Burma
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Please continue
to keep Nancy* held close in prayer as she is still experiencing severe stomach
pain. Pray for God’s healing touch to be upon this young woman who helps care
for orphaned and abused children in Burma. Pray for Nancy’s parents and
siblings who also help care for these children in their own home, called
Hallelujah Orphanage.
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Please pray for
the 11 children in their care—pray God will fulfill their deepest needs and
desires. Most of the children come from backgrounds of abuse, neglect, or
abandonment.
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Give God thanks Nancy,
her family, and the children at Hallelujah Orphanage are safe from the
floodwaters throughout their community. Pray for the loved ones of those killed
in the floods in this part of Burma.
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
Central African Republic
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Pray for the
children of Central African Republic (CAR) where 3.2 million people lack access
to healthcare following the March 2013 coup. The U.N. Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that CAR’s healthcare system has
almost completely failed. http://tinyurl.com/ljqmy2t
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Pray for children
who don’t have access to medical or health care because of widespread violence
and looting that followed the government’s overthrow. Please pray God will
provide for children who don’t have any medical care available to them. Medical
supplies, equipment, ambulances, and doctors are in extremely short supply now.
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Pray humanitarian
aid will reach children in need quickly. Pray for the safety of staff and
volunteers of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attempting to serve the
children and people of CAR. Aid workers have been killed by rebels and aid
bases have been ransacked or destroyed in the violence following the coup.
Child Brides
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Please keep close
in prayer girl children married off to older men. Pray for the 38,000 girls who
are sold into marriage every day in the developing world...that’s 14 million
every year. http://tinyurl.com/o3lw94b
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Pray for child
brides whose bodies haven’t matured enough to be in a sexual relationship or
survive pregnancy or childbirth. In the developing world, death from pregnancy
or childbirth is the number one killer of girls ages 15 to 19. http://tinyurl.com/o3lw94b
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Pray for girls
who are denied education and freedom when they are sold into marriage. Pray for
those who experience domestic violence from older husbands or the husbands’
families. Pray for child brides who experience sexual abuse in their marriages.
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Please pray for
girls who are at great risk of being sold into marriage because they live in countries
facing severe humanitarian crises including conflict or natural disasters.
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Pray for girls who
are at risk of being forced into marriage because of their families’ desperate
situations. Pray for those whose families marry them off at young ages to save
on the costs of raising them or because they want to earn money from the dowry
given to girls. Pray for girls at risk of being sold into marriage because of
their parents’ fears of rape, premarital pregnancy, hunger, or homelessness.
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Please keep in
prayer girls forced into marriage in Niger, Chad, Bangladesh, Guinea, Central
African Republic, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Malawi, and Ethiopia…the top ten
countries with the highest child marriage rates. http://tinyurl.com/nvfv4oo
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Pray for the family
and friends of Rawan, an 8-year-old Yemeni girl who died of internal bleeding on
her wedding night. Rawan was given in marriage to a 40-year-old man. Pray for
justice for this little girl and others like her in Yemen and around the world.
Fourteen percent of Yemeni girls are married before age 15 and 52 percent of
them before age 18. http://tinyurl.com/psddjca
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Please pray
existing laws prohibiting early marriage will be enforced. Pray girls are able
to access quality education. Pray safe areas are created for girls and women
during humanitarian emergencies. Please pray enlightened community leaders and
parents will mobilize to combat gender prejudices.
Faces of Children
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Give thanks to
God for the new intercessors from the Presbytery of Lake Erie Presbyterian
Women’s Fall Gathering who recently joined Faces of Children. And thanks be to
God for the opportunity to share the ministry of Faces of Children with so many
women at this gathering in Corry, PA.
