Welcome to prayforthehomeless.org. This site offers you the opportunity to meet someone who is homeless and pray for them. We also include people who have recently been homeless and are in recovery from homelessness. They all have one thing in common: they need the power and blessings of your prayers. A small percentage of the homeless are able to stay in public shelters or other temporary accommodations for short periods, but the majority of these people sleep in abandoned buildings, warehouses or under bridges each night. We invite you to pick a different person to pray for each week and share this idea with a friend. This site is in the process of development. You can expect it to grow and change over the coming weeks and months. We invite your feedback and comments by email at prayforthehomeless@gmail.com.


We have added a feedback feature that allows you to click to indicate your committment to pray, write or email others. Providing this response will let others know which homeless have many people praying for them and which ones are still waiting for prayer. At the bottom of this page click on "OLDER POSTS" to see more homeless prayer candidates.

Edwina S. - Prayer candidate 107

Edwina is 44 years old and is originally from the Pratt City area of Birmingham, Alabama. She has been homeless for a the past several years. Before she became homeless Edwina worked at Morrison's Cafeteria at Century Plaza Shopping Center. She has one son who is 26 years old. In the spring of 2009 Edwina discovered she has stage 4 breast cancer. She underwent surgery in May at Cooper Green Hospital and is currently receiving chemotherapy there. She had to be hospitalized again in September after collapsing at Church of the Reconciler with severe complictions and blood clots from the chemo. She has temporarily found shelter sleeping on the living room floor in her sister's home. Her sister is currently unable to work because of her own health problems, so it is a constant struggle for them to keep utilities turned on to the home. Edwina asks your prayers for her health, her son, a warm, safe place to stay and also for her friend Lisa who is battling stage 4 breast cancer.

Update:  Doctors have discovered Edwina's cancer has spread to her lymph nodes and she will have to undergo surgery to have them removed very shortly. She needs your prayers for her surgery and upcoming radiation treatments.

Update:  Edwina's surgery has been scheduled for Wed., February 24th, at Cooper Green Hospital. She asks you to pray for the doctor's and nurses who care for her and for their success as they try to get all the cancer.

To read a Birmingham News Viewpoints story on Edwina go to this web address.  http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2009/12/viewpoints_cancer_always_finds.html

Update:  Edwina has recovered from her mastectomy and has been released from the hospital after a ten day stay that included some complications and new information. Doctors have found a new lump that they are concerned about and are investigating to see if it may be cancer. Please pray for her healing and recovery, and that she will continue to be hopeful.

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Additional Candidates

Candidates appear in the order they were entered, beginning with the newest candidates at the top of the page and the candidates who have been on the site the longest at the bottom of the page. Click on Older Posts to see more prayer candidates or Home to return to the first page. You can also search for a particular candidate by entering their candidate number or name in the Google Search Box at the bottom of the right hand column of this page. All prayer candidates on this site have been entered since November 2009.