Prayer Priorities – April 5, 2022
“Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.â€
Lamentations 2v19
We encourage everyone who is praying for UMN not only to raise our requests but to listen to God on UMN’s behalf. Please take time to read this Bible verse slowly to yourself. Pause and ask God to speak through His Word. Then read it slowly again. Settle and calm your mind before you pray.
Praise
- The three and a half days project design workshop of Disability inclusion development project went well in Nawalparasi cluster. Also a five day workshop for group facilitators and staff of our project for ending domestic violence through Community Mediation and dialogue went well
- Give praise that the mid-term evaluation of Health project supported by Bina Malla and Katherine Parker went well.
- In Rukum three Sangsangai workshops under the SEED, ABLE and IDRA projects were completed successfully.
- Videography of the Harvest Appeal under the SEED project went well with the involvement of the Tearfund team, Project Manager Suraj Sonar and SEED project staff.
Prayer
- Please pray constantly for all cluster teams in their work which involves much travel, countless meetings, many challenging situations and difficult decisions. Pray specifically for Cluster Team Leaders and all who manage projects.
- In Rukum East pray for the fruitful learning visit of the SEED project team with farmers in HASERA Agriculture Research and Training Centre.
- In Kapilvastu, Melsan together with colleagues from the implementing partner, Dalit Social Development Center (DSDC) are finalizing activities for the next phase of the SECURE project. Please pray for wisdom to the team to formulate activities that can later transform the lives of people through the project.
- Please pray for Sabina Lakha, and the team from DSDC (ED, chairperson and staff) who are going to Kathmandu to submit a proposal for the Mental Health Project at the Social Welfare Coucil. They are also preparing a detailed implementation and action plan of the project while in Kathmandu together with Bajhang Team. Please Pray for the approval of the project from SWC.
- Kapilvastu cluster is preparing for the visit of the Australian Ambassador scheduled on the 12th of April. Please pray for the Kapilvastu Team’s effort to be effective with no issues or difficulties of any kind, and successfully concluding the Ambassador’s visit to the cluster.
- In Tansen the health insurance issue reached a crisis point last week and a letter was issued to the insurance board giving a deadline for a positive response, we held a press meeting on Friday to explain the issues leading to this. The hospital has taken some measures to charge the costs not covered by insurance to patients and asked for assurance of regular payment from the insurance board or the hospital will withdraw from the scheme. We have been promised that some of the outstanding amount was transferred yesterday evening but has not reached our account yet. Please pray:
– for this assurance of regular reimbursement so that we can continue this system
– for understanding from our community and patients and for all the teething issues of the new system to be resolved quickly.
- The Hospitals’ Planning and Budget review meeting is on April 11th in Kathmandu pray for safe travel and meetings with insurance board officials
- A TV film crew from EO Metteraad Netherlands are arriving in Tansen this week to make a fund raising programme for the maternity ward extension.
- In Nawalparasi, Please pray for the successful completion of two days reflection workshop for 40 gender champion under Gender Equality (Samanata) project facilitating by Cheli Gurung and Kabita Gurung.
- Please continue in prayer for healing for our colleague Rabbi, and the fathers of Sagar & Ruth and mother of Bhagirath. They all have been sick for a long time and going through treatments.
