Today's prayer emphasis focuses on Ethiopia's "waiting children." "Waiting children" are those who are "on the books" through an adoption agency, but who have not yet been assigned to a "forever family". These children are generally over the age of 3 and have been waiting on parents for many years. Many of these children are orphaned due to their parents either passing away, or being unable to care for them. In our agency alone, there are 19 boys, 12 girls, and 7 sibling sets on the waiting children list. There are countless adoption agencies in Ethiopia, so you can imagine how many children are in the system but who have not yet been paired with families.
Here's how you can pray:
*That each and every one of these children will be placed with a family before they age out of the system.
* That God would draw near to them, protect them, and provide for all of their needs.
* That each of them will sense God's fatherly, loving care over their lives and they will have eyes that look to Him.
* That God will call more and more families to adopt, especially older children, and those with special needs. Pray that those God is calling will submit to His will and begin the adoption process.
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