PRAYER LINK
May 2024
1. Pray for our President, Annette Reich, as she leads our staff into a new month of ministry. Pray for her to have wisdom and discernment each new day.
2. Pray for Chuck Reich, our Navajo Nation Outreach Coordinator. As this ministry continues to grow and expand, pray for many to come to know Jesus, be established as His disciples, and experience victory over hopelessness, brokenness, and addictions.
3. Happy Birthday to Hope Humbles, our Director of Education and lead teacher for Four Corners Academy for Excellence. We praise God for the difference she makes with our children each day.
4. Pray for Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ. Pray for their families who are anxious about their safety. Ask God to rescue them from their enemies and strengthen them through their trials.
5. Pray for the pastors across the Four Corners region who are sharing God’s Word today. Ask God to provide for all their financial needs and help their congregations serve together in harmony for the betterment of their communities.
6. Happy Birthday to Kay Baker. She and her husband, Jim, are Four Corners Home for Children Ambassadors in this region. They continually share the ongoing work of FCHC with folks they meet.
7. We thank God for Charity Humbles, who cares for our children in the House of Faith. Charity works hard to make sure the children are well fed and cared for, and most of all that they feel loved.
8. Pray for our children who receive care in our House of Faith. Pray for them to experience love and stability, as well as healing in their lives due to the traumas that bring them into our care.
9. Pray for all our staff to be a light in this dark world and bring hope to those we minister to each day.
10. Pray for the Four Corners Home for Children Board of Directors as they meet today to discuss the vision, challenges, and needs of the ministry. Pray for them to have renewed passion and strength as they work together for God’s glory.
11. Happy 18th Birthday Brittney! Pray for Brittney as she walks out this new chapter of her life.
12. Pray for the pastors across the Navajo Nation. Pray for many people to come into relationship with Jesus and be freed from hopelessness and brokenness.
13. Pray for the natural parents of the children in our care to find strength, courage and confidence to be who God created them to be.
14. Pray for the Prayer Connection group that meets tonight to pray for the needs of our staff, children, friends, and donors.
15. Pray for Chris, who works in our maintenance department. Spring clean-up and needed home repairs are keeping him busy! Pray for him to be refreshed from weariness and other pressures.
16. Ask God to stir the hearts of those He would have come and serve in our childcare program. We need Godly couples to serve as house parents.
17. Pray for the physical health of our staff members to remain strong during this season of busyness and low number of staff members. We are all wearing numerous hats!
18. Pray for President Buu Nygren and VP Richelle Montoya of the Navajo Nation. Pray for them to stand boldly for righteousness. Pray for integrity as they provide leadership for the people of Navajoland.
19. Pray for Gerri Begay as she pastors at Grace Community Fellowship in Chinle, AZ. Gerri is a great example of service and love for the Navajo people. Pray for Gerri and her family as they have recently experienced loss.
20. Pray for Quincy and family during these next two weeks as they make the final preparations necessary to relocate to Farmington from Georgia. Pray for smooth air travel for the family and for Quincy as he and his brother bring the loaded moving truck!
21. Pray for Tesla Sleepy as she provides care for our children during the house mom’s time off. We thank God for her caring heart and patience with the children.
22. Pray for our counselors, Bill and Linda Eubank, as they meet with our children and encourage them in their daily struggles.
23. Pray for our children at FCHC. Today is the last day of the school year, and we pray they experience the joy of warm sunshine and the happiness of being a child.
24. Pray for the homeless in our community to be able to find the help they need. Pray for their safety and well-being.
25. Pray for Roger and Carol Kittle as they arrive home tomorrow from speaking engagements in Georgia and Tennessee. While there, they shared at various churches and small groups about Four Corners Home for Children.
26. Pray for those who lead our children in their spiritual growth. Pray for our childcare team, pastors, youth leaders, and counselors who interact with them regularly.
27. On this Memorial Day, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and we give thanks for these men and women. We also cannot forget those who loved them and served with them. We pray for any anger or disillusionment they may feel over why their loved one was taken, and that they would find peace and comfort in You.
28. Pray for our office staff, Charles and Carol, as they work hard to keep the files updated, bills paid, greet visitors to FCHC, and perform their many other tasks.
29. Pray for the various visitors and volunteers who will be on our ministry campus this summer. Pray for them to experience God’s presence and peace as they spend time with us.
30. Pray for our national leaders and New Mexico governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, as they create guidelines for our nation and state. Pray for our leaders to seek divine wisdom from the Lord as they lead us into the coming summer months.
31. We give thanks today for each one of our donors who give each month to help with our financial needs and obligations. We ask God to bless them for their faithful commitment to Four Corners Home for Children.
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT
Honoring Those Who Served
Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer with cookouts, the opening of city pools and water parks, trips to the beach, and the Indy 500. But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America’s war dead, begin?
The holiday grew out of the Civil War, as Americans struggled to honor the staggering number of dead soldiers. Several places claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. One of the earliest accounts comes from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, in October 1864, when three women are said to have placed flowers and wreaths on the graves of men who had died serving the Union during the Civil War.
In May 1865, just after the war ended, a large procession was held in the ruined city of Charleston, South Carolina. There, thousands of Black Americans, many of whom were enslaved until the city was liberated just months earlier, commemorated the lives of Union captives buried in a mass grave at a former racecourse. The service was led by some 3,000 schoolchildren carrying roses and singing the Union marching song “John Brown’s Body.” Hundreds of women followed with baskets of flowers, wreaths, and crosses, according to historical accounts. Cities in the North and South began honoring their war dead. In May 1866, Waterloo, N.Y., was decorated with flags at half-staff, and in Columbus, Mississippi, that same year, women were said to have placed flowers on the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers.
Let’s all take time this month to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. While we’re at it, let’s also pray for the approximately 2,079,142 U.S. military now serving here and worldwide.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 (NKJV)
PRAYER FOCUS
Pray for our visitors who will be spending time on campus this month.
Pray that God will provide additional childcare staff.
Pray for our maintenance staff as they complete several important projects on campus.
FOUR CORNERS HOME FOR CHILDREN PROVIDES HOPE AND RESTORATION TO FAMILIES IN NAVAJOLAND THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
House of Faith | House of Hope | Four Corners Academy for Excellence | Four Corners Families | Navajo Nation Outreach