Philippines
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Please pray for
the 850,000 people in the Philippine capital of Manila who have been affected
by 11 consecutive days of monsoon rains and heavy flooding. Approximately 60
percent of the city is under water. Pray for those who refuse to leave their
homes because they are afraid of losing valuables or livelihoods. Pray for children
and families crowded into temporary shelters in which food is in short supply.
Pray God will provide aid for all those affected by this terrible flooding. http://tinyurl.com/939ohzy http://tinyurl.com/8jjtdcd
Syria
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Continue in
prayer for the 1.5 million people of Syria who will need immediate food, crop,
and livestock aid as the 17-month-old conflict in their country is preventing
farmers from harvesting crops. Pray for the 3 million children and families who
will need this support in the coming year because of the continued violence.
Pray for peace and stability in this region. http://tinyurl.com/9s4d2ru
United States
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Give God thanks
for the ministry of Family Promise and its Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN),
a partnership of congregations within a community who help families facing
homelessness. Pray for the thousands and thousands of volunteers in the 170 IHN
networks across the country who help families regain their housing,
independence, and dignity. http://www.familypromise.org/program/interfaith-hospitality-network
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Please pray for
children and parents enrolled in Family Promise programs around the country.
Pray for parents who have just entered the program and struggle to comply with a
new or unfamiliar daily routine. Pray for those who slip back into old patterns
of behavior and risk being expelled from the program. Pray for parents who are
unemployed and seeking jobs.
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Pray for children
in Family Promise programs who struggle with the stigma of being homeless.
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Pray God will
comfort the family of 12-year-old Jordan Lee Hanson who died when he lost
control of an ATV (all terrain vehicle) he was driving. The ATV went into a
marshy area, flipped over on Jordan and pinned him underwater for more than an
hour. http://tinyurl.com/bllhqlc
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Pray for Jordan’s
friends in this season of sorrow. Pray they might learn from this devastating
loss and be attentive to safety rules and instructions regarding ATVs.
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Pray for the
police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and fire and ambulance personnel who responded
to this emergency. Pray God will bring peace to those who have been adversely
affected by this child’s death.
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Please pray for
children who are neglected or left unsupervised by their parents or caregivers.
Pray for a 2-year-old boy whose father left him alone in their apartment to go
to a bar and drink. Give thanks that a neighbor alerted police to a crying
child and they were able to rescue the little boy. http://tinyurl.com/cxgh5js
Faces of Children
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Pray for
11-year-old Cathy* and her father Greg*, cousins of a Faces of Children
intercessor, who were seriously injured in a house fire July 24. Give thanks
that Cathy’s 16-year-old sister Patty* and their mother Marsha* weren’t injured
in the fire that completely destroyed their family home.
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Pray God will
bring healing to Cathy and Greg and protect them from infection and other secondary
illnesses. Cathy is in critical condition with burns over 80 percent of her
body, but she is making good progress. Greg is also in critical condition with
burns over 60 percent of his body and has been heavily sedated. He has extensive
lung damage from smoke inhalation.
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Thanks be to God that
Cathy and Greg are in hospitals with excellent burn trauma centers. Pray for
the doctors, nurses, and staff at the children’s burn hospital who are treating
and caring for Cathy. Pray for Cathy’s mother and sister who are with her and
plan to live in the community until Cathy is through with the multiple
surgeries and therapy she will require over the next few years.
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Pray for the burn
trauma center physicians, nurses, and hospital staff who are treating Greg.
Pray also for the family members and friends caring for Greg while Marsha and
Patty are in a different city caring for Cathy.
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Give God thanks
for the help being provided by the community in which this family lived. Pray
God will provide the resources this family needs to pay for their medical bills
as well as the medical helicopter airlift to two different cities. Pray God
will guard their hearts and minds from desperation and will show them a way to start
over after losing their home, cars, clothes, and the contents of their home.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
