Faces of Children: Prayer Requests

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 02/24/10

Burma/Myanmar
• Please continue to pray for the hill tribe children and people of Burma who are being systematically attacked by the Burma Army. Pray for those who come to their assistance, like Partners Relief and Development and Free Burma Rangers.
Visit the Partners Relief & Development website
Visit the Free Burma Rangers website
• Pray for children and families who lost their homes almost two years ago in Cyclone Nargis. An estimated 800,000 homes were destroyed. Pray for the 100,000 households that still have inadequate housing-homes that wouldn't be able to withstand another disaster. Please pray for families that are struggling to find work with so many shops, fishing boats, crops, and other means of making a living were destroyed by the cyclone.
A report from alertnet.org
• Pray for children who may be negatively impacted by this year's upcoming election in Burma, the first in two decades. Aid agencies expect an increase in the number of refugees entering Thailand as the border situation worsens between the Burma Army and ethnic hill tribe armies.
A report from alertnet.org

Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Please keep in prayer the children and people of the Congo Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Pray for the estimated 100,000 people displaced by fighting in the DRC's Equateur Province and seeking refuge in Congo Republic.
A report from alertnet.org
• Pray for the girls and women who continue to be preyed upon in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern provinces. Pray for those who have been raped, re-raped, and re-raped again. Pray for healing, comfort, and safety for these women and girls. Pray for justice for them and for the climate of violence against women and girls to stop.
A report from the New York Times

India
• Pray for the children of Mumbai with whom Sahaara Charitable Society works. Pray that God will provide for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of each child.
• Pray that Raja will be cured from asthma, that Babu's accident wound will heal completely, and that Diksha will recover from kidney problems. Pray for God's healing touch upon all of the children who have tuberculosis and skin diseases. Please pray that God will make the resources available so that Priyanka will be able to have surgery to repair the hole in her heart. Pray for her complete healing.
• Pray for the safety of all the children and that those of Bal Kalyan Nagri will be protected from snakes.
• Pray that the children will be calm and prepared as they go into their exams and that Joshua will be confident as he takes his 10th standard final exams. Please pray that Babu, a child who recently joined the Mahima Home, will be admitted to a school. Pray that more children will receive coaching for academics at the observation homes.
A report from giveindia.org

United States
• Give thanks to God for the work of the thousands of volunteers with Project Linus as they provide love, a sense of security, warmth, and comfort to seriously ill or traumatized children through the gift of handmade blankets and quilts. Pray for the volunteers around the country who are working hard to make approximately 200,000 blankets to send to children in Haiti. Pray that the children who receive these blankets will feel the warmth and comfort of Jesus' love when they are wrapped in the handmade blankets.
Visit the Project Linus website
• Please keep a girls' high school basketball team involved in a distressing situation held close in prayer. The girls' coaches have resigned over allegations of sex and alcohol on a team trip. Pray for the truth to come to light during the investigation and that justice will triumph. Pray for those who may have been hurt or exploited. Pray that all children and youth may be protected from predators masquerading as coaches, teachers, pastors, or other authority figures.

Faces of Children
• Give God thanks for the safe return of the Faces of Children mission team from a trip to Thailand. Please continue to pray for the ministries and organizations with whom they met and served while in Thailand. Pray for the children they worked with in the refugee camps.
• 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.