Every day, the students at the college have communal prayers, and pray for the world, for the Church, for the community, for the sick, and for special occasions as they arise. But some of the students have special, personal prayer requests. Please join me in praying for them:
G is from the smallest state in South Sudan, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and asks for prayers especially for his family, which has had many illnesses this year.
E, from SW South Sudan (a beautiful place, but LRA country) prays for help in continuing his education beyond the college diploma to a degree level. When God answers this prayer, he'll be a good degree student, too. I just graded the second (but not last) draft of his essay on the influence of the Edict of Milan on Christian history, and was very impressed.
Ms. M is the only lady at the college, and is one of only two truly new students, not having been at the college last year for pre-diploma studies. From Jonglei State, the most populous and most conflict-ridden part of the nation, you can pray for peace at home and for her own perseverance. Academically, she got a slow start but is improving fast.
Mr. M, the other new student, is from the South Sudan-Uganda border, the terminus of a wildly over-budget but incredibly valuable road being built by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). You can pray for his region, which is currently facing tribal conflict.
J1, another good student from Western Equatoria (near E), asks for four prayers: 1) God's protection from the devil; 2) Sponsorship for his studies; 3) For his family to grow up in true faith repentance; 4) For the people of his diocese to understand and experience God's love for them.
E2 is from central/southwest South Sudan, where the greenery starts to improve. He prays for the people of his diocese, for his own studies, and for educational opportunities for his family--he is the only educated member of the family.
GG is another from the Northwest, and asks for prayer for his wife (adding that he has only one), for his own poor health, and for help for his family, who are poor, during his absence for studies.
CD, from even deeper LRA territory, requests prayer for understanding in his studies so that he can help his people.
CE, from the west, near the border with Central African Republic, asks for prayers for his family, and for his diocese, specifically for training for youth leaders.
J2, G's neighbor in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, prays for his wife, one year old son, and for his studies to be beneficial.
J3, another of J2 and G's neighbors, gives thanks to Jesus for his family's good health and prays that they would remain healthy.
K, from north central South Sudan, an area where there is a massive food shortage due to interrupted trade with the North, prays for his family's health, and that illness would not interfere with his studies.
E3, a neighbor to CD in the southwest, gives thanks for his life, asks for prayer for his church community, and prays for his family - especially his wife and kids.
Y, also from the southwest, asks for prayer for himself and his family.
W, Ms. M's neighbor in Jonglei State, prays for peace and for my (John's) ministry.
In addition, you can also pray for two of the faculty members. Samuel is the new star professor. He is getting married on November 26, and I'm currently reading his ThM thesis from a Divinity School in Pennsylvania on The Impact of Bible Translation on the Jieng [aka Dinka] of Sudan: Bible Translation as a Missional Tool in Reaching Multilingual Societies, with Special Reference to Obadiah.
Joseph is the head of the school. In an email before I came to Juba, he was introduced to me as "a man that the Sudanese Church will be relying upon for decades." The praise seemed like overkill at the time, but it's not. Give thanks for the reunion of his family after they were living in different cities for a while. But he has health issues, so pray for him to heal and be able to maintain balance in the face of many demands.
Lord, hear our prayer.
- John
G is from the smallest state in South Sudan, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and asks for prayers especially for his family, which has had many illnesses this year.
E, from SW South Sudan (a beautiful place, but LRA country) prays for help in continuing his education beyond the college diploma to a degree level. When God answers this prayer, he'll be a good degree student, too. I just graded the second (but not last) draft of his essay on the influence of the Edict of Milan on Christian history, and was very impressed.
Ms. M is the only lady at the college, and is one of only two truly new students, not having been at the college last year for pre-diploma studies. From Jonglei State, the most populous and most conflict-ridden part of the nation, you can pray for peace at home and for her own perseverance. Academically, she got a slow start but is improving fast.
Mr. M, the other new student, is from the South Sudan-Uganda border, the terminus of a wildly over-budget but incredibly valuable road being built by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). You can pray for his region, which is currently facing tribal conflict.
J1, another good student from Western Equatoria (near E), asks for four prayers: 1) God's protection from the devil; 2) Sponsorship for his studies; 3) For his family to grow up in true faith repentance; 4) For the people of his diocese to understand and experience God's love for them.
E2 is from central/southwest South Sudan, where the greenery starts to improve. He prays for the people of his diocese, for his own studies, and for educational opportunities for his family--he is the only educated member of the family.
GG is another from the Northwest, and asks for prayer for his wife (adding that he has only one), for his own poor health, and for help for his family, who are poor, during his absence for studies.
CD, from even deeper LRA territory, requests prayer for understanding in his studies so that he can help his people.
CE, from the west, near the border with Central African Republic, asks for prayers for his family, and for his diocese, specifically for training for youth leaders.
J2, G's neighbor in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, prays for his wife, one year old son, and for his studies to be beneficial.
J3, another of J2 and G's neighbors, gives thanks to Jesus for his family's good health and prays that they would remain healthy.
K, from north central South Sudan, an area where there is a massive food shortage due to interrupted trade with the North, prays for his family's health, and that illness would not interfere with his studies.
E3, a neighbor to CD in the southwest, gives thanks for his life, asks for prayer for his church community, and prays for his family - especially his wife and kids.
Y, also from the southwest, asks for prayer for himself and his family.
W, Ms. M's neighbor in Jonglei State, prays for peace and for my (John's) ministry.
In addition, you can also pray for two of the faculty members. Samuel is the new star professor. He is getting married on November 26, and I'm currently reading his ThM thesis from a Divinity School in Pennsylvania on The Impact of Bible Translation on the Jieng [aka Dinka] of Sudan: Bible Translation as a Missional Tool in Reaching Multilingual Societies, with Special Reference to Obadiah.
Joseph is the head of the school. In an email before I came to Juba, he was introduced to me as "a man that the Sudanese Church will be relying upon for decades." The praise seemed like overkill at the time, but it's not. Give thanks for the reunion of his family after they were living in different cities for a while. But he has health issues, so pray for him to heal and be able to maintain balance in the face of many demands.
Lord, hear our prayer.
- John
Amen!
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