Africa Fire Mission is headed to Africa for 4 team trips! Several of you have asked how to pray for us and our teams while we are gone. Thank you for praying! Here are some specific things to pray about:
Pray for our team’s travel – there are lots of moving parts for team members from all across the US, Germany and Poland. Pray that our team will have safe uneventful travel. The biggest travel days are 10/23, 11/2, 11/6, 11/13, 11/17, 11/24, 11/26
Pray from Jason Braun and his wife Kate. Less than 2 months ago their infant son, Ike, died at 5 days old. Jason was one of the first firefighters to sign up for this year’s trip and is still planning to join us. Pray that this trip is a healing experience for him and that Kate will be supported at home.
Pray for Candace Chapman and her family, her mom is in hospice and Candace is trying to decide if she will travel with the team or if she should cancel.
Pray for our team leaders and our trainers to be healthy, well rested and prepared for training.
Pray for our team member’s families at home. Some of our team members are traveling with us for 5 weeks.
Pray for our social work team that we will minister well at Missions of Hope International.
Pray for our fire prevention team- They have the privilege of serving in Mariakani Kenya and reaching out directly to community kids! There is a church at the fire station here and another church plant being planned in this area. Missions of Hope is planning on a school in this area as well.
Pray for our fire training in Zambia. Our partnerships have shifted there and we are praying for the new partnerships that are forming to be successful.
Pray for firefighters in Kenya and Zambia that choose to participate in our first ever formal fire chaplain training. Pray that the chaplain ministry will develop as an opportunity to continually serve the firefighters spiritual needs and to share Christ’s love with them.
Pray for firefighters that are struggling with their mental health. We will be sharing a new firefighter mental health program that we have written based on several programs in the US. Pray that this new program will minister to the firefighter’s emotional health and create a sustainable way for the firefighters to support each other.
Pray for Dave and Nancy Moore- They will be in Africa for a total of 5 weeks managing 4 teams and 4 large training programs. They are grateful for wonderful friends that are taking care of things at home and for AFM volunteers that will keep things moving for AFM in the US.
Pray for Mikel our administrator as she manages the daily operations of AFM stateside.
Pray for José- our fire safety advocate in Kenya. Pray that we will be able to mentor him during this trip and that he will continue to grow in his role.
Pray for our fire training in Kenya. Pray that connections with local partners will be strengthened and that we can continue to build on recent growth of the fire service.
Pray for the fire chiefs in Kenya and Zambia that our work with them will empower them to advocate even more for their community’s needs.
Pray for our CHE (community health evangelism partners) that their ministries will be blessed through their work with us and that as they serve along side is lasting relationships can be built to bring others to Christ. (Zambia- CHEEP; Kenya- MOHI)
We are grateful to each of you that pray for our ministry! Thank you!