Take Action for Orphans Today!

YOU have the potential to impact the lives of millions of orphans!

...by writing ONE email!

(http://www.one.org/)

Did you know that the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has helped to "care for 2.7 million orphans and vulnerable children in the past 5 years"?

PEPFAR funding saves lives! It enables children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS to benefit from HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care services. These services include enhanced education, anti-retroviral treatment (ART) therapy, and peer counseling - just to name a few.

Currently, the Senate is sitting on a bill to extend PEPFAR funding an additional 5 years and to increase its endowment to $30 Billion additional dollars. Such a bill has the potential to "double the number of people on ART therapy, prevent 12 million cases of HIV, and increase efforts to defeat TB and malaria."

Many of you have a very personal connection to PEPFAR of which you may not be aware. Many of the organizations that you support such as World Vision and Covenant Mercies are currently operating from or applying for PEPFAR funding. They are serving hundreds of thousands of children, but there are millions more yet to be reached. YOU CAN HELP.

Follow this link: http://www.one.org/ to submit ONE email to "Increase Global AIDS Funding". Your email will petition your Senator to support this bill.

You are making a difference, my friends! It is a privilege to be lobbying with you to save and improve children's lives.

And please pray for these children - pray for their emotional and physical health - pray for their souls - that they may experience the HOPE and LOVE of Christ both physically and spiritually!

Pray also for the organizations that serve these children - for Covenant Mercies, Samaritan's Purse, World Vision, and others on your heart today. They need our prayers and our support.

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress." James 1:27a

Prayer for Myanmar

You all know that cyclones devastated the lives of the people in Myanmar. Reports say as many as 100,00 are dead or missing. And 1.5 million people are facing hunger and disease. Relief efforts have been slow due to the government's unpreparedness, unwillingness to accept foreign aid, and refusal to grant visas. The situation is such that relief shipments are now being accepted but distribution has been allotted first to military and what remains to its citizens. Hence, suffering and corruption continues.

But we are not helpless, friends!! You CAN act. Please make it a part of your day today - a part of your life - to pray for the poor and oppressed.

Please pray:

• that God will provide the relief staff with the wisdom and resources they need to meet critical needs arising from this natural disaster
• for the people who have lost homes, possessions, livelihoods, and loved ones, as they struggle to recover and rebuild their lives
• for relief organizations, churches, and other groups that are working to meet the overwhelming needs
• that God will use the relief efforts to reach hurting people with the gospel of Jesus Christ

For recent audio updates and more prayer requests visit: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
For text updates visit: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBKK1919620080513

"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

Psalm 27:13

In prayer with you....