Mukhanyo Prayer and Praise - September 2021

We are living in unusual and, in a sense, scary times. Our thoughts can very easily multiply within us and then we get mentally occupied with many things and anxious about them. However, that is not the way to go, we should rather quiet our souls and hope and rest in the Lord as He is still the only fortress and refuge for His children. May He give us grace to do so from day to day!

Once again, thank you for your partnership in the Mukhanyo ministry. We gladly share some specific points for prayer:

1. Our second semester of classes for 2021 is well on the go at all five centres. Pray that the Lord will encourage our students and help them to make the best of their studies and be able to focus on it.
   
   
2. Pray that our students will also grow in the knowledge or our Lord Jesus and that they will be willing to open their hearts to teaching and to share with lecturers and mentors when they have issues so that they can be helped.
   
   
3. Apart from classes and all the normal activities, the programme for September seems to be quite full:
   
   1. Wednesday 1 September – Education Committee meeting
      
   2. Thursday 2 September – Operations Committee meeting
      
   3. Tuesday 7 September – Executive Committee meeting
      
   4. Thursday 9 September – Audit and Risk Committee meeting
      
   5. Saturday 11 September – Board meeting (partly together with the Executive Committee for the sake of some evaluation and planning)
      
   6. Monday 13 September – Academic Committee meeting
      
   7. Saturday 18 September – Award conferring ceremony (for students that completed and prefer not to wait for the next graduation in March)
      
   8. Monday 20 to Thursday 30 September – Study break for students
      
   9. Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 September – Distance Forum for all tutors of distance groups.
      
   10. Wednesday 22 to Wednesday 29 September – The first Masters module to be taught (Intensive)
       
       
4. Due to COVID restrictions, the following was postponed from July and re-scheduled as follows:
   
   1. Wednesday 29 September – Staff Vision Day (KwaMhlanga)
      
   2. Thursday 30 September – Strategic Workshops (KwaMhlanga)
      
   3. Friday 1 October – Strategic Forum (Pretoria)
      
      
5. Pray that the Lord will encourage and strengthen the MTC faculty and staff in their work, enable them to do their work as for the Lord and continue to make them a blessing to one another while keeping their eyes on our Lord Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
   

May the Lord richly bless you and make you a blessing in your sphere of influence!