Pray with Lizette Miranda, an area director for Central America and Haiti.
Let the children come, you said.
So we come to you,
Hand in hand with your
Sons and daughters in Haiti,
Imploring you
to embrace us
With your light, your love
And your presence.
Many in Haiti are hungry, O God,
For food they can afford
To feed their families
Every day.
Please provide them with food.
Many in Haiti are displaced, O God,
Without dwellings of their own
To eat, play, relax
And sleep safely
Please give them homes.
Many in Haiti are afraid, O God,
Of random gunfire,
Increasing assaults of women,
Of their children’s long-term trauma.
Please protect them.
Many in Haiti lack freedom, O God,
To work, learn,
Farm and trade
Without fear of gunfire and assault.
Please guide them.
Gang members lack peace, O God,
Embrace them
With your light, your love
And your presence.
Please change their hearts.
So here we are, hand-in-hand,
With your children in Haiti,
Imploring you to
Inspire creative ideas for peace,
Embolden mediators.
Reconcile neighbors.
Give wisdom to leaders.
Show us how to act courageously
And compassionately
In your embrace,
Your light, your love
And your presence.