Southern and Central Africa

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WorldShare

March 2020

Hospital chaplains provide holistic healing

Patients at the HEAL* Africa hospital in the DRC are some of the most vulnerable people in a country devastated by ongoing conflict and poverty. Illness and injury often come with psychological trauma from violence, abuse or neglect. As part of their holistic approach, the hospital has chaplains who provide additional care and spiritual support for patients. Pray that God would bring healing and restoration to the broken hearts and traumatised minds of those in need through these chaplains. Give thanks that they have been able to make significant interventions to help communities understand and trust the international community as they provide vaccinations against the Ebola Virus. *HEAL is Health, Education, Action and Leadership.

Scottish Bible Society

Angola

January 2020

Braille Bibles for the visually impaired in Angola

An estimated 295 million people worldwide are visually impaired, 40 million of whom are totally blind. The Scottish Bible Society is currently working to provide Braille Bibles for people with sight impairment in Angola, where blind people do not have the same standing as those with healthy sight and are often marginalised and treated as second class citizens. Please pray with us as we seek to give people with Visual Disabilities the opportunity to experience the joy of reading God’s Word for themselves. Pray that the gospel may transform many lives as more people have access to a Braille Bible. Pray too that the church in Angola would reach out to those with a disability and become a more inclusive community.

Mission Aviation Fellowship UK

Democratic Republic of the Congo

November 2019

Ebola epidemic in DRC

Please pray for the people of DRC who are experiencing the second largest Ebola epidemic in the world. Over 3,200 cases have been reported, leading to 2,150 deaths and just over 1,000 survivors. The disease not only poses a risk to those in DRC, but in neighbouring countries too, where steps are in place to prevent the spread of this deadly disease. Pray for all the health workers on the ground from WHO and other NGOs who are assisting in the response efforts.

Wycliffe Bible Translators

Democratic Republic of the Congo

June 2019

Release for kidnapped villages needed

A translation team’s village was attacked by rebels, so they fled to another village. The team is safe, but others were kidnapped to carry off goods that were stolen. Some villagers have been released, but not all. Some homes were damaged, but the translation office was unaffected. The people need to know God’s love and care at this time. Pray that they will know when it may be safe to return and for courage for the team to continue with Bible translation.

Wycliffe Bible Translators

Central African Republic

June 2019

Choosing Jesus over magical charms

Jordan, from the north-west of the Central African Republic (CAR), was in the process of saving up to buy magic charms to kill the various armed men who had killed his father and committed atrocities in his village. Right then, he got the opportunity to take part in a biblical trauma healing workshop, run by the CAR Bible translation organisation, ACATBA. He said at the end, "because I am now convinced of God’s love, as you told in this story, I commit today to forgiving all of this. I am going to forgive." In early June, the trauma healing team set off again, in the wake of a massacre in the area. Pray for safety in a country where travel is difficult and often dangerous, and for God's hand on them as they train people in trauma healing work, and minister to other individuals they meet. Pray for people to encounter the living God who heals.

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