UGANDA: After several delays, the work on a permanent school in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement has begun. Pray for Refugee Desk Officer Mickey Ai’baku as he continues to push this project forward.

Chilli Children, located in Rukungiri, SW Uganda are providing hope, healing and opportunity to children with life limiting conditions. It provides access to chilli growing for income, education, life skills, medical outreach and surgery. CMSI have had longstanding links with this inspirational project which is managed by Mrs Evas Nahabwe (OT), who is supported by a small team of staff. Tom & Gemma Withers have been able to spend this past week at Chilli Children, volunteeri

UGANDA: Madi West Nile Diocese - Pray for Bishop Collins Andaku and the wide range of activities within the diocese.

GENERAL PRAYERS: CMSI staff team - Please remember Jenny Smyth and the CMSI team as they seek to serve God in building unity and oneness within the body of Christ, empowering church enrichment through partnership links across the global church. May God's grace and love be seen at work in all they do.

CMSI FAMILY: Short-term placements - Timothy Eldon is a second-year ordinand at CITI, is preparing for a four-week summer placement in Alexandria, on the north coast of Egypt. Pray for the staff as they provide orientation and training and for Timothy as he prepares for being fully immersed in Egyptian Church life and culture.

SOUTH SUDAN: Kajo Keji Diocese - Pray for Bishop Emmanuel Murye and his team as they continued to share God’s hope and help across Kajo Keji Diocese.

SOUTH SUDAN: Ibba Diocese - Pray for the Mothers’ Union groups across the diocese, that meet together for Bible study, to share resources and to encourage family development.

SOUTH SUDAN: Ibba Diocese - Thank God for the commencement of land clearance for planting teak trees. Pray that the positive impact on the land and the hoped-for diocesan income will both be achieved.

NEPAL: Human Development and Community Services - The ABBS school has been closed for almost two years due to Covid lockdowns. Pray for the ABBS teachers, who have been carrying out regular online classes and continuing home visits with their students. Pray too for the students and their families.

NEPAL: Human Development and Community Services - Pray for the staff and patients at Gunjaman Singh Hospital in Chitwan, where regular screening for COVID-19 patients is taking place and antigen tests have been carried out on patients presenting symptoms. More than 50% of the present patients have tested positive, but are presenting only mild symptoms.

GENERAL PRAYERS: Annual theme - In the coming weeks, the CMSI staff team will work on identifying and developing a new annual theme for launching in September. Pray for this process and give thanks for the current theme, ‘Kingdom Come’, which has been a very positive and useful way to express and share the CMSI message and our work.

CMSI FAMILY: Volunteers - Give thanks for our Volunteer Selectors and pray for Paul Ferguson who leads the team that meets from time to time to discuss issues related to selection. As we plan for teams in 2023, pray that selectors will get the opportunity to input into the team selection process.

ZAMBIA: St John’s Seminary - Pray for Canon Francis Mwansa (Vicar General) and Rev Stephen Chibubi (Dean of Studies) as they continue leading St John’s and invest in the lives of ordinands. Pray for God’s equipping, financial provision and anointing as they train future Zambian Church leaders.

ZAMBIA: St John’s Seminary - The Anglican Church in Zambia needs a refreshed vision for the future of clergy training, with the seminary playing a key role in this. Pray for the bishops to engage with and support the staff in their desire to produce clergy of integrity who are theologically equipped to serve the Church.

DR CONGO: Goma Diocese - Pray for unity in the Anglican Church of Congo and the Diocese of Goma, especially for the new inter-church peace-building programme starting this month, led by the Diocese of Goma and focused on Church leaders.

DR CONGO: Kindu Diocese - Pray for the women’s income generation programme, seeking to support vulnerable mothers and their families.

DR CONGO: Kindu Diocese - Pray for Bishop Masimango as he continues to lead the diocese forward. Thank God for his years of service as Archbishop of DR Congo – he recently completed his term in that role.