The World​​​​​

• Please continue to pray for all people of the world who are experiencing many varied challenges including natural disasters.​

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​• Northeastern Myanmar, last Sunday at noon, a massive mining explosives blast killed at least 43 people with a great possibility of a large increase of fatalities. At least 112 people including children were injured with 37 in critical condition. More than a dozen rescue and charity groups are using excavation machinery to recover bodies. Emergency workers had to slog through heavy mud to retrieve bodies by wrapping them in the plastic sheets, which were then hung on crossed wooden poles shouldered by the recovery teams. U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, expressed deep sadness at the deaths and sent condolences to families of the victims and Myanmar’s government and people.

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The USA

 

• Please pray for our nation, its people and our needs.​​​​

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• Dawson County, Georgia, two Fridays ago, a couple who had just celebrated their wedding ceremony were among three people aboard a helicopter that crashed, according to family members. The groom and the pilot were killed in the crash. The bride was injured and remains hospitalized and is slowly getting better but is devastated. The groom’s parents said that the helicopter ride was a part of the couple's wedding package. In addition, they said they are leaning on their faith as they mourn the loss of their son and plan for his funeral service. "Our job was to bring him up in the ways of God. I believe God has given us grace to do that and when he saw fit, he took him home," his father said.

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• New Jersey, on Tuesday, May 26 a 12-year-old boy, who is a baseball player, was hit in the neck by an errant throw during pre-game warm-ups. He collapsed on the field and, according to his father, went into cardiac arrest before being airlifted to the hospital. The 12-year-old remains in the ICU on a ventilator and is described as being in an extremely critical condition as of the latest update. His father, said the incident was a freak accident and that no one was to blame, adding that he had spoken with the teammate who threw the ball. Hundreds of community members attended candlelight vigils at the field last Thursday and at the hospital last Saturday

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​• The protection of all our school and university administrators, principals, teachers, students, staff and workers.

 

​​​​​​​• The homeless, the hungry, the needy, and the mentally ill. 

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​​• Firefighters, first responders and their families.

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​​​​​​• The incarcerated, protection of frontline workers, health professionals, industry providers, and the military.

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