40 DAYS LENT & EASTER 2015
Save a baby unit in India’s poorest state Prayer & Giving Guide
Your gift will protect the specialist baby unit from permanent closure
Born into one of the poorest places on earth, Smitri was fighting for her life at just three weeks old.
Just a few months ago her life was saved by a single nurse who worked round-the-clock in the specialist baby unit of Madhipura hospital. Today the same unit is under threat of permanent closure, along with the rest of Madhipura hospital. This Lent and Easter we want to share with you a story that will both challenge and inspire you.
As we reflect upon Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, we’re thinking of those fighting poverty simply to live. Let’s pray together, that their lives and ours would be transformed this Easter. Let’s commit to following Christ’s example by showing love and compassion to some of the world’s poorest and sickest people.
Pray throughout Lent for the future of this hospital
WEEK 1 18 -21 FEBRUARY “...just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.� Matthew 20:28
WEEK 2 22 -28 FEBRUARY Pray for the nurses and doctors who work tirelessly for others, despite crumbling accommodation and staff shortages. A nurse keeps careful watch of critically ill Smitri.
Smitri is fortunate. If there aren’t enough staff, the unit stays shut. The hospital struggles to get the doctors and nurses it needs to staff critical areas like the specialist baby unit and the ICU because of crumbling staff accommodation. There is nowhere else for the people of Madhipura to turn for specialist baby care. Attracting enough staff is a matter of life and death.
Your gift will help provide more nurses by building staff accommodation
Nurses are in critically short supply, putting services like the specialist baby unit at risk.
WEEK 3 1 -7 MARCH
WEEK 4 8 -14 MARCH
“Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, ‘We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!’” Matthew 20:17-19
Jesus achieved all that He promised. Despite pain and trial, He was raised to life. We pray for the people of Madhipura, Bihar. Uphold them in their struggles against poverty. We give thanks for an opportunity of new life in the hospital and in the community as a whole.
Mothers and the children they love, protect and care for. Regular flooding exacerbates their struggle.
WEEK 5 15 -21 MARCH “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.� John 10:10 Jesus offers life, and life to the full, to everyone. Pray that we would all know fullness of life and share it with others.
Your gift will save Madhipura Hospital, so it can continue to serve some of India’s poorest people
Frequent flooding has put the future of the specialist baby unit, the hospital and the people they serve on a knife-edge. WEEK 6 22 -28 MARCH 2 million people, many of whom live on less than £6 a week, rely on Pray for the mothers and their these facilities in times of sickness children, that they would get all of and crisis.ju the care and support they need. Their lives are a constant struggle Extreme poverty makes their lives against the ravages of poverty. incredibly difficult. In giving and praying you can save the specialist baby unit and those it serves. You can give a lifeline to those who need it most.
WEEK 7 29 MARCH - 4 APRIL “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” Matthew 28:6 As Lent draws to a close, we give thanks that Jesus is risen today. He is alive! Let us pray that we would trust Jesus in everything and follow his example, showing compassion to the poor.
Making a gift You can make your Lent gift by: • Returning it with the form opposite. Please return to: EMMS International, 7 Washington Lane, Edinburgh, EH11 2HA • Calling 0131 313 3828 • Visiting www.emms.org/lent A gift of £40 will: • Protect the specialist baby unit from closure • Help provide more nurses by building staff accommodation • Save Madhipura hospital so that it can continue to serve some of India’s poorest people
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