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14th December 2008 |
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Pray for Cape Verde
The Cape Verde archipelago is located approximately 375 miles off the coast of West Africa. It is composed of ten islands. The Cape Verdean diet is mostly based on fish and staple foods like corn and rice. Cape Verde has a population of 427,000, over 100 sq/k. The political leaders must address the ecological and economic problems confronting the nation. Scant resources were poorly managed in the past, exacerbating the Republic’s poverty. Pray for stable and wise government, and for social and economic betterment.
Around 71 percent of the population is Creole of mixed black African and Portuguese descent. The remainder of the population is mostly black Africans, with a small number of whites. The weather is warm all year round, maximums ranging between 25C & 29C but receives very little rain. Mount Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, 2,829 meters above sea level. Mount Kosciuszko in Australia is 2,228 meters.
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More than 85 percent of the population is Roman Catholic though Catholicism is often syncretized with traditional African religions. The increasing growth of Evangelicals has been largely through the ministries of the Nazarene Church and the more recently-arrived Pentecostal groups. Pray that more indigenous workers may be trained up for these growing groups. Pray that believers might mature and increase despite the poverty and geographical isolation.
Also pray for Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
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