Let There Be Latte. APF News and Prayer. Inside: July to September In the UK. A Messenger of Peace in D. R. Congo. Only the Hyenas are Full

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1 APF News and Prayer July to September 2017 Inside: In the UK A Messenger of Peace in D. R. Congo Only the Hyenas are Full Something Sweet from Burundi Let There Be Latte Enabling effective ministry in Africa

2 From the UK Coordinator Welcome to July 2017 edition of News and Prayer! In the last edition of News and Prayer, we introduced the three strands that describe how APF works with our partners to enable effective ministry in Africa: Pastoring of Pastors Flourishing Communities Hearing African Voices Normally, Dave and I write News and Prayer from the APF office in Canterbury, but this edition marks a significant change as we ve tried to provide a much larger platform for hearing African voices. We asked key African partners to contribute articles that share their stories, report on recent ministry activity and introduce readers to the realities of life and faith in Africa. You see, at APF we know just how important it is to tell your story and find opportunities to learn from each other. Contributing to this edition of News and Prayer are Rev Stephane Makata from D. R. Congo, Rev Alfred Wonyaka from Uganda, Rev David Kereto from Kenya and Yves Ndayikunda from Burundi. We hope that from now on, you will be able to hear African voices in the pages of News and Prayer coming through more strongly. Many thanks for your continued support for APF as together we enable effective ministry in Africa. Geoff Holder Dates Sunday 9th July Grow Church, Ashford Sunday 16th July The Bridge Church, Gillingham Sunday 6th August Canterbury Baptist Church Sunday 13th August Whitstable Baptist Church Saturday 2nd September Tea for supporters at Queens Road Baptist Church, Coventry Sunday 3rd September Queens Road Baptist Church, Coventry Sunday 10th September Langley Parish, near Slough Sunday 17th September Herne Bay Baptist Church 2nd half of September Dave Stedman in Kenya with Anglican, AIC and Baptist partners October Geoff Holder in Uganda for project setup, monitoring and evaluation Late October (TBC) Training day for APF UK Champions Sunday 1st October St Margaret's Church, Whitnash Friday 27th October Annual APF Golf Day at Canterbury Golf Club Sunday 5th November Headcorn Baptist Church November Dave and APF trustee, Andrew North, visiting partners in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda

3 In the UK evitabu Update A quiz night was run by one of our new APF Champions, Alison Oliver, at Whitstable Baptist Church, Kent to raise the profile of APF APF Champions Thank you to everyone who has contacted us interested in becoming an APF Champion. The training is scheduled for late October but there s still time to sign-up if you are interested in becoming a Champion. Following the success of the 2015 Lycra Challenge sponsored bike ride, later this year, Dave will again be donning the lycra to raise funds for bicycle grants for rural African pastors. This time, he s inviting APF supporters, up and down the country, to do the same. You choose when, where and how far to ride but use the opportunity to raise the profile of APF, telling the story of how a simple tool like a bicycle can enable more effective ministry in Africa. Please contact the APF office if you would like to participate. Thank you so much for all the positive and encouraging correspondence and donations following the Introducing evitabu article in the last edition of News and Prayer. We are very grateful. We are excited to report that computer programming expertise to develop the evitabu app has now been offered to APF without charge by supporters, Jonathan Haddock and Michael Berry. Working prototypes will be available by the autumn and the pilot launch of 50 tablets is scheduled for February Practical and project management support is also being provided by Next Leadership. Gifts left in wills We are grateful to supporters who remember APF in their will. Recently, we have received bequests from Miss Lynda Beryl Pembleton Miss Margaret Louise Snodgrass We thank God for the lives of these faithful and generous friends of APF. The funds will enable APF to plan with greater financial security and confidently move forward with projects such as evitabu, Daily Bread and the reprint of our Swahili New Testament commentary sets. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 02

4 In Africa Audio Bibles For Refugees Bibles for Africa Photo credit: George Verwer Since 2015, APF has been working with George Verwer (pictured) from Operation Mobilisation Special Projects to distribute African languages Bibles to APF partners. OM provide the finance, APF provide the African church networks to manage the distribution. It s a win-win-win arrangement for OM, APF and our partners in Africa! So far, several thousand Bibles have been distributed in Rwanda, Uganda and Malawi. George writes, Bless You! It is good to work in partnership! Book by Book from Biblical Fameworks When they fled their homes in South Sudan for the relative safety of the camps in northern Uganda, they left everything they owned behind. For many South Sudanese pastors, that included their Bibles. Following requests by contacts in area, APF have organised a shipment of Bari language solarpowered audio Bibles to help pastors leading makeshift churches in refugee camps near Moyo. The solar-powered audio Bibles are manufactured in the US by Renew World Outreach. Thanks to Ken Wright and Biblical Frameworks for the donation of 200 Book by Book Bible study guides (and accompanying DVDs). APF distributed these at the Key Leaders Conference in February and in Malawi in June. Copies are also heading to Uganda in July. 03

