Sunday, February 16, 2020

Praying the News Summary 5

Summary: Country of the Week: Pakistan
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Summary: Refugees and Immigrants are not a faceless threat ready to steal all we value. They are people, made in God's image, who have face trouble and adversity. They add value to any society that welcomes them. Pray that the Church will welcome and love those who are different, instead of fearing them.
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Summary: Praise: wildfires in Australia's New South Wales are contained.
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Summary: Senior gang leader escaped from a court building after gunmen stormed the building to free him in Honduras. 4 officers killed & 3 wounded.
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Summary: Pray for love to permeate the immigration system wrought with fear. Pray for justice and compassion to be properly blended.
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Summary: 15 kids died in a fire at an unlicensed orphanage in Haiti. The orphanage was run by a US-based church. Pray for the 30,000 kids in the 760 orphanages in Haiti. 85% of these orphanages are not properly registered with the government.
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Summary: There are protests in Mexico over femicide (the murder of women).
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Summary: Pray for post-volcano recovery in the Philippines. Pray for economic development projects. Pray for flooding in Madagascar to end.
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Summary: COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) Update: Pray for cruise ship crews taking care of passengers in quarantine. Praise: a cruise ship with no virus cases was allowed to dock in Cambodia. 55,748 (now 66,000+) cases in China including 1,380 (now 1,500+) deaths in China. 447 cases outside of China. Plasma from people who have recovered from the virus might be able to help those who currently have the virus. Pray for the health workers treating these cases (6 deaths & 1,716 infected health workers in China). Pray for the 70+ million people in quarantine in 12+ cities in China. Pray for the kids in quarantine. 4 deaths outside of China in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, and France. Pray for those with severe cases of the virus.
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