Kenya
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Please keep the
disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in
Kenya held close in prayer. Pray especially for these boys, 8-year-old Jessee, 11-year-old
John, and 14-year-olds Kyalo, Moses, and Brian. http://cure.org/hospitals/kenya/
Nepal, China, India
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Please pray for
young girls from Nepal who are being trafficked into prostitution at an
alarming rate, partly because they don’t need passports to enter India or
China.
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Give thanks to God
for the work of the staff at Peace Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) as they minister
to girls who have been trafficked into prostitution or are at risk of being trafficked.
Praise God for the ministry programs that help the girls learn to read and
write, as well as teach them trades to earn a living.
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Thanks be to God
for PRC’s cooperative animal husbandry program that helps girls in villages
earn a living for their families. The program has been very successful and has
helped the girls, their families, and villages.
Pakistan
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Pray for the
children of northwest Pakistan who are unable to receive an education because so
many schools in the seven tribal areas there have been destroyed by militant bombs.
Hundreds of schools have been damaged or destroyed by Islamic extremists who
want to remove any form of secular education provided by the government.
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Pray for those
who have such hatred in their hearts that they carry out this murderous
ideology without remorse.
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Pray God will
bring comfort to children and youth who were at their schools when those were
attacked. Pray for children who have been traumatized by this violence.
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Pray for the
safety of girls whose schools were destroyed and who now meet for classes under
tents or trees.
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Please pray for
healing and peace in these tribal areas. Pray that all children will be able to
attend school without fear. http://tinyurl.com/ctrgys5
United States
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Please continue
to keep 2-year-old Lily Kate held close in prayer as she is treated for Kawasaki
disease and complications from this rare illness at Children’s Hospital in
Philadelphia. Give God thanks that Lily Kate’s heart has returned to normal.
Pray she won’t have an aneurism or heart attack during this critical time
period and that she’ll be able to go home soon. Pray God will sustain and
encourage Lily Kate’s parents as they make decisions about her care. Please
keep in prayer the team of specialists treating Lily Kate and pray God will
direct them to the best treatment options for this rare disease.
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Pray God will
bring healing to 1-week-old Grant who was born with a congenital heart
defect—he doesn’t have any normal pulmonary arteries. Pray for Grant’s young
parents as they make decisions about his care and tend to this vulnerable
newborn. Please also remember in prayer the medical personnel who are caring
for Grant.
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Pray for children
who struggle with school. Pray for children whose parents are unprepared for or
uninvolved in their school lives. Pray for school children whose parents
neglect or ignore them. Please pray each community with issues like these can
raise up mentors for vulnerable children.
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Give thanks to
God that a 15-year-old girl from Illinois is safe from a predator who allegedly
tried to lure her to North Dakota for sex using a social media page. Pray for
this 27-year-old man who is in jail facing charges in this case. http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/360924/
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Thanks be to God
that 6-year-old Harper’s doctors believe they have found the cause of his
severe stomach pain. Pray the medications and diet modifications will bring
healing to this little boy.
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Give thanks to
God for 14-year-old Julia’s successful operation to correct the severe
curvature of her spine. Please continue to keep her in prayer as she recovers
from this major surgery.
Faces of Children
Thanks be to God for Dr. Jim Matthews’ 15 years of dedicated
service to Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas as
president of this college preparatory school. Please keep this Faces of
Children prayer partner and his wife Peggy in prayer as they make the
transition to retirement. Pray for the incoming president Dr. Doug Dagliesh
and his wife Sonya as they move to South Texas and begin their ministry.
