Choosing School

Pray for families who are choosing between the long-term vision of education and the short-term need to provide food and shelter. Pray they'll have wisdom, foresight, courage, and that God will provide for their needs.

Pray for teachers and administrators of rural schools to be creative and compassionate as they teach in difficult environments.

Pray for Chetna staff as they seek to support communities in solving their own problems.

Pray for kids like Sacchi and Ashish to study well and be a blessing to their families and communities. - Photo by Sarah K

Church-planting in the city: How to pray

Pray for the city of Bangkok, with a population of 9 million (and more who commute into the city for work), that the people would not feel drained by urban life, or lonely in the big city. 

Pray for Thai Christians living in Bangkok and Christian workers like Chris (read more here), that they would live out their faith in their workplaces and non-church settings. 

Photo courtesy of Roberto Trombetta.

Cries of the Heart

Pray for survivors of human trafficking to find safe places to be heard, recover, and grow.

Pray for those who are caring for girls in places like Redlight-Greenlight's home. They need wisdom, strength, deep love, and hearts that remain tender.

Pray for an end to global human trafficking and slavery.

Something Worth Knowing: How To Pray

Pray for women like Kiran and Kusum (see their story here) to be bold on behalf of their communities. Ask God to give them clear understanding as they oversee the health and education of their village's most vulnerable members.

Pray for Chetna staff to have patience and wisdom as they train volunteers who have no previous experience in such big tasks.

Pray for helpful information and teaching to spread quickly through the villages where Chetna works and to find champions in helpful, passionate volunteers, mayors, and other leaders.

Rita The Asha: How to Pray

Pray for village ashas (nurses) who oversee the healthcare of the seriously ill as well as pregnant women. (See here for more information.)

Pray for poor and illiterate patients to get the care they need from doctors who understand how to help them participate in their own care.

Pray for Chetna staff memebrs as they seek to train and empower government volunteers.

Saroj

Pray for Saroj and his new wife to adjust well to married life and build a trusting relationship. (See the story here)

Pray for Chetna staff as they seek to do their community development work and also support their volunteers in difficult personal situations.

Pray for those like Saroj who have a bad reputation but are seeking to live a new life to be given grace and new opportunities to serve their communities.

Urmilla's Children

Pray for village preschool teachers like Urmilla (see story here) who work to ensure not only the early education of their students, but their nutrition and that of their mothers.

Pray for village parents to make educating their children a priority. Pray for faithful, loving teachers who will make that available.

Pray for Chetna staff as they work with preschool teachers to motivate and encourage them.

Urmilla's love and dedication has resulted in students attending school who might otherwise never have had the opportunity. - photo by Sarah K

We Are Not Beggars

Pray for men like Serajul (more info here) who are advocating on behalf of the disabled, the poor, and widows. It is an exhausting, seemingly endless job. Pray they would be encouraged and strengthened.

Pray for corrupt officials to be changed into honest men and women or to be removed from positions where they can hurt the marginalized.

Pray for Chetna staff to have wisdom as they coach those doing advocacy work.

Serajul thumbs through the paperwork of the cases he's advocating for. - photo by Sarah K

Unmarried Children

Pray that those like Ramseki who are being asked to reconsider deeply held traditions for the good of their families, would have courage to make beneficial changes. (Read more here.)

Pray for Chetna staff members as they spend lots of time building relationships and having conversations in order to bring about small changes. Pray that they would be encouraged by these small advancements.

Pray for young girls and boys who have already been married off at young ages to find comfort, protection, and strength.

Richa will be the first unmarried child in her family for generations. - photo by Sarah K

When Women Come Together

Pray for rural Indian women who lack access to help outside of their homes. Pray that they would be bold, supported, and learn to speak up for themselves and their families.

Pray for the self-help groups started by Chetna to continue to be a source of encouragement and strength for their members. Pray they would be protected from people who would cheat them or use the group dishonestly.

Pray for Pavitr, Prabhouti, and Sambha as they take care of their families and work towards a better future. (Read more here)

Arvind's Hospital

Pray for communities to be inspired by the message of volunteers like Arvind to change their own communities. Be inspired by Arvind's faith to pray for great change and development in Bihar's villages! (Read more here)

Pray for families like Bhai's who have often experienced great loss due to the lack of resources available to them.

Pray for Chetna staff members and volunteers to not grow discouraged as they deal with so much tragedy in the communities they work with.

“Ten years from now,” Arvind says, surveying the one-room mud-and-straw huts around him, “What you see now will not exist. It will all be different. We will move forward.” - photo by Sarah K