Burma
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Please continue
to keep Nancy* and the children for whom she cares at Hallelujah Orphanage in
Burma held close in prayer. Pray God will provide the resources Nancy and her
family need to care for all 11 children (ranging in age from 9 to 18) in their
home. Pray God will bring complete healing to Nancy who has been suffering from
severe stomach pain for quite some time. Please pray this pain will be relieved
soon.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
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Pray for the
little girl at this orphanage who didn’t pass her exam when all the other
children passed theirs. Give God thanks these children have the opportunity to
attend school and receive an education. Thanks be to God the children are able
to attend a special conference at a church near their home where they will
learn more about Jesus Christ.
China
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Keep the people
of China’s Sichuan province close in prayer as they deal with the aftereffects
of a powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake on April 20, 2013. Pray medical and
humanitarian assistance will be able to reach the thousands who were injured as
many roads in this mountainous region were made impassable by the quake. http://tinyurl.com/crlvql5
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Pray for children
and families whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the earthquake, the 712
aftershocks, or the landslides triggered by the quake. Pray for those who don’t
have safe or warm shelter in this mountainous area that has also been
experiencing recent rains.
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Give thanks to
God that no schools collapsed in this quake. In the 7.9 magnitude earthquake
that killed more than 70,000 people in May of 2008, many poorly constructed
schools collapsed, killing hundreds of students.
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Please pray for
the families and friends of those killed in this disaster. Pray God will
comfort them and provide them with a community of support and care. http://tinyurl.com/c5erxyk
United States
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Pray for the
families and friends of two girls who committed suicide in unrelated incidents last
weekend. Pray for 17-year-old Brooke’s family as they grieve and struggle to
understand why she took her life. Pray for Andrea’s family as they also mourn
the life of this eighth grader who was allegedly bullied at school.
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Please continue
in prayer for the victims of the April 15, 2013 bombings in Boston. Pray for
healing and comfort for the 264 people, including at least 10 children, who
were injured when two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon. Pray for the families and
friends of the three people, including an 8-year-old boy, who were killed. http://tinyurl.com/cgp8l9k http://tinyurl.com/c5gejfu
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Please keep in
prayer those who witnessed this devastating attack, especially the children who
saw the carnage of damaged limbs and bloodied bodies.
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Pray for first
responders and hospital staff who treated the injured.
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And pray for the
young man who allegedly participated in this attack.
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Pray for the
healing grace of God to be with all those affected by this horrible attack.
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Please be in prayer for those affected by the massive explosion and fire
at a 10-acre fertilizer plant in West, Texas on April 17, 2013. http://tinyurl.com/d5hudr6 http://tinyurl.com/azaj42g
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Pray God will comfort the families and friends of the 14 people, 10 of
whom were first responders, killed when a fire ignited chemicals at the
fertilizer plant and triggered a massive explosion.
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Pray God’s healing touch will be upon those who were injured in this huge
explosion.
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Please keep in
prayer those whose homes in the residential area near the plant were damaged or
destroyed by the explosion. Pray for children and families who were displaced
by it.
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Give God thanks
for the newly hired youth minister for the Bdecan (pronounced Bah-DAY Chan)
Presbyterian Church located on the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation reservation.
Please keep this youth minister held close in prayer as he begins working with
at-risk youth living on the reservation. Pray for the congregation and staff of
Bdecan as they serve God through the work and mission of this church, which is
the only Indian Presbyterian Church in the state of North Dakota. http://tinyurl.com/29f8e44
