Focus on: Amy Maglayo - Emmanuel International UK

December 2020

                      Focus on: Amy Maglayo
                                   Amy Maglayo joined EIC in Jan
                                   2020 as the Donor Services
                                   and Receipting Assistant.
                                   She loves her role receiving
                                   and processing donations,
                                   connecting with donors, hearing
                                   from the EI Missionaries
                                   around the world and updating
                                   them regarding their donor
                                   support. Amy is continually
                                   encouraged and excited by how
                                   God is working through the EI
                                   Missionaries and staff to impact
                                   lives around the world now and
                                   for generations to come.
 Amy and her husband Michael have been married for 18 years
 and have 2 boys, Tyler and Brad. Amy and Michael have been
 serving in Marriage Ministry for 11 years. Amy also has a passion
 for growing and mentoring women and is serving as a Women’s
 Ministry leader at her local church. Amy enjoys baking and
 blessing others with it! She used to own and operate an allergy
 friendly cupcake business from her home for 8 years before joining
 EIC. Prior to that, Amy worked as a Manager at a Pharmaceutical
 Company. She is happy to be with EIC now and says it’s truly an
 answer to prayer!

EI United Kingdom                                             EI Canada
www.eiuk.org.uk                                         www.eicanada.org
info@eiuk.org.uk                                       info@eicanada.org

Please keep these concerns in your daily prayers…
1    South Africa: Don and Rachel Sayers travelled to the US in December where
     Rachel was successfully operated on for her parathyroid condition.
     Philippines: We anticipate God’s grace and mercy as we ring in this New Year.
     For us in more ways than one, this pandemic has been a blessing. Please
     pray for the 139 teachers and pastors trained just this pandemic season alone,
     as they gather the children (when possible) and teach them about the Lord.
2    International: The EI Council is made up of the Directors from all of EI’s
     countries. Please pray as we meet to share needs and discuss organizational
     progress.
3    Tanzania: Joel will be travelling to Dodoma for a meeting with the Tanzania
     Assemblies of God, our partner church. The meeting will take place from 5 till 9
     January.
4    United States of America: Mark Abbott has a good friend that is at Mayo
     Clinic in Minneapolis going through extensive testing for an illness that can’t be
     identified.
     Tanzania: We praise God that in January the Health for Development project
     will be starting. Please pray for our donors that they get more funds to support
     the project.
5    Uganda: We expect schools to reopen fully sometime in January or February,
     though an official date has yet to be communicated. We pray the government
     will be wise as they reopen schools, and that we will have wisdom as we seek
     to safely resume our school ministries.
6    Tanzania: This month Simon, Bhatendi, and Emmanuel will be conducting
     beekeeping and harvesting seminars on Kome island.
7    Malawi: We have to pray for the rains, for God to protect people’s lives from
     disasters that come with the rains, such as floods. In the same vein, we have to
     pray against droughts in this season.
8    Philippines: We are scheduling the next batch of training with more churches
     and organizations wanting to use The Mailbox Club children’s discipleship
     materials in their provinces. Pray as Ruth put together her training team
     (younger people) as they go out and facilitate the sessions. Pray for protection
     and safety.
9    Brazil: Emmanuel Brazil is discussing the possibility to extend the food
     distribution to poor families affected by the pandemic. Your prayers for open
     doors are welcome.
10   Tanzania: Praise God that the launch of Phase 2 of the girls’ health project,
     Nguvu na Hadhi, went well. Continue to pray for Laura and Theopister and the
     girls they are working with.
11   United Kingdom: We would appreciate you prayers as we plan for this year,
     including the monthly publications. We are meeting with the International Office
     and EI Canada via zoom to coordinate this.

