Resources about the political crisis

By Katie

There's a lot of news and propaganda out there about the current state of Honduras. It doesn't take long to realize that this is a complicated issue and that reporters are giving us stories from all different angles. It's a little hard to decifer how we should analyze the problem and how to respond to it as North Americans.

One of my Honduran co-workers directed me to the website of the Association for a More Just Society as a great objective resource. I encourage anyone looking for more analysis on the situation to check it out, especially those of you who send regular church groups to Honduras. Among the great resources on their webpage there's a handy Prayer and Advocacy Guide that you could use for adult Sunday school classes. Association for a More Just Society is partner of CRWRC, just like Diaconia Nacional is.

AJS suggests the following prayer requests:
"1. Pray for a peaceful solution to the political crisis, and for wisdom and humility on the part of both the deposed and the newly installed presidents of Honduras.
"2. Pray that Honduras' leaders (elected officials, businessmen, etc.) will wake up to the fact that “democracy” as it has been practiced in Honduras for the last 25 years hasn't done much at all for the poor. Pray that Honduras will finally be blessed with leaders whose priority is the common good rather than their own self interest.
"3. Pray for world leaders (Oscar Arias, Hugo Chavez, Obama, Clinton, United Nations, OAS), for wisdom in responding to this situation."

Thank you for praying with us!