United States
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Give thanks to
God for the arrest of an accused child pornographer who had been on the run for
almost five years and on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list for a year. http://tinyurl.com/c9ed2ja http://tinyurl.com/cdotylr
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Pray for the children
with whom this man had contact over the past years…he taught third grade at an
elementary school and tutored students for free; he has also worked as a nanny,
teaching assistant, youth counselor, and a camp counselor at an all-boys summer
camp.
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Pray for the boys
of whom he allegedly took sexually explicit photographs while he was staying in
their homes or babysitting them. Please pray the images of these children being
sexually abused will all be retrieved so the children won’t be victimized
further.
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Pray for justice
for every child allegedly injured by this man. Pray for their physical and
emotional healing.
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Pray for this
alleged predator/child pornographer…that God will be at work in his life,
healing and redeeming him.
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Please pray for
15-year-old Adam* who was injured in an alleged hunting accident on his family’s
farm. Adam went out to shoot birds and supposedly tripped, causing the gun to
go off and shoot him in the mouth. Pray for physical healing for this young man
who is unable to swallow and whose tongue has been damaged. Pray also for
emotional and spiritual healing for Adam who may be experiencing mental health
issues.
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Pray also for
Adam’s mother and older sister as they care for him and try to run the family
farm while Adam’s father is working in another part of the country. Please pray
for a community of support to surround this family.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
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Pray for
Morganne, the mother of twin babies, who is undergoing aggressive treatments
for a brain tumor. Pray the tumor will decrease in size and that God will
comfort and encourage her throughout the six weeks of chemotherapy treatments.
Pray for her babies and her husband during this difficult time. Give thanks to
God for the family and friends that have come together to support Morganne and
her family in this challenging period.
United States—Foster Care Prayer Vigil
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Pray for the more
than 400,000 children in the foster care system in the United States. Pray all
children in the system will experience God’s love through the love and care
given them by those involved in the child welfare system. http://tinyurl.com/dy2cr8g
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Please pray God
will provide each child with a “forever family” and that God will prepare the
hearts of these children to be ready for the families God will provide.
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Pray God will
open doors to keep sibling groups intact or in contact with one another as they
grow up.
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Please pray God
will heal the deep hurts that foster children have experienced and protect them
from future harm.
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Pray God will
transform the children’s lives and hearts. Pray they will be able to forgive
those who hurt them.
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Pray for the
hundreds of thousands of young adults in our country who have “aged out” of the
child welfare system. Pray they might still find a “forever family” to call
their own and find mentors to help them navigate life wisely. Pray they might
know how much they are loved by our Gracious God.
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, as the
semester draws to a close. http://www.ppas.org/
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Pray for those
students who will return to their homes in areas of Mexico that are considered
quite dangerous because of drug cartel violence.
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Pray for South
Korean and Rwandan students who aren’t able to return to their home countries
because of visa issues or the high cost of travel. Pray they will be content in
their temporary placements this summer and that God will comfort them if they
become homesick.
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Please pray the
faculty and staff of PPAS will be able to rest some this summer following a
busy school year. Pray especially for the dorm parents who work 24 hours a day,
seven days a week during the school year, including holidays.
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Please be in
prayer for the graduating class of PPAS as they continue their education in
colleges and universities throughout the U.S.
