OHFI NEWS & PRAYER OCTOBER 2020

We thank the Lord for OHFI’s 29 years of service

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — OHFI

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST T ena koutou katoa
With gratitude, I write
to you as the new Execu-
• From the Executive
tive Director. Please join
Director me in thanking God for
• Ten this year Ewen and Gillian as they
step back from some of
• Trusting each other
OHFI’s day to day adminis-
• Opening up tration.
Thank you all for re-
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
sponding with love to
God’s call for action. We
ask you to pray that more
people come to support
the children, families and
communities we work
with.
Lord, we pray that the
fire of your compassion
will ignite many hearts and
guide them to supporting
the work of OHFI however
they are able – through
their prayers, their time
or their donations. We
ask that you fill with joy
all those who reach out to
help others.
Arohanui Deirdre

News TEN THIS YEAR — HANNAH, ROMANIA

Prayer points

Bible verse
H ANNAH is ten! We want
to give thanks to God
for everything He has done
Contact details for us and through us over
the last ten years.
Thank you to all those
who have encouraged and
supported us, prayed for
us, given your time, hearts
and energy to it. You have
blessed many!
We pray for His continu-
ing blessing and guidance,
as we work amongst the
families and communities
that He has called us to.
May we remain faithful
to the vision He has for us.
Blessings, Alice Ten: This year HANNAH cele-
brates a decade of existence.

TRUSTING EACH OTHER — TFC, ROMANIA

W hile it has been chal-
lenging and difficult
in different ways, The
Family Centre team have
experienced a reminder of
the importance of trust-
ing each other and being
committed to trusting God
in how He leads us.
Gone for now are the
parenting courses, mums
At play: Making the most of the autumn days.
support group, cooking
classes, and half of the “normal” will ever return it looks a little different
children who were attend- however we know that we these days but GOD’S LOVE
ing the day care. We are far are continuing to make is still very much at the
away from our “normal” a huge difference in our centre of all we do.
and have no idea if our community … it’s just that Blessings Margie

OPENING UP — KOLKATA, INDIA

D ue to the virus resulting
in job losses – domestic
violence has increased, and
many people and families
have become insecure.
Misunderstanding among
parents has been growing.
Children are left alone at
home while parents are
out looking for work. We
are doing what we can by
visiting these children and
giving them something to
eat and lessons for study
while their parents are
away.
Last week we distributed
another 550kg of rice and
250kg of potatoes to 250
families around the three
children’s centres.
The number of positive
cases in our country is
coming down slowly and
things are opening.
Much love, Lun
 OHFI NEWS & PRAYER OCTOBER 2020
PRAYERFUL GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR

• Kolkata: Father we pray for the ongoing food and general supply needs
in Kolkata. Father please provide rice and hygiene packs if this is Your
will.
• We also ask that You grant peace and harmony within families during
this pandemic.
• Father we also ask for Your blessing on the sewing project.
• Manipur: Father bless the fishpond project and guide those in charge.
• Uganda: Father thank You for the completion of the Kalapata Fellow-
ship Meeting Hall. Please bless Pastor John William in his work to reach
out to the district’s schools with the mission to help local families.
• Romania (HANNAH): Father thank You for HANNAH reaching the ten- Sapui Para, Kolkata: Visiting children
year milestone. Thank You for establishing HANNAH within the com- and helping with lessons.
munity of Târgu Mureș. Over the years children in institutional care
have been ministered to, relationships have been developed with fam-
ilies and credibility gained with persons of authority in both the state
health and social system. Please continue to bless and guide HANNAH.
• Romania (The Family Centre): Father please grant that our hearts and
hands will be open to move through each week knowing it may be
different again the following week.
• Four of the families we support are living in exceedingly difficult living
conditions and one of these families is homeless. With winter ap-
proaching this is a serious concern as the temperatures in our area
average around minus three to six degrees for months. Father please
help. Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata: Chil-
dren receiving rice and potatoes.
• Zambia: Please guide and bless Bishop Mark in his work in Misisi, espe-
cially the youth programme initiated during lockdown. Many pregnancies have occurred due to the virus
resulting in lockdown. Early pregnancies have consequences for young mothers having to raise children on
their own. We pray for Your guidance and intervention there.
• Father we pray for our new Executive Director, Deirdre. We pray that You would guide her and fill her with
wisdom for her role.
• Father we pray for the safety of OHFI’s partners and those they serve from this virus. We pray especially
for effective supplies and food resources to get through and be established.
• Father we bring OHFI’s country groups before You. Please let the right people step forward and guide and
bless those already involved.
• We ask this in Jesus’s Name.

A t that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You
have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them
to infants ...” Matthew 11:25

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