Pray with us
How you can pray with us
Prayer is central to all that we do. We would love you to be involved in the prayer life of The Leprosy Mission. Each year we produce the ASK Prayer Diary, which provides a global overview of The Leprosy Mission’s work. You can view the ASK Prayer Diary week by week below, download a PDF of the full year, or request a printed booklet.
You can also follow our prayer life through the PrayerMate app, where we provide daily prayer requests for the work to defeat leprosy delivered direct to your phone. Get involved with PrayerMate here.
Monday
We are grateful for our wonderful partnerships with colleagues in Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nepal and Niger. It is wonderful to see that our strong relationships continue to deepen.
Tuesday
We pray for the successful implementation of our new Fundraising-Communication-Strategy 2025 – 2030 to win new, loyal donors. Please pray for creative ideas and new ways to effectively communicate the message of The Leprosy Mission to an ever-wider audience.
Wednesday
We are grateful for the many loyal donors and supporters who help us year after year and who continue to surprise us with special gifts and secure our work. Pray that we may continue to be recognised authentically and personally.
Thursday
Please pray for open doors and a positive response from the Swiss public, media, partners, and churches, so that the Leprosy Mission’s work is seen and supported. We are grateful for every trust-based partnership.
Friday
We are grateful for the opportunity to get to know Sheila, a Brazilian girl affected by leprosy, and to continue accompanying her on her journey. May the invisible wounds in her soul, and in the souls of others affected by leprosy, be healed by God's love. We also pray that our efforts to promote awareness and understanding in Switzerland will bear more fruit.
Saturday
Please pray that the book about Markus and Katharina Freudiger's work in marginalised neighbourhoods, and their extensive commitment to the Leprosy Mission, will inspire as many people as possible to become donors and supporters through its touching story.
Sunday
We are grateful for our dedicated Board and their wholehearted involvement. We also pray that God is already preparing future successors, and that our team will be inspired and move forward in unity and complementarity.
About TLM Switzerland
This year our focus here is on our educational work in Switzerland and this following story has given us a lot to think about:
Sheila (photo above) was born in Brazil. She came to Switzerland in 1988 at the age of 13. Sheila had already experienced some symptoms at a younger age but did not know what they were. After her arrival in Switzerland, the symptoms quickly became apparent, and she was diagnosed with leprosy. Medical treatment was difficult, and Sheila was discriminated against in her family. She even left home because she could no longer bear it. This led to a period of medical uncertainty and several relapses of the disease. To this day, she suffers from the after-effects and must live with severe pain. For a long time, leprosy was a taboo subject for her, but a year ago Sheila learnt about TLM Switzerland, where she found a team and loyal friends of the organisation who were willing to listen to her story and help her through the difficult terrain of state support and Swiss authorities.
That is our heartfelt aim, motivation and our vision: leprosy defeated - lives transformed. We do this through funding leprosy work in DR Congo, Niger, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India.