Canada
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Please keep in
prayer nine girls, between ages 13 and 17, who were trafficked into
prostitution in Ottawa by three other teenage girls. The victims were lured to
a home using social media, given alcohol or drugs to control them, and then
taken by taxi to the homes of men who allegedly paid to have sex with them.
Pray for the emotional, physical, and spiritual healing of these young victims
of sexual exploitation. Pray for justice for these teenage girls…that those who
prostituted or abused them will be held accountable for their actions.
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Pray for the
teenage girls, two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old, who ran this alleged
prostitution ring and who now face charges including human trafficking,
procuring for prostitution, abduction, forcible confinement, robbery, sexual
assault, assault, uttering threats, and printing and publishing child
pornography.
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Pray for the four
men who allegedly paid to have sex with the trafficked girls…that they will
come to truly understand how their behavior devastates young lives. http://tinyurl.com/cxzn94d
Haiti
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Continue to keep
the estimated 320,000 homeless people close in prayer as they face evictions
from their make-shift homes in temporary camps set up in Port-au-Prince after
the January 2010 earthquake. Pray for children and families who’ve been evicted
without notice off public spaces by Haitian authorities or private property by
landowners ready to reclaim their land. Pray
for an increase in affordable housing in Port-au-Prince—the housing shortage
was severe even before the quake with about 70 percent of the population living
in slums.
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Pray for the
girls and women who prostitute themselves to be able to survive or feed their
families. Pray for those who struggle to survive in the camps. Poverty,
overcrowding, and horrible living conditions coupled with the scarcity of jobs
often compel women and girls to exchange sex for food. http://tinyurl.com/cd967ez
Kenya
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Keep the 38
children and the staff and volunteers at Naomi’s Village in prayer as they deal
with heavy rains that have caused mudslides near this home for orphaned and
at-risk children. Pray the roads leading to Naomi’s Village will become
passable soon. Please keep in prayer 2-year-old Francis and 7-year-old Jane,
the two newest children at Naomi’s Village, as they adjust to life in their new
home. https://naomisvillage.com/
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Give God thanks
that the CURE International Hospital on the Kijabe mission station didn’t
sustain structural damage in a mudslide there. Thanks be to God the patients
and staff are all safe! Please pray for CURE’s staff and volunteers as they
assess the impact this mudslide will have on the hospital and the other ministries
in which they are involved at the mission station. http://cure.org/hospitals/kenya/ http://tinyurl.com/bpm3ys5
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Pray for those
who have lost homes and loved ones in the flooding and mudslides. An estimated
90,000 people have been displaced by the flooding and 62 have died, including
children buried alive in landslides. Pray for those who have lost their homes,
crops, and livestock. Please pray for those who are stranded and for those
without access to food, dry shelter, clean water, and medical care.
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Pray Kenya’s
government will be able to implement water harvesting and water management
during these periods of heavy rain as their country swings between drought and
flooding almost every year. http://tinyurl.com/c6l6l76
United States
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Please pray for
children who are abused and neglected. Pray for the safety and healing of each
child abuse victim. Pray they have someone they can turn to in times of crisis
or emergency. Pray every child has the opportunity to grow up in a nurturing
environment, free from harm and fear. Pray for raised public awareness of child
abuse and neglect. Pray more people will step forward when they recognize a
situation of child abuse and report it.
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Pray for the
women and men who work for child protective organizations around the country as
they serve abused and at-risk children and struggling families. Give God thanks
they are willing do very challenging and difficult work—investigating
situations of abuse and neglect, removing children who have been hurt, working
with parents to help them regain custody of their children, and placing
children in safe homes. Pray for the safety, emotional health, spiritual
wellbeing, and leadership skills of these workers. Pray God will bless them
with wisdom in their interactions with children, parents, advocates, and those
in the legal system.
Faces of Children
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Please keep Faces
of Children prayer partner Margaret close in prayer as she receives treatment
for pneumonia. Pray for her complete healing and recovery. Pray for Margaret’s
husband while she is in the hospital.