5 A messenger of peace in D. R. Congo Photo credit: Reuters Rev Stephane Makata is an APF partner who coordinates evangelism for the Anglican Diocese of Katanga, D. R. Congo. In a country ravaged by war, he knows the vital role the local African church can play in bringing about peace and reconciliation. He told APF about the training workshops he has been running in the east of the country. Since 2013, fighting between Bantuspeaking farmers and indigenous Twa communities in Tanganyika Province has left many dead. After UN emergency food relief was suspended, we launched a peace and reconciliation project in Nyunzu Territory, a remote area about 200km west of the provincial capital, Kalemie. From the start, members of local Anglican churches were overjoyed at seeing church leaders conduct training of peace messengers to bring an end to the crisis. Through a series of workshops, we trained Bantu and Twa together to be agents of healing for peace and reconciliation in their communities. During the workshops, participants with differences in culture, language, custom and ethnicity learnt to share and accept each other and to be reconciled to each other and to God. Through the scriptures, we emphasised that discrimination had to be combated in order to change behaviours. Sometimes, prejudice had to be identified through role playing. We were also able to engage the community through weekly radio messages in local languages to promote peaceful coexistence. God willing, in July 2017, we will follow up the peace trainers progress. We believe through the Lord's grace, this model can work for other territories in conflict. If we had more resources, we would reach even the warlords hidden in the forest. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 02 04

6 Let There Be Latte Rev Alfred Wonyaka has simple recipe for transforming his local community in Uganda: Coffee, solar light and microfinance. Hidden away in the fertile valleys below Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda is the Bulambuli Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (or just BIRD). Established in 2008, by local Anglican church leader Rev Alfred Wonyaka, BIRD is a homegrown community-based Christian organisation that is reducing poverty through organic coffee farming, microfinance and solar projects in marginalised communities. BIRD's primary purpose is to eradicate both spiritual and economic poverty that has dehumanised the local community, explained Rev Alfred. Coffee growing in this part of the world is practiced by all members of the Christian community, but not much of the coffee has benefited the children of God due to limited connectivity with an international market. Christian growers are at the mercy of middlemen who exploit poor coffee growers. Through BIRD, however, Rev Alfred is putting local growers in direct contact with the international coffee market and helping them get a fairer price for their produce. Our desire is to remain faithful to the gospel without being dependent on donations from abroad, he explained. 05

7 BIRD also offers household solar light and microfinance saving schemes. Rev Alfred describes that through BIRD, 400 community homesteads now have solar light and 100 people have received soft loans to invest. The philosophy is that when we provide a community member with a solar panel, they are required to save at least 5000 shillings [about 1] each month with the BIRD village saving loan scheme. After saving about 20, members can then access cheap loans with minimal interest rates. Rev Alfred (2nd from left) with household receiving solar lighting installation provided by BIRD We have seen lives changed! says Rev Alfred. BIRD has become a mouthpiece of the community. Women without security have access to cheap capital to invest in their land and gender-based violence has reduced. Solar lighting means more children in schools and able to pass their exams without difficulties because they have light at home to revise their work. Rev Alfred also reports that teenage pregnancy rates have fallen. Girls were being taken advantage of during darkness in the night, he explains. Tunyi women attending a BIRD training workshop on solar lighting and microfinace Above all, women testify that their men no longer demand so much sex because of the presence of solar light. Some men used to take advantage of darkness and force women into sex. This meant families were getting very large and this increased pressure on meagre land and resources. Rev Alfred also describes how Bible reading at home has taken off as people now have light to read in the evenings before they go to bed. BIRD is now establishing a Christian primary school that will offer both formal education as well as practical skills. Alfred explains this is important because there are no schools like this in the area. We have acquired four hectares of land, 50,000 bricks, 300 bags of cement and are now good to go! Rev Alfred Wonyaka is an APF partner who, in addition to managing BIRD, works for the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda. To find out more about his ministry, visit the BIRD website or search for Bulambuli Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development on Facebook. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 06

