{"id":26787,"date":"2026-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-6709\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:48","slug":"prayer-diary-cuba-6709","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-6709\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/f91c37db46bec5160b5d1902d941b4fd.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 18 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time last year, we celebrated as Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was released as part of a mass amnesty. Please continue to pray for his safety, freedom and encouragement, as well as for his family and church. He said they were all sustained, knowing you were holding them in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 19 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, some political prisoners who were freed in January 2025 have since been returned to maximum-security prisons. Among them is Donaida P\u00e9rez Paseiro, an Afro-Cuban religious leader who was arrested in July 2021. She is now expected to serve her eight-year sentence in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 20 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donaida\u2019s husband, Loreto Hern\u00e1ndez Garc\u00eda, is also unjustly imprisoned. He has been humiliated by prison officials and repeatedly ridiculed because of his religion. He has also reported being beaten. Pray that both Loreto and Donaida would be treated with dignity, and ultimately freed without condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 21 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray for Kevin Laureido Rojas, the son of two Assemblies of God pastors. He has been sent to a maximum-security prison far from home on charges of desertion \u2013 despite the fact that he has a medical exemption from Cuba\u2019s obligatory military service. His parents faced unjust criminal charges after they mentioned \u2018God\u2019s justice\u2019 in a military tribunal, but their trial was indefinitely postponed in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 22 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask God to help Pastor Maikel Pupo Vel\u00e1zquez, who leads a church in Camag\u00fcey. He was detained incommunicado for around 14 hours in July after trying to deliver medicine to Marta Perdomo Benites, the mother of two political prisoners. Pastor Maikel has had difficulties recovering from the trauma he experienced while detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 23 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry Constant\u00edn Ferreiro is the director of an independent media outlet called La Hora de Cuba. He spent \u2018four difficult, uncomfortable days\u2019 detained last summer \u2013 simply for accompanying a colleague to a police summons. Pray that the Cuban government would not succeed in their efforts to intimidate independent voices and crush fundamental freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 24 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s echo Pastor Lorenzo\u2019s words today, giving thanks and praying for CSW\u2019s work in Cuba. Remember that this includes you! You are part of the team, bringing light to the darkness, through every act of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>\u2018Thank you, CSW, for being a light in the darkness and salt in the midst of a hurting world. My prayer is that the Lord will strengthen you, open even greater doors for you, and use you to continue being defenders of God\u2019s Kingdom on earth.\u2019 Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u4e86\u89e3\u8be6\u60c5\u8bf7\u8bbf\u95ee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/our_work_country_cuba.htm\/?_ga=2.186617385.1284910361.1768570806-1126522446.1768570806\" target=\"_blank\"><b>csw.org.uk\/cuba<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-01-18-prayer-diary-cuba.pdf\">Download a printable copy of this week&#8217;s Prayer Diary<\/a><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily prayer points for Cuba<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10172,"template":"","regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-26787","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41457,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26787\/revisions\/41457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}