Burma
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Continue to pray
for the children of Burma who have been affected by anti-Muslim violence north
of the Burmese capital city Naypyitaw (Yangon). Pray for those whose homes have
been burned down by rioters. Please keep in prayer the 2,000 people who are now
living in two make-shift camps. http://tinyurl.com/clvssjc http://tinyurl.com/b595v2o
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Pray for peace
between Buddhists, the majority of Burmese citizens, and Muslims, who make up
about five percent of the population. Pray Burma’s government will protect the
vulnerable and promote peace between its divided ethnic groups.
Central African Republic
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Please keep the
children and people of Central African Republic (C.A.R.) close in prayer during
this time of political upheaval. Rebels overthrew the existing government in a
coup late last month, further destabilizing this former French colony. Give
thanks to God that international peace keepers working with rebel forces were
able to halt a three-day-long looting of homes, businesses, U.N. offices, and
hospitals.
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Pray for children
who need food and clean water, as many stores lack supplies and running water isn’t
available in many parts of the capital city of Bangui.
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Pray for children
from the northern part of C.A.R. who were recruited to fight with the rebels.
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Please
pray for the new leaders of this impoverished country as they work to establish
a power-sharing government and set elections. Pray they will seek God’s
guidance for C.A.R., a country rich in gold, diamond, and uranium deposits, but
one of the least developed and most unstable countries in the world. http://tinyurl.com/c2ghqyd http://tinyurl.com/cjoev2h
North Korea, South Korea, United States
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Pray for the
children and people of North Korea, South Korea, and the United States who are
affected by the increased rhetoric and stronger threats of war from North
Korea’s young leader, Kim Jong Un. Pray for this leader as he makes aggressive
comments about going to war with the United States and South Korea. Pray for
peace and stability in this region and please pray that increased tensions
won’t result in armed conflict. http://tinyurl.com/c3or63c
United States
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Please keep in
prayer an 8-year-old little girl who was allegedly sexually abused by her
former stepfather for almost two years. Pray for her healing, both emotional
and physical, from the abuse and from the ordeal of having to testify in court
against him recently. Pray for the 32-year-old man accused of sexually abusing
this little one when she was 6 and 7 years old. If convicted, he faces life in
prison without parole. Pray for the truth to be revealed in this case and that
God’s justice will prevail. http://tinyurl.com/ca5v7tp
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Pray for children
and young people living on the Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana (where
three out of every four children live in poverty) who are negatively affected
by federal budget cuts. Indian reservations don’t have private landowners to
tax, which makes them heavily dependent on the federal government for support.
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Pray for those
who struggle in school and won’t have assistance because of these cuts. More
than half the students in the elementary school on the reservation don’t read
or write at grade level.
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Pray for children
who won’t have the opportunity to attend summer school because of the budget
cuts.
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And please keep
in prayer the 20 children who attempted to commit suicide three years ago and
the friends and families of the five middle school students who killed
themselves that same year. Plans to hire an additional guidance counselor to
help the one school counselor have been abandoned because of federal budget
cuts.
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Please pray for
the children and people on this reservation where the unemployment rate is more
than 50 percent and chronic substance abuse is widespread. http://tinyurl.com/a2ysn2l
Faces of Children
- Please keep Faces of Children prayer partners Steve and Susie Foy held close in prayer following the death of Steve’s mother last month. Pray for God’s comforting presence during this season of loss and sorrow. Give God thanks for the life of Steve’s mother, Irmgard Schaefer Foy.
