Pray for: Sri Lanka

President: Mahinda Rajapakse

Capital: Colombo

Population: 21 million

Religions: 70% Buddhist, 8% Islam, 7% Hindu, 6% Christian

Issue: Just like many other countries, it is war that plagues this one. For the past 25 years or so, the government has been at war with the Tamils, the ethnic minority group in the country. An estimated 70,000 people have been killed in the fighting. The Tamils were mistreated and largely ignored in the country by the ruling party and majority ethnic group and therefore decided to lash out at the government. The government not wanting to give up their power has fought back. Both are wrong and the fighting is hurting the entire country of Sri Lanka. Pray that the two groups will somehow realize there is a better way to go about this.