Please pray that the Lord will provide the right person or people to reliably sublet my apartment while I am on home assignment. Please also pray that, during my home assignment, God will open doors for new and fruitful connections that will support my return to the ministry field. Finally, please pray that these last months on the field will be Spirit-led and filled with the Lord’s joy, peace and encouragement.

Thank God that a young new believer we’ve been discipling has a desire to go to Bible school. Please pray for patience for her, that God would lead her to the right one, and for us to disciple her and her mum well in the meantime. Please pray for our open small group that has recently kicked off again after a summer break. Ask God that he would lead people who don’t know him yet to our group. Thank God for gospel conversations with non-believing work colleagues and friends recently. Please pray that these friends might be open to read the Bible with us or come to gatherings with other Christians.

Give thanks for our friend R who you prayed for and who got a new job as an architect in Mallorca. Due to an ongoing visa processing situation, she is unable to leave the island till this is resolved. She had the huge disappointment of missing being a bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding in South Africa. Very hard to take and so prayers for God’s comfort to be in this waiting time.

Please pray for the paperwork I need to do to get a residency card here in Romania. It is proving more complicated than it seemed at first. Please pray for my church camp at the end of October - for good connections and fellowship. Praise God for the work of Asociatia Curat – a ministry I am involved in that helps people living in tough situations.

During the last week of October, the church at Rovereto will be running a couple of activities connected to Reformation Sunday: an exhibition with information about the Reformation in the church hall for five days, culminating in a public talk on Saturday evening. Pray that people will come and be interested not only in the historical discussion but also in the spiritual differences. Pray that the members of the church will continue to be committed to this and other outreaches of the church.

Today, 25 October, a group comes from USA and Brazil for a week to look at many church scenes and meet pastors with a view that missionaries would come to Croatia and this region. Pray as we drive around the country, chat and meet people, that God opens many doors for workers to come to the Harvest Field.

We give thanks for those from church who have come forward to help with the different ministries this new term. Today 24 October we will be having a musical outreach event when members of Castlereagh Fellowship will be coming down to help. Pray as we invite people from the town to come along and for our own people to invite their friends and family along.

Please pray for our Kids LEGO Camp and street outreach in Maribor, which starts today 23–27 October. We will be joined by a team from Bangor, Northern Ireland. Pray for good connections, divine conversations, open hearts, and opportunities to share the love of Jesus with children, families and people we meet.

It’s the ECM Spain prayer days from today, 22-25 October. May we be a field united in Christ and in love for one another and may the new members feel loved and a sense of belonging. We pray for Spain, a country which has many political and social problems, especially at the moment with the refugees entering Ceuta.

Please pray for the kids' programmes at the upcoming Biennial Conference. We are still looking for workers, so please pray that the Lord leads us to the right people! Please also pray that everyone may attend the Biennial Conference who is hoping to. Pray for peoples' finances and travel plans, as well as school permissions for children without school holidays.

Please pray for our children as they begin a new school year, that God would give them safety, wisdom, good friendships, and protection each day. Pray also for the successful continuation of my ministry apprenticeship, for growth in preaching and pastoral service, and for God to provide faithful ministry partners who will stand with us in prayer and support. Please pray for protection over our family, and above all, for a deeper relationship with God and greater trust in Him.

Thank the Lord for Holidays in Australia in July. Pray for the upcoming selection of three people to form the Nominations committee. Its job is to identify suitable church members to be invited to stand for election to the Church Council. Two current members of Church Council have repeatedly opposed efforts to ensure that committed Christians make up the Nominations committee and those identified as suitable to stand for election to the Church Council!

Pray for the adjustment of Beatriz and Isabela, who began their Bible seminary at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Hungary on September 26. Pray for our physical and emotional health and that our spirit may be renewed daily by the Holy Spirit of God. Pray for a spiritual revival in our local church and in Portuguese churches. Pray for evangelistic strategies among the Portuguese people.

Today, 17 October we are celebrating the opening of our community centre ´The Greenhouse´ in Schwerin Lankow! After three years of building this house up, together with our team and neighbours, we are thanking the Lord for all the blessings we received and that we finally can celebrate this moment. Please pray for the guests who are coming to join us in this party and also pray for the coming months where we have to experience how a running community centre functions in practice.

Please pray as we continue seeking long term accommodation. We have had a recent set back in our journey with this but are continuing to trust the Lord as we take steps ahead. With the new school year starting we are beginning to work at shaping the leadership teams and the plan for the youth and young adult’s ministry in the Church. Please pray for wisdom and that the Lord would raise up people with a burden to serve in this area of Church life.

Church planting issue network continues to champion the cause of collaboration amongst church planters across Europe. Pray that more church planters would promote national collaborative efforts with the view of saturating their respective nations with the gospel through the multiplication of churches.

Thank God for sending us to Hagenow. Now we want to pray that He sends more people to us. There is so much to do and so many opportunities. But we need a team for that.

I am currently on a semi-sabbatical until the end of the year. I will only be working two days a week (Thursday and Friday) and taking some time on the other days to look after myself as I was experiencing a number of burnout symptoms. Please pray that these next months will be restful, and that I will do the important work that needs doing, while postponing the other work until next year.

Pray for the spiritual growth of the newly established Nepali church in Varaždin, that it would be firmly rooted in Christ and His Word and grow both spiritually and numerically. Pray also for a new space that could serve as a base for missionary work in the cities of Križevci and Novi Marof.

From 9-13 October, we'll be in the UK and Carolien will be preaching at our sending church in Bishop's Stortford on harvest today, Sunday 11 October. Please join with us in praying for good travel, meeting supporters and a niece, and for the Word of God to bear fruit. Thank you.

Please pray for ministry with international students through GBU Coimbra. May the Lord soften their hearts as I share the good news of Jesus.

We continue to look for a suitable place to open Rincón de Luz, our ministry centre. We’re asking God for the right site, which allows us to create a welcoming, useful and safe space. Pray for new friendships and reconnecting with old students as we recommence Spanish classes for migrants. Pray for Mikey as he joins our team, for his transition and orientation, and for us as we keep being formed as a united, prayer-dependent, and grace-filled team.

‘Shalom House’ is growing and we are excited that people are taking turns to host and lead. Please pray for Shalom House as next year we are making plans for holding a monthly Christian meditation and prayer in the community hub.

We praise God for our Sports Week for Refugees in August. It went very well, with around 40–50 refugees joining us each day. We are especially thankful for the more than 30 volunteers who faithfully served throughout the week. After the Sports Camp, we invited 15 Turkish refugees to our Community Café to prepare and share their traditional food. We had good opportunities to build relationships and share the Gospel. We are especially thankful that one family who attended the Community Café later joined us for Sunday worship.