Prayer update for September

Dear friends,

We send you greetings in the Name of our Lord.

Many thanks for your prayers for us here at Kagoro. The Semester is well underway and we are enjoying the teaching. Debbie has two large classes of 60 and 72 students while I have one large class with 65 students and a smaller one with only 8 students. Debbie is working on the next module in her studies and teaching these large classes means more work in terms of marking. Pray she will be able to balance these activities well.

I would appreciate your prayers as I preach at the Seminary on Tuesday from 1 Peter 2:1-3.

In September we will be working on several committees. One is the 5-year planning committee. We are both on that one. Every five years the Seminary forms this committee to come up with a plan for the Seminary's development in the following five years subject, of course, to our Lord's will and direction. Also, I am chairing the Graduation Planning committee again this year. Graduation is scheduled for 22nd November. The Seminary normally writes a short newsletter for distribution on that occasion. Pray that the sub-committees we have set up will complete the assigned tasks on time.

Our Provost will be in the UK during September speaking at a conference and doing research. We will miss him though we appreciate the good work he does at such events. The Deputy Provost and myself will have more administrative tasks to handle while he is away so pray for help in those practical matters.

Thank you for praying for my Mum. She fell again and was in hospital for a few days. Mercifully, no bones was broken. When she returned home the Social Services arranged a 'care package' for her. Several times each day people come in to help her get up in the morning, get her a meal at lunch time, and so on. It means more work for my sister-in-law Frances who ensures clothes and meals are there for the carers to use. We greatly appreciate the support my brother Robert and his wife, Frances, and their daughters Rebekah and Elle provide for Mum. 

We mentioned the Ebola virus last time and it has now reached Nigeria. Pray along with us that this virus will not spread in this populous nation. We thank the Lord that two missionaries who were affected in Liberia and sent to the US for treatment have fully recovered.

There are still major concerns about extremists operating mainly in the North-East of the country and the nation is heading for elections early next year so pray for peace and stability here. 

We praise the Lord that 70 new students started programmes of study at the Seminary this semester. This brings the total who started this year to 140. It is encouraging that men and women are still willing to study the Word of God in preparation for ministry. Our Lord is still building His church and one day it will be complete (Matt. 16:18).

Yours in Jesus our Lord, 

David and Debbie