Archive for January, 2008

Carnaval in Recife

January 31, 2008

Carnaval begins on Saturday and in Recife, Brazil, Josias de Souza and a team led by Saulo from Espirito Santo church will be doing evangelism alongside Youth with a Mission (YWAM). Pray for them and against the powers of darkness that Carnaval can unleash. And nearby in Olinda three churches are planning to take a [...]

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Northern Argentina Prayer Bulletin Feb 2008

January 31, 2008

The February Prayer news for Northern Argentina has also just arrived. Last week the diocesan youth-camp for urban parishes took place in the ‘La Caldera’ conference-centre. 73 youngsters enjoyed an action-packed programme that revolved around the theme of ‘Mission-service’…Despite an improvised programme, God touched many hearts and some ten youngsters accepted Christ as Lord and [...]

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Paraguay Prayer Calendar Feb 2008

January 31, 2008

The latest Prayer Calendar for February is just in. In addition we have been asked specifically to pray for the election of a new Bishop of Paraguay and for new teachers in St. Andrew’s School.

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Dengue fever alert in Paraguay

January 31, 2008

Paraguay has again been put on a Dengue Fever alert. There have been 150 suspected cases of the mosquito-born disease this year. In 2007 an epidemic of Dengue caused 27,000 cases and 17 deaths. A number of SAMS Mission Partners caught the disease last year. Anyone who has had Dengue before is more at risk [...]

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Prayer items

January 24, 2008

Friday Night Live Pray for all those travelling to Friday Night Live on the 1st February. It’s one of the biggest nights and most overseas visitors we have ever had. There will be a lot of preparations over the next week. Health Please remember in prayer Bishop Bill & Judith Godfrey of Peru who came [...]

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SAMS Ireland Way Ahead

January 22, 2008

The SAMS Ireland General Council met in Dublin on Monday 21st January for prayer and discussion on the future direction of SAMS. Titch put together a discussion document looking at the core values of SAMS, it was used to spark creative thinking and ideas on sharpening focus and prioritising. The council will pray over the [...]

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Siwok 2007 report

January 8, 2008

During 2007 we have, thanks to your support, worked on different themes and projects. As stated in our mission statement, all the work intends to strengthen the values and talents of the Wichi people. We must add that we also intend to defend their environment, this has been high on this years list of activities. [...]

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Message from Alf Cooper

January 7, 2008

Alf Cooper, the keynote speaker at Friday Night Live writes: “As we look over our calendar”, write Alf and Hilary Cooper from La Trinidad church in Santiago, “we see wonderful evangelistic opportunities before us and many new people have been arriving at church. With the arrival of new people we follow up with a Foundations [...]

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January Prayer news from Paraguay

January 3, 2008

This month’s prayer calendar from the diocese of Paraguay, in pdf format.

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Pray for Bishop Andrés Rodríguez

January 2, 2008

Bishop Andrés Rodríguez who, following Bishop John Ellison’s retirement, has oversight of the Diocese of Paraguay until the appointment of a new diocesan bishop. Bishop Andrés is extremely busy with all the extra responsibilities and this is the hottest part of the year. Pray for him and his wife Estela, and also for the procedures [...]

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