September 2026

“The fruit of silence is prayer,
the fruit of prayer is faith,
the fruit of faith is love,
the fruit of love is service
and the fruit of service is peace.”

~Mother Teresa

Jean-Pasteur Katavo

MTS Director of African Translations and Emerging Leader Development

Daphrose Muteho

MTS Director of Trauma-Informed Gracia Chaplaincy,
Adolescent and Women's Ministries

PRAISE

We praise the Lord for the eleven vulnerable mothers who have received support from the MTS Hope-Giving Benevolence Fund and have now launched their Income Generating Activities. Let us pray for wise stewardship, fruitful productivity, lasting durability, and an increase in the benevolence fund so that many more waiting families may be blessed.
Our thirty-nine healing groups, nurturing more than three hundred survivors with By His Wounds, have now completed six months of teaching—what a remarkable impact! We praise the Lord for His healing grace and for these trophies of transformation.
We praise the Lord for the new program we have launched—the Congo Rehab Initiative for those struggling with addiction. Since July, we have conducted two healing crusades around a barbecue (the next is due on Sept.11), reaching more than five hundred youths with the Gospel, and a dozen have already begun the detoxification program. Let us stand alongside the steering committee, led by Pastor Sam Kasereka, offering our prayerful support as they continue to shape the vision for this vital, much-needed, and transformative healing ministry.

PRAYER

On September 1st, a new school year begins. By faith, we claim the salvation of ten thousand students this year, the empowerment of one hundred school chaplains, and the academic success of hundreds of thousands—because youth are the lifeblood of the nation and the fire of the country. Preparations have already begun; let us bathe every step in prayer, for the challenges ahead are great.
We praise the Lord for fifteen master trainers who have volunteered this year to teach By His Wounds, Children Our Treasure, and To Heal or Harm: Scripture’s Use as Poison or Medicine for Abuse Survivors at several sites among very needy people. We ask the Holy Spirit to grant them wisdom as they are trained, equipped, and challenged this month in preparation for their annual assignments.

David Mudeya

MTS Beni Regional Office

PRAISE

For the ongoing radio outreach program as done monthly.
For the first intensive COT training in Bulongo last week.
For the launching of the children’s COT group at Oicha.
For the stable internet connection we now have.
For the BHW Youth Conference in Beni the week before the last.

PRAYER

Please pray for the other children’s COT groups to start in the Ruwenzori area.
For His protection over the people in the region from the ongoing epidemic.
For our radio outreach listeners to get healed by His Word.
Still, we are praying to the Lord God to sustain the ministry partners with whom and through whom Mending the Soul acts to reach the communities. These are: CEPIMA Beni, Oicha and Bunia, CERESAM Beni and Mutwanga, CERAPEC, L2RCongo, BBC, UCBC, ECC and ERC Churches, USB, UBECA, Excellent Group, …

Kavusa Mutsopi Albert

MTS Mambowa/DRC

PRAISE

We praise God for the protection He is granting us. We are doing well, despite the Ebola epidemic ravaging the eastern part of the country.

PRAYER

We urgently need prayer because we admitted a patient who had returned from Butembo; he did not clearly explain his history to us. He passed away here at the hospital. Laboratory analysis confirmed a positive Ebola test, and several of our team members—myself included—have already been exposed. So we look to God alone, as we are now considered contacts. We await God's will.

Moise Mawa

MTS Butembo, Lubero, Bashu Regional Office

PRAISE

We praise God who keeps the faith of Christians firm in the midst of war and the trials of the Ebola virus disease.
We give thanks to God for the good health and peace He grants to the families of our master trainers.
We praise God who has opened the door for the COT training in Butembo, and we glorify Him in advance for what He is going to accomplish.
We lift our praise to God, the Prince of Peace, who can bring an end to the war and the killings in Eastern DRC.
We praise God for His faithful help, which will enable the achievement of the MTS objectives during this fiscal year.

PRAYER

May God stop the hands of the armed groups in our country and bring lasting peace.
May God provide for the needs of the thousands of families who have fled their villages and are living in camps, schools, or host families in Butembo, without shelter, without food, and without care.
⁠For those women who have suffered rape, abduction, and survival prostitution because of the war. May they find healing, dignity and protection.
⁠Prayer for orphaned children, separated from their parents, out of school, and for young people who, for lack of hope, fall into alcohol, drugs, or are recruited by armed groups.
Prayer for the training session in Butembo for 50 low-literacy leaders to evaluate the effectiveness of the BHW oral training program.

Fred Mugeni

MTS Uganda / Africa Coordinator

PRAISE

We give thanks to God for the BHW training conducted in Kikube, Western Uganda, led by our Master Trainers. Participants expressed great joy in learning and in the journey of discovering themselves through the sessions.

PRAYER

We also lift in prayer the upcoming session on biblical sexuality, to be facilitated by Dr. Tracy, asking God to prepare hearts and bless the teaching.

Debbie Taylor

RESPLANDECE: An abuse ministry using MTS in
Spanish-speaking communities

PRAISE

Last week we had the ending celebration on Zoom for 25 young adults from Ecuador, Argentina and Nicaragua who took Explora (Explore) in our 6-week pilot project. They are restored to God, braver and more healed and particularly appreciated having a safe space in which to share. Another class will start in a few months.

PRAYER

We are leading a large group from Spain. Pray we will have creative ways to teach the material since they are in a different time zone and cannot join our Friday night lectures.
We are starting our next session of Mending the Soul on September 11th, and we have a need of facilitators due to the fact that some of our regulars have opted to lead Explora groups. Please pray for some of our experienced leaders to be able to return.

Titus & Stephanie Folden

MTS Regional Coordinator for Latin America and Europe

PRAISE

91 people signed up and are attending the Explore course that started August 15, led by Oscar and Consuelo Mora in Guayaquil, Ecuador — significantly exceeding their target of 50.

PRAYER

For the completion of the Caring for the Vulnerable Children curriculum in Spanish.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!
THEY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

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