Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Pray for a woman in our village who is recovering from a brutal beating. Pray for her continued recovery, especially that she would start to eat with her mouth, and for improvement in her speaking. She is currently being fed by an NG tube. Pray that she and her wider family would believe the good news of Jesus. Many of her family are open to hear about Jesus. As a team we are praying with her regularly. People from the local church are going to pray with her tomorrow. Pray with us for her healing, that God will be glorified. Also pray with us against spiritual attack on her life and on that of her family.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Thank God for the small church amongst the Alagwa who hosted both Good Friday and Easter Sunday services. 70 people were counted on Friday afternoon- many had never been at a church gathering before- everyone heard the good news of Jesus. On Sunday, the church and many visitors met under a tree so there would be enough room for all! Thank God for the new openness to come to church publically and hear about Jesus. Please pray for all those who heard the good news about Jesus for the first time. Please pray for those who have now heard and understood about God’s gift of eternal life through Jesus. Pray that God will move in their hearts so that they have the courage to make the decision to follow him.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Praise God actually 4 people were baptised on 27th March! Pray especially for one of the ladies- she is working through what it means to follow Jesus in a community when many still pressurise her to follow Islam. Pray for her husband to follow Jesus too.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Please pray for the two Alagwa believers who are getting baptised in our local river this Sunday. One is the woman mentioned in the last update: she IS standing strong! You can see on her face the freedom she now enjoys in Jesus.

Please also pray that many friends and neighbours will gather with the church on Good Friday afternoon to hear the good news of Jesus. Pray that God will call many to himself.

“…but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God” 1 Corinthians 1, v 23-4

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Thank God for many people who are hearing God’s word in their own language, Alagwaisa, through the Bible stories. Praise God for the impact this is having on individuals and spreading out to family and friends. Pray that many hearts will be opened as they hear God’s word,

Thank God for the woman who has been released from demonic possession. She is clear that she wants to follow Jesus, despite pressure from others. Pray for her that she will have the strength to stand strong.

Pray for the Alagwa believer who is seeking to follow Jesus in difficult times, with all sorts of cultural pressures and questions. Up till now Islam has always mixed seamlessly with traditional ideas about healing and the spirit world. Pray that he will have God’s wisdom, and that he will be guided by a deep sense of the Father’s love, and drawn to obey Him.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Please pray Romans 1:16-17:
“I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last…”
Pray:
That many Alagwa would open their hearts to the gospel and receive God’s grace by faith.
That the Alagwa who are following Jesus, or who are moving towards Jesus, will be courageous and unashamed of the gospel in their communities.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Ramadan Day 22: God sent His Servant Jesus “as a light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison.” (Isa 42:6-7). Ask Jesus to open the eyes of Muslims blinded by the Evil One, and to set free those held captive by evil spirits.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Ramadan Day 11: The fifth pillar of Islam is the Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca. Pray that Muslims would hear Jesus say what He said to the woman at the well, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know, we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him.” (John 4: 21-23)

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Please pray for a new believer, who has been delivered from demonic possession. Pray for her as she mourns the death of her mother, but praise God she was bold enough to proclaim the name of Jesus at her mother’s funeral. This is a big deal culturally as funerals are steeped in folk Islamic traditions and rituals.

Update on The Alagwa of Tanzania

Ramadan starts tomorrow. Muslims around the world will be observing a month-long fast from dawn to sunset. This is a very important religious observance for them. They will try hard to please God through fasting and piety. Ask God to reveal to them that “without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb 11:6)