"Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."
- Hebrews 13:1-2
This week, several of the below prayer requests are sensitive in nature. To respect our teams and survivors around the globe, please refrain from sharing these prayer requests online.
Africa & Europe
With the new Kenyan administration making new appointments, praise God for the appointment of key individuals that IJM has worked with who are passionate about addressing injustice. Pray for more appointments of faithful people to offices where they can influence protection for the most vulnerable and further the cause of justice.
Latin America
Praise God for the opportunity to collaborate with the National Police in El Salvador to train 50% of all police investigators from one of its elite units. During this training, officers who directly support women and children victimized by violence learned how to implement gender-responsive investigation plans that help them avoid biases that could result in unfair sentences. Pray that as these officers put the training into practice, victims will feel treated with more dignity and better care.
South Asia
Praise God for a government initiative that brought freedom to more than 1,400 children in South Asia last month. Law enforcement officers conducted an expert sweep of businesses in January to find children being forced to work. Their efforts led to freedom for more than 1,400 kids in bonded labor and hundreds more in other dangerous conditions. Authorities also arrested hundreds of suspected abusers. Praise God for this proactive effort from the government, and pray for ongoing recovery for vulnerable children and families.
Asia Pacific
Please pray for an ongoing case in the Philippines in which crucial documents are missing from an online sexual exploitation of children case. Please pray for the documents to be recovered so that the case can move forward, and justice can be done. Please also pray for the survivors of this case as they await the verdict and that they can avoid having to recount their experiences.
IJM Global Office & Partners
The IJM global office is located in the United States. IJM has Partner Offices in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, South Korea, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Praise God that doors have been opened again this year for IJM to be present on Radio Row leading up to Super Bowl LVII to allow us to share our work. Please pray for God-ordained connections with potential Team Freedom athletes and for our message to come across in media interviews in a clear and concise way.
The updates we share on survivors or their cases can become sensitive over time. To respect and protect
them, please refrain from posting these prayer requests online.
