Brazil, United States
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Please pray for
the staff and leaders of ESTHERS Children, a ministry that serves girls in
Brazil who have been prostituted or abused. Give thanks to God for the life and
work of ESTHERS Children co-founder Mike Sutherland who died from a brain tumor
on January 25, 2011. Pray that Mike’s legacy of service and compassion for the
vulnerable girls of Recife, Brazil will continue. http://tinyurl.com/7ftddhx
www.estherschildren.org
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Keep Mike’s wife Emily close in prayer as she continues to direct this
ministry with the help of their daughter Jennifer. Pray God will provide them
clarity and peace in making decisions about the ministry, especially during
their season of loss and mourning.
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Pray for
Missiline, the Brazilian project director of ESTHERS Children, who is expecting
a baby soon.
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Pray for the 25
girls the ministry serves each day… that God will continue to grow their faith
and show them the way for a better future.
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Pray that God
will guide the leaders of ESTHERS Children as they establish a Brazilian board
of directors. Pray for the people God is calling to participate on this board… that
they will share the vision of the ministry and be open to all God asks of them.
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Please pray that
God will provide the resources this ministry needs to serve the girls and their
community.
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Give thanks for the
small core group of mothers who have started coming to the center on Wednesdays
to help. Pray that God will continue to sow seeds of faith in these mothers
through their daughters.
Burma
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Keep in prayer
the children and people of Northern Burma’s Kachin ethnic hill tribe as they continue
to suffer attacks by the Burma Army. Pray for the more than 50,000 people who
have been displaced by attacks that started over a year ago. Pray for children
and people who have lost everything in these attacks… loved ones, homes,
livelihoods, businesses, schools, churches, communities.
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Please keep close
in prayer children and families who hide in jungle sites with primitive shelter
and few resources. Pray for children and families who are living in Internally
Displaced People (IDPs) facilities that are cramped and overcrowded. Pray for
those who have been in IDP camps for more than a year.
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Give God thanks
for the dedication and hard work of the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) relief teams
that provide medical and dental care as well as Good Life Club programs of
songs, health and spiritual teaching for children and skits and games for
families. FBR teams hand out sports equipment to teachers for schools and
t-shirts to children. The relief teams also pray with and for the internally
displaced people (IDPs) as well as interview them and send their stories around
the world. http://www.freeburmarangers.org/Reports/2012/20120612.html
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Pray for the
safety of FBR team members who go close to Burma Army camps in order to
document and monitor their activity. Please pray they won’t be wounded,
captured, or killed as they come close to Burma Army camps. Pray that the light
shed on the army’s actions will bring about positive changes and a ceasefire.
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As difficult as
it may be, please pray for the Burma Army soldiers who attack Kachin villages,
ransack homes, destroy schools and churches, take food supplies and livestock,
and kill and rape. According to Free Burma Ranger reports, there are still over
110 Burma Army battalions operating in Kachin State. Pray for Burma Army
recruits who are hungry and unmotivated… who don’t want to be there or believe
their mission is not a noble one.
Zambia
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Please keep in
prayer children with disabilities who are receiving treatment at the CURE
International Hospital in Zambia. Pray that God will meet the physical,
emotional, and spiritual needs of two little boys, 7-year-old Emmanuel, and
8-year-old Chilambe. www.helpcurenow.org
Faces of Children
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Please keep the
Faces of Children exhibit team in prayer as they share this ministry with the
2012 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women participants in Orlando,
Florida this week. Give thanks for the women and men whom God is calling to
visit the Faces of Children exhibit booth this week. Pray the hearts and minds
of those with whom the team visits will be open to praying for children through
Faces of Children.
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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.
