Burma
- Pray that God will bring healing to Nay Lin who is ill with typhoid. It is the rainy season where he lives and many children are sick. Pray for healing mercies for all children in Burma who suffer from preventable diseases like typhoid. Give thanks to God that Biak Hmun is feeling better and that prayers for his healing have been answered.
India
- Please keep the Christian children and families in Orissa State in India close in prayer during this time of persecution and violence against them. Over 550 houses and 17 places of worship have been destroyed by mobs of extremists following the murder of a popular Hindu leader.
- Pray for the families of the estimated 100 people who have been murdered. Pray for the women and girls who have been sexually assaulted.
- Pray for the estimated 50,000 people who have been chased out of their homes and are in hiding in the forests and for the 10,000 who are in displacement camps. (Jubilee Campaign – http://jubileecampaign.org/)
- Pray for a just and peaceful solution to this violence. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/558_houses_
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Kenya
(CURE International – http://www.helpcurenow.org/)
- Pray for 12-year-old Brenda who recently had to have her leg amputated because of an aggressive form of cancer. Pray for her healing from this surgery and pray that the cancer has not spread throughout her frail body. Pray that God will surround her with love through a supportive and caring community. Please pray that God will sustain and encourage the medical and hospital personnel as they help Brenda deal with this very difficult, life changing experience.
United States
- Please pray that God will bring comfort and peace to Carrie and her three young children. Carrie has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it has spread to other parts of her body. Pray that God will place healing hands upon Carrie and surround her and her family with an abundance of support and love.
- Pray that God will bless one-month-old Gracie with healing and strength. Last month, Gracie had to have open heart surgery. Please pray that Gracie’s family will be comforted as they care for her and that they will be surrounded by a supportive community.
- Please be in prayer for those who work with traumatized, neglected and/or abused children in agencies like Child Protective Services or non-profit organizations like CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Pray for case workers, social workers, investigators, administrators, trainers, advocates, foster parents, law enforcement personnel, legal personnel—all those who come into contact with hurting children. Pray for all children who are suffering abuse or neglect.
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Malawi, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Philippines, Rwanda, Spain, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Zambia
- Pray for missionaries serving some of the 160 million street children throughout the world through Action International Ministries. Action has over 225 missionaries serving in 22 countries.
- Pray for the 1.5 million children on the streets in the Philippines and the 40 million in Latin America.
- Pray for the estimated 143 million orphans in the world, 13 million of them orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- Pray that God will bring this ministry 20 additional missionaries to work with street children in the Philippines.
- Pray for another 80 missionaries to work with underprivileged and street children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- (Action International Ministries – http://www.actionintl.org/index.php?page=home)
