Praying for the Faces

“Remember the faces you meet.”

Sometime or other, I got this piece of
advice and started compiling a list of names to remember the people I
had met during ministry. I am so glad to have this reminder, both to
look back on the memories I made with these people and to continue
praying for them after I've left the country.

Recently, God put it on my heart to
share my list of names so that other people could be praying over
them as well. Sunday is a National Day of Prayer and Fasting here in
Zambia, so I'd like to invite you to pick one person, or one country,
or the entire list – however you feel led – and pray for them
with me throughout the day.

(There have been times that I didn't
catch someone's name or forgot to write it down, so I've included a
description of where I met them and what their prayer requests were.)

Albania – Lightforce International

The girls who came to camp – Ersilda,
Ami, Ambra, Dora, Yona, Daniela, Ilari, Xhesika, Olivia, and Pamela
– that they would feel valued by God

Matilda, Sinata, and Flora – the
women who cooked for us

Romania – Hope Church

Ortensia
and 4 other widows – that they find comfort in the Lord

Anasoara and her neighbors – that the
Word of God spread through their community

Daniel – that he would find his son
who disappeared many years ago

A man who just came home from the
hospital

Niculina – that her joy would be
unfailing and her body receive healing

A man with no legs

A woman recovering from paralysis

Greece – Anagenesis Church

Two men we met at the White Tower –
that they would find a community in the church

Malawi – Timothy Harvest Ministries

Mary and her village – that the seeds
planted would fall on good soil

Bible recipients – that they would
delight in learning about the Lord

Water filter visitations – that they
would seek the Living Water that is Christ Jesus

The kids – Junior, Esnat, Katherine,
Yunka, Lodwe, Vincent, Victor – that they would grow up loving God

Zambia – Siloam Baptist Church

Patricia – praying for a son

Mary – had knee and head pain and is
now in the hospital

Elizabeth – fighting demons

Grace – relief from the pain in her
legs

The children and men we prayed over in
the hospital – Memory and his brother, Elijah, kid with malaria,
Moses, Frank – that they would receive healing

Rachel and Matthew – that they would
continue following the Lord together

Christine – for wisdom and provision
as she has just taken in 3 orphans: Alan, Rosemary, and Foster

Dorothy – an 8 year old girl who was
born prematurely; that she would have opportunities to learn at her
own pace

Richard – that he would never lose
his joy

Charity – that she and her daughter
would see eye to eye

Angela – that God would strengthen
her marriage

Paul – strength in the spiritual
battle

Matthew – provision of a job and
grieving well for his child

Alice – that she would continue
growing in the Lord; for her brother who is in prison

Mulewa – reconciliation with his
wife; for health