PRAY.FOR.HEALING

PRAY FOR GOD'S HEALING POWER TO COVER THE SIX CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS FROM COMPASSION-ASSISTED CENTERS IN NICARAGUA, WHO CONTRACTED THE H1N1 VIRUS.

PRAYER.OF.PRAISE

PRAISE GOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF COMPASSION CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHO WERE NOT HURT DURING TYPHOON NANGKA. PRAY FOR PROVISION FOR THOSE WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

PRAY.FOR.STRENGTH

PRAY FOR KAVITA, 5, IN INDIA AND HER FAMILY AFTER HER FATHER WAS KILLED RECENTLY IN AN ACCIDENT. PRAY FOR COMFORT AND PROVISION AS HE WAS THE SOLE BREADWINNER FOR THIS FAMILY OF FIVE.

PRAY.FOR.GUIDANCE

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THE STUDENTS STRIVING TO BE ACCEPTED! TODAY, PRAY FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS OF LDP STUDENTS IN GUATEMALA. PRAY THE LORD WILL GUIDE THOSE SELECTING THE STUDENTS AND BLESS THE LIVES OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED.

PRAY.FOR.HEALTHY.WATER

PRAY FOR THE CHHATARPUR AND MAJURNACHA CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN EASTERN INDIA, WHICH ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS.

PRAY.FOR.REBUILDING

PLEASE PRAY FOR MISHELL, RUTH AND BRYAN FUENTES, AND JOSE, JUAN AND FREDDY LEON, SPONSORED CHILDREN IN ECUADOR WHOSE HOMES COLLAPSED DURING EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS.

PRAYER.OF.PRAISE

WE PRAISE GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION OF OUR CHILDREN AND CENTERS DURING RECENT VIOLENCE AND FIGHTING IN THAILAND. PRAY FOR PEACE TO COME TO THE REGION AND THAT THE CONFLICT WILL END.

PRAY.FOR.HEALTH

PRAY FOR CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA WHO ARE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT AND SCARCITY OF FOOD, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LARGE FAMILIES WHOSE INCOMES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR ALL THE CHILDREN.

PRAY.FOR.PEACE.AND.COMFORT

PRAY FOR 12-YEAR-OLD PERUVIAN GABRIELA SULLCA GUERRA AND HER FAMILY AFTER THE UNEXPECTED DEATH OF HER OLDER BROTHER. PRAY FOR PEACE AND COMFORT FOR GABRIELA, WHO IS TAKING THE LOSS VERY HARD.

PRAY.FOR.PEACE

PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF 14 COMPASSION CHILDREN WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY AN EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK ROATAN ISLAND NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF HONDURAS.

PRAY.FOR.HEALING

PRAY FOR HEALING FOR UWAMAHORO ALICE, 12, IN RWANDA, WHO HAS JUVENILE CHRONIC ARTHRITIS AND IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR.

PRAY.FOR.PATIENCE

PRAY FOR FAMILIES IN BANGLADESH AND EASTERN INDIA WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY CYCLONE AILA. PRAY THAT REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED SOON.

PRAY.FOR.NEW.HOMES

PRAY FOR SEVERAL CHILDREN IN THE SAMARIA STUDENT CENTER IN PERU, WHOSE FAMILIES ARE BEING DISPLACED BY A ROAD PROJECT AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE.

PRAY.FOR.COMFORT

PRAY FOR COMFORT AND GOD'S INTERVENTION FOR NIZEYIMANA DAVID, 13, IN RWANDA, WHO HAS BONE CANCER AND IS GOING TO HAVE A LEG AMPUTATED.

PRAY.FOR.GODS.CHILDREN

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF 10 COMPASSION-ASSISTED CHILDREN WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY FLOODING IN PEKALONGAN IN CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA.

PRAY.FOR.SAFE.TRANSITIONS

PRAY FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR AS THEY TRANSITION BACK TO SCHOOL AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AFTER THE H1N1 VIRUS FORCED SCHOOL CLOSURES.

PRAYER.OF.PRAISE

WE PRAISE GOD FOR 41 YOUNG ADULTS IN INDIA WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (LDP)!

