my heart hurts.

I read world news on a daily basis, just to keep up with what is going on...mostly Asian news, but I try to keep in general. The headlines this week are: 12,00 people dead in China. 100,000 dead in Myanmar. Rebels dropping bombs on schools in Dafur. Bombs in India. It breaks my heart. What am I supposed to do?
After reading a recent article about the situation in Myanmar, i read this quote:

"The UN said child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of the catastrophe, and that two suspects have already been arrested after trying to recruit children at a relief camp."

I almost lost it at work. It is SO hard for me to read stuff like this. Burmese children are some of the most trafficked, and now with all that has happened in that country, they are even more at risk. As if 100,000 people dead and another 1.5 million homeless and starving wasn't enough, children are even more at risk than they already were. I feel just completely helpless. I don't know what I can give. And its like...giving anything to Myanmar doesn't mean that the people will get it. They are eating moldy rice even though aid has been recieved!

What can I do? I feel like prayer isn't enough. But it IS. It is a powerful weapon And I take comfort (somewhat) in the fact the organizations like Gospel For Asia have nationals in Burma, who are Christians, who are being mobilized. I just am realizing (again) the magnitude of what I have been given, as an American...and I don't want to waste it. God has given me so much, and instead of using it just to bless myself, I want to bless others. I can't even imagine what life is like in extreme poverty. I've never (other than voluntarily) had to go w/o food, or shelter, or clean drinking water. I can't even IMAGINE what that's like.

The point is: we need to pray.