• We are trusting God for a Field Coordinator for Clau Clau Service Center and the Service Center Coordinator for Bushbuckridge.

• We have the Prime Care Givers’ Training running for our grannies. Pray that these training will be a platform where the grannies connect with God and with one another, that their strength in caring for the children will be renewed as they learn new communication skills and how to deal with traumatized children.

• For the buying and distribution of school uniforms to our children. That this will be the time of bonding between volunteers and children.

• For the water problems in BBR that God will give us wisdom in dealing government officials knowing what to do as far as boreholes are concerned

• For the expansion of Hands to new communities (in BBR area and along the Swaziland Border- Oshoek)

• For the teams and volunteers coming to work with our CBO in January and February.

• For the children who are under the loving care of ASB ... that they see and believe the Lord in Home Visits and provisions

• Rain for the fields sown with maize that provides staple food for the OVC’s ... so far it is not good ...

• For the Care Workers, who are mostly OLD women, to have the Lords perspective of caring for the children

• Discerning for Nomsa and Board of Servants as they make plans for Income Generation Activity

• For Mk who is keeping books, documentation and reporting ... His relationship with the Lord and his fellow workers

• We have also moved from where we were meeting and feeding our Children to a council run place, we also need favour with this as they can complicate things.

• We are moving into a new area, Honde Valley, Pray for  favour with the Local chiefs and all involved.

• Pray for the Children Of Zimbabwe, school is still one of the biggest challenges for it has been not running smoothly due to  mass strikes buy teachers who need to be paid a bit more and the government cannot afford …Most children have been out of School because their parents cannot afford the school fees which is paid in either $US or The SA rand.

• For our Care workers who are striving everyday to reach out to the children when they themselves are facing the very same challenges, pray for renewed strength.

• that new partnerships will be established as a result of his visit

• that logistics will run smoothly

• that he will be kept safe and strong as he travels

• for George to hear God and bring a word in season wherever he goes

Please also pray for all members, partners and friends of Hands UK, especially that God will raise up key people to serve on our management team.

Please pray for the new Regional Support Team who will be moving to Zambia.  We are very excited about their new role in supporting the work in DRC, Malawi, and  Zambia.  They are a diverse group, with gifts and skills in OVC care, income-generating activities, agriculture, maintenance, empowering communities, carpentry, finance, and hospitality.  But more importantly, we appreciate them for who they are and their obedience to God in this situation.  We thank God for each of them:

Please pray for safe travel for those who are moving to Zambia from South Africa; for good health for all of them, and especially the children; that God will bind them together in unity as a team; and against any attacks of the enemy.

Luanshya

• Praise God for our new bookkeeper, Mary, in Luanshya Service Centre.  Pray that Mary will feel comfortable in the office and on the team.

• Please pray for the upcoming training of Church leaders at Kachele Farm.  That the leaders will understand the Biblical mandate to care for the vulnerable in their communities and take action in response to God’s call.

• Praise God for Samuel and Juliet Zulu and their family, who have moved to Kachele Farm.  Pray for the maize that is currently being planted, that the project will be successful and support food security for many of God’s most vulnerable children.

Kabwe

• Praise God for our new administrator Trina in the Service Centre!   Pray that Trina will learn quickly and enjoy her new role.

• Praise God for a vehicle that was donated by Kangaruh Foundation.

• Please pray for training for care workers happening now in a few communities, that they will feel encouraged in the work they are doing.

• We have a number of new volunteers who have come to work with us, would you please pray with us as we send them to different communities and African countries where life is not as comfortable, food might not be their usual and the life is very different. We pray they may be strengthened and encouraged to reach out and touch the lives of many children. Please pray also for their health and further more that God can just be their comfort and minister to them as they play this important role of caring and showing love to God’s children.

• Morgan, one of our family members who works in the Canada office is not feeling well and is undergoing tests, please pray God can heal her and give her much peace.

• Please pray for Samuel and Juliet Zulu, Hands at Work volunteers from Chipata, Zambia, who have moved on 1 October with their children to Kachele Farm in Luanshya.  Samuel will manage the farm with the aim of improving food security for orphaned and vulnerable children around Luanshya, and Juliet’s role will involve training on caring for vulnerable children.

Mozambique:

• Our 3 CBO leaders ... for clarity in direction for delivery of 3 services

• For Care Workers ... to love the children as their own

• For Children ... to know the love being offered is also the love of God

Zimbabwe:

• Please pray for the piece of land purchasing process  and construction  of the care centre for the CBO to go according to plan for we are racing against time. Processes have been taking long because of the political situation.

• For the Zim team to connect with the right people for some are opportunists

• To get the right candidate for the bookkeeping position that needs to be filled up.

• The farming God’s way that is to happen in Honde valley

• The trained care workers to continue with the good work they have started.

• The expansion of  our work in Zim in general

• The political situation in Zim., there is still lots of tension between the two joint parties and some uncertainties.

We would like to share in this with you through our website where we will have scriptures to reflect on as well as an area for you to communicate with us on what God is revealing to you!

Listen to this message from George (mp3 file) and be expectant for what He has to show us through this time!