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Sunday 3 - Saturday 9
Pray over the rising prices of fuel, and that our programmes would be miraculously spared from its impacts. Pray for godly decision-making for all authorities and for peace in the Middle East.
Pray for partner organisations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are training people to spread the gospel to remote communities. Many people are illiterate, and even if they can read, they lack Bibles.
Give thanks for a partnership between MAF and Help for the Maasai which brought school supplies, medicine, food and Bibles to Naserian schools in Tanzania.
Pray for two Indonesian missionaries who were medevaced from Mamit, Papua, Indonesia.
Sunday 10 - Saturday 16
Give thanks for the many church and mission partners flown by MAF in Chad with many opportunities for evangelism.
Pray that food supplies brought to clinics in Semenanyane, Thlenyaku, and Nohana in Lesotho will be a blessing.
Pray for preparations for two volunteers from Sweden who will spend an extended period in Papua New Guinea, working in maintenance and communications.
Praise God for the work MAF Technologies is doing by installing solar lighting in The Mama Waiting Hut – a safe place for expectant mothers to give birth. Pray for MAF Technologies work in providing solar lighting to initiatives like this.
Sunday 17 - Saturday 23
Give thanks for the Facilities and Vehicles team who have repaired six homes in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea. Due to the challenging location, it is difficult to maintain these homes and this team has been a huge blessing.
Pray for newly trained and experienced pilots to be called to the mission field with MAF.
Pray for success for a Church of England commission meeting with oil company executives in Mozambique. The commission seeks to facilitate a Christ-centered approach to conflict resolution in the rebel-afflicted regions.
Praise God for the work that MAF is doing to fly fistula patients to hospital for treatment. Pray for courage for isolated women suffering with this to seek help, and that MAF can continue to help these women.
Sunday 24 - Saturday 30
Our fundraising campaign goes live this week. Pray that this campaign will be successful, that people will be moved to contribute to raise funds for fuel.
The Kiunga airfield, Papua New Guinea, is being resurfaced. While this work takes place, the float plane cannot be used. Pray for this work to be completed on schedule.
Pray for MAF’s new partnership with ‘The One New Heart’, which aims to provide heart screening, diabetes and hypertension checks alongside the existing monthly medical outreach services in Tanzania.
JUNE
Sunday 31 May - Saturday 6
Give thanks for a new partnership with Mobile Hilfe Madagascar (MHM). Their mission is to train local medical personnel to treat patients for ailments before their issues become urgent.
Give thanks for the Arnhem Land team who were able to assist in evacuating some community members after Cyclone Narelle.
Pray for the impact and effectiveness of solar fridges for vaccine storage that MAF recently transported to health centres in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea.
Pray for those maintaining MAF aircraft around the world. Pray for stamina, attention to detail and for more engineers to be called to MAF.
Sunday 7 - Saturday 13
Praise God for the arrival of the New Testament (delivered by MAF) to the Mundu-speaking people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The people have been waiting 20 years for this.
Give thanks for Michael Geary and the maintenance of red gravel airstrips across Arnhem Land. Without individuals like Michael, the intense rain of the wet season would make landing impossible, leaving communities cut off.
Give thanks for Community Health Worker Jacky Hewa from Papua New Guinea who is utilising MAF flights to spread awareness about HIV and how it can make the body more vulnerable to diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.
Sunday 14 - Saturday 20
Give thanks for the new shuttle service to Bol, Chad, that launched in the last couple of months.
Pray for peace in the East Democratic of the Congo as unrest continues to disrupt the region.
Give thanks for the countless MAF flights which provide medical evacuations for those who would be otherwise cut off from these services and partners who provide health education and clinics.
Sunday 21 - Saturday 27
Give thanks for growing opportunities to serve the national church ministries in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Give thanks for partner of MAF in Madagascar, Convoy of Hope. MAF is multiplying the effectiveness of the team as they are feeding children, empowering women, training farmers, and supporting families.
Pray for those who are currently going through the process to work for MAF overseas. Pray that they are able to get everything they need quickly and for His hand to be over them.
Sunday 28 - Tuesday 30
Praise God for the successful installation of solar and HF radio in three locations in Bougainville.
Pray for the continued work of MAF partner, Veterinarians with Mission Programme. This mission aims to provide services for livestock which bring income to the local communities in Kenya.