more surgeries needed. Pray for the growth of the church in Mora, that Portuguese hearts would be open to the Gospel, and for those we are discipling to grow strong in faith. Pray also for the sending of Beatriz and Isabela to the Word of Life Bible Institute in Hungary, September 2026.

Today, April 4, in the evening we will have a special Easter service for guests. Pray that they may be touched by the message and the time together. Please also pray for a young Nigerian mum with two little kids. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and metastasises. Every day of life is a miracle, and we still pray that God will intervene. Pray for strength for her husband and the kids and that also people around her get touched by her faith and testimony. Please pray for us for new strength and health.

I will be attending the Belgrave Easter Convention from today, 3- 6 April. I will be ‘manning’ a stand alongside many other mission reps and sharing on stage for 90 seconds! In between all the teaching sessions and workshops, I will be engaging with participants and sharing opportunities to serve in global missions. Pray for wisdom and discernment as I meet with the people God leads to the stand. Pray they will obey the Holy Spirit’s prompting, and take the first step towards mission, as God leads.

Please pray for our Easter programmes in each of our three churches. Pray for visitors and commitments to Jesus. In Novi Marof on Easter Saturday, we will do an open-air evangelism show for families. Stephen will act Peter and Tabita as Mary, all dressed up and in full oratory mode as we seek to form the Novi Marof church plant. May the Lord help us dramatically and the people spiritually! We are encouraged, praise God. Pray for the regular Novi Marof Saturday children's evangelistic club and Friday evening evangelistic meetings

Continue to pray for the New Zealand/Australia retreat at Rovereto in Italy, with 105 people meeting including 40 field missionaries and 40 children. It finishes today with dinner in a pizzeria all together. Give thanks for this opportunity to meet together and pray that all may be refreshed and encouraged and so ready to head back to their ministries around Europe. Pray also for good travelling for everyone as they leave tomorrow morning.

Please pray for a mission team coming from today, 31 March - 6 April, for safe travel, spiritual protection, for mutual encouragement, for God's kingdom to come.

Please pray for the preparation for our Easter creative courses. For the rooms we need and that we can be a blessing for the participants. For new physical and spiritual strength as whole church.

From today, March 29 to April 2, almost 100 people from the New Zealand and Australia Mobilisation Teams (including 37 field missionaries and 7 candidates, with 38 children) will be gathering at Rovereto. Give thanks for this opportunity to spend time with similar thinking people. Pray that the travelling will be easy for all, that everyone would have an edifying, encouraging, relaxing and fun time together, and that they will be helped in their future ministry as a result.

Please give thanks for handing over the leadership of the Free Baptist Church Burgum which we planted five years ago. Thankful for over a hundred people that are led by capable elders. Please pray for wisdom the pastoral search committee which is in charge of appointing a new Pastor. Pray for Kees as he transitions further into his new role with ECM Netherlands.

In November you joined us in praying for a first job for Gabiel our older son. He got a good job in PWC which allowed him to start working. He loved this job. Unexpectedly, he was offered another wonderful job 2 months in, with a company in financial consultancy and he accepted to start right away. He was able to negotiate a later starting date for his new job, allowing him to finish an important project before moving on. His PWC small team were so happy with his short stay, they offered him an open door should he wish to return in the future. Finishing well was on Gabriel’s heart and God honoured that. Thank you for your prayers.

The ECMI Trustees are meeting for in-person meetings and workshops at Heathrow from today, 26-28 March. Please pray for wisdom in decision making at the Board Meeting and insight and good engagement in the workshops and in the report and update sessions with the International Director’s Team. Please pray that the Trustees will be sensitive to the prompting and leading of the Lord.

Please continue to pray for our son Shaun Cotter (also a trustee for ECM NZ) who has a tumour in his oesophagus. If all goes well, he will finish his fourth round of chemo at the end of February, and March is a month of recovery for him before he has surgery in April. Please pray that he recovers well. Murray and I will be in Europe for the whole of March, so please pray for good travel, and great conversations with everyone we meet up with.

Please pray with us as we thank God for His faithfulness, goodness, and constant presence in our lives. Pray that the student group would grow in unity, spiritual maturity, and a deeper experience of God’s love. Ask God to grant boldness, wisdom, and open hearts for evangelisation among students. Please also pray for peace, healing, and unity within our family, and for continued growth in God’s Word and strength to live faithfully in Christ’s love.

We invite you to pray for our guest house, Casa Camino Antiguo, as the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage season begins at Easter. We already have many reservations for the season and want to offer hospitality to the pilgrims born from the love of Jesus. May their hearts be touched and may they receive Jesus into their lives. May both the volunteers and we as a team here be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and show the grace and love of the Lord to those who pass through our guest house.

This is my first time sharing here, so thank you for your patience. I’d like to ask for prayers for the latest developments at MCE-Iberoamérica. Our new director is serving as director-elect while raising support in the U.S. for the mission. We also praise God for recent milestones, including the formation of our executive team. We welcome Lucas Pedro as Coordinator of Communications and Donor Relations, bringing strong experience in marketing, graphic design, and a spirit of service. We also give thanks for Ludmila Andrade, a labour lawyer and grant-writing specialist, who joins us as Grant Writer and Compliance Officer.

Please pray for our youth and student away day today, 21 March. It is a chance for young people from across the country to come together for Bible teaching and fellowship. Please pray that these connections would be strengthened, and that the young people would learn what it means to grow in their faith as we look at the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5.

Our church plant community is having its first retreat from today, March 20-22, so please pray that it would be a meaningful and transformative experience for all. Also B.J. is leading a group of Spanish-speaking men through an online version of the Wild at Heart Experience, a 6-session expedition into God's design for the masculine heart and our stories. These men previously have never met, so please pray that the Father would meet us all in our sessions and that Jesus would begin or continue His rescue and restoration in our stories as we journey together.

Today I will be attending Mission Reps Day at Ridley Bible College in Melbourne. Please pray for fruitful engagement, particularly with students who are thinking about global missions.

It’s our opening and Celebration for Calvary Church Claremorris which is this Saturday, 21 March. Please join us in prayer as we give thanks to God for our new building. This will be a time to give thanks and praise to God for what He has done and to thank many friends and supporters for their support and prayers over these years.

We continue to ask the Lord for an ECM Team to be established here with us.

We would like to have a student with us who is doing a dual biblical program. There are two schools in Germany that offer this program. The student would spend part of the time studying at the school and part of the time serving in ministry in Hagenow. Please pray that God would send us the right person—someone who can learn a lot through the mission and be a blessing to the people here.

Please pray for the new initiative for the Novi Marof church plant. Saturday mornings we do a children's club, where we sing, give children's Bible talks and try to reach their parents. We have evangelistic meetings for everyone on Friday evenings. Pray for new people and that all would be touched and changed by the Gospel. Continue to pray for our neighbours, whom we regularly visit and that evangelism would lead to them becoming Christians.