India
- Please continue to pray for the children receiving help and support from the Sahaara Charitable Society in India.
- Pray for all of the children in the Mumbai children’s/observation homes—that they will be healed from skin disease and protected from snakes. Pray for Pranita’s healing from convulsions and that God will heal all of the children suffering from tuberculosis. Pray that the number of children receiving coaching will increase.
- Please pray for Raja’s healing from asthma and for good health for all the children in the Mahima Home. Pray that children living in this home for destitute children will do well in their exams.
- Pray that God will heal the hole in Priyanka’s heart, either through miraculous or medical means.
- Please pray that Laxmi’s son and daughter (who is visually challenged) will be able to gain admission into school and a hostel. And pray that Anita’s visually challenged son will also be able to get admission in a good school.
- Please be in prayer for the new children from the slums who are attending preschool (balwadi). Pray that they will be able to attend regularly. Pray that the children will be protected from fever and colds. Pray that Akshay’s attention level will increase in pre-primary class.
- Pray for the children living in red light districts who are helped by Sahaara Charitable Society. Please pray that the girls of prostituted women will be able to gain admission in school.
Thailand (Partners Relief and Development—http://
- Pray for the Palong hill tribe children and people living in Thailand who are denied citizenship rights and identity cards. Without these, it is difficult for parents to provide for their families—making all of them very vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation, especially the children. http://www.sawadee.com/
thailand/hilltribes/palong/ index.htm
United States
- Please keep Ashton and her family in prayer as they weigh the treatment options for a recently identified tumor in Ashton’s brain. Pray that God will wrap arms of comfort around all of them as they travel this frightening path. Pray for the health care professionals who will be working with Ashton and give them insight and compassion as they discern the best treatment options for her. Pray for strength throughout this process and for complete healing.
- Pray that 17-year-old Colby will receive relief soon from a painful medical condition. Pray that his doctors will provide the best medical treatment possible for this hurting young man. Pray for God’s comforting presence throughout this process for Colby and his family.
- Give thanks to God for the rescue of a 6-year-old girl from a child molester. While at a movie theater, 14-year-old Nichelle and her friend witnessed a man inappropriately touching a little girl.
- Thanks be to God for Nichelle’s persistence in getting adults to listen and act. And thank God for another concerned and assertive adult in the theater who helped rescue this little girl.
- Pray for the 6-year-old girl, that God would heal the physical, emotional, and psychological wounds inflicted on her by her father.
- Thanks be to God that this man was caught, prosecuted, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Pray for his healing.
- Please pray for all children who are or have been sexually abused. http://www.oregonlive.com/
news/index.ssf/2009/11/ prosecutors_praise_14-year- old.html
Zambia
- Please pray for the members and staff of Cape Town Kingdom Faith Family Church as they work to build an orphanage. Pray that God will open the right doors and smooth the way for this project. Pray for church leaders and pastors in Zambia—that God will provide them with the necessary resources to care for at-risk children and share the message of Jesus Christ’s saving love with them.
Faces of Children
- Give thanks to God for the recent publicity about Faces of Children on the Presbyterian Church (USA) Moderator’s blog.http://www.mod.reyes-chow.com/ Pray that God will call many more people to join with this ministry and/or pray for children at risk as a result of this exposure.
