At least 315 children and adults took refuge this past weekend in a local high school to flee gang violence in the adjacent neighborhood of Cite Soleil. A Catholic-based community group has provided a few mattresses, but most have been sleeping on the concrete floor. Many of the children sheltering there are without their parents,Continue reading “Haiti: Families Torn Apart by Violence”
Category Archives: Pray for the world
Fire, Fire Everywhere
Since the beginning of the year, 37,904 fires have destroyed 5,559,857 acres across the US, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. As of yesterday, 92 fires in the following states are currently burning 3,116,631 acres of land: Alaska (60) Texas (6) Arizona (4) Nevada (3) Utah (3) Idaho (3) California (2) New Mexico (2)Continue reading “Fire, Fire Everywhere”
Families Torn Apart
Lord, today, we pray for families that have been torn apart by war poverty oppression, hardship, tragedy, trauma sickness, mental illness death divorce abuse pornography, infidelity, jealousy addictions rejection, abandonment anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, misunderstandings disagreement of values, goals sin, rebellion, demonic oppression fear, anxiety, hopelessness, depression busyness silence. Please have mercy. Make a way forContinue reading “Families Torn Apart”
More Flooding in China
Heavy rainfall and flash floods in southwest and northwest China resulted in at least 12 deaths over the weekend — six in Sichuan Province, where 1,300 people were evacuated and 12 are still missing, and six in Longnan, Gansu Province, where 3,000 were evacuated. Click on the link below to continue praying for China atContinue reading “More Flooding in China”
Fires in Spain, Portugal, France
Dozens of fires have ripped across areas of Portugal, Spain and France, and thousands of people have evacuated, with about 26,000 acres already destroyed. Some of the hardest hit areas include about 7,000 acres each in Leiria, Portugal, and Gironde, France, as well as more than 12,000 acres in western Spain between Extremadura and Salamanca.Continue reading “Fires in Spain, Portugal, France”
Haitians Starving, Trapped by Violence
Gang violence in Port au Prince has left hundreds of innocent civilians dead, many more wounded, nearly 300 kidnapped for ransom, and about 17,000 displaced from their homes over the past few months. Since an intense war over the neighborhood of Cité Soleil began last week, thousands of Haitians are now trapped without help. ManyContinue reading “Haitians Starving, Trapped by Violence”
Bar Deaths in South Africa
At least 19 have died and numerous others are injured after two mass shootings Saturday night in South Africa. The first occurred in a tavern in a semi-rural area of Pietermaritzburg, where four died. Then four hours later, in a bar about 500 km north in Soweto, 15 were fatally shot. All this occurred justContinue reading “Bar Deaths in South Africa”
Moldovan Children’s Home Helps Refugees
When refugees from Ukraine flooded across the border into the small European country of Moldova (about 188 km from Ukraine’s hard-hit Odesa), Christians scrambled to help. Despite high gas prices, they drove vans to the border to carry refugees to churches, Christian camps, and other safe shelters, and then donated mattresses, sheets and other neededContinue reading “Moldovan Children’s Home Helps Refugees”
6 Million Displaced in India, Bangladesh
Due to heavy storms, floods and landslides in India and Bangladesh, about 6 million people have been displaced, dozens are missing, and at least 84 have died, including 17 struck by lightning in India’s northeastern state of Bihar. Bangladesh has 289 people groups that have been cut off from the Gospel message, most of themContinue reading “6 Million Displaced in India, Bangladesh”
China Flood Update: Hundreds of Thousands Affected
Floods and landslides throughout southern China have destroyed thousands of homes and displaced hundreds of thousands of people so far this month. More than 200,000 have been displaced in Guangdong Province; more than 220,000 in Fujian; about 145,000 in Guangxi, where 2,700 houses have collapsed; and thousands more in other provinces. Yet more rain isContinue reading “China Flood Update: Hundreds of Thousands Affected”
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