Burma, Philippines
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Please keep the
displaced children and people of Burma and the Philippines close in prayer as
they deal with severe flooding from days of heavy monsoonal rain. Pray for the
more than 23,000 people in southeastern Burma who have been displaced by flash
floods. Pray for the estimated 100,000 people in the southern Philippines
island of Mindanao who have fled their homes because of heavy rains and
flooding. http://tinyurl.com/mhyw26o
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Keep in prayer rice
farmers and their families whose livelihoods are threatened by this monsoonal
flooding. Pray for those whose rice paddies have been flooded—paddies can be
ruined after a week under water. Pray farmers and their families will be able
to prepare the soil again in time to plant this season’s rice crop. Pray for
those who have lost their homes, household possessions, and livestock in the
flooding.
Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger
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Pray for the
children and people of Nigeria who have fled fighting between government forces
and Islamist militants in the north of their country. An estimated 4,000
refugees recently escaped this conflict and entered Cameroon, making the total
refugee population there around 10,000. Pray for the 6,000 refugees who fled the
fighting and entered neighboring Niger. http://tinyurl.com/lsluopr
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Please pray for a
peaceful resolution to the conflict between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram.
Last May, the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency in this remote,
semi-desert region where Boko Haram militants are suspected of hiding. Pray for
the thousands of farmers and their families who were forced off their land
because of this emergency declaration. Please pray this doesn’t trigger a food
crisis in the region.
China (New
Day Foster Home – http://www.newdaycreations.com/foster/)
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Give God thanks
and praise that 6-month-old Benjamin was recently released from the hospital to
continue recovery at home. Benjamin was born with severe gastrointestinal (GI)
defects that caused him to be sick every time he was fed. He has been in and
out of the hospital since birth. Pray this little one gains weight and strength.
Pray he won’t have reflux or pneumonia or start aspirating again. http://tinyurl.com/m85mz9k
India
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Please keep in
prayer children who survived deadly flooding in India’s Himalayan region last
month and are now at great risk of being trafficked. Tens of thousands of
people have lost homes and livelihoods in these floods and landslides, plunging
more families further into poverty and despair. Pray for desperate parents who
are coerced into selling their daughters and sons to traffickers. Pray for daughters
who have been sold as brides or trafficked into domestic work or commercial sex
work. Pray for sons who have been trafficked into servitude or commercial sex
work. http://tinyurl.com/mbrnn8u
Thailand
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Pray for the
children and people of Mae Sot, Thailand who are dealing with some of the worst
flooding seen in a decade. Pray for those whose homes, businesses, schools, or farms
have been destroyed by flooding or landslides. Please keep in prayer those who
are stranded by floodwaters. A frantic mother struggled to reach her children
in their hut in an isolated rice field. She had gone to work before the area
had flooded. Give thanks to God the mother, with the help of migrant workers, reached
her children and evacuated them to higher ground.
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Thanks be to God
for the work of Partners Relief and Development staff and volunteers as they
assist flooding victims in Mae Sot. Half of the Partners staff have been
driving around Mae Sot in their tallest trucks trying to help those most in
need. Pray for the flood victims who have been sheltered in the Partners’ Mae
Sot office. Give God thanks for the hospitality and generosity of the staff and
volunteers who have been cooking for and assisting these victims, including
holding impromptu children’s programs. http://tinyurl.com/p5s3h7j
United States
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Please continue
to lift in prayer 4-month-old Haydn* who is recovering from heart surgery. Give
thanks to God that Haydn was recently released from the hospital to continue recovery
at home. Pray Haydn will gain weight and stay healthy so he may have a more functional
g-tube (gastrostomy tube) implanted in his stomach. The current tube causes him
great discomfort and irritation. http://tinyurl.com/q67twxc
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
