Prayer Matters
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Prayer Matters is published every Tuesday.
Gary & Joanne Akehurst, (NSW, DPG Day 1)
We're so thankful to the Lord for the last 3 years that Joanne has been off chemotherapy, but we knew the myeloma markers would increase at some time. While her general health is still quite reasonable, her myeloma markers had increased markedly when she was tested in December 2025. Since then she has had lots of tests and has just started an immunotherapy drug trial. She will have to go to RPA for the first 8 weeks, then once a fortnight for 2 months and eventually the frequency of injections reduces to every 3 months. We would appreciate your prayers.
Georgie, (Taiwan, DPG Day 9)
Language study has been fairly intense, but I am so thankful to the Lord for this opportunity as I know it will help me immensely when I return to Taiwan. Praise God that I have met 3 new "harvest workers" from Korea, who are also in the same language program. Please pray for the roughly 2 billion Muslims worldwide, including about 245 million in Indonesia, who are currently fasting during Ramadan. Pray that they will come to know the One who is the only way, the only truth, and the only life.
Elise Long, (Philippines, DPG Day 15)
Having just concluded a child protection awareness seminar, please pray for real steps forward, for ways to engage tribal leaders (who have much authority over children and over their parents), and for the Lord to block the resistance of the enemy of souls to the protection of the vulnerable. May this be the start of a massive change in our community. Pray for the current health worker training in the village. Our health workers are learning to identify what an emergency is, and how to respond.
Simon & Dorcas Mubanga, (Zambia, DPG Day 18)
I just returned from teaching church planting at Samfya Bible School. Most of those in class were young people. After a week, Lord willing, I will return to Samfya Bible School for two weeks, teaching certificate course students evangelism and discipleship.
Naomi, (Restricted Access, DPG Day 18)
I need to arrive back in country by the end of March, as my residency permit expires in April, so if there are delays, this could cause issues. Pray that I can return as planned. Pray for Bethany (my teammate) who will be on her own for the next 2 weeks until I return, as our other housemate (Laura) has left for a scheduled trip. Ramadan is a heavy time so pray for Bethany to have strength (spiritually and physically) for all she is doing in meeting with our local friends during this time.
Simon & Ann Pyatt, (Restricted Access, DPG Day 21)
Simon and Pastor Niko attended a pastors’ conference in Kalimantan last month. Both of them taught and interacted with many pastors, resulting in up to 20 indicating that they would like to further their studies at the Akademi Eksposisi. Please pray that those men will indeed sign up for the next intake. Please pray that God will send us more workers too.
Rob & Denise, (Restricted Access, DPG Day 22)
Rob and I will leave Monday, 9 March for N4 for a few days, and then on Friday we will fly to Italy for our Organisation area conference. An Egyptian couple from N4 will come down to Dakar and take over caring for P. We anticipate that it may be another two weeks before he receives the all-clear to travel. We are hoping that sometime this week he will be able to visit the surgeon to discuss the biopsy results.
Bryson & Ruth Thomas, (QLD, DPG Day 25)
Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who serve faithfully in much more challenging fields than we do. The War is affecting millions of people across the Middle East. Pray for the safety of believers in Iran, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine. Pray for the prison ministry. Please pray for the various Chaplaincy organisations and the chaplains. There is always a threat that this ministry could be impaired in various ways. Pray for the administration in prisons and the management of Correctional Services. To date, we have enjoyed their support.
Matthew & Alisa Tingle, (Thailand, DPG Day 26)
Can you please continue to pray for our family as we approach the transition back to Thailand. Maja is now settled at SMBC. It will be hard going back without her, but we are so grateful to God for the opportunities she’s having to make new friends, grow in independence and grow in her relationship with God. Can you please pray for God to continue to provide for us to continue in our ministry? (Currently we are $2000 a month less than our target for ongoing support). We are praying that God will provide for this in a timely manner as we have a time pressure of returning to Thailand to renew our visa by May 4th.
Daniel & Candide Weekes, (France, DPG Day 28)
Praise God for 2 great winter family camps with a few new families. Praise God for the great teams we had and the way everyone worked well together, whether in the kitchen, working with the kids or youth and on service. Praise God also for the messages our speakers prepared, which were perfect for the families present (very encouraging and challenging).
Matt & Debi Zook, (Mozambique, DPG Day 29)
We started literacy classes on March 9th. We’d already prepared some of the materials and had the two teachers training sessions. Please pray for good attendance and outcomes. Praise things are progressing nicely on the translation front. We are preparing to do the final check of Psalms the end of this month into next month. Pray that people would be born again. It often feels that the results we see are not in keeping with our efforts.
