CHILD PROTECTION COMPACT ACT

Your Prayers are needed Today!

From Beth Yeager, Women of Vision Headquarters
In the midst of our Thanksgiving, would you be willing to pray on behalf of the millions of children, women and men trapped in modern day slavery? Will you advocate for them?

We are at the 11th hour to bring the CPCA bill to a Senate vote. It is currently being held up by Senators Jim DeMint (SC)and Dr. Tom Coburn (OK) over issues of funding. They are respectively Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee. Until the recent election, there was no opposition.

The Congressional Budget Office report says the CPCA will only cost $1 million to implement in FY11 with more than enough funding to carry out the first year of the CPCA provisions and possibly enough to cover 3-5 years. It should be budget neutral.

World Vision volunteers and staff are working behind the scenes to relay the importance of passing this bill. Please pray that these senators, who are rightfully concerned about budget deficits, will not stand in the way of good work to end end modern day slavery.

Lord hear our prayers!

Child Protection Compact Act FAQ
Rebuttals to Arguments (Possible concerns of Sen. DeMint)
1. Is this bill duplicative of other laws like the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act?
*No. This bill is directly complementary to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008. The CPCA adds a crucial tool to U.S. policies against slavery and will allow the TIP office the flexibility to engage these countries in the manner deemed most effective by the TIP office.

2. Can't we just wait next year and include this bill in the next Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act that is set to be introduced in the next Congress?
*Passing the bill now is the easiest and best course of action. It is an easy win in the fight against slavery and the "fight" can be further strengthened by the TVPA reauthorization process next year.

3. Doesn't this bill cost too much?
*No. This is a very modest measure that has a high rate of return. The State Department Trafficking in Persons office (TIP) has been an excellent steward of its U.S. foreign assistance funds over the past seven years. However, the TIP office's modest resources are no match for the growth in child exploitation - a crime that brought in $32 billion for human traffickers last year.

About the CPCA Bill
Child Protection Compact Act (CPCA) Senate Bill (S3184)
This bill will provide targeted resources to countries that have shown the political will to combat human trafficking but lack the resources and capacity to enforce that will. The CPCA expresses a Sense of Congress that $30 million be appropriated over three years for the State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Office to support targeted investments in eligible "focus countries" that have demonstrated a commitment to tackle the problem but lack necessary resources and technical skill.

An important feature of the bill is the requirement that focus countries enter into a "Child Protection Compact" with the United States that sets quantifiable goals for protecting children and deterring crime. The US is considered the international leader in the fight against slavery and this legislation adds a crucial tool to US policies in that fight.

SPS Chapter Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,

We come before you in the Name of Jesus asking that you would move on the hearts of Senators Jim DeMint (SC)and Dr. Tom Coburn (OK) and that they would have compassion on the victims of human trafficking which would override their logic and concern for funding.  Give them a glimpse of the atrocities that surround this degrading practice somewhere in their day today.  Let them encounter first had evidence of the need for prevention of this crime against humanity.  Give them a visual imagine in their minds of their own children and grandchildren and what they would do to prevent this from happening to one of them.  Let this visual image be a way into their hearts that would turn them away from their current questioning to a definitive "Yes!" for the passage of this bill.  Let them have clear answers to any of their questions that would prove to them that this bill is necessary and imperative.  Thank you for opening the doors for the passage of the Child Protection Compact Act.

In Jesus Name we pray. Amen

Urgent Prayer for Leadership Member

Please pray for Jamie, our Partnership Chair, as her in-laws were both in a serious car accident on Friday evening and are both in intensive care at a local hospital. All that we know at this time is that her father-in-law was in surgery for a neck injury and may have had a seizure while driving which caused the multiple-car accident. Her mother-in-law has broken ribs and other injuries. Jamie emailed that as of today, this situation is a "story of miracles".

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father
We come before you in the Name of Jesus on behalf of Jamie and her family praising you for the miracles in this accident.  We praise You that You are the God if miracles and thank you for your mercy in the lives of these loved ones. We ask that You would continue to give the doctors and nursing staff wisdom as they care for them and that they would bring a gentle and caring touch and be Your Hands extending to them bathed in love.  Please take away fear and uncertainty and replace it with boldness and courage in knowing that You have not forgotten nor forsaken them.  May they feel Your presence even now and continue to know that You are with them.

We pray for their family members and ask that You would comfort them, give them wisdom and grant them peace during these stressful and overwhelming circumstances. May they too find comfort in You and may they trust You during these unsteady times. May the grandchildren especially not be worried or scared, but see You in the miracles around their grandparents.

