China
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Please pray for
the tens of thousands of Chinese children who are abducted by traffickers each
year. Anywhere from 20,000 to 70,000 children (depending on the source cited)
are kidnapped each year.
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Pray for boy
children who are sold to unsuspecting adoptive parents, many of whom may not be
able to conceive, or they have daughters but no sons. There is a traditional preference
for boys in China making an infant boy worth thousands of dollars on the black
market. http://tinyurl.com/ly5ff69
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Please pray for
older children who are kidnapped and used for street begging, pickpocketing,
slave labor, or prostitution.
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Keep in prayer
the parents of abducted children as they struggle to find their sons and
daughters and deal with police apathy, corruption, or other complications. Pray
for parents who have lost hope of ever finding their children. Pray for those
who have drained their financial resources looking for their children.
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Pray law
enforcement officers at the local level will act with integrity and resist
bribes from traffickers. Pray they will work together with other law
enforcement agencies to find kidnapped children. Traffickers often move
abducted children across vast distances and jurisdictions to avoid detection.
Iraq, Syria
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Please keep in
prayer the 30,000 Kurdish refugees from Syria who have recently crossed into
Iraq’s Kurdish region. Pray for children and families fleeing attacks by a
radical Sunni Arab rebel group that has aligned with Iraq’s branch of al Qaeda.
Pray God will be with these desperate families as they seek refuge in Iraq.
Pray God will provide the resources they need during this difficult season.
http://tinyurl.com/mxv6gvu
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Pray for peace in
this region. Pray Syria’s civil war, which has spilled over into neighboring
countries, will end.
Philippines
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Please keep in
prayer children and people in the Philippines who have been affected by Typhoon
Utor, the most powerful typhoon to hit the country this year. Pray for those
who have lost loved ones and for those whose loved ones are missing. http://tinyurl.com/mreqj3p http://tinyurl.com/llxx6ow
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Pray for children
and families in Aurora province where the typhoon caused the greatest damage.
Pray for those who were affected by the typhoon-triggered flooding and
landslides. Pray for families who lost homes and livelihoods. Almost 90 percent
of the agriculture in this province was destroyed or damaged, especially rice
and corn crops and coconut plantations.
United States
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Thanks be to God
for the progress 16-year-old Taylor* has made during a wilderness therapy
program and for her successful graduation from it. Keep Taylor close in prayer
as she moves to a residential treatment facility to continue her healing
journey. Please pray God will bring complete healing to Taylor who struggles
with serious mental illness. Pray for her parents and siblings as they have
been deeply impacted by her illness. Give God thanks her mother, father,
brother, and sister all enjoyed a special, healing time with Taylor at her
graduation.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
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Pray for the
family of an 8-month-old boy who died after being left in a hot car for about
six hours. Pray for this child’s mother who forgot she’d left the baby in the
car when she went to work. The mother has been charged with felony child
neglect and is in jail without bond. http://tinyurl.com/k76pol9
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Pray for the family
of Sabriya Towels, a 16-month-old girl who died after being left in a hot vehicle.
Pray for the relative who left Sabriya in his truck when he went home to take a
nap. http://tinyurl.com/kktm79t
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Pray for all
parents and guardians of young children…that they will be even more vigilant
during the hot seasons of the year. Pray for the families of the 29 children
who have died in hot vehicles this year. KidsAndCars.org shares resources to
help keep young children safe, including a safety checklist for parents and
caregivers, and says even the best parent or caregiver can overlook a baby in a
car seat due to lack of sleep, stress, or changes in their normal routine. http://tinyurl.com/myogpuz http://tinyurl.com/6l8qnf9
Faces of Children
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Please continue
to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces
of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more
people to pray for children at risk.
