Faces of Children is an ecumenical prayer ministry under the auspices of First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. Our mission is to initiate ministries of prayer for children in churches, communities, and neighborhoods. In doing so, we seek to provide an opportunity for people of God to join together, learn about children and their needs throughout the world, and celebrate Christ's love (especially as it relates to children).Prayer Concerns for the week of 12/25/08
Somalia, Kenya
• Please be in prayer for the children and people of Somalia as violence shatters the fabric of their country. Over 16,000 civilians have been killed in the last two years, according to a local human rights group in Mogadishu.
• Pray for aid workers who risk kidnapping or death to help the people of Somalia. A human rights organization says this nation is the most dangerous place on earth for aid workers.
• Pray for the estimated one million refugees who have fled the increasing violence and escalating attacks, assassinations and kidnappings. Almost two-thirds of the residents of Mogadishu, 870,000 people, have fled the city in the last two years. Pray for peace in this struggling nation.
• Pray for the 220,000 Somali refugees in the Dadaab camps in Kenya. Human Rights Watch calls this the largest concentration of refugees in the world. Pray for the safety and wellbeing of children living in these camps.
A report from alertnet.org
Another report from alertnet.org
Kenya
(CURE International –www.helpcurenow.org)
• Pray for the disabled children receiving treatment at the CURE International Hospital in Kenya and especially for two girls: 11-year-old Emily and 12-year-old Everline.
Sudan
• Pray for the children of Sudan who continue to be affected by more than five years of mass murder and violence in their country. The government of Sudan continues attack populated areas says a recent joint report by 15 human rights organizations.
• Pray for those living in refugee camps and for those who have had their homes and villages destroyed. An estimated 2.7 million children, women and men have been left homeless because of this conflict.
• Pray for children who have had their parents murdered or beaten; who have lost loved ones and friends The UN estimates that 300,000 people have died in the fighting between rebels and the Sudanese army and government-backed militia.
United States
• Please pray for girls in Washington state, some as young as 12 and 13 years old, who have been coerced into prostitution by pimps.
○ Pray for girls who are vulnerable to the tactics used by pimps. Girls are often befriended and courted for weeks by pimps. The girls are groomed for prostitution—pimps buy them expensive presents and tell them they are beautiful, then rape and beat them into submission. The girls (and their families) are threatened with bodily harm if they try to escape.
○ Pray for an increase in law enforcement personnel and aftercare facilities to help these exploited young victims who are often trafficked across state lines. Pray for justice and healing for these prostituted girls.
○ Pray for community awareness about issues relating to the prostitution of children. Pray that men and women of God will rise up in outrage against the commercial sexual abuse of God’s precious children.
• Please pray for children from low income families in the U.S. and around the world who will go without meals during this holiday season.
○ Pray for children, whose only meals are through school feeding programs, as they face empty cupboards at home during school holidays. Pray that supplemental food programs will be available to them.
○ Pray for all children out of school this holiday season—for those with too little and those with too much.
• Please keep Jack in prayer as he recovers from a recent surgery and as he deals with the discomfort of a full cast from his waist down. Pray for his complete healing.
Faces of Children
• 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 at risk.
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