Democratic Republic of Congo
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Please keep close
in prayer children, youth, and adults in the eastern part of the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) whose community was attacked in early November,
allegedly by M23 rebel forces. Pray for displaced families who don’t have
access to medical care, food, or shelter. Pray for those whose homes were
destroyed in the heavy shelling. http://tinyurl.com/kxe86qq
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Give God
thanks for the recent announcement by M23 rebels that they will end their
20-month-long rebellion against the government of the DRC. Please pray this
group will follow through with their commitment to disarm troops and seek a
political solution to the conflict. Pray the DRC army will stop their assaults
against M23 forces and negotiate a peace agreement with them. http://tinyurl.com/kfpt9t5
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Pray for
children recruited by both government and M23 rebel forces. Pray for boys who
were hired to be porters by M23 rebels in Rwandan territory. Most ended up
fighting or escorting commanders.
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Pray for peace in
the eastern part of the DRC, an area that has suffered violence for the past 15
years as a multitude of armed groups compete for the region’s gold, copper, and
cobalt. Pray for children who have been displaced by these years of conflict
and unrest.
Syria, Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Mali, Colombia, the Philippines,
Burma, Iraq, and the Central African Republic
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Please pray for
children who are recruited to fight in armed conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan,
Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen,
Mali, Colombia, the Philippines, Burma, Iraq, and the Central African Republic.
Pray for boys and girls who have been injured or raped in these conflicts. Pray
for those who have seen family members killed or wounded. http://tinyurl.com/leyxzaw
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Keep close in
prayer the children of Syria who have been recruited to fight in the country’s
civil war by both government and rebel troops. Pray for those who have been
tortured because of their association with opposing forces. Please pray for
boys who have been sexually assaulted in order to obtain information or
confessions. Pray for those who have endured the same forms of torture as adult
prisoners.
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Please keep in
prayer children who are recruited for combat as well as support roles in
Syria’s armed opposition groups. Pray for those who transport food and water
and load cartridges. Pray for children who are recruited by relatives or who
join after losing all of their family members.
http://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/
United States
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Please pray for
parents who struggle to find appropriate child care for their children. Pray
for those who feel they have no alternative but to leave their children in
unsafe situations because nothing else is available. Pray for children left
with daycare providers who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol; who
don’t have the abilities or resources to properly care for children; or who
have too many children in their facilities to provide adequate supervision. http://tinyurl.com/lua2wlg http://tinyurl.com/nmgsjqz
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Keep in prayer
children and families affected by powerful storms and at least 16 tornadoes
that touched down in parts of Illinois, Indiana, and ten other states. http://tinyurl.com/lt9z4jx
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Please pray for
those in Washington, Illinois where a huge tornado destroyed hundreds of homes
and flattened entire neighborhoods. The EF-4 rated tornado cut a path one
eighth of a mile wide from one side of town to the other. Pray for children,
youth, and adults injured by flying debris from the tornado. Give God thanks for
all those who survived what seemed un-survivable…who climbed out of demolished
homes with minor injuries. http://tinyurl.com/lhoulxj
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Pray for the
loved ones of those killed in these powerful storms that swept across Michigan,
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and New York. http://tinyurl.com/k4oqqt3
Faces of Children
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Please keep in
prayer Faces of Children intercessors Rebecca Nicholson, Jose Luis Casal and
their spouses as they travel to Colombia for mission work. Pray for the other
members of this mission team, as well. Pray God will bless them all with
traveling mercies and keep them safe during their time in Colombia.
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Give thanks to
God for the opportunity this team will have to share the ministry of Faces of
Children with Presbyterian pastors from all over Columbia at a three-day
pastors’ conference the team will help lead.
