Myanmar

Pray with us for our work in Myanmar, remembering the International Day of Education (24th January). Please pray for: - safety for our partner DS, who plans to visit the Karenni schools we support this month - High School students, who travel long distances & live away from home from a young age to progress past primary education - more Karenni children to be able to access education, despite the severe challenges of ongoing civil war - peace with justice in Myanmar and an end to ethnically-driven persecution

On the 25th December as we celebrate Christmas and see out the year, give thanks for God’s provision for our work. Please pray for: - God’s blessing on our faithful donors & supporters, giving thanks for their generosity - wisdom and encouragement for our international partners, many facing economic and political challenges. - wisdom, inspiration and encouragement for our staff, trustees, shops teams and volunteers, giving thanks for all they do for vulnerable children.

In the week before Christmas, praise God for Jesus! We remember children who experience - as He did - inadequate housing and poverty. Please pray for children like: • *Henry, living in a tumbledown shack on a patch of land liable to flooding in Kampala, with his mum, both of whom are HIV+, • twins *Percy and *Polly, living in a tiny shack in Kibera, Kenya, with their grandmother who makes and sells an illicit brew • displaced children in Myanmar and South Sudan • the children of Dehiwela beach slum in Sri Lanka.

Please pray for the continued health and wellbeing - physical, emotional and spiritual - of all the children at the Word of Hope Orphanage in Myanmar. Give thanks that the children at the Word of Hope Orphanage were able to perform well in their monthly test & pray for their continued studies.

Please pray for peace, political stability and religious freedom for the country of Myanmar. Ask God to keep Word of Hope safe as they continue to be a light in the darkness, reaching out to their community, practically & spiritually.

Word of Hope in Myanmar would love us to praise God with them for His protection and for the good health of all the children in the orphanage. Praise God that children have been enjoying their Bible devotionals. Pray that, by the Spirit, they would mature in their faith and trust in Jesus for everything they need. The children from started a new academic year in June. Pray they settle quickly into their new classes and enjoy learning, to the glory of God.

In South Asia, they have some of the highest numbers of unreached people groups in the world, with the equivalent of only 1 full time Christian worker for every 500,000 Muslims. Pray for the Gospel to be spread here.

Please pray for Word of Hope’s plans for a summer Bible camp. Ask God to give them creativity and wisdom as they begin to organise this. Praise God that a church has contributed towards funding a new generator for Word of Hope Church. Pray that our grant applications would be successful to cover the remaining costs.

Mekong Minorities – The Dong people group live in very remote areas in the region around the Mekong River. Pray for creative ways for gospel workers to share the good news of Jesus in these areas.

Thank God that some of the children at Word of Hope Orphanage have received excellent results from their recent school exams. Ask God also to give wisdom and clarity to Word of Hope’s Bible college students as they study subjects such as Christian Ethics, Apologetics & Myanmar Church History.

Please pray for Al Massira International and for several trainings (some already underway) in countries in SE Asia. A worker couple are witnessing to Middle Eastern students; others are witnessing to people from East Asia; others are witnessing to SE Asians. Please pray for another training in the SE Asia region next month. May the AM resources (currently translated into 38 languages), continue to help resource the Body of Christ to further train and equip Brother and Sister-workers in their faithful, prayerful pursuit of reaching precious people from all nations, with the glorious Gospel. To the glory of God!

Pray for peace & prosperity, and for the well-being of staff at Word of Hope Orphanage as they continue to provide love, care and support to vulnerable children. Pray also for God to provide two new rice cookers, enabling them to give nutritious meals to the children.