19–23 OCTOBER 2020
Prayerlines
IMAGINATION IN ACTION
M 19 OCT // BRISTOL Pioneer James FoxRobinson is developing an app to help selfsupporting people (such as people in mission) fundraise and communicate better. Pray for this app as it goes through coding, design and testing, and for it to make a real difference to people in mission.
T 20 OCT // SOUTHALL Kailean and Kim Khongsai, working in creation care, are struggling to find enough volunteers due to the pandemic having caused fear and anxiety. Pray for courage and wisdom as Kailean and Kim navigate and explore new ways of working within A Rocha and the local community.
W 21 OCT // AFRICA/UK “Following a challenging health year, I have been experiencing complications and a couple of falls. Please pray for my health and mending bones and confidences alike following recent new diagnoses and complications,” writes mission partner Ann-Marie Wilson, working to end female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa.
Th 22 OCT // CORNWALL Pray for Festo and Grace Kanungha. Grace is currently in Cornwall while Festo is in Tanzania awaiting a visa. Pray for Festo’s visa to be granted and for their children as they settle into a new school in Cornwall.
F 23 OCT // POOLE Pioneer Rachel Dismorr, an outreach pastor, asks for prayer for those who attended her church’s online Alpha Course to feel at home in the church community, to form good friendships and continue to grow in faith. 12
IMAGINATION FOR CREATION How many people look at a polluted area, mutter something like “yuck” or “what a shame” or “someone should really do something about that” – and then move on? How many people look at such a place and see possibility for a green community space where people can connect, socialise, plant food, enjoy nature, play, even worship?
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he difference is imagination. And it turns out imagination is something CMS mission partners Kailean and Kim Khongsai have – quite literally – in spades. Originally from Manipur, north east India, the Khongsais have lived in Southall, London, for 11 years. Though they both grew up in Christian families where Jesus was at the heart of their households, they say they never dreamed of working in mission. Then they learned they could marry their respective areas of expertise (Kailean studied
ecology and environmental waste management and Kim studied botany and education) with their Christian faith – and their imagination has expanded while working in creation care ministry A Rocha, through a secondment via CMS. Kailean said, “God placed us in Southall, a multicultural, vibrant place but sadly [when we arrived we saw] the area suffered from lack of community engagement and environmental
