Prayer Space -Request

Next door to my church there is a Police station which within its compound also has a Detention Centre for those international persons who do not have valid visas or no papers or passports. Every month a few of the congregation go to the Detention Centre to give breakfast to the people there and to offer advice and support. One of my parishoners also works as an advocate taking individual cases on and visiting relatives, getting papers and legal documents and going that extra mile all the time - paying out of her own pocket travel expenses and legal fees.
She is in her 70s!


Please pray for Ramo (Ramini) and her 16year old son- Denver.
Ramo is from Jaffna, her husband is also a Sri Lankan Tamil. She was taken into police custody 7 months ago and arrived at this detention centre 1 month ago. She was born in Sri Lanka and went to India at the age of 19 illegally on a boat from Jaffna. After spending time in a refugee camp she came back to Sri Lanka this time via a plane and has spent the last 15 years in SL.
The Sri Lankan authorities want to deport her as she has no identity of her birth as a Sri Lankan and no National Identity Card.

Pray for Sinthadurai the fisherman who went to India as an refugee from Jaffna in the 1980s. Granted permission to stay in India, but whilst out fishing he accidentally strayed into Sri Lankan waters and was arrested by the Sri Lankan military. He has been into police custody for over 3 years. He has a wife and 5 children.

Please pray too for the men and women who for various reasons are unable to get back to their home countries to be with family and friends.