April Prayer Letter 2026

Dear Prayer Part­ners
Shalom

I pray you have had a special Easter during which you expe­ri­enced the joy of the risen Christ bless­ing you and your family.

As you will read below in our prayer requests the floods in Mozam­bique and Zambia are receding.

This is good news for which we are deeply grate­ful. The suf­fer­ing of the people was immense.

Grant Brenton Chair of Ohfi has written the fol­low­ing prayer of humble thanks to begin our prayer letter.

Dear Blessed Jesus, we thank you for your stead­fast support of Ohfi,
· when finances are tight, You deliver,
· when sup­port­ers begin to wane, You intro­duce new ones to us
· when our part­ners are strug­gling, You provide them with a way forward
· when partner projects seem chal­leng­ing, You provide solu­tions
· when vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren are exposed, You wrap your arms around them in protection

Lord Jesus with You as our leader, Ohfi will con­tinue to reach more vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren in the coming years. We humbly thank You for Your support for we know we can only achieve these things with You by our side. Amen

Prayer.

Please pray for all the chil­dren, young people and their fam­i­lies cared for through Ohfi pro­grammes. An Ohfi prayer for chil­dren and fam­i­lies follows—

Lord Jesus, thank you that you take chil­dren into your arms and bless them.

May every child know the deep peace and love of being held close to you.

We espe­cially ask you to protect all unborn chil­dren and chil­dren who are impov­er­ished, neglected and abused.

May we, your people, open our hearts to bring com­pas­sion into their lives.

Help us to support and encour­age fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties in the love and pro­tec­tion of their children.

May chil­dren every­where grow up feeling accepted, safe, and loved.

Amen

Thank you.

This is my last prayer letter. From May Josephine Olsen will write the Ohfi prayer letter. Josephine and her husband Chris are ded­i­cated members of Ohfi with Chris serving on the Board and Josephine having a special min­istry of prayer to the Board.

I believe it is essen­tial for the success of Ohfi that it be deeply immersed in prayer. In his teach­ing on the vine and the branches Jesus made it clear that with Him we can bear much fruit, but not much oth­er­wise. John records Jesus as saying, “If someone remains in me and I in them they will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,”

This is why I applaud and thank you, our Ohfi prayer part­ners. With Jesus at Ohfi’s head you fan grace through out the orga­ni­za­tion. Your prayers are an inte­gral part of the ser­vices Ohfi brings to chil­dren and their fam­i­lies. On their behalf thank you for your love, your faith and your prayers. They are making a huge dif­fer­ence for good in children’s lives.

Kindest regards,

The grace and peace of Jesus be with you now and always.

Ewen Lau­ren­son
Prayer co-ordi­na­tor.

Read full letter here.