prayer Request 6/12 --6/18

Tuesday
The most common surname in China is Wang (7.25 % of the population or 92.8 million people) with Li as a close second (7.19%) and Zhang the third most common. Chinese people take great pride in their surname and often identify themselves proudly with the accomplishments of any person or ancestor of the same surname.Many believers who have relatives who are not believers lack the courage to share the gospel with them. Let us pray for an urgency and conviction to share the gospel with family members.

Wednesday
Hu kou is the name of the Chinese residency system that prevented the unauthorized movement of people from one place to another. If someone's hu kou is not in Beijing, he/she can work but the children cannot go to a school there. For this reason millions of migrant workers leave their children at home. Beijing offers some temporary schools for students whose parents are not local citizens but these schools are often not academically sound. Let us pray for some believers who will offer tutoring and life-skills to the huge population of aliens in the capital of China.

Thursday
Recently the government passed out two million copies of newspapers, magazines, and propaganda materials to nomadic tribes in Xingjian province. These people in general have difficulty reading and it is extremely difficult to reach out to the nomadic people in the vast West of China. Although in comparison to the total population of China they are few in number, we pray for their salvation and that the Lord will send workers to them.

Friday
To start an enterprise in China it is essential to have support from officials and foreign capital. Each of these requires a good relationship with others or guanxi. Guanxi literally means relationship and can stand for any type of relationship. Itinerary preachers are accepted and preach from one church to another in China because of their good relationship with congregations. Spiritually, they provide for others but sadly they themselves need spiritual nourishment, revival, and rest. May the Lord help the believers to give these servants of His what they need in all of these areas.

Saturday
Chinese children are getting taller (an average of 1 cm from 2000-2005) and the average weight of a child has also risen. Along with this, the percentage of near-sightedness remains high. China now has the world's second highest rate of myopia (blamed in part on too much study) among school children. Again we want to lift up all the children of Chinese believers in prayer. We are deeply concerned by the high loss of children from Sunday schools and the fact that few churches have meaningful programs for teen.

Sunday
The government says that there are more than 12,000 people with HIV/AIDS in Beijing. Medical experts say this is merely the tip of the iceberg because the movement of infected people is impossible to track and control. HIV/AIDS is no longer limited to certain provinces but is an undeniable public health problem in China. However, believers in general are still ignorant or condemning about this disease. Let us pray for those believers and churches that reach out to and become involved in AIDS awareness and caring for those who are infected.

Monday
There are nearly 2 (two) million Chinese in Myanmar. In recent years, government has relaxed restrictions on religion and Chinese language education. Chinese churches have grown steadily and there are even Bible schools training church workers there. This is a country with 135 ethnic minorities. Let us pray for the work of the churches and their evangelistic efforts in this Buddhist country where there is constitutional religious freedom but foreign church workers are not allowed to enter.

星期二
中國最普遍的姓氏是王（占人口的7.25%，或9千萬人次），李姓者次之，張姓居其三。中國人極重視自己的姓氏，更以同姓宗親者以及先輩的成就為為榮。相對於對宗族的認同，許多信徒卻沒有勇氣向未信主的親友傳福音。讓我們為弟兄姐妹能以福音為傲，以及有傳福音的迫切感來禱告。

星期三
政府以戶口登記管理制度來控制城鄉人口的遷移。比如戶籍不屬北京者，雖可在北京工作，但其子女卻不能在北京入學，因此數以百萬的民工只能把孩子留在家鄉。北京有提供外來無戶籍學生就讀的臨時學校，但這些學校通常學術水準不佳。城裏有些信徒專為這些為數眾多的外來人口提供家教補習。讓我們為這些信徒的服事禱告，求神紀念並藉他們把福音廣傳。

星期四
為解決新疆農牧民“看書難、讀報難”的問題，吐魯番地區的農牧民日前獲國家贈送6.85萬冊圖書和2.1萬盤音像製品。一般而言，這些農牧民識字率很低，也是很難接受福音的族群。雖然他們的人口只占中國總人口的少數，我們求神同樣紀念他們，為他們的救恩禱告，求神派遣工人到他們當中。

星期五
在中國興建企業必備條件有二：政府的支持以及外商的資助。兩者都講究良好的關係。同樣的，傳道人要被接納，在不同的聚會點走動服侍，也需要與會眾建立和諧的關係。他們不停地付出和供應，自己也同樣需要聖靈的供應和復興。求聖靈復興他們，使他們適時得到安息，重新得力。也讓會友們能更多地關心主的僕人各方面的需要。

星期六
中國小孩越長越高，從2000年至2005年間，平均高度增加1公分，平均體重也相應提高，不過兒童近視率亦居高不下。目前中國學齡孩童的近視率高居世界第二（部分歸咎於太多的學習）。盼望信徒的孩子們對屬靈事物的認識和投入也能獲得提升。我們深深關切目前主日學學生大量流失的挑戰。求神幫助教會能提供青少年和兒童更多具吸引力的節目和活動。

星期日
據官方報導，北京的愛滋病患超過1萬2千人。醫療專家則認為這不過是冰山一角，因大部分受感染者無跡可尋、難以監控。目前愛滋病已不再局限於特定省份，且是不容否認、關係全國的公共健康問題。然而，一般信徒對此疾病仍十分無知甚至持有偏見。讓我們為參與愛滋病關懷及覺醒運動的教會和信徒禱告，求神加添心力，讓他們的工作更有果效。

星期一
緬甸有將近2百萬華人。近年來當地政府放寬對宗教信仰和華文教育的限制，因此華人教會能夠穩健成長，當地甚至有專為訓練教會同工而設的聖經學校。基本上這個佛教國家實施宗教自由政策，但禁止外來宣教士在國內傳教。緬甸有135個少數民族，讓我們為這充滿屬靈爭戰的國家禱告，求神為宣教士在此地的訓練工作開路，興起當地的信徒成為為主得人如魚的門徒。