• Our well-being as a family - Pray for spiritual refreshment for us week by week,
and for protection at all times, for safe travel on the roads, and for good health.
Give thanks that Michael’s diabetes (latent type 1) is being controlled with diet
and exercise, and that Kevin and Chris are not suffering now with allergies. Pray
for Silvia still with treatment for premature menopause.
• Michael’s ministry with the Tobas - Give thanks that Hilario and José Manuel have
nearly finished the first draft of the Minor Prophets. Michael now has to work through
the checking stages. Meanwhile we plan to move into the area of literacy materials.
Give thanks that two music workshops for the Tobas have already been run, and pray
for our plans to continue later in the year.
• The Toba churches and leaders - pray for pastors, deacons and their families, especially
Pastor Kichi who is the Toba rep. on the Diocesan Council. Pray too for René Pereira’s
ministry amongst the Toba and Wichí young people. Pray for the translators Osvaldo,
José and Hilario and their families. Give thanks that the New Testaments are being
read and studied in family groups: pray they will continue to impact many lives.
Pray for Bishop Nick Drayson and Catherine based in Juárez: for effective ministry
in building up and strengthening the Toba churches.
• The Pilagá churches - pray that God would open up ways to work together with the
Pilagá Indians, whose language is very similar to Toba. They also have the New Testament,
and audio recordings of the Gospels and Acts. And they are keen to continue with
translation of the Old Testament, but there is no one else available to coordinate
the work.
• Young people and children in Salta - give thanks for Nano and the group of teenagers
playing volleyball on Saturday afternoons, with some now attending the youth group
on Sunday evenings. The children’s outreach is also going well, with some 30 children
attending on Sunday afternoons. Pray for Nilda and Valeria leading this, in a local
community hall.
• Argentina - Pray for President Cristina Fernández and the national and provincial
governments, to seek God’s perspective in tackling recession, inflation and unemployment.
The run-up to presidential elections in October is well underway.
