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Keep in prayer the children of Sudan and South Sudan who have been
affected by fighting between the Sudanese Army and rebels in Sudan’s border
states. South Sudan gained independence from the north in July 2011. Since
then, tensions and conflict along the border between the two countries has
escalated.
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Pray for the 35,000 Sudanese refugees who have crossed into South Sudan
to escape the fighting. Pray for sufficient humanitarian aid for all of these children
and families plus the 70,000 refugees already living in crowded camps in South
Sudan. Drinking water and other necessary supplies are running low because of
the massive flood of refugees. http://tinyurl.com/7qegmur
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Please pray that aid organizations will be allowed access to those in
need in Sudan’s Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. Pray for children and
families who are hiding from the fighting in the bush.
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Pray for the
estimated 4.7 million people in South Sudan who are facing food shortages this
year. With the influx of refugees from Sudan, the return of hundreds of
thousands of South Sudanese, an economy in crisis and the approach of the rainy
season, the food situation in South Sudan is precarious. Give thanks to God for
the foresight of aid agencies that have been pre-positioning food supplies in
strategic locations around South Sudan. http://tinyurl.com/74od7yu
United States
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Give God thanks
that 10-year-old Elijah was wearing a helmet and wasn’t seriously injured when the
motorcycle on which he and his father were riding collided with a semi truck. Pray
for Elijah’s father who was seriously hurt in the accident after attempting to pass
a semi truck on the right as it made a right turn. Pray for the driver of the
truck and all those who responded to the accident. Please pray for all youth,
children, and adults who will be riding motorcycles this summer. Pray they will
consider motorcycle safety a priority. http://tinyurl.com/6um59cq
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Thanks be to God
for 17-year-old Thomas’* hard work this past semester in earning his General
Education Development (GED) certificate. Pray he will continue to make good
decisions that will help him move beyond the poor ones he has made in the past.
Last year, Thomas was expelled from school for possessing a firearm and
accidentally shooting another student. Pray God will encourage Thomas’ mother
and father as they parent their son through this time of transition. Thomas will
turn 18 next month.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
United States, Mexico
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Please continue
to pray for the students, faculty, and staff of the Presbyterian Pan American School
(PPAS), a college preparatory school in Kingsville, Texas, as they move into
summer break.
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Pray for those
students who have returned to their homes in areas of Mexico that are
considered quite dangerous because of drug cartel violence.
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Pray for South
Korean and Rwandan students who aren’t able to return to their home countries because
of visa issues or the high cost of travel. Pray they will be content in their
temporary placements this summer and that God will comfort them if they become
homesick.
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Please pray the
faculty and staff of PPAS will be able to rest some this summer following a
busy, but good, school year. Pray especially for the dorm parents who work 24
hours a day, seven days a week during the school year, including holidays.
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Thanks be to God
for the graduating class of PPAS, the largest one in the school’s 100 year
history. Pray for these 45 students as they continue their education in
colleges and universities throughout the U.S.
Faces of Children
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Please pray for
13-year-old Brady, the nephew of a Faces of Children prayer partner, who
recently had a second open heart surgery to treat a congenital heart defect
with which he was born. Give God thanks that the surgeons were able to
successfully replace the pulmonary valve in his heart. Pray Brady will make a
complete recovery from this surgery, his eighth one in 13 years. Pray for
Brady’s parents and sister as they help care for him.
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Please lift
Carol, a Faces of Children intercessor, in prayer as she recovers from four
weeks of poison ivy and now a strep throat infection. Pray that God will bring
complete healing to her body. Give thanks to God for the medical care and
medications available to treat this dedicated prayer partner.
