Pray for Costa Rica

• Full Name: Republic of Costa Rica
• Government Type: Democratic Republic
• Leader(s): Laura Chinchilla (president)
• Population: 4,636,348 (July 2012 est.)
• People Groups: 11
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 76.3%
• Evangelical> 13.7%
• Jehovah’s Witness> 1.3%
• Other Protestant> 0.7%
• Other> 4.8%
• None> 3.2%
• GNI: n/a
• Prayer requests:
• Costa Rica is a predominantly and overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Pray that the strongholds of religion and superstition may be torn down, and that the evangelical minority and missionaries would have opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ.
• Costa Rica is a beautiful country, and people flock from all around the world for ecological tourism. Pray that this would be an opportunity for believers to point them to the Creator of it all.

Pray for Chile

• Full Name: Republic of Chile
• Government Type: Republic
• Leader(s): Sebastian Pinera (president)
• Population: 46,754,784 (July 2011 est.)
• People Groups: 20
• Religions:
• Roman Catholic> 70%
• Evangelical> 15.1%
• Jehovah’s witness> 1.1%
• Other Christian> 1%
• Other> 4.6%
• None> 8.3%
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $10,120 (current est.)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 11.5% (2009 est.)
• Prayer requests:
• Pray for those in Spain who are embedded in cultural catholocism, but do not know what it means to have a true relationship with Christ.
• Chile has a violent and oppresive political history. Pray that people may understand that true healing and renewal is found in Christ alone.

Pray for Belize

• Full Name: Belize
• Government Type: Parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
• Leader(s): Dean Barrow (prime minister)
• Population: 321,115 (2011 est.)
• People Groups: 12
• Religions:
• Roman Catholics> 49.6% (159,273)
• Protestants (including Pentecostal [7.4%], Anglican [5.3%], Seventh-Day Adventist [5.2%], Mennonite [4.1%], and Methodist [3.5%])> 25.5% (81,884)
• Other (including Baha’i Faith, Hinduism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Judaism, Spiritism, Ethnic Religions, Islam, and Buddhism)> 15.5% (49,773)
• None> 9.4% (30,185)
• Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $3,740 (USD)
• Population Below Poverty Line: 43% (138,079)
• Some Prayer Requests:
• “Most Belizeans would call themselves Christians, but in each different culture there are underlying superstitions or black magic. Pray that Spanish speakers, Caribbean Garifuna and Mayans would all have the chance to hear the truth about Jesus in a way that is culturally relevant.”
• “Many new Christians fall away because there isn't enough follow-up to help people understand how to live out their faith.”
• “Belize is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; the most common form of trafficking in Belize is the internal sex trafficking of minors.” Pray for an end to this trafficking problem, for God’s justice to prevail, and for God’s people to rise up against this injustice.

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