8 Only the Hyenas are Full APF partner Rev David Kereto is director of Maasai Evangelistic Association (MEA). He told APF how the drought in East Africa is affecting Maasai cattle herders. The Maasai tribe have continued to suffer a lot due to the drought for a long time now. People are staring death in the eye every time a cow drops dead due to the famine ravishing the vast Maasailand. Topoika is unable to speak until we give him a bottle of drinking water. He drinks thirstily then, with a sigh, says, One of them is already lying down and it will not be able to stand again. By tomorrow or the day after, I am not sure any of them will still be alive. Only the hyenas are full, they no longer want any more meat. At night, the fighting over the carcasses has stopped since there is more than enough food for all the scavengers. Food aid distributed by MEA Cattle are the lifeblood of around 150,000 Maasai scattered in homesteads across Kenya's southern Rift Valley. Maasai elders value cattle even more than their wives and children. With few cows left, herders cannot pay for school fees or buy food. Livestock carcasses litter the area When I arrive with my team, Topoika and his five exhausted cows are clustered under a thorny acacia tree. The animals cannot make the daily 20km trek to Ewaso watering point where they could browse on thorny leaves and eat dry grass. The family's livestock are rotting carcasses littered around. We count over 30 dead. The carcasses stink from as far as two kilometres away. At Loita market, Mr Letore, tells me that no one has come to the Maasai's rescue. People want to sell their animals and restock after the drought, but no one is listening. The Kenya Meteorological Department says this year's drought is the worst since Forecasts are grim, with little rainfall expected. We appeal for prayer and support to enable us continue to help the most vulnerable. Rev David Kereto 07

9 SOMETHING SWEET FROM BURUNDI Yves Ndayikunda is General Director at CEPRODILIC-ADEPE, an APF partner in Burundi. Huge challenges mean many have given up on Burundi, but not Yves. He told us about his ministry. Things were beginning to go well in Burundi. The country was making remarkable advances in development and poverty reduction. Then in April 2015, tensions between the government and the opposition flared up. Protests soon led to violent clashes. International development aid dried up, the economy began to shrink and thousands fled the violence for neighbouring countries. Despite the challenges facing Burundi, at CEPRODILIC-ADEPE we continue an untiring struggle to serve rural communities in need of basic necessities. In Muramvya and Rutana Provinces, we support grassroots communities in the fight against food insecurity through beekeeping and sustainable family farming. We are providing traditional beekeepers with start-up kits including suits, gloves and hives. With this modern equipment, their bees thrive and produce lots of high quality honey. In rural communities, we know that family farmers benefit when they work in step with the natural environment. Alongside teaching agro-ecological family farming, we have established community animal stalls. The pigs and goats produce manure to fertilise the soil. We want the rural communities we work with to become self-supporting. With this in mind, we have a five-year programme to move beneficiary community associations to a level where they can group themselves into simple cooperatives. As a Christian organisation, we believe that this hard time is an appropriate one to witness God's love through caring for the poor. Despite the circumstances, we hope our good deeds among the communities will shine Jesus s light into the darkness. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to serve the Lord in a context which is not easy. Yves Ndayikunda Follow on Facebook by searching for ceprodilicadepe.burundi Enabling effective ministry in Africa 08

10 July Prayer Points 2 to 8 July In late May and early June, Dave and Geoff visited Malawi. This week we re praying for new opportunities and existing partners and projects there. Sun 2 Pray for Project Malawi Trust who Dave spent time with in Malawi and with whom APF is exploring much closer links. Mon 3 Pray for Gillian Mason and the trustees of Project Malawi Trust as they consider how the Lord is leading regarding the future of the charity. Tue 4 Pray for Bishop Rutherford Banda, his wife Tashai and their family, overseeing several projects part-funded by Project Malawi Trust. Wed 5 Geoff and Dave linked up with longstanding APF partner Lloyd Chizenga who oversees the New Life Christian Church network (NLCC). Give thanks for APF s partnership with NLCC. Thu 6 Pray for Lloyd as he provides vision, direction and pastoral oversight to 290 pastors and churches in Malawi and Mozambique. Fri 7 Monitoring and evaluation visits to participants of the Growing Greener in Malawi project were encouraging. Give thanks for this! Sat 8 Thanks to funding from Operation Mobilisation Special Projects, several hundred Bibles were purchased for NLCC in various local languages. 9 to 15 July To make good use of the time in Africa, Dave and Geoff went their separate ways and met with APF partners in Kenya and Tanzania respectively. Sun 9 Dave linked up with various influential leaders from Central Rift, Maasailand, Kirinyaga Diocese and the West. Give thanks for APF s partnerships in Kenya. Mon 10 The gathering included Bible Study, conversation about evitabu, planning for future conferences, pastoral encouragement and prayer. Pray for future plans in Kenya. Tue 11 Please pray for Dave as he prepares to speak at some major leadership conventions in Kenya later this year. Wed 12 In Morogoro Diocese, Geoff linked with Emmanuel Mhina. Give thanks for Emanuel's diligent managing of solar and literature projects in partnership with APF. Thu 13 Monitoring and evaluation visits to recipients of Let There Be Light solar panels were encouraging and this project is having a significant impact. Give thanks for this. Fri 14 Pray that the APF container in Morogoro is emptied, the remaining books distributed and the container sold on with proceeds benefiting local church leaders. Sat 15 Give thanks that Geoff was able to identify a Tanzanian print company and placed an order to reprint 500 sets of Ufafanuzi wa Agano Jipya (APF's Swahili language 3 volume New Testament commentary sets). 09

