Haiti
- Continue to keep the children and people of Haiti held close in prayer as many are still homeless following the January 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people. Pray for the 680,000 people still living in tent camps as hurricane season fast approaches. http://tinyurl.com/3rn69dh
- Pray for the 166,000 people who face imminent eviction by private landowners, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Please pray that God will provide for these homeless children and families. Pray that the resources they need will be made available quickly. Please pray for those who have been evicted by landowners, sometimes in the dead of night, and have nowhere else to go.
Japan
- Please continue to pray for the children and people of Japan who are coping with the aftermath of several combined disasters. Pray for students who lost classmates in the March 11 tsunami that left their schools in ruins. Pray for school administrators, teachers, and staff who mourn the deaths of their colleagues and students. One school in northeast Japan lost most of its students and teachers in the tsunami. Pray for parents who grieve for children killed in this disaster.http://tinyurl.com/3plxqup http://tinyurl.com/3ltmf7y
- Pray for the families and friends of the more than 28,000 people dead or missing following the earthquake and tsunami. Pray for children affected by strong earthquake aftershocks and tsunami warnings and the fear and anxiety that brings back. Pray that the nuclear plants at the Fukushima Daiichi complex can be stabilized quickly. Please pray for those working to cool the reactors there and keep their families in prayer as well.
Libya, Tunisia, Egypt
- Please keep the children and people of Libya in prayer as the conflict between rebels and militia forces loyal to Col. Muammar Qaddafi escalates. Pray for a peaceful resolution to this conflict that threatens to turn into a stalemate between the two groups. http://tinyurl.com/44m7dgw
- Pray for the more than 335,000 people who have fled to Tunisia and Egypt since the conflict began. Pray for the estimated 80,000 people displaced within Libya. Pray that God will provide for the children and people affected by fighting and now displaced from their homes. Pray that they might have access to sufficient medical care and life-saving drugs, as well as food and clean water. http://tinyurl.com/44nbzmg
- Pray for migrant workers and their families, many from Ghana and Nigeria and other sub-Sahara African countries, who are trapped at the airport in Tripoli because they lack passports or other travel documents. Pray that humanitarian aid may reach these desperate people who have young children with them. http://tinyurl.com/3cmoeov
United States
- Thanks be to God for the young people of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota metro area who have been instrumental in helping fight flooding in the area. A large group of middle school students were some of the first volunteers at Sandbag Central in Fargo and helped make millions of sandbags to place along flood-prone rivers. Give praise to God for the spirit of volunteerism in these young people.
- Please continue to keep 2-year-old Steven* and 4-year-old Mariah* held close in prayer as they deal with the death of their biological father. These foster children were removed from their biological mother’s home last year, moved to several foster homes, and finally placed in the care of their maternal grandmother and great-grandmother, a decision that went against the recommendations of the social workers on the case. Pray for their safety and protection and for God’s healing peace.
*Name changed for protection and/or confidentiality.
- Pray for Maddie whose father has given in to his drug addiction. Pray that a community of support will surround her during this dark time in her family’s life. Pray for healing for her drug-addicted father.
· Thanks be to God that 15-year old Morgan was able to enjoy the normal experience of attending the junior/senior prom despite the fact that she is still a sophomore and she is in the midst of a fight for her life. Morgan has battled two very aggressive types of cancer for the past 13 months and school administrators changed the rules so that she might participate in prom. http://www.wday.com/event/
· Give thanks to God that 17-year-old Zach was able to witness his basketball team play at a state tournament game after being away from them for so long. Zach collapsed during a game on January 20, 2011 and underwent emergency heart surgery. Pray for his continuing recovery and that he regains the strength he has lost in his upper body and legs. http://www.inforum.com/event/
