'Hands up who can tell me a country which particularly needs our prayers,' she said.
He might need the boy's prayers later.
We realized that Pat would need our prayers and support and this letter is to let you know how she is getting on.
She herself has been under attack in several ways already and needs our prayers daily.
For if ever anyone needed his prayers it was this poor child before him, with her sad eyes and her hope-filled belly.
"You will not need my prayers," she said.
The church there is undergoing difficult times and badly needs our prayers.
"But what is the matter with the princess that she needs the dervish's prayers?"
Max needed her prayers answered just this once, and she felt she deserved it.
He needed our prayers and presence to support him in the hardest test of his life.