Burma, United States
·
Keep Nancy* close
in prayer as she travels throughout the United States sharing the ministry with
which she is involved and into which God has called her. Pray God will provide
the support and resources Nancy needs to care for the 11 children in the Hallelujah
Orphanage she established in her home in Burma. Give thanks to God for Nancy’s
parents, sisters, and brother who also help her care for these vulnerable
children.
·
Pray God will
comfort and bring healing to the children (ranging in age from 9 to 18) who
have experienced trauma, abuse, or neglect at the hands of their parents or
former caregivers. Thanks be to God for the loving family environment in which
they now live.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
China
·
Please pray for
the ethnic Tibetan children and families who are still living in tents two
years after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake devastated their community in China’s
northwestern Qinghai province.
·
Pray for families
who have pitched tents alongside their damaged homes and live amidst the
earthquake rubble without running water or reliable electricity. http://tinyurl.com/7hkp2yu
·
Pray for the 600 ethnic
Tibetans who are being forced to relocate from their property by the Chinese
government. Many government structures were rebuilt, but residential areas were
razed in order to build an “ecological tourism center.” Pray that God’s truth
and justice will prevail in this situation of alleged discrimination.
·
Pray for the nomadic
herders and families, also ethnic Tibetans, who were forced to resettle after
the April 14, 2010 earthquake. Please pray they will receive justice for having
their grazing land seized by the government. Keep the children and families
close in prayer as they struggle to adjust to life outside their nomadic
experience.
North Korea
·
Pray for children
and people who are held in North Korea’s six labor camps for years, some even
for entire lifetimes. Pray for those who are detained because they are related
to people who are considered enemies of the North Korean government. http://tinyurl.com/88vupu2
·
Pray for children
who are raised to know nothing of the outside world in these camps that are complete
control districts where hard labor, starvation, brutality, and early deaths are
commonplace.
·
Pray for children
who are raised by teachers/armed prison guards in uniforms. Pray for children
who know no other life but one of deprivation, fear, torture, and misery in
these massive labor camps that are estimated to contain up to 200,000 people.
·
Pray for the
safety and wellbeing of those held in these labor camps. Pray for an end to
these camps which are used by the totalitarian state as instruments of terror
designed to keep the country’s population under control.
Syria
·
Continue to keep
the children and people of Syria close in prayer as hundreds of thousands
struggle to find enough to eat. Pray for those whose access to food has been cut
off by violence, security forces, high prices, or disruption of the country’s
infrastructure. http://tinyurl.com/6qfnexz
·
Pray for families
who have had their stores of food intentionally destroyed or damaged by
security forces. Pray for those who have lost livelihoods because of the
violence and have no money with which to buy food. Pray for those who cannot
afford the increasingly high costs of food because of transportation difficulties…dangerous
routes, fuel shortages, security checkpoints, and damaged roads.
·
Pray for the
200,000 people who have been displaced inside Syria because of the violence
between government and opposition forces. Please pray for a just and peaceful
resolution to the conflict.
Faces of Children
·
Give God thanks
that Hollis, the 2-month-old granddaughter of a Faces of Children prayer
partner, is doing much better and was able to leave the hospital. Hollis fell
from her changing table and suffered bruising in her brain. Please pray that the injury heals completely
and doesn’t cause any permanent damage.
- Continue to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more people to pray for children at risk.
