MUSTARD SEED JERSEY PRAYER
UPDATE MARCH 2014
Lord guide
the course of world events and give your church the joy and peace of serving
you in freedom. We pray especially for the UKRAINE that the Lord will guide
events there, and that the church and all people in that country will have
peace and freedom.
Approximately 10 years
ago, Mustard Seed Jersey was taking aid to UKRAINE. This included approx 10
visits and humanitarian aid consignments. We stopped because of developing
problems with “red tape” and the fact that the recipient trust we were working
with did not manage to keep up to date with the
necessary requirements to receive aid. We used to go to an area 1-2 hours drive
from Kiev.
[Before that I was
involved in aid to Bosnia & Croatia immediately after the war, also
assisting refugees from the Kosovo crisis.The
developments we witness in Ukraine on the news now disturb me deeply as I see
the potential for similar to the violence and fighting in Bosnia and Croatia
and Kosovo ~ Rose].
This is what was said by a
Ukrainian pastor in a village (several hours
drive from Kiev):
·
Deep deep concern for lives lost and for the potential that many
more will be lost.
·
Longing for an open
country with freedom to travel and work, with freedom to study at European
universities.
·
Please pray for
the Christians in the country to respond wisely and engage in the situation.
A Ukrainian Christian
in further education in Kiev made these points to help our prayers:
·
There was much
aggressive confrontation in the last 3 months of 2013, which came to a head in
February 2014.
·
Please pray
for families who have lost loved ones or had loved ones injured, may God
protect their hearts and minds from hatred and aggressive decisions.
·
There are
great regional differences in pro-European and pro-Russian support. Please pray
for the protection of Ukraine as a nation from division and war – for a better
future free from corruption and dictatorship.
·
Pray for unity
among the Christians in Ukraine to over-ride their political preferences.
·
Pray for unity
in the country of Ukraine.
Mustard Seed Jersey’s work
in Romania continues – I have received no specific prayer requests from there.
Please continue to hold our work among the poorest of the poor in your prayers,
praying for success in easing the suffering of those in need.
Also please continue to
pray for our Jersey preparation work and organisation, for favour and
protection.
But I feel very strongly
that the situation in Ukraine is really very serious and for this reason I
would ask you to make that country a focus for prayer.
In His service
Rose