Please pray for:

The staff:

• Chris Hawthorne the Principal who is still in the UK. Pray for the family as they put together firmer plans for returning to Zambia.  
• Give thanks that their visa application has been renewed and they have a way forward with the health insurance
• Tryson Mtonga who has been appointed as Acting Principal during Chris Hawthorne's leave of absence from the college.  Please pray for Tryson in this role
• Andy Symons and the other staff and workers.   Please pray that all staff will be kept safe from the coronavirus

Pray that they will all know God’s peace and guiding during this time

The Trustees:

• Guidance for the Board in Zambia as they look to God to find and appoint a Vice-Principal
• Wisdom for the UK trustees and PIZ  ​to how best carry on the work for the glory of God and the furtherance of the gospel

The students:

• Please pray they will do well in this last term and that they would seek the Lord's enabling grace to finish well and graduate in November
• It costs £3,400 to train one student per year. £85,000 to keep the college running per year

Please pray for regular sponsors - £5, £10 etc. a month and for churches in the UK to be open to partner with us.

• The college management has started to recruit students for 2021. PIZ has the capacity to take 25 students, please pray that 25 new students will be recruited for the 2021 class year
• Andrew as he writes to Trusts and Foundations for funding.  And also as he engages with individuals and churches at a distance and some in person now, seeking support for the college
• Pray for churches to have open doors

 
The 72 Alumni:

• That those already in gospel work would remain faithful to the teaching received; that God will be glorified as he leads them to work for His Kingdom sake. And for those seeking work will know God’s leading as they wait on Him.  
• PIZ as they seek to develop the Alumni programme. We need partnerships with churches to send the students to plant churches

For more information and prayers for the Alumni visit our PIZ Alumni page

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The Farm Enterprise

• GIVE THANKS that the PIZ board have appointed a farm manager - Kudakwashe Denise Dongi
• That the sales of produce and chickens will go well and patience and wisdom when the electricity is switched off for long periods due to load shedding.​
• Pray for the farm team to keep ploughing on!

Infrastructure for the site

• There is a need at the college to build houses for general workers. Please pray that God will provide the needed resources to put up the houses this year (website: Buildings)
• Give thanks that the toilet block has been fully funded. Please pray the work will go well and be completed on time
• Give thanks that the guard's hut has been fully funded. Please pray the work will go well and be completed on time
• The solar project - phase two

​We praise God for the raising of funds for phase one of the solar project that was completed in February 2020
Pray for funds to be raised for the completion of Phase two - for the whole PIZ site to be Solar powered. Project Solar

• The USA support group

That Trisha will have wisdom as she leads the process of setting up the group of supporters in Arkansas, USA. Pray as they travel to other churches to highlight the work and for God to lead those spoken to. 

• UK Costs

​Andrew has been on his travels around the UK highlighting the work at a few churches, he will continue to attend conferences etc. once the go ahead is given from the government. As with any organisation we have overheads, administration costs as well as UK salaries to be paid. Please pray funds would be raised for this essential work.

THANK YOU