11 Please Pray 16 to 22 July Uganda serves as a regional hub and is a country that APF has many strong partnerships in. Sun 16 Give thanks that APF could help Rev Peter Mugabe (General Secretary, Baptist Union of Uganda) attend the Baptist World Alliance annual conference in Thailand. Mon 17 Pray that Rev Richmond Wandera (Founder of Pastor Discipleship Network) will be able to spend significant time with APF in November when he visits the UK. Tue 18 Pray for Rev Alfred Wonyaka in his employment with Inter-Religious Council of Uganda and significant voluntary work with North Mbale Diocese, especially the BIRD project. Wed 19 Pray for Walubo Jude as he begins to take a lead managing projects such as Daily 23 to 29 July Bread and Rev Sam Eibu, overseeing various projects in Teso Sub-Region. Thu 20 Pray for pastors receiving training at national and regional Bible schools such as Uganda Christian University, Jinja Seminary and Atirir Bible School. Fri 21 Give thanks for the growing links with significant national ministries such as Northern Uganda Inter Church Alliance, Seeds of Hope and leaders from Watoto Church. Sat 22 Give thanks that Revd Dr Kate Coleman and Revd Cham Kaur-Mann shared Bibles, bikes and Bible study guides funded by APF at the recent Hands of Love Women's Conference in Uganda Providing access to appropriate and contextualised Christian literature has been a core aspect of APF's historic ministry. Sun 23 Give thanks that sufficient funds have been raised to enable a reprint of 500 sets of Ufafanuzi wa Agano Jipya (APF's 3 volume Swahili New Testament commentary set) Mon 24 Pray for the on-going task, now almost complete, of redistributing APF publications to their language specific regions and ensuring they are being used (not just stuck in a container!) Tue 25 Give thanks for the partnership with OM Special Projects where APF African partners receive and distribute local language Bibles to their church networks. To date nearly 4000 Bibles in seven languages have been funded. Wed 26 Give thanks that evitabu continues to have great momentum and will be launched at the end of 2017 and into Thu 27 Praise God for the funding from individual supporters and grant-making trusts that is making it possible to move evitabu forward. Fri 28 Give thanks for APF supporters providing pro bono technical support and for the contributor engagement and induction training package being prepared by Next Leadership. Sat 29 Pray for the vision and impact of evitabu to cascade out through the whole APF network. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 10

