Brazil
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Please be in
prayer for the children of São Paulo, Brazil who’ve been affected by the
country’s worst drought in a century. The city of 19 million—South America’s
largest city—is facing severe water shortages since summer rains failed to fall
last year and the winter was also very dry. http://tinyurl.com/maz9lax
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Pray for children
living in São Paulo’s outlying, lower-income areas that have been hit
especially hard. Pray God will provide for children and families living high up
in the favelas (slums) where the water supply fails regularly.
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Please pray for
collaboration between the state government, which controls the water company,
and residents of São Paulo to reduce water use and conserve this precious
resource. Pray water company officials will keep the population of São Paulo informed
about water conservation and rationing.
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Pray God will
bless this region with the life-sustaining gift of rain.
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Pray God will
give São Paulo’s leaders the vision to manage this valuable resource wisely and
fairly.
India
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Continue to pray
for the children and families affected by severe flooding last fall in India’s
Kashmir region. Food crops on 313,000 hectares across the states of Jammu and
Kashmir were destroyed in the flooding. http://tinyurl.com/n4cqjas
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Pray for those
who lost homes, businesses, and schools in September’s devastating floods. Please
keep in prayer children and families who have been displaced by this disaster.
Pray God will provide safe housing for those who are without proper shelter as
winter approaches.
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Pray for families
whose vegetable fields and rice paddies were buried under thick layers of sand,
stones, and boulders by landslides and flood waters. Pray for those who lost
livestock and herds in the flooding.
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Pray for parents
and caregivers who are feeling very anxious about how to provide food for their
children this winter since their livelihoods were devastated in the floods. Pray
God will provide for the deepest and most immediate needs of these children and
families.
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Please pray for children
and families living in isolated mountain villages in India’s Kashmir region. Many
were affected by September’s floods and will be cut off from any outside
assistance when winter arrives. Homes in these villages can be surrounded by up
to seven feet of snow that can last for four months of the year.
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Pray India’s
government will soon fulfill its promise to provide those affected by the
flooding with six months of free food rations.
Syria, Iraq
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Continue to keep
the displaced children and people of Syria and Iraq close in prayer during this
season of violence. An estimated 13.6 million people have been displaced by the
conflicts in these countries—7.2 million within Syria and 1.9 million within
Iraq. http://tinyurl.com/nq65rx3
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Pray for the 3.3
million Syrian children and people who have sought refuge in other countries
and for the 190,000 Iraqis who have also left their country to seek safety.
Give God thanks for the support homeless Syrian families have received in Lebanon,
Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey.
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Please pray for
displaced children and families who are without food or shelter as the winter
season begins. Pray God will fulfill their deepest and most immediate needs.
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Pray the “compassion
fatigue” experienced by so many donors and donor countries will lift…that the
world’s numbness to the plight of these refugees and internally displaced
people will cease and support would flow again.
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Please continue
to pray for peace, reconciliation, and healing in Syria and Iraq.
Faces of Children
- Please keep Faces of Children intercessor Carol close in prayer as she navigates a long and difficult season of loss, sorrow, and illness. Over the past several years, Carol has lost many relatives, including her husband, sister, and several young nieces and nephews. Carol has also been through multiple surgeries, including one for cancer, and several lengthy hospitalizations. Pray God will comfort this dedicated prayer partner and fill her with the peace that surpasses all understanding.
- 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.