Lord, we know that this comes as no surprise to You and that even before the accident that You had a plan for these injured for good and not for calamity that gives them a future and a  hope. We trust that this circumstance like all of life's circumstances, were sifted through Your Hands before they befell them.  We do not presume to understand how this situation is working for the good in the tapestry of these lives but we trust You. Be their all-in-all dear Lord and we will give You all of the praise and all of the glory for the miracles to come.

In Jesus Name we pray. Amen

Prayer for Leadership Gathering

Leadership Gathering

November 12-13, 2010

Leaders from the various Women of Vision national chapters will be arriving within the next few days to gather together. This will be a valuable meeting for both our established and emerging WOV leaders.  The leaders will be able to connect with each other, receive training, and become inspired.

Possible Prayer Points

• Pray that God would be glorified in all that is said and done at the gathering
• Pray that what happens in this 48 hour window will result in making a didfference in the lives of marginalized and poor women and children locally, nationally and globally.
• Pray for the National Team as they tend to last minute details for strength, stamina, and  encouragement
• Pray for all the details at the Clarion Hotel to be taken care of so that WOV guests have a blessed stay 
• Pray for safe travels for everyone without delays and that luggage arrives on time. 

First Saturday Prayer

             

World Vision Hope Prayer Chain

News — November 2010

In New Testament times, when people heard that Jesus was coming to town, they did everything they could to get their sick loved ones to Him. They knew He had compassion and the ability to heal. More than 2,000 years later, children and families living in poverty still suffer from diseases:

The estimated number of people living with AIDS and HIV is nearly 40 million, more than the entire population of Canada.

Around the world, 8.8 million children die each year before their fifth birthday. The majority of these deaths are from preventable conditions such as birth complications, pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, and measles.

Worldwide, malaria kills more than 2,000 children every day.

Jesus' compassion is still with the sick and suffering. And as Christ's followers, we can pray for healing and fullness of life.

Suggested prayer points
This month, prepare for World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) by joining us in prayer about some of the most critical issues of global health—specifically HIV and AIDS, malaria, and maternal and child health.

Pray that we would see those who suffer the way God does-as His precious children. The number of those affected by HIV and AIDS is so big that it can be mind—numbing. But Scripture tells us that God knows every hair on the head of every one of those people. Thank God for His boundless love, and ask Him to give you a heart that prompts action for the sick.

Pray for angels of protection. The number of children orphaned by AIDS is soon expected to pass 20 million, according to the United Nations. Without their parents to protect them, these children are at extreme risk for malnutrition, exploitation, and physical and sexual abuse. Ask God to surround them with angels of protection and guide them to loving caregivers they can trust.

Praise God for medical researchers. Thank Him for their knowledge, their commitment of resources, and their tireless dedication to develop inexpensive antiretroviral therapies for those living with HIV. Ask God to guide and sustain the dedicated healthcare workers who get these life—saving drugs to people in remote villages.

Ask God to end the injustice of malaria. Malaria was eradicated in the United States 60 years ago, but it is still one of the leading causes of death for children under 5 in the developing world. It primarily affects the poorest people, who tend to live in malaria—prone areas and lack access to prevention and treatment tools. Ask God to ease their suffering as they battle the disease. Thank Him for the 77,000 World Vision—trained volunteer caregivers who assist with malaria interventions in 62 malaria—endemic countries.

Thank God for the miracle of birth. The psalmists tell us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by our loving God, who knows us even when we're in our mother's womb. Ask Him to give wisdom to the midwives and childbirth attendants in developing nations who bring babies into the world every day, usually without the medications and technology that save mothers' and infants' lives every day in the developed world.

Learn more:
Child health: Visit ChildHealthNow.org to learn more about World Vision's global efforts to end preventable child deaths. While there, add your name to the Child Health Now petition and tell President Obama that 24,000 preventable child deaths a day is unacceptable.

AIDS: Take a virtual journey into the lives of real people affected by the pandemic in Africa through the interactive site, World Vision Experience: AIDS. Or get involved in assembling Caregiver Kits, a hands—on way to show the unconditional love of Christ by providing a year's worth of materials to equip a volunteer AIDS caregiver.

Malaria: Watch a video, Africa's Deadliest Predator, about the heartbreaking experiences of children in Mozambique suffering from malaria. Learn more about malaria and find many ways to mobilize others to action through World Vision's ACT:S to End Malaria site.