Burma
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Give God thanks
for protecting two teenage sisters, ages 14 and 15, from a life of possible
sexual exploitation. Pray they will be able to continue staying in the safe
home for vulnerable young women in which they’ve been living the past three
years. The sisters’ parents died when the girls were quite young so aunts and
uncles took over their care until they were placed in this home. Thanks be to
God that the sisters are coming to know the love of Jesus Christ since moving into
the safe home.
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Pray for the
girls’ aunt who is demanding they be released to her so she can take them to
Laos to work in a massage parlor and earn more money. The relatives are given a
small monthly stipend to allow the sisters to stay in the safe home, but this
one now wants more.
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Please pray God
will provide a way for the girls to remain safe from sexual exploitation—they
need national ID cards and a safe place to hide from the aunt. Ethnic hill
tribe people of Burma often have difficulty obtaining national ID cards because
they can’t afford the cost and/or don’t have birth certificates or other
documents.
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Pray for the
staff at the safe home who are in danger of being arrested for helping the
sisters. Pray God will guide them in caring for the vulnerable young women who
live at the home. Pray for God’s help in developing safe and honorable ways in which these young women may
earn a living and help their family members and themselves.
Thailand
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Pray for the staff
and volunteers with the Mae Kha Chan Children’s Home in Thailand as they care
for 90 additional children, bringing the total number to 150. The director
shared that suddenly they were finding orphans in villages and discovering others
left on the door step of the home. Please pray that God will provide the
resources needed to care for all 150 of these children.
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Give God thanks
for Mae Kha Chan’s partnership with three nearby villages in feeding and caring
for these new children. Pray for the 90 children as they adjust to their new
living circumstances. Thanks be to God that the village leaders are allowing
the children and helpers to sleep in a church near the school that serves these
villages.
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And praise God
that the village leaders have asked Mae Kha Chan’s director to help make the
villages’ school a Christian one since the government recently withdrew
funding. Give thanks to God that all of the Mae Kha Chan children will be able
to attend this Christian school instead of their previous one in which they
were forced to bow before Buddhist idols
Vietnam
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Please keep in
prayer the missionaries and all those helping to build a church in a poor ethnic
hill tribe community in Vietnam. Give God thanks for providing the vision,
materials, and help to build this tribal church. Pray that the church builders
will find favor with the local police who have come to examine the
construction.
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Pray also for the
very sick 2-month-old daughter of the new church’s pastor. Pray God will bring
healing to her body and that she will make a complete recovery. Pray for her
mother as she cares for this baby girl who is hospitalized in another town.
Pray for her father as he tends to his fields and watches over the church’s
construction.
United States
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Give thanks to
God for occupational therapists like Beth Schaible, with Kids Infant
Development Program (KIDS) of North Dakota, who bring such passion and love to
their work with children with special needs. Thanks be to God for
early-intervention programs like KIDS that provide free, home-based,
family-focused services for young children with special needs. http://tinyurl.com/77bdwkk
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Pray for
17-month-old Rowan who was diagnosed with X-linked lissencephaly, a genetic condition
of abnormal brain development, and who will require long-term special
assistance because of his condition. Thanks be to God for Beth and the
compassionate, loving way in which she works with Rowan to help him develop his
strengths. Pray for Rowan’s parents and 3-year-old sister Lily who also need
emotional and educational support as Rowan’s cognitive ability probably won’t
ever exceed that of a 3-month-old. http://tinyurl.com/765h7w4
Faces of Children
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Please 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.
