It’s Thursday, so don’t forget to pray for Jo, her students, and the people of PNG.
Anyone else?
Psalm 144
1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.
3 Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 Part your heavens, Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7 Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners
8 whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
9 I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10 to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David.
From the deadly sword 11 deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen will draw heavy loads.
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Wandering Views 
The Hausa are the largest ethnic group in West Africa, numbering over 30 million. They are very influential, both culturally and politically, and have been heavily involved in long-distance trading for many centuries. In comparison to other African tribes, the Hausa have reasonable standards of healthcare, diet, shelter, electricity, and education. However, life for the Hausa is still very difficult: Nearly one-third of the people are unemployed, and only about half of the population can read and write. In the 15th century, the Hausa were introduced to Islam by traders.
Today, the Hausa culture remains strongly linked to Islam, which makes it difficult to reach this people group with the Gospel. There is a lot of prejudice against the Christians of southern Nigeria; thus there has been intense persecution of the Christian Hausa.
Please pray…
Ask God to encourage and protect the small number of Hausa believers in Nigeria and Niger.
Pray that the Hausa traditional Muslim culture will soften, creating open doors for the Gospel to be preached among them.
The Hausa have many practical needs such as education and safe drinking water. Pray that the Hausa would come to know Jesus, the giver of Living Water.
Pray for missionaries in Africa to have wisdom in how to reach the Hausa people.
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Amen, and, of course, a reminder to pray for Tychicus.
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Amen. And Elvera.
I can’t get her to eat anything today. She usually likes the soup. But I feed it to her like a baby, she chews around and spits it out.
I can’t deal with that.
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So, prayers for Chas, too.
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Amen and amen.
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Chas, lifting you and Elvera in prayer.
Tychicus, thank you again for your postings about these various people groups and how we may pray for them. Praying for you, too, as you minister.
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Thanx everyone.
She ate her fruit salad and some fried sweet potatoes.
But no meat and still has half a muffin.
Not much, but something, and that’s something.
My prior concern was not the amount she was eating, but her attitude toward it.
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