Cambodia
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Please continue
to keep in prayer the children of Cambodia who have been exposed to a mysterious
disease that killed 59 children, many of whom were less than 3 years old,
within 24 hours of their hospitalization.
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Thanks be to God
for a possible diagnosis of this mystery disease. The World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Cambodian Ministry of Health believe the virus Enterovirus 71
(EV-71), that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), may be responsible
for some of the deaths of these children. Pray laboratory tests will find
conclusive proof of the cause of this disease. http://tinyurl.com/c6cf9ah http://tinyurl.com/7gutuqk
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Pray that WHO and
the Cambodian Ministry of Health will be able to educate families and children
about how to reduce transmission of this virus through improved hygiene
methods. http://tinyurl.com/7myoaej
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Please pray that
God will comfort the families of the 59 children who died from this disease.
Ethiopia
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Please keep the
disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in
Ethiopia held close in prayer. Pray especially for Begna, a 6-year-old little
boy. http://cure.org/hospitals/ethiopia/
Ethiopia, Kenya
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Keep in prayer the
estimated half million children and people who are being moved off land in the
Lower Omo Valley on which the Ethiopian government plans to establish massive
state-run sugar plantations. Pray for those who will lose their farming,
fishing, and/or herding livelihoods when they are forced off their land. http://tinyurl.com/7p2d2r2
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Pray for those in
Kenya who will lose their livelihoods when water flow from the Omo River into
Kenya’s Lake Turkana is reduced by the completion of the Gibe III hydroelectric
dam project. http://tinyurl.com/985r5sn
Iran
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Please keep the
children and people of northwest Iran close in prayer as they deal with the
aftereffects of two powerful earthquakes that killed an estimated 300 people
and injured 5,000 on August 11, 2012. Pray for those in remote, hard-to-reach
villages who have spent the night out in the open following the quakes and lack
tents, warm clothing, blankets, food, and drinking water. Pray humanitarian aid
will reach this region soon.
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Pray God will
comfort children who are frightened by the aftershocks, 60 of which had already
happened in the 24 hours after the quakes. Pray for children who have been
injured and/or trapped in the rubble. Pray that medical and rescue help will
reach them soon. Pray for those who are grieving the loss of family or parents.
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Please pray for
families who have lost homes and or livelihoods in the 1,000 rural villages
around the towns of Ahar, Varzaghan, and Harees. Twenty villages were
completely destroyed. http://tinyurl.com/cknr64d
United States
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Please keep in
prayer the victims of a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in which six
worshipers were killed. Pray for those who were injured and the families of
those who were killed when an alleged white supremacist entered the temple and
began shooting.
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Give thanks to
God for the bravery and quick thinking of 9-year-old Amanat and her 11-year-old
brother Abhay who were able to run into the temple and warn more than a dozen
people before the shooter entered. Pray that God will comfort these two and all
those who were traumatized by the violent experience. http://tinyurl.com/9h4aufs
Faces of Children
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Please pray for
Grant, the 12-week-old cousin of a Faces of Children prayer partner, as he
recovers from open heart surgery to repair a major heart defect. Pray God will
bless Grant with healing and a complete recovery. Give thanks that this little
one was able to spend six weeks at home before becoming critically ill several
weeks ago.
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Pray for Grant’s
parents and 2-year-old sister who are helping to care for him in a children’s
hospital that is far from their home. Pray God gives Grant’s parents the
stamina and energy for this long-term situation. This is the first of several
surgeries Grant will require.