12 August Prayer Points 30 July to 5 August This week we re praying for the Great Lakes West region that comprises Burundi, Rwanda, north-west Tanzania and eastern D. R. Congo. Sun 30 Continue to pray for peace and stability within Burundi and the return home of more than a million people displaced and living in refugee camps. Mon 31 Pray for APF friends in Burundi such as Rev Yves Ndayikunda (CEPRODILIC-ADEPE), Rev Felibien Ndintore (Bujambura Diocese) and Rev Silas Ntukamazina, General Secretary of Union des Eglises Baptistes du Burundi. Tue 1 Pray for plans for Dave Stedman and APF trustee, Revd Andrew North, to visit Burundi and Rwanda in November. Wed 2 Pray for guidance as to future ministry in DRC. This is likely to be restricted to the east. 6 to 12 August This week we re praying for the UK side of APF s operations. Thu 3 Pray for influential leaders in Rwanda looking forward to hosting Dave and Andrew in November, Bishop Samuel Kayinamura (Free Methodist Church) and Rev Gato Corneil (Association of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Rwanda). Fri 4 Give thanks for Pastor Matugoma Japhet, founder of Eglise Evangélique de la Bonne Volonté, a small denomination of twelve churches that baptised 270 believers last Easter Sunday! Sat 5 Pray for Bishop Nathan Amooti and Rev Boaz Ariho (both Diocese of Cyangugu) and their vision to develop a regional training college for preparing new clergy. Sun 6 Pray for the staff team based in the Canterbury office delivering the strategic objectives of the charity: Revd Dave Stedman, Geoff Holder and Michelle Anderson. Mon 7 Give thanks for the Board of Trustees and pray for the appointment of a new Chair as Rev John Martin retires from that role. Tue 8 Pray for on-going conversations with potential new Trustees and Patrons to be called by God and bring key skills, contacts and energy to the task. Wed 9 Give thanks that to date 10 people have offered to serve as APF Champions up and down the country. Training days and resource packs are being prepared and we pray they will have a big impact as they advocate for APF. Thu 10 Give thanks for exciting collaborations with other agencies such as Biblical Framework, Eagles Wings Ministries, Next Leadership, Operation Agri and Project Malawi Trust. Fri 11 Give thanks for the successful funding applications sent at the beginning of 2017 and pray that on-going applications provide both core and project funding. Sat 12 Give thanks for the many individuals, churches and agencies that pray and give to APF and enable effective ministry in Africa. 11

13 Please Pray 13 to 19 August APF activity in Tanzania is largely based around Morogoro, Dodoma and Kagera Regions. Sun 13 Give thanks for Pastor Heavenlight and Kesia Luoga (Deeper Life Ministry) who share a heart for serving and equipping pastors and their dependents in Kagera Region and beyond. Mon 14 Pray that Kesia is able to fulfil her vision to provide teaching and pastoral support to vulnerable women in the region. Tue 15 Pray for Pastor Timothy Sebastian who continues to work closely with Heavenlight to support a network of church leaders in Magu District, Mwamza Region. Wed 16 Pray for Rev Canon Absalom Vyakende and Rev Obadiah Eustace delivering theological education and pastoral formation at Kagera Christian Training College. Thu 17 Pray that Tanzanian Christian thinkers, authors and leaders will choose to publish their Swahili language resources using evitabu as a platform. Fri 18 Pray for Rev Amos Nkini, Director of Education for the Lutheran Diocese of Moshi who wants to provide basic IT training to help pastors access online training and resources. Sat 19 Pray for Bishop Francis Ntiruka (retired) who supports students in and around Dodoma region and writes Christian literature. 20 to 26 August This week we re praying for the Great Lakes East Region comprising Kenya, eastern Uganda and north-east Tanzania. Sun 20 Pray for Rt Revd Joseph Kibukwa, Bishop of Kirinyaga, and his staff team. The Diocese is very active in church planting, sports, educational, water and healthcare projects. Mon 21 Give thanks for Rev Shadrach Koma, Chairman of the AIC North Rift Pastors Fellowship, and Rev Simon Laboso, Moderator of the Central Rift Baptist Convention. Tue 22 Pray for Rev David Kereto who runs Maasai Evangelistic Association and Covenant Church International - a network of more than 300 churches in Kenya and Tanzania. Wed 23 Pray for Rev Abraham and Leah Koech, combining theology lecturing at Great Lakes University with local church ministry and a start-up tailoring business in Kapsabet, Kenya. Thu 24 Pray for Bishop Edward Amwayi (Grace Calvary Christian Ministry), Pastor Daniel Odour (Renewal Fellowship Ministry) and Pastor Erik Owino (Siaya District Pastors Fellowship). Fri 25 Give thanks for recently renewed fellowship with old friends of APF such as Pastor Joseph Thiga. Sat 26 Give thanks for new and exciting partnership opportunities with organisations such as People for Jesus who provide holistic pastoral care and social outreach in the area. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 12

