Prayer for Gentle Hands

While these are only a few examples of the prayer needs at Gentle Hands, I wanted you to see faces and know stories. Please know that each face represents a dozen more whose needs are just as great.

L (at right) is a new resident at Gentle Hope, though she has been a friend of Ate C's for a while. She is 95 and has tuberculosis and a dislocated hip, among other things. L cannot walk or get out of bed. She knows the Lord. She sings worship songs and talks to the many children and visitors that stop by to say hi. She speaks Tagalog, but she sings Oh Come Let Us Adore Him with her friend Rachel. It is beautiful.
Pray that L will know that she is loved and valued at Gentle Hands, and that she understands that Christ loves her even more. Pray that she would not be lonely. Pray for physical healing and relief of pain. And praise God that she will have eternal life with him! She is a blessing to everyone she meets.

Meet baby P, who came to Gentle Hands 3 weeks ago from the squatter area of Malabon. P is about 1.5 years old. She had worms, tuberculosis, and was malnourished. She is now being treated for TB and the malnutrition - the worms have all come out now. P has parents who love her, but were unable to provide or care for her physically. P is one of the smartest and sassiest babies you will meet!
Pray for P's physical recovery. TB medications are very hard on babies, especially when they're underweight. Pray that the Lord would strengthen her little body and restore her health. Pray that the Lord would use her time at Gentle Hands to draw her parents, and that her family would know Jesus! Pray also for J, who takes care of her at Gentle Hands, for peace and wisdom.

• Pray for the squatters in Malabon, where the Gentle Hands team goes each week to visit, provide medical treatment, lead the children in worship and crafts and provide a meal. God has a plan for this place. Pray that these small, tangible acts of love would point to the gospel. The gospel is hope; Malabon needs hope.
  
• Pray for the children at Gentle Hands. They have suffered in ways most of us can't even imagine. But they are precious to the Lord who made them, and they are precious to the people at GH. They are each unique, with their own story, their own needs. Pray for their physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Pray that they would know the love of a Father who will never leave them. Pray that families would find them!
  
• Pray for Ate C as she fights for these children.
  
• And pray for the parents - the ones who did the leaving. It would be easy to despise them after seeing the way they treated their children. But who knows what they, too, have gone through? Who knows what abuse they suffered as adults, as children? Pray that the Lord would fill us all with compassion for the parents. Pray that they would call on the name of Jesus and find salvation. Pray that they would understand the value of human life and would stop the abusive cycle. Pray that the Lord would begin a work of radical transformation in them. They are thirsty. May they drink Living Water.