Ministry in Wales Update | By Anna Huws | May 2026

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Across Wales, new churches are being planted, Christians are exploring their faith more deeply, and people are finding Jesus for themselves for the first time.

In a Welsh speaking church, we recently heard a story of a young mother contacting out of the blue to ask if she was allowed to come to church! A few years ago this would be unheard of, and so it’s stories like these that reflect a changing season for our nation. After many years of praying the Caleb Prayer at Ffald y Brenin, we are indeed seeing mercy on our land.

In Wales, everything flows out of relationship, which takes time, but as we love people, we are given more opportunities to serve the body of Christ, particularly in Welsh speaking contexts. Over Easter, we were at Llanw (a Welsh language conference that Ffald y Brenin has been involved with since it’s conception 18 years ago.), and the work is growing. We had a team of 10 of us available to pray with people, and we also had a larger prayer room which served as a quiet space during the day and a place of worship in the late evening.

There were physical healings and testimonies of answered prayer. We offer prayer at the back of the hall after meetings, and one man came for prayer after a session and said that if we hadn’t been there, he would have stuffed down emotions that had risen and walked out of the room. Instead, he came to us, and we were able to pray with him in his pain. What a privilege to create safe spaces for people to express the deeper things and partner with them in prayer.

We’ve had weekends at Ffald y Brenin for small groups from across Wales. For many, a retreat is a new concept. Our heart is to make Ffald y Brenin accessible to those on our doorstep who are hungry for God, but don’t know how to go deeper in demanding and busy lives. One woman recently said that a couple of years ago, she would never have considered coming to Ffald y Brenin because she “wasn’t that kind of person.” However, through contact with us in other contexts, she has grown in hunger for more of God and is now more open to finding Jesus in new ways.

It is a vulnerable place for us to set aside time without a busy structure to hide behind. But when we respond to this invitation, Jesus is found and continues to be found in life-changing ways. What a privilege to watch people meet Jesus and leave strengthened and refreshed.

“Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg.”

“Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg” is a Welsh proverb that loosely translates as “Tapping persistently breaks the stone.” We celebrate what we are seeing, but we are also aware of rocks that need to be broken so that blessing can flow in Wales and from Wales. This aspect of our work is more covert than overt and can be very challenging at times, but we keep asking for the courage of the persistent widow not to give up until we see our land turning to Jesus.

This looks like praying at Ffald y Brenin for our nation as we daily hold her as part of our rhythm. This also looks like prayer assignments in various locations around the nation (usually more remote places) with people who live there, or online prayer gatherings via Zoom. And it also looks like silent prayer as we hold space – not only for Ffald y Brenin, the retreat centre – but for the whole nation. Please pray for us that we would fulfil the purposes God has for us as we serve the Body of Christ in Wales.

In August this year, we’ve taken a step of faith and booked a stand at the National Eisteddfod. This is an annual Welsh language music and poetry festival which attracts over 150,000 visitors each year. 2026 marks the 850th anniversary of the Eisteddfod and the festival is being held a short distance away from Ffald y Brenin. Not only is this an opportunity to share the work of Ffald y Brenin with others, but also to connect with people in an increasingly hungry spiritual climate by pointing to Jesus.

We would value your prayers for creativity as we prepare the stand and for the right team to come together. We’d also love prayer cover during the event, that we may be carriers of the presence of Jesus into a potentially hostile environment.

We look forward to seeing God move!