MY DEFENDER, Please continue to keep the Thomas?s, the leadership and staff everywhere, and all the children healthy, safe and protected. Help Dr. Bray and the team to do a good job building a wall of truth and understanding around the ministry. AMEN.

EDITORIAL NOTE: You are invited to dinner with Dr. Bill and Ivy Saturday Evening, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 2, 2006; Hardware Restaurant on the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, Virginia. Come Hear the latest news on the Bray Family and Christ's work through native Hopegivers missionaries in Africa, India and Haiti. Dutch treat.

MY PROVIDER, we pray that you will bless those who bless us with a hundred-fold return. Help the communications and development teams to raise up more support for needy children and meet their every need. AMEN and AMEN.

You are invited to dinner with Dr. Bill and Ivy Saturday Evening, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 2, 2006 Hardware Restaurant on the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, Virginia. Come Hear the latest news on the Bray Family and Christ's work through native Hopegivers missionaries in Africa, India and Haiti. Dutch treat.

LORD JESUS CHRIST, may we be counted faithful and steadfast until that great day of your return. Until then, help Dr. Bray and the communications team to do an excellent job of telling people about your salvation. AMEN and AMEN.

ATTENTION VIRGINA FRIENDS: You are invited to join Dr. Bill and Ivy this Saturday night for dinner at the Hardware Restaurant on the downtown mall in Charlottesville. Come and hear what God is doing through the Hopegivers Communications Team ministry. RSVP to Dr. Bill at 434-227-0811.

AUTHOR OF MY FAITH, we pray that people of all faiths and walks of life will unite together in the fight against abuse, abandonment, child trafficking and slave labor. Help Dr. Bray and Hopegivers? communications team to bring diverse communities together to unite in action. AMEN.

Special Note to Bray Support Team: Dr. Bill and Ivy are soon making a special visit to their support team in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, Virginia. Please pray for this effort September 2-5. To make an appointment to meet with the Brays for fellowship over the holiday weekend, call Bill at 434-227-0811 or the office at 1-866-373-4673.

MERCIFUL GOD, we pray that you will have mercy on those who persecute your people. We pray that many ?Saul?s? will turn into ?Paul?s? all over the world. Help the communications department to be conciliatory and not inflammatory. AMEN and AMEN.

MY SOURCE, help the communications team to take an active role in the healing of broken relationships with local communities and with the media worldwide. AMEN.

Special Note to Bray Support Team: Dr. Bill and Ivy are soon making a special visit to their support team in Charlottesville and Lynchburg, Virginia. Please pray for this effort September 2-5. To make an appointment to meet with the Brays for fellowship over the holiday weekend, call Bill at 434-227-0811 or the office at 1-866-373-4673.

FORGIVING FATHER, please bless the efforts of Dr. Bray and the Development team to find more Hope Program Partners in the UK and USA. Give Dr. Bray and the communications team wisdom as we seek new field partners in Philippines and throughout Africa. AMEN.

ONE WHO LOVES US, we pray for more students to be admitted into our India schools. Help Dr. Bray and the communications team to counter those who are attempting to discredit our India schools. Use the Indian communications staff team to help get the truth out in India. AMEN and AMEN.

MY CENTER, raise up thousands more all over the world who are willing to act and pray on behalf of needy children and the selfless staff in Africa, Haiti, India, Philippines and other lands where you lead us. Bless the communications department?s efforts to reach new donors worldwide. AMEN.

EMMANUEL, mold and shape Dr. Bray and the communications and development teams into fearless, honorable and faithful servants of your Kingdom. AMEN.

ADONAI, we pray for all the staff needs in India. Please appoint many new people who are filled with your Holy Spirit and have a passion for saving children. Help the communications and development departments to raise sufficient funds to help meet all their needs as well. Especially call out professional writers and photographers to communicate the message from India and Africa. AMEN and AMEN.

LORD AND COMPANION, we pray for the new staff needs of the USA office; please bring the right people to us and continue to meet our need for a church relations director, program manager, and receptionist. Bless our communications and development departments by attracting new staff and interns. Help Dr. Bray and the team to be productive, efficient and well-organized. AMEN.

LORD OF PEACE, we pray for Bishop M.A. Thomas? health to grow stronger so that he might live to see one million orphans cared for in Hopegivers-sponsored Hope Homes in India, Africa, Haiti and beyond. Help the development team to continue ministry growth and expansion. AMEN.