14 September Prayer Points 27 Aug to 3 Sept 3.2 million pastors in the developing world are untrained or under-trained for ministry. Sun 27 Give thanks for your pastor, minister or vicar! Give thanks for all the people who have encouraged and supported your journey of faith. Mon 28 Pray for good communication between APF s UK staff and African partners so that despite distance and cultural differences partnerships can deepen and grow. Tue 29 Give thanks for increasing access to technology that enables pastoral encouragement, mentoring and some management to happen via Skype or . 3 to 9 September APF works with Christian leaders to enable effective ministry that brings community transformation through the local church. Sun 3 Give thanks for your local church, Bible study or small group. Pray for its mission and ministry in your local community. Mon 4 Pray for the work of School Connect, linking schools in UK and Uganda. Tue 5 Give thanks for the many nursery and primary schools that form part of the outreach and income stream of many African churches. Wed 30 Pray for the possibility of introducing Speed Coaching to African partners, perhaps in partnership with Next Leadership. Thu 31 Give thanks for the on-going distribution of bike grants, portable solar desk lamps and literature to church leaders to enable effective ministry and improve living standards. Fri 1 Pray for African agencies and senior leaders providing training and peer support, and for ways for APF to come alongside them to help them do so more frequently and better. Sat 2 Give thanks that when appropriate, APF is able to meet some specific pastoral needs, often through educational sponsorship or help with medical expenses. Wed 6 Pray for the Daily Bread solar bakery project due to be established as a social enterprise and women's empowerment project at Atirir Bible School. Thu 7 Give thanks for the generous funding that has been provided for Daily Bread and pray for it to be well used and properly managed. Fri 8 Pray for Growing Greener in Malawi and Uganda to produce good yields that improve food security in vulnerable communities. Sat 9 Give thanks for funds from churches (and other agencies) in UK and USA to help local churches in Africa bring community transformation through Growing Greener. 10 to 16 September This week we re praying that APF will help African voices be heard loudly both within the African church and beyond. Sun 11 Give thanks that two national leaders from Baptist Union of Uganda women's department will be able to attend the All-Africa Baptist Fellowship s annual women's conference in Zambia this month Mon 12 Pray that evitabu will provide a platform for cross-cultural exchange within and beyond the fellowship of APF. 13

15 Please Pray Tue 13 Pray for Revd Yves Ndayikunda and the political and economic situation in Burundi. Wed 14 Pray for Revd Alfred Wonyaka and the ministry of BIRD providing a market for organic coffee farming, pioneering solar projects and managing a community-based micro-finance scheme. Wed 14 Pray for Revd David Kereto and the Maasai people in Kenya struggling in drought. 17 to 23 September APF's 'Growing Greener' church-led community conservation agriculture programme is improving food security in Uganda and Malawi. Sun 17 Give thanks that APF has been able to respond to the need for Biblical and agricultural training in Teso Sub-Region, Uganda. Mon 18 Pray for Bishop Sam Eibu (Baptist Regional Overseer) and Rev Paul Kyalimpa (Agricultural Trainer) as they manage Growing Greener in Teso Sub-Region, Uganda. Tue 19 Pray that the effects of the Growing 24 to 30 September Dave Stedman travels to Kenya and Uganda this week. Sun 24 Pray for safe travelling to, from and around the region as well as good health and opportunity to rest during a busy schedule. Mon 25 Pray for meetings with the board of Pastor Discipleship Network, Baptist Union of Uganda and leaders from North Uganda Inter- Church Association Tue 26 Pray for the possibility of visiting South Sudanese Pentecostal leaders serving as refugees in camps around Moyo, Uganda. Thu 15 Pray for Revd Stephane Makata and his role in helping deliver peace and reconciliation work of the Diocese of Katanga in D. R. Congo, training community peace trainers. Sat 16 Give thanks for African partners that have 'told their story' in this edition of News and Prayer, as we look forward to sharing other articles written by African partners in future publications, on the website and through social media. Greener farming methods will be obvious and encourage the local communities. Wed 20 Give thanks for Pastor Lloyd Chizenga s commitment to improving rural livelihoods in rural Malawi and Mozambique. Thu 21 Pray for the team of young church leaders from his church teaching conservation agriculture as part of Growing Greener Fri 22 Give thanks for encouraging yields from Growing Greener participants in Malawi. Sat 23 Pray for more opportunities for APF to expand the impact of Growing Greener in other regions to improve lives and express the provision of Christ for His people. Wed 27 Pray for time spent with the Daily Bread Solar Bakery management team at Atirir Bible School and review of Growing Greener in Uganda project in Teso Sub-Region. Thu 28 Give thanks for the close working relationship APF enjoys with School Connect and the sharing of resources. Fri 29 Pray for Dave as he speaks at the AIC Annual Convention, Central Rift Baptist Convention and conferences at Diocese of Kirinyaga Sat 30 Give thanks for Edith Wamalwa who provides coordination and support for visits to Kenya. Enabling effective ministry in Africa 14

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