Prayers for Peacemakers May 25, 2016
Pray for the children of Hebron’s Old City as they finish
their school year. Pray that the
academic year 2016-2017 will be free of tear gas, humiliation at checkpoints
and filled with adults inspired to intervene on their behalf so they can
receive an education.
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