KONE KMENG – CAMBODIAN
NETWORK FINDS FAVOUR WITH NATIONAL HOSPITAL.
It is
encouraging when we hear of stories of how ministries and projects working with
children at risk are offered free medical treatment and find favour with Doctors
and hospitals.
Pang
Sophany, director of the ‘Kone Kmeng’ network reports that there is now good
cooperation between CBN and a National paediatric hospital who have agreed to
provide free operations for cleft palate repair. Recently the first child went
through the process of cleft palate repair and has made remarkable recovery.
People are so encouraged that this little girl is now smiling and looks totally
different and they can’t believe the transformation that has happened in such a
short space of time.
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Pray that
Kone Kmeng achieve their target of 50 cleft lip repair operations this
year. (Provided free through the hospital.)
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Pray for the little girl and others like her
who will be having the operation that they would not only know the benefits
externally but that they would come to know the Father’s love deep in their
hearts.
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Thank God for the many medical doctors and
nurses who volunteer their time and expertise to help those who cannot afford
hospital care or to receive treatment.
SRI LANKA
With the Sri Lankan military attempting to
squeeze the Tamil Tigers into a ever smaller patch of the north-eastern shore,
fighting has become bloody and intense. Even today there has been report of
artillery shells hitting a children’s ward in a hospital, killing 9 and injuring
20. Increasing numbers of children are being injured in this conflict.
The Red Cross estimates 250,000 civilians are in
the rebel-held area, which is little more than jungle and villages, while the
government says the number is smaller. The rebels have been fighting since 1983
for a separate homeland for ethnic minority Tamils in the north and east after
decades of marginalization by governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority.
Many of us might also not be aware that the
"Prohibition of Forcible Religious Conversions Bill" or the Anti-conversion
Bill has been
given the green light to be referred back to Parliament for the
final vote. (If passed, this law could be implemented this month!) This will
have huge implications and would only cause further disruption and hatred in
this already war torn country.
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Urgently pray that the bill does NOT get passed
this month and that there will be some sort of intervention which will prevent
it from becoming a law.
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Pray for our brothers and sisters in this
Nation who already face discrimination. Pray that they would model unity
across cultural groups and be a witness to the love and compassion of Jesus.
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Pray for those in the war torn area that there
would be cessation of conflict.
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Pray for hospitals and schools where children
and the vulnerable are based, that they would be protected.
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We also remember other areas of conflict around
the world and the suffering of the vulnerable women and children. (especially
DRC, Gaza/Israel.)
ZIMBABWE
The International Red Cross reports that water
systems are finally being restored in the Harare through outside agencies.
Roughly 6000 people have been infected with Cholera since the outbreak.
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Let’s continue to hold the children of this
Nation to heart that somehow through the brokenness light would dawn and the
unique design that our Father has purposed for them would be released to them
and through them.
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Pray for those father’s and mothers in the land
whose hearts remain steadfast in serving this generation.
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Pray for the outside agencies who are working
to support the collapsed infrastructure of this Nation. Pray for favour and
success to ease the burden of the people.
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Pray for righteous governance which is
compassionate towards the people.
Thank you for praying.
