Prayer Priorities – January 17, 2023
“Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.â€
Psalm 98:1
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
- Praise God for the fruitful Hospital Leadership Team meeting held last week in Kathmandu
- Praise God that the UMN team for new cluster exploration in Madhesh Province has successfully finished its study and submitted the result within the scheduled time.
- Praise God that Doti Cluster has successfully recruited a new project officer for the ‘Child Oriented Resilient Development’ project.
- Give thanks to the Lord for the successful monitoring visit of Shiva, Nabin and Niraj to Chunbang, Rukum East, where the team observed farmers utilising knowledge gained from their exposure visits.
- Give thanks to the Lord for the successful completion of Sangasangai Trainings in Nawalparasi and Kapilvastu Clusters last week.
Prayer
- 72 people were killed on Sunday when an aircraft went down near the city of Pokhara, the country’s deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years. Please remember the bereaved family members in your prayers. Pray for peace and solace in their hearts.
- A UMN team to explore Karnali Province for a new cluster establishment is still carrying out its study. Continue to uphold them in prayer for good health and successful visits.
- Please pray for the formation of the full-fledged government and its stability in Nepal.
- Please uphold the various teams, especially Funding, Finance, Clusters and Grant Management Unit in prayers as they engage heavily in Reviewing and Reporting at this time of the year.
- Expatriate Visa issue has returned; currently four visas are stuck at the Home Ministry. They are now on Tourist visas, which doesn’t allow them to work. It is not just affecting UMN – a few other organisations are facing similar issues too. Please pray that the Social Welfare Council that it would facilitate the process and the officials from the Home Ministry would understand and cooperate in time to resolve the issues.
- We need to amend one of our Project Agreements which had taken two years to be approved so the situation had changed. Please pray that the preparation and amendment would go smoothly.
- Continue to pray for Rabbi who is suffering from cancer, for a successful treatment.
- Please continue to pray for the best resolution of Thapathali Property dispute.
Cluster Work
- Please uphold Nawalparasi Cluster staff in your prayers. Pray for their safety as they constantly travel, for wisdom to build capacity of partners, and for blessings to their family members.
- In Doti Cluster, please pray for Surendra and Khadak as they are involved in the staff selection for the Improving Health System Project in Doti Cluster. Please pray also for the inception and review meeting of Child Oriented Resilient Development and Saksham projects.
- Please pray for the safety of cluster staff as many are travelling between the field and cluster office in Doti and other clusters.
- Please pray for the selection of qualified staff including programme coordinators and programme officers for UMN partners in Rukum East Cluster. Shiva Adhikari and Nabin Chaudhary from UMN will be involved in the recruitment process. Pray for wisdom and discernment to select the right candidates.
- Also in Rukum East, please pray for safety and wisdom for Suraj Sonar as he is going to be involved in field monitoring of the SEED project from 17-22 January. Please pray too for the donor audit of ABLE and Pro-Act projects to be conducted from 19-23 January.
- For Bajhang, pray for the external audit that is going to be conducted from this week.
- Please pray for the rain which is required to produce winter crops in Bajhang and other areas of Nepal.
Tansen Hospital
- Please pray for the monthly internal management committee as they meet this week in Tansen Hospital
- Please pray for the pharmacy department in Tansen Hospital that they will be accurate in their work and be able to explain clearly to patients how to take their medicines.
- Pray for the land use permission for the wastewater project, which is still pending
Okhaldhunga Hospital
- Pray for the safety and wisdom for Dr VD Sharma and the staff who are involved at the Mental Health Camp at Khijidemba and at Okhaldhunga Hospital, scheduled to be held from 17-20 January.
- Please remember Sister Nirmala in prayer as she takes care of patients at the Maternal Waiting Home.
- Pray for all the staff who work at Pharmacy Department. Pray for the wisdom and patience to be accurate in giving prescribed medicines and instruction to the patients.
