Juarez, Mexico & El Paso, TX

Please pray for the cities of Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, TX. These cities are across the border from each other, on the Rio Grande River. They have been a main gateway for immigration and tourism. Lately, drug smuggling has been focused on these cities. Increased enforcement and violence have made it a dangerous place to live. Juarez is now considered Mexico's most dangerous city. Recently, the former mayor of Medellin, Colombia visited to give insight and hope to the leaders in Juarez from his experience leading Medellin during its most violent days.

Drug cartels are targeting drug treatment centers, killing patients and staff in an effort to find informants and recruit smugglers.

Please pray:

• For the civic leaders in both cities, that they would stand firm in supporting what is right.

• For law enforcement officers to continue to enforce the law and resist bribery and intimidation.

• For church leaders, especially those at The Rio Church (our sister church in El Paso), that they would respond to the situation with compassion and wisdom, and win many to Christ in the midst of difficult circumstances.