STORY.OF.EPHANTUS

MY NAME IS EPHANTUS, AND I AM HERE TODAY AS A TESTIMONY THAT THE LABOR OF COMPASSION AND THE MANY SPONSORS WHO COMMIT MONEY AND WRITE LETTERS IS NOT IN VAIN. I WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY OF FOUR. MY DAD WAS A DRUNKARD, BUT MY MOM WAS A COMMITTED CHRISTIAN. SHE WOULD TAKE US TO CHURCH WHILE MY DAD WENT TO THE BAR TO DOWN A DRINK OR TWO. AT CHURCH, WE WERE TOLD THAT GOD LOVES US, BUT WE COULDN'T CONNECT WITH WHAT LOVE WAS. WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE LOVE IN OUR HOME.

THEN ONE DAY AN OPPORTUNITY CAME, COMPASSION CAME. I GOT A SPONSOR, A MAN CALLED JACK MAC DONALD, A MAN WHO WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. FOR 11 YEARS HE WAS COMMITTED TO WRITING ME AND SENDING MONEY TO SPONSOR ME--A PERSON I'VE NEVER MET. TO SEE THAT SOMEBODY 8,000 MILES AWAY WOULD COMMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WENT TO SCHOOL AND DRESSED NICELY AND HAS MY HOSPITAL BILLS PAID--THAT IS WHERE I FIRST SAW LOVE. MY HEART STARTED UNDERSTANDING WHAT MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD ME ABOUT LOVE, AND I HAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD.

WHEN I WAS 15, I GOT MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD. MR. JACK MAC DONALD WISHED ME A MERRY CHRISTMAS. IT BLEW ME AWAY THAT SOMEBODY CARED SO MUCH TO SEND ME A CARD. THAT WAS OVER 10 YEARS AGO, AND I STILL KEEP THAT CARD WITH ME. TODAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT LOVE IS. I'VE NEVER SEEN GOD, BUT I KNOW LOVE BECAUSE MY SPONSOR, WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN, HAS SHOWN ME LOVE.

MY DADDY WAS STILL DRINKING. HE WOULD COME HOME WITH A HANGOVER AND SIT, WONDERING "WHO ARE THESE GOOD PEOPLE WHO WOULD BUY MY SON CLOTHES AND GIFTS? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO GOOD?" THAT KEPT PRICKING HIS CONSCIENCE. ONE SATURDAY HE GOT VERY DRUNK AND WENT TO BED. ON SUNDAY MORNING HE WORK UP AND SAID, "TODAY I WANT TO GO TO CHURCH." FROM THAT DAY, MY DAD HAS NEVER MISSED CHURCH A SINGLE SUNDAY. TODAY HE IS A PREACHER AND IS DRUNK BY THE HOLY SPIRIT--BECAUSE SOMEBODY FROM THE U.S. CARED ENOUGH TO SPONSOR A CHILD. BECAUSE OF MY SPONSOR'S LOVE, MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS TRANSFORMED.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA WHO NEVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT EVE THOUGH THE STATISTICS ARE LIKE THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS, I THANK GOD BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER STORY. LIVES ARE BEING TRANSFORMED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVING US ENCOURAGEMENT, COMMITTING TO SEE US ACHIEVE SOMETHING IN LIFE.

KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN. I AM JUST ON IN A MULTITUDE. THIS PROJECT IS LIFE FOR US. FOR OUR FAMILY IT MEANT MY SALVATION, MY EDUCATION, MY HEALTH, AND MY FATHER'S SALVATION. WE HAVE HOPE BECAUSE OF COMPASSION.

I HAVE NO COMMITTED MY LIFE TO MINISTER TO YOUNG PEOPLE. IT'S MY JOY TO CARE FOR THEM, TO SHOW THEM LOVE, TO PRAY WITH THEM. THE HARVEST OUT HERE IS TRULY PLENTY, AND WE ARE SEEING LIVES TRANSFORMED. IF YOUR MISSION IS JUST FOR A YEAR, PLANT CORN; IF IT IS FOR FIVE YEARS, PLANT SOMETHING THAT WILL GROW FOR FIVE YEARS; BUT IF IT IS FOR A LIFETIME, PLANT PEOPLE.
[TAKEN FROM 'HOPE LIVES' BY AMBER VAN SCHOOENVELD]

PRAY.FOR.HEALING

PLEASE PRAY FOR SPENCER IN NICARAGUA, WHO WAS RECENTLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEEDS TOTAL RECOVERY.

PRAY.FOR.HEALTH

PRAY FOR THE COMPASSION-ASSISTED CHILDREN IN BRAZIL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND ARE NOW AT RISK OF DENGUE FEVER.