12   Haiti: Daniel Jovin continues to manage the work in Haiti, while being a full
     time Headmaster of a school in Canada?. Please pray that communications
     will continue to be good and that he will not be exhausted by the dual
     responsibilities.
13   Philippines: We are asking for prayer for two of our partner churches: Pastor
     Dan Manoyon (Calvary Baptist Fellowship Church of Bacolod City) was
     assigned to manage the livestock project in a rural area about 2 hours away
     from the city. His cellphone got lost last March when the pandemic started. Since
     then there was no communication from him. Borders have been closed. Please
     pray that he will connect with me (Shem Catanus) as soon as possible. Doane
     Baptist Church of Leon, Iloilo have recently resumed their church services and
     other ministries. Pray for 7 project beneficiaries to be responsible in caring for
     the 25 cows so that more will benefit. Pray for their spiritual growth - most are
     new believers.
14   Tanzania: Peter will be travelling to Arusha to search for, purchase, and
     transport dairy cows back to our new groups in Mwanza. Pray he finds good
     dairy cows.
     Uganda: All throughout the month of January Uganda is holding elections for
     different levels of government, and today is the day for the presidential and
     parliamentary elections. Please pray for peace and for good leaders to guide the
     nation.
15   Philippines: Shem Catanus is pastoring Handumanan Fundamental Baptist
     Church. Please pray for the provision of needs for members who lost their jobs
     due to pandemic, for the resumption of Sunday school classes and baptismal
     classes which have been stopped for more than 10 months already.
16   Malawi: Let’s pray for a positive response on our proposal submitted to carry
     out a Women’s Economic Empowerment Project in Dowa District, particularly in
     communities surrounding Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
17   Philippines: Shem and Fleur Catanus ask for prayer for good health as age
     takes its toll. Also pray for their children: Samuel and Sarah Faith, as they
     continue to seek work and Charity Ruth for guidance and success in her online
     studies as a medical student. Samuel does biking and mountain climbing as a
     hobby - please pray for his safety too.
18   International: The International Board are meeting to review progress through
     the last quarter.
19   Philippines: Pray for all the children who are learning about our Lord through
     the children’s discipleship materials in their own dialect. We’ve seen great
     results and testimonies from the teacher, the students and their parents as to the
     changes they see when kids have Jesus in their lives!
20   Brazil: Pastor Jader Oliveira, the chair of the Terena church, needs wisdom
     and strength to lead the various churches and mission fields, especially in this
     pandemic time, when even visits to encourage churches and leaders are a
     challenge.

21   South Africa: The academic school year is starting again this month. Please
     pray for the children in the safe houses who are of school going age and for the
     house mothers as they assist them.
22   Canada: Please pray for Foundations and potential major donors that have
     been approached for funding, for relationship building towards strong on-going
     communication.
23   Uganda: Please pray for wisdom as we recruit a new field officer to work on the
     Jesus Film ministry.
24   United States of America: Please continue to pray for safety for Mark Abbott as
     he travels a lot for work.
25   United Kingdom: We missed not being able to meet in person as an EIUK
     familiy during 2020. We are praying that we shall have the opportunity this year.
26   Canada: The EIC Board will be meeting today. Thank God with us for our Board
     members.
     Tanzania: The new Integrated Environmental Renewal Project (IERP) will be
     conducting VICOBA training seminars. Pray for Bhatendi as she we will leading
     this portion.
27   Philippines: Shem submitted a livestock program proposal to ERRPhilippines
     in 2011 or 2012 - it was approved for Dancalan Fundamental Baptist Church,
     Dancalan, Ilog, Negros Occidental. No funds were available even up to now.
     The proposed budget cost was P165,000. Please help pray that the amount
     will be raised before he retires.
28   Brazil: The school year for the Terena Bible School starts in March 2021. Pray
     that indigenous people from different Brazilian ethnic groups feel led by God to
     attend the school to be trained and be a blessing to their villages, when they get
     back.
29   International: Pray that God would raise up servants from all our countries to
     share in taking Jesus’ love to the poor through our church partners.
     Tanzania: Thank you for your prayers for the team in Iringa. Ibrahimu, Jesca,
     Ajery and Suzan are managing and growing the work of EI in the region.
30   Canada: Praise God for His continued financial provision for EI Canada and our
     missionaries serving around the world.
     Philippines: Pray for each of those who received Old and New Testament
     Bibles in Cebuano & Tagalog dialects (500+) and New Testament in English,
     Cebuano & Tagalog (1,000+). Pray that they will have an encounter with our
     Saviour as they read His Word. Among the recipients are tribal kids from a high
     school department, prisoners from ComVal, front liners, a security guard and 2
     ex-convicts.
31   United Kingdom: We are looking at updating the content on our website early
     this year.