Colombia
On May 18, 2014, an overcrowded
bus returning from a church service in Fundacion, Colombia caught fire. At
least 32 children were killed as the fire spread quickly. Twenty-five others, including
an adult, were injured and seriously burned. Reports vary as to the cause. Survivors
report the bus driver was handling a gasoline container on the bus and emergency
responders say he was trying to start a broken down engine. http://tinyurl.com/kvgmjk2
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Please hold close
in prayer the loved ones of those killed in this tragedy. Pray for God’s
comfort and peace to surround them in this difficult time.
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Pray for healing
for those who were burned or injured in the vehicle fire. Keep in prayer the
families of those injured as they help care for their loved ones.
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Pray for the bus
driver who disappeared after the accident. Local residents blame him for causing
the fire.
Kenya
There are an estimated one-and-a-half
million Somalian refugees living in Kenya following Somalia’s 1991civil war. Because
of the string of terrorist attacks in Kenya, believed to have been committed by
Somali-based al Shabaab, Kenyan authorities have been arresting thousands of
immigrants. Last month, authorities began arresting people and deporting them
or sending them to overcrowded refugee camps. Since the operation began, Kenyan
police have arrested more than 4,000 immigrants and refugees, many of them
ethnic Somalis. Authorities have also arrested and deported hundreds of other
illegal immigrants, including those from Ethiopia, South Sudan, Congo, Cameroon,
and Uganda. Non-government organizations are discovering a number of children
and babies have been left behind unattended when their parents are deported or
sent to refugee camps. http://tinyurl.com/onc3qvb
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Keep in prayer children
left without caregivers when their parents were arrested. Pray for their safety
and provision. Pray God will provide for all refugee children who’ve been
separated from their parents in this anti-terrorist operation. Pray for the
9-year-old who was left to care for her twin siblings who are less than a year
old.
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Pray for anxious parents
who were taken from their children and not given an opportunity to obtain
interim caregivers. Please pray these families will be reunited soon.
United States, Mexico, Rwanda, South Korea, China
Presbyterian Pan American
School (PPAS) is a college preparatory boarding school in Kingsville, Texas that
educates high school students from around the world, including China, Mexico, Rwanda,
South Korea, and the United States. http://www.ppas.org/
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Thanks be to God
for the graduating class of PPAS, the largest one in the school’s 100-year
history. Pray for these 56 students as they continue their education in
universities throughout the U.S. and abroad.
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Pray for the
faculty and staff of the school as they take a much-needed break from a busy
school year. Pray especially for the dorm parents and supervisors who work 24
hours a day, seven days a week during the school year, including all holidays.
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Please continue
to pray for students who are starting their summer break from PPAS. Pray for
those from South Korea and Rwanda who aren’t able to return home because of the
high cost of travel or visa issues. Keep students from Mexico close in prayer
as they return to homes in areas of drug cartel violence.
United States
Four-year-old Jordan had
surgery to remove a kidney with a fist-sized-tumor wrapped around it and
several days later had surgery to remove another tumor in one of her lungs.
Jordan finished 10 days of radiation and chemotherapy the day before her baby
sister Leslie was born. She recently completed weekly chemotherapy treatments
and will only have to go back every three weeks for treatment until she
finishes in August.
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Pray for God’s
healing touch to be upon Jordan. Pray she will feel God’s comfort and love
during this difficult time. Give God thanks Jordan is feeling better and has a
break from chemotherapy treatment for a little while.
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Please continue
to pray for Jordan’s parents, Jerin and Kristen, as they navigate the medical issues
facing Jordan and care for newborn Leslie.
Faces of Children
- Please keep Lindy, the sister of Faces of Children prayer partner Bridget, close in prayer as she continues treatment for cancer. Give thanks to God Lindy has recovered enough to be released from the hospital after having life-threatening complications during her treatment.
