Northwoods
United Methodist Church
2635 Fairlane Drive   Doraville, GA. 30340

 

                                                     The World​​​​​

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

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Nigeria, the country reported its first Ebola infection in over a decade. The Ebola patient, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, is believed to have contracted the disease while travelling in Uganda. The woman has been in a private clinic for around a week. Her husband is in isolation; he has not shown any symptoms. He was travelling with his wife when she is believed to have contracted Ebola.

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China's Tibet, where last Thursday, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck and caused the death
of 16 people and injured at least 76. Homes that developed cracks or began leaning during
⁠the main earthquake may be at risk of collapse during aftershocks. More than 12,000​

people have ⁠been safely relocated. More than 300 police officers including traffic and
community police personnel were sent to carry out rescue and emergency relief work and
more than 1,600 people from the local county were deployed to help rescue efforts.
Supplies were also sent into the region, including 1,000 prefabricated housing units, about
3,000 tents, folding beds, torches and winter clothing. This sparsely populated region of
China, is the strongest to be hit by an earthquake in the country since January 2024.

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The USA

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Please pray for all people of our nation. ​​​

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Bend, Oregan, Rhoam Summer, was a 5-year-old who was among the four victims fatally
shot in a classroom dedicated to children with special needs at an elementary school, two
Thursdays ago. He is the youngest person ever killed in a deliberate mass attack at a US
school, according to his family’s attorney and experts who track school shootings. His
parents are asking that people make drawings in his honor. They recall his kindness. They
added “Anytime there were guests in our home, he would pull out cups to get everyone
drinks or make sure everyone had a snack or make sure everyone had a stuffy to cuddle.
He wanted to share everything he had. His heart knew no limits and it grew with him every
single day. We were so proud of who he was and who he was growing to be.” Please pray
for the parents of Rhoam and relatives of all of those who died in the shooting.

Detroit, where high gas prices are causing hunger and where food banks cater mostly to
lower-income seniors on fixed incomes, many of whom can no longer afford to buy food
because of higher gas prices. A neatly packed cardboard box of pasta, dry beans, canned
goods and powdered milk made a grandmother cry. This woman and others had been
waiting for a director of a nonprofit food program, to arrive with the boxes of food, one of
which will feed her household of six for two weeks.​

All doctors, nurses, clinical, and support staff who work together to care for patients at hospitals and nursing homes.
The homeless, the hungry, the needy, and the mentally ill.

Firefighters, first responders, and their families.

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

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

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