Dear Prayer Friends,
     
     Thank you so much for praying his past weekend during the World Wide Day 
of Prayer for Children at Risk.  Our prayers have surely begun changing the 
destiny of many children.  Thank you for praying for our special situation here 
too.  We believe God has begun a new work.  Meanwhile, there is much to pray 
about as God IS BRINGING INCREASE to our ministry.

MISSIONS CONFERENCE
     Our Annual Convention in Baltimore is fromJune 23-30th, and  I'm 
scheduled to represent O.F. that Monday afternoon, and then in the Thursday missions 
march.  At present, the doors are not opening for me to go (we'd also have to 
also take our son).  Please pray for GOD'S WILL.  If He wants me there, pray 
for ALL the doors to open. And if He prefers I stay here with my son, and Louis 
go alone, then pray I can find the right person to present O.F. in my stead, 
and other representing people to connect with the different third-world teams 
wanting to work with orphans.

RUSSIA & SURROUNDING COUNTRIES
     God is bring increase and allowing us to reach children's in countries I 
hardly knew existed.  For example, Tatarstan.  Read on.
Kazan, TATARSTAN -  Nastya writes ".........we finally managed to find 
homeless kids here in Kazan. It happened yesterday, and three of the teens prayed 
for salvation. We found them right in the centre of Kazan. I got acquainted with 
4 teens. They told me there are 12 of them all, including girls. We would 
like to give them some food, books and spend some time with them. Please, pray 
for continuation with them. Most of them are teens. The youngest is about 11. 
They have a terrible smell of glue. Some of them have spent about 5 yrs living 
in the street, some - just one month, others from time to time flee away from 
their drunken parents."  Pray for wisdom and strength for Nastya and for these 
children.

Minsk, BELARUS
     Pray for Irina who continues to work with orphans in needy children in 
Minsk.  Pray for wisdom as this country has many religious restrictions.

Moscow, & St.Petersburg
     Pray for continued work in these major cities.  Pray for Vadim working 
with orphans in St.Pete, and that God would open doors for a 12-year-old boy, 
Sergey, and another young boy to be adopted.  Please pray for a miracle.  Pray 
also for a summer camp there for teens.

POLAND
     Continue praying for our Ukrainian orphans in Poland.  Their entire 
house burned down and the adopting family have to start from scratch.  We sent a 
small gift of $ 1000 to help them but they need a mighty miracle.

AFRICA
     Pray for all our works in Africa.  We were able to send $ 2000 to help 
orphans and refugees in IVORY COAST at a desperate time.  Pray for expansion of 
our orphanage in BURKINA FASO. Pray for a larger home to take in more 
children, and eventually a Christian school also.

INDIA
     Our hearts continue to ache for this country.  Pray we can expand, find 
solutions for street children, work in other cities etc.  Pray for our 
orphanage in Guntur -- for the children graduating this year particularly.  And pray 
for the many Christians who contact me soliciting finances or prayer.  
(Unfortunately, we cannot give finances to a work we do not personally know, 
especially with our limited means, but we can pray.). Pray for D.Isam zeme of manipur 
state north East India --- a "very backward and the remorse place no any 
vehicle can come inside the village.".  Apparently, there is "no even a small 
school for the children who have no parents although they wanted to study for 
themselves specially in the christian life to promote their faith".  D.Isam zeme 
claims to be the leader for his village, and needs prayer for an orphanage home.

S. AMERICA
     Pray for Donna Passons, wanting to partner with O.F. and begin a work in 
Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL.  And pray for the work we're helped in MEXICO, among 
child prisioners and poor children.  Pray for expansion.

     Forever indebted to your part in prayer,

Janey L. DeMeo
President/founder of ORPHANS FIRST; freelance writer.
Website: http://www.orphansfirst.org/
E mail:  Janey@...
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