Since socialist Venezuela’s economic crisis began in 2014, nearly 7 million have fled their home country, mostly to neighboring nations, including almost 2.5 million to Colombia. Since November last year, receiving countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported at least 753,000 Venezuelans crossing their borders, with about 635,000 entering Colombia. Many who wish toContinue reading “Venezuelans in Crisis”
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Syrian Migrants Rescued from Island
The 38 living Syrian migrants (one child died of a scorpion sting), including seven children and a heavily pregnant woman, stranded on an unnamed island between Turkey and Greece since mid-July have been rescued and taken to Greece. All are in good condition, praise God. Lord, we thank You for this rescue. Please, now, provideContinue reading “Syrian Migrants Rescued from Island”
Stranded with Scorpions
A group of 39 refugees and migrants has been stranded on a Greek inlet of the Evros River for several days without food or water, among them a five-year-old Syrian girl who is now dead and another girl, age nine, who is gravely ill, both due to scorpion stings. Lord, please make a way forContinue reading “Stranded with Scorpions”
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”
100 Million Displaced
This World Refugee Day marks a tragic milestone. For the first time in history, more than 100 million people — a shocking 1 in 78 — across the globe have had to flee their homes due to violence or persecution. This includes more than 27.1 million refugees and 4.6 million asylum seekers. Afghanistan’s fall, theContinue reading “100 Million Displaced”
Hope for the Stranded and Homeless
As I stood with other believers amid the rubble in the early morning, I watched a man load up his bicycle with what food he could carry. I wondered how he was going to ride that bike out of there with all the debris in the way, and where he planned to go, now thatContinue reading “Hope for the Stranded and Homeless”
Save the Children
More than 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine now, at least 1.5 million of them children. Amidst the mayhem, about 5000 Ukrainian children are unaccounted for. Orphans or others sent across borders unaccompanied by a parent are especially vulnerable to human traffickers and sex offenders. Let’s pray. Lord, we ask You, please, to be aContinue reading “Save the Children”
Ukrainian Refugees
Lord, we ask for Your protection and provision for the now more than two million refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Assign Your angel armies to comfort those who mourn, to help them stay warm and well-fed, to open the way for safe passage out of the country, and to open up borders, homes, churches,Continue reading “Ukrainian Refugees”
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