Ethiopia
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Keep in prayer
children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in Ethiopia.
Pray God will meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of Muse, an 8-year-old
little girl. www.helpcurenow.org
Kenya
·
Keep the children
and people of Kenya in prayer following the discovery of a potentially
dangerous malaria-transmitting breed of mosquito that is active outdoors and
bites humans earlier in the evening. Malaria is usually known to be caused by
the Plasmodium parasite and transmitted to humans by the Anopheles mosquito that
is active indoors and normally bites humans at night. http://tinyurl.com/9qqgekm
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Pray for the
development of a drug or transmission-blocking vaccine that will prevent the
spread of malaria by this new type of mosquito. Pray that the current
indoor-based interventions to control mosquitoes will be expanded to address
this new threat.
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Pray for children
and pregnant women at risk of contracting malaria, the leading cause of death
in Kenya. An estimated 20 percent of all deaths in children under age five are attributed
to malaria. http://tinyurl.com/8n9jbt2
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. Pray for the
Rev. Dr. Doug Dalglish, who was recently installed as the new school president.
http://www.ppas.org/
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Pray for the students
from Mexico—many of them are in great danger when they travel back and forth to
their homes in Mexico because of the escalating drug cartel violence.
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Pray for those
who are so fearful they can’t sleep, have anxiety attacks, and cry frequently.
Pray for students who feel great guilt at being safe while their families are
in danger in Mexico. Pray for those whose parents, siblings, or other family
members have been kidnapped, threatened, robbed, assaulted, targeted for
recruitment, or killed.
United States
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Pray God will
bring healing to 1-year-old Jacob who has Down syndrome and is very small for
his age. http://www.ndss.org/ Give God thanks that Jacob was recently
released from the hospital after receiving treatment for a recurrent kidney
infection. Pray for his 3-year-old sister Victoria who is worried about her
little brother. And please keep Jacob’s parents close in prayer as they make
decisions about his medical care.
·
Pray God will
bring comfort and peace to the family of Robert Belcher, II following his death
in an oilfield accident. Pray God will provide for Robert’s 1-year-old son, Little
Robert, III, and bring a community of love and support around him.
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Please keep
12-year-old Isaiah* and his mother and step-father close in prayer during a
very difficult time. Pray for healing, peace, and reconciliation within this
family in crisis. Pray they will be able to find stable housing and employment—they
are currently living in a shelter. Pray Isaiah will receive help for his
behavioral and emotional issues soon. Pray that a community of support will
surround this struggling family.
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Please pray for
17-year-old John* who is also going through a difficult period in his life.
Pray God will comfort and provide for this high school senior whose mother was
recently sent to prison. Give thanks John lives with his father and has a
stable support system in place.
·
Pray for all
families living in shelters. Pray for those who have been evicted from their
homes for economic reasons… loss of jobs or income, health issues, divorce,
death of spouse, rent increases, etc. Pray for those who struggle to find affordable
housing in markets that lack enough homes or apartments. Pray for families priced
out of housing in areas with booming oil economies and sky-high apartment
rents. Pray God will be at work within the hearts of those who have
wholeheartedly embraced a spirit of greed. http://tinyurl.com/9lclksm
http://tinyurl.com/c5cy8gf http://tinyurl.com/c8pat7a
Faces of Children
·
Give thanks to
God for the opportunity to share the ministry of Faces of Children with the
congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Harlingen, Texas on September 27,
2012. Thanks be to God for the warm welcome and the interest in praying for
children.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
