Burma (Free Burma Rangers – www.freeburmarangers.org)
- Pray for all ethnic hill tribe families and children who have been chased out of their villages and into jungle hiding places by the Burma Army. A Karen grandfather shared with the Free Burma Ranger (FBR) relief team helping them that he has fled from Burma Army attacks more than one hundred times in his 62 years.
- Pray for the wellbeing and safety of the more than 30,000 people who have been displaced in the Karen State of Burma since 2006. Finding food is a huge challenge for these people as the Burma Army usually destroys crops and food storage facilities when they wipe out ethnic hill tribe villages.
- Please pray for the FBR relief teams, made up of different ethnic groups in Burma, as they literally risk their lives to provide help for the internally displaced people of Burma. Give thanks to God for their selflessness and courage.
China
- Please continue to pray for the children and people of China’s mountainous Sichuan province who were affected by the May 2008 earthquake.
- Pray for the estimated 530,000 people living in prefabricated housing in resettlement sites, surrounded by the rubble of their former homes. Forecasters predict that winter temperatures in this region will be colder than normal with more rain, snow and frost than usual.
- Pray that God will provide the resources needed to keep children and families in these resettlement areas warm and healthy throughout the winter season. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK143084.htm
Costa Rica
United States
- Pray that God will bring comfort and peace to 15-year-old Kathryn and her 13-year-old sister Kristen following the death of their father who had cancer. Please also pray for their mother who balanced caring for two teenagers with caring for her husband.
- Please be in prayer for 2-year-old Falyn who is undergoing treatment for leukemia. Pray that God will wrap healing arms around this sweet little girl and comfort her throughout the entire medical experience. And pray that God will sustain Falyn’s parents as they watch her go through so much. Pray for her little brother, 9-month-old Carson, who will need a great deal of love and comfort during this time, too.
- Please pray for Victoria, an assistant teacher at a church-operated school and mission in the Navajo Nation, who has been receiving anonymous, harassing phone calls. She feels so threatened by the calls that she hasn’t been to work and is missed by her colleagues and the children with whom she works.
- Pray for Victoria’s safety and that she will be able to return to the school soon. Pray for the person responsible for the threats—that he or she will be found and held accountable.
- Pray for the children at this school—the majority of them are from very, very poor families.
Faces of Children- Please keep Carol, a dedicated Faces of Children intercessor, in prayer as she goes through treatment for cancer. Pray that God’s comforting presence will sustain and encourage her. And pray that God’s healing hand will be upon her.
