Thank God for an encouraging collaboration with a small church plant in Moșnița Nouă, the village that we have recently moved to. Pray for relationships to grow between our family and members of this small but growing group.

We plan an outdoor Installation on the topic of the heart the last week of May in our city park. We still need a permission. Please pray for good ideas, strength, safety and for craft-ideas for the kids in the afternoons. That God will give us good conversations with the people and that he can touch the hearts of people. Please pray for a Nigerian man who lost his wife recently with two little kids. We really need a miracle to find solutions for all the practical problems.

We thank the Lord that a solution for space for church services for the new church in Križevci is becoming increasingly clear, even as we continue to seek a solution for worship services in Novi Marof. We thank Him for last weekend in Novi Marof and the “Easter Quest” activity, where more than 30 parents and children gathered. We pray for all these hearts to be open, to connect more deeply with us, and to experience God’s love in fellowship. We also pray that they would gladly respond to future gatherings and that the Lord would continue to guide and bless this beginning.

We are seeing some new students coming along to the GBU meetings after the missions week, so please pray that we would continue to welcome new students during the remainder of the semester, especially non-Christians. I am hoping to begin an English Bible study for international students after the Easter break, so please pray that we would get enough people along to start. Definitely lots of encouragements after the missions weeks. Sometimes it is hard to know where a student is spiritually until you spend a few weeks getting to speak with them more, so please pray for wisdom as we get to know the new students.

This month we have both organised some events. Today, 15 and 16 May, there will be two days of the counselling course that Pinuccia has organised. Then on 23 May there will be the next meeting for parents of neurodiverse people that Richard organises, where we will be concentrating this time on building relationships between the people who come.

Today, 14 May, please pray for our inter-church day in Brittany and for harmony between local churches.

Only God can bring a job for R1 and R2. R1, only 6 months in her first job and R2 in his end of career unable to find work. Only God can bring comfort to K1 with ongoing fibromyalgia battles and K2 passing her 22nd chemo for brain tumours that sit there. Only God can comfort M who can’t move on from being widowed or J who feels her marriage is unsalvageable. These are friends, colleagues and church members who we move among from week to week. Thank you for praying. Please ask God to move them closer to him and for us to walk with them in faith and love and hope.

Nicola would appreciate prayer as she hopes to meet up with a few women to read through the gospel of John together. Some of these women are new to Bible reading and want to go deeper in their faith. Our son David will have finished his training and have his official passing out for the Irish police force this month. We thank God for His leading and appreciate prayer for continued safety in placement.

Please pray for Rada, after surgery of breast cancer, will have to receive eight chemotherapy sessions. Also, for Tamara, after the surgery will have to receive radiation therapy. We are trusting the Lord Jesus for protection and guidance, to persevere and be challenged to move on in the ministry.

Please pray for a joint gathering today, 10 May, where more than eight Evangelical churches (EKC) from Slovenia will come together. Ask God to deepen our relationships and help us grow in unity, recognizing that we belong to one family that Jesus is building. Pray that this time would strengthen our partnership in the gospel, and that we would move forward together with renewed courage and clarity in the mission to which the Lord Jesus has called us.

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.