"Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you."

– Psalm 25:20

Africa

• Pray for Christine, a widow in Uganda who has been driven off her land by a neighbor. Despite Christine taking her neighbor to court and winning her case against him earlier this year, the man and his followers only escalated their violent attacks against Christine and her family. Pray for Christine's safety, for she and her family to be safely restored to their land and that the new court case would proceed smoothly and justice would be done.

Latin America

• In 2017, we started walking with six boys, ages 9 to 14, who were victims of sexual abuse and exploitation in the Dominican Republic. We praised the Lord together when our team secured a 10-year sentence — the maximum sentence by law in the Dominican Republic for this crime — against their aggressor. We celebrated later in 2018 when most of the survivors finished their therapy process. Now, we are asking you to persevere in praying for the legal side of this case. By local laws, their aggressor has two opportunities to appeal his sentence. Praise God that the first time he appealed the judge decided to uphold the sentence, and please continue praying as the second appeal happens — pray that once again the sentence would be upheld and justice would prevail.

South Asia

• Please pray for an ongoing case we're pursuing, involving two minor girls being sold for sex in a major city. Our team has been working with police to coordinate a rescue operation, but our first attempt fell through at the last minute. Pray we can find and rescue these girls quickly, and that police would be able to arrest the two suspected traffickers as well. Pray these two girls would not experience more violence as they are waiting for rescue.

Southeast Asia

• Join us in thanking God for a series of anti-trafficking operations in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, which brought five teenage victims and four at-risk children to safety. Five trafficking suspects have been arrested for allegedly offering the children for sexual exploitation online. Please pray for these nine children, who are now in the care of IJM social workers and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and who are beginning the road to healing and restoration.

IJM HQ & Global Partners

IJM headquarters is located in the United States. IJM has international advancement offices in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

• Please pray that God would grant us favor during the Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC on October 21-22. Pray that IJM advocates would be able to move the hearts of their Congressional representatives, so that they will champion justice for women and children in Central America.