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 03/11/09

Uganda (Watoto Child Care Ministries)
• Please pray for the 108 babies living at the Baby Watoto Bulrushes home in Kampala and also for their caregivers. Pray for the healing of the six babies who are HIV positive and that God will also heal the premature infant in intensive care.
• Give thanks to God that newborn baby Ruby was found shortly after she was abandoned by her mother. Pray that Ruby will continue to thrive and be surrounded with loving caregivers.
• Pray that 2-year-old Gavin and 5-month-old Max will recover from the trauma of being abandoned by their desperate mother. Pray for God's healing touch in these little boys' lives-they are mildly malnourished. Thanks be to God that Baby Watoto ministry was able to stretch its limited resources a little farther to accommodate these frightened little ones.
• Please pray that God will provide the necessary resources for this ministry to continue their work with babies who have been abandoned or thrown away. Because Baby Watoto is at capacity, they have had to turn away most children recently referred to them. Pray for these little ones.

India
• Please keep the children, parents and sponsors involved in a Christian boys' choir held close in prayer. The Children's Choir from India was supposed to perform concerts in the United States recently, but wasn't allowed to leave the country. Pray for the safety and well being of these children and those who care for them.

United States
• Give thanks and praise to God for answered prayers concerning 8-year-old Josie! After a year of surgeries, radiation, and chemotherapy to treat a malignant brain tumor, Josie is now in full remission! Her MRI in February showed that she was totally free of cancer.
A report from bennunez.com

Latvia
• Please keep the children of Latvia lifted in prayer during a very unstable time in their country. Late last month, Latvia's coalition government collapsed because of the international financial crisis.
• Pray for children whose parents are now unemployed or who are making far less money at their jobs. Unemployment has escalated and salaries have dropped for those who have managed to keep jobs.
• Pray for children who may not be able to attend school much longer or who are ill and need hospital care. Schools and hospitals are at risk to be closed because of huge budget cuts.
• Please pray for economic stability, not only in this country, but around the world.
A report from the New York Times

Sri Lanka
• Pray for the safety of the children and families who have been trapped on a narrow strip of coastal land by fighting between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) rebel group. An estimated 200,000 people are held at gunpoint by rebels who continue to fight despite the presence of so many noncombatants.
• Pray for a peaceful end to the conflict between the Sri Lanka government and the Tamil Tigers. This war, Asia's longest running ground war, has raged on and off for 25 years.
• Pray for hospitalized children with shrapnel and bullet wounds, burns and fractures. Many of the medical centers are short of essential medicines and anesthetics.
• Pray for children who have been recruited to fight in this conflict; for those who have been displaced or separated from parents; for those who have been denied their everyday needs because of the violence; for those who have seen their friends killed; for those who live in fear without hope.
• Please pray that children and families are able to be protected from the fighting and escape to safer areas.
A report from Reuters
A report from alertnet.org

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.