Burma
Several years ago, Nancy*
formed a children’s home in Burma called Hallelujah Orphanage. She and her
family care for 11 abused, neglected, or orphaned children in their home. They provide
a loving environment that is safe and stable for these vulnerable children. The
children who live at Hallelujah Orphanage are able to pursue an education and
experience daily the abundant love of Jesus Christ. This time of year in Burma,
there is a lot of illness and the hospital in Nancy’s community is overwhelmed
with sick children and adults. Nancy’s father, mother and three of the children
are ill with fevers. One of the little boys has been diagnosed with
tuberculosis and is on medication for six months. Nancy’s friend Beth* took her
6-year-old daughter to the hospital and it was so overcrowded there were no
more beds available—people had to stay on the porch. Beth’s daughter died late
last month.
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Please pray God’s
healing touch will be upon Nancy’s family and the children at Hallelujah
Orphanage. Pray for their complete recovery. Pray the other children and family
members will remain healthy.
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Pray for Beth and
her family as they grieve the loss of this precious daughter. Pray God will
comfort them in this season of sadness. Pray God will also bring comfort to the
children at Hallelujah Orphanage who were good friends with this little girl.
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Please pray God
will provide the resources Nancy and her family need to continue helping these
children.
Burma, China
The Salween River is Southeast
Asia’s second longest river and flows through China, Thailand, and Burma to the
Andaman Sea. The river is a lifeline for the six million mostly ethnic and
religious minority people groups living in its watershed as it provides food
and jobs. This precious resource is threatened by the proposed development of 13
hydropower dams along the Salween River in China and another six in Burma. Most
of the electricity produced would be exported to China and Thailand. The proposed
dams in Burma are located in former or current conflict zones which has led to
increased fighting between the Burma Army and ethnic rebels over control of this
natural resource. Reports of land grabs, forced labor, and forced relocation of
communities by the Burma Army have also surfaced. Because this region isn’t
well known, it is much easier to exploit. The Burma Army also silences any
opposition with threats or violence. http://tinyurl.com/ngwkuju
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Please pray for
the children and families of Burma’s ethnic and religious minorities who are
affected by the development of hydropower dams along the Salween River.
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Pray for families
who’ve been forcibly removed from their homes and communities. Pray God will
provide for their immediate needs. Please pray they will have safe shelter,
clean water, sufficient food, and medical care while displaced from their
communities.
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Pray for those
who face the loss of livelihood and culture because of the dam developments.
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Please pray for
leaders in these ethnic and religious people groups as they risk their lives to
raise awareness about the destructiveness of overdeveloping the Salween River.
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Pray the leaders
in countries bordering this lifeline can forge an agreement on how to develop
and sustain the Salween River basin.
Faces of Children
Faces
of Children prayer partner Meg experiences excruciating pain because of
multiple issues with her spine and a possible cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak that’s
forced her brain’s cerebellar tonsils into her spinal column. This herniation increases
pressure on the brainstem and causes problems with the normal functions of the
brain and/or spinal cord. Meg’s pain has recently gotten worse. She is now
having daily headaches and intense neck and back pain that is only relieved by
lying down. Meg has started working with a new doctor that specializes in pain
management and who is a prayerful, Jesus-loving doctor. http://tinyurl.com/oluf763
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Please pray God will bless Meg with complete healing from this
debilitating pain. Pray she will be free from it so she might be able to serve
God in more ways than which she is currently capable.
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Give God thanks for the new doctor with whom Meg is now working. Pray
he will be able to find a pain management plan that works well for Meg.
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Thanks be to God for the loving and supportive husband, daughter,
church community, and friends that surround Meg and support her in this
challenging season.
*Name
changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
