Good morning to all of you who pray regularly for us. I want to give you all an update on the prayer requests and prayer needs that I sent out to you in the previous prayer blog. Much continues to happen and God continues to use the SA Foundation to carry out his work. Thank you for your support and prayers.
- Vancouver – The SA Foundation
– Pray for the ongoing work of the Foundation. We are busy with carrying on the work that Dominique began so many years ago. We continue to see the ongoing projects grow and develop and prosper even in a time of pandemic. God is so good in his ongoing provision.
– Pray for us as a team as we work together on the mission. Dominique trained us well and we have carried on the work without missing any beats. That is amazing when you realize how much work operationally it is for an organization like ours that is both local and global.
– Pray for the ongoing work of the Foundation in fundraising and fund development in a world changed by COVID-19. God is enabling us to be creative in the work and using new methods and tools to do the work.
– Pray for the development of the online training modules that will enable us to expand the number of sites that we train and equip globally. We purchased an online learning system before Dom’s passing and Carla is currently busy writing the courses for the system. We hope to utilize it in the training of the potential Italian team.
-Pray for the Team in the Vancouver Genesis Program – Marina and her team continue to deliver the program to the women and children in our house and Day Program.
- Budapest – The Anonymous Ways Foundation
– Pray for the team as Ildi, the founder suffered a serious stroke very recently and the cancer has spread throughout her body. It is in Stage 4 so it is very difficult. The stroke further complicates things regarding her treatment. The prognosis is not good. Pray for her as she walks through this time that she would sense God’s presence and know his grace and mercy.
– Pray for the ongoing work of the courageous team and volunteers our program in Budapest. The work goes on with creativity and strength as they work in a system troubled with COVID-19. The house and Day Program continues to provide safety and recovery to the women and their children who come to them. With Ildi’s illness the team continues to serve but need to find and hire new leaders to help carry the load. Pray for the rest of the team as they carry on their work and hers during this time. Pray that God would keep them healthy, strong, and united in their work of the women and children in their program.
– Pray for their ongoing fund development as they continue to raise support from their own country through churches, business, organizations and individuals. They have a great team of volunteers working making them more visible to the funding community.
- Nepal – The Gentle Heart Foundation
-Nepal continues to be in complete lock down with higher percentage cases of COVID-19 per population numbers than India. They are experiencing high number of daily deaths. The Gentle Heart Foundation is impacted by this in that the program house and staff are under lock down and there is a limited number of staff that can come and go in the house and Day Program. Pray for the protection of the women and children and staff and leaders as they work during this time of COVID-19.
– Pray for the fact that we are no able to send the production material to the program for Global Wonders and they cannot send it out to us either. This means that production for the Fall is curtailed for now. Pray for the team there as they creatively manage the work of production to sell locally in some way.
– Praise the Lord that the Executive Director, Arjun has recovered from the issues with his pulse as well as being diagnosed with COVID-19. His wife and several of the children have also survived the illness and continue on. Pray for peace for his large adopted family and the program who depend on him as well.
– Pray for the fact that we are no able to send the production material to the program for Global Wonders and they cannot send it out to us either. This means that production for the Fall is curtailed for now. Pray for the team there as they creatively manage the work of production to sell locally in some way.
– Pray for the fact that we are no able to send the production material to the program for Global Wonders and they cannot send it out to us either. This means that production for the Fall is curtailed for now. Pray for the team there as they creatively manage the work of production to sell locally in some way.
- Greece – Community House Damaris
– Greece continues to provide the entire SA Program Model to women in their country. Pray for them as they are serving many refugee women in the program and the government is shutting down many of the services available to them.
– Praise the Lord that he has provided a potential second house that will enable them to take in more women and children into the home and program. They are working through the details and fundraising for this aspect of the work. Pray for the additional staff that will need to be hired before this can open.
– Pray for the team there as we are expanding Global Wonders to include products from the program participants in Greece. Pray for those who will work with the women in the production. Pray also for the shipping and receiving of those products here. We hope to offer the products here in Canada in the fall.
All of the things going on at home and in our projects cause us to take a stand against our enemy who is attacking the work of the SA Foundation on all fronts by attacking the health of key leaders in our organizations. This is a time of great warfare with our enemy. Pray for us to stand defensively against this enemy and pray for the strength and safety of our leaders globally during this time.
Thank you dear prayer warriors for your ongoing prayer support for us as we do God’s work.
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