11th June 2026

7,850 cases of cholera and 74 deaths in Borno State, Nigeria were identified by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)  while treating 7,439 patients between 1 May and 7 June 2026 across 14 local government areas. That is around 230 admissions every day.  5th June saw peak admissions of over 500 patients.  Project Medical Coordinator for the cholera surge response in Borno, Bienfait Tombola, said, "The state is seeing a high influx of patients requiring urgent treatment, with numbers increasing significantly each day since the first suspected case was reported.  Every day, we see more people arriving with severe watery diarrhoea and dehydration, many of whom have travelled long distances to reach care."  MSF established a Cholera Treatment Centre in Ngarannam in Maiduguri earlier this month in partnership with the state health authorities, but since then the number of beds has been expanded from 121 to 271 beds.  Expanding capacity further is planned. "While treatment is essential to save lives, a cholera vaccination is foreseen to be conducted by the Ministry of Health, and this would help cut the chains of transmission," Tombola said. However, long term solutions such as improving water quality, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure are essential to preventing further outbreaks and the spreading of the disease. 

Loving God, we we place into your care and protection our sisters and brothers living in Lebanon and Israel.  We pray that the Israeli authorities and the Israeli people will treat them with human dignity and respect.  May they not be forced from their homes, nor harassed in the street.  May no one be made to feel they do not belong in the places where Jesus himself walked and brough your love and healing to broken people.  We pray that the Christian Church across the Middle East will be be a beacon of love and peace.  Strengthen your faithful people to resist retaliation, to show love to those who persecute them, and be the body of Christ in that place so that others are drawn closer to you.  Guide the Christian Church across the world to support all who proclaim Jesus as Lord, yet find they are oppressed, rejected or abused for doing so.  May they know they are loved and supported by the great cloud of witnesses across the world an in heaven.   In Christ's name we pray.  Amen.

Amy Pye was asleep at home in British Colombia, when her doorbell suddenly rang at 3:00am. She carefully checked the doorbell camera and saw a very distressed young boy pleading for help for his Dad.  Amy opened the door.  She explained what happened next. "We sprint. Go into his house and his Dad's unresponsive, facedown in the bathroom." Amy immediately called 911 and then following instructions from the emergency operator, performed CPR and chest compressions on the man for 10 - 15 minutes while waiting for paramedics to arrive.  When they reached the house one of them knelt down and took over the CPR. Performing chest compressions for that length of time is exhausting work; most people only manage two minutes. British Colombia Ambulance service took the man to hospital in stable condition. Amy later learned from his family that he had suffered a heart attack and is now recovering. The boy's determination to get help and Amy's willingness to respond saved the mans life - and the boy still has a father.

This is the day that you have made

and we rejoice in it Lord our God.

We give you praise and honour,

for you created all things

and provide for all that sustains us in earthly and eternal life.

Loving Father, we praise you for Jesus Christ

and thank you for sending him into the world.

We thank you that he shared our life

and taught us how to live together. 

We thank you that he showed us your love

and demonstrated that your love for us is stronger than death. 

 We praise you for raising him from death to new life

and that he sits at your right hand to live and reign with you. 

We praise you for the Holy Spirit

who lives within your faithful people

to teach, direct, admonish and equip us

for service in your Kingdom.

All praise, honour, glory, majesty and power

be to you the one eternal God,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit.Amen.