Please pray for PEACE in Sri Lanka
Apr 25th, 2006 by marialobo
I don’t want to taint this family-oriented blogsite with violent news BUT…I would like to make a plea for your prayers.
We just heard the news today of the bombing that killed 8 in Colombo this morning. Things like this are not unheard of to our family, even to our kids. Back home in the Philippines, we were celebrating Rizal Day on Dec. 30, 2000 when a blast killed 22 in a lightrail train carrying the holiday crowd. People were busy preparing for the New Year’s Eve which is a festive event to Filipinos.
Too much blood is shed just to pay for the price of “PEACE”. And children are usually the innocent victims of these tragic events.
Just recently. we were saddened but relieved when the family of my husband’s colleague whom we sometimes have fellowship with in church have to relocate out of the country. They are Sri Lankans. My children used to play with their youngest son. But because of serious threats from rebel groups, they have sought political asylum elsewhere.
Please pray for the nation of Sri Lanka as Sinhalese and Tamil try to settle ethnic conflicts in the peace talks.
Please pray for my country, the Philippines, which is also racked by war for decades in the countryside.