MY SAVIOR, we pray for Babu C.J. and the Delhi team as they care for more than 300 needy children and for media team members like Silas Partners and In Christ Communications. May the USA communications team?s efforts help provide for their staff, and bless them with safety and many more monthly supporters. AMEN and AMEN.

OUR MIGHTY SHEPHERD, lead us to a stronger obedience and more mature faith in your strength. Grant Dr. Sam wisdom and freedom to travel. Help the communications department to inspire more faith and obedience to you. AMEN and AMEN.

LORD WHO HEALS, help the communications department to raise up more prayer and provisions for all of our Apostles and Sisters of Hope who are working in the rural villages of India with the victims of disaster, disease, abuse or neglect. AMEN.

ONE WHO HEARS US, help Dr. Bray and the Hopegivers media team to raise up more supporters and Hope Ambassadors who will tell the world about the situation in Rajasthan. We pray for more activists who are willing to peacefully work for change. AMEN.

ONE WHO SANCTIFIES, help Dr. Bray and the communications team to be a voice for the persecuted churches all over the world but especially in Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Vietnam. AMEN.

THE ?I AM?, please give the Haiti team safe travel as they return to the USA today. Help the communications department to meet all their deadlines and to produce excellent work. AMEN.

GOD WITH US, we pray that your spirit would abide in the communications department and that you would shine through our every activity and endeavor. Help us especially to be a blessing to those who curse and persecute us. AMEN.

ALL SUFFICIENT ONE, we pray that you will continue to provide for every one of our 96 Hope Homes. Help Dr. Bray as he leads fundraising efforts for Hopegivers? orphans. AMEN and AMEN.

GOD WHO SEES US, we pray against violence in Africa, please bring healing to war-torn lands and protect our orphans in Malawi. Bless the communications department as they strive to raise more support for Operation Africa Child. AMEN and AMEN.

EVERLASTING GOD, we pray for Pastor Willio?s 17 orphaned or abandoned children. Please touch and heal those children stricken with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and undiagnosed chest ailments. Help the development team to raise more funds for new projects in Haiti. AMEN and AMEN.

LOVER OF MY SOUL, we lift up the team going to visit Pastor Willio Joseph?s orphanage in Haiti today. Please bless every aspect of the trip and may the team?s visit be a great blessing to the children there. Help Rob to take good photos and bring back accurate stories that fill hearts with passion. AMEN and AMEN.

MY WAY-MAKER, we pray for Pastor A.M. Mathew and his team as they continue providing relief to victims of the Bombay train attacks. Help the communications team to get better photos and reports from India and Africa in order to raise more awareness and support for street child outreaches. AMEN and AMEN.

GOD OF ISRAEL, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and that many in the Middle East will come to know you during these difficult times. Help Dr. Bray and the development team to find Hope Partners with a ministry to hurting children in Israel and the Arab world. AMEN and AMEN.

Rajasthan Prayer Update
Jaipur, Rajasthan (August 3, 2006)--EMI/ Hopegivers? Indian legal team presented final appeals before the High Court here today and the arguments from both sides were completed. The High Court justices promised that they would hand down two decisions on Dr. Samuel Thomas and the Emmanuel institutions on August 7 and 8. The decision on Dr. Sam?s bail is expected to come on Monday and the decision regarding the operating licenses for the institutions will come on Tuesday. Indian leaders again have asked that Christians around the world pray for the judges as they deliberate and render their long-awaited decisions.

PRAISE OUR DELIVERER! We thank you for guiding us through this world and giving divine light to our paths. We praise you for every positive outcome you have in store for us. AMEN and AMEN.

MY DELIVERER, we pray that every license and permit needed to operate Hopegivers? ministries will be fully restored in Rajasthan and that bank accounts in Kota will remain unfrozen so operations can return to normal. Help the communications team to do all they can to expedite this process of returning to normal operations. Use the development team to raise more support. AMEN and AMEN.

MY PROVIDER, we pray that every single case against Hopegivers/Emmanuel, Bishop M.A. and Dr. Samuel Thomas will be dropped once and for all. Free us from the bondage of legal persecution. Help the communications department to do a good job of getting the true story told and may public opinion swing in our favor. AMEN and AMEN!

MY DEFENDER, Help Dr. Bray and the communications team to raise up a faithful core of supporters who will carry the mission budget through the summer financial slump. AMEN.