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Please pray for missionary in Uzbekistan
This was sent to us by a missionary that our church supports. Please be in prayer for this situation. God bless.
Please pray for our BIEM man in Uzbekistan. Here are
some of the problems he is faced with at this time.
His wife writes:
…Pray for one another…the effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16
Dear Brothers and Sisters, we ask for you to support
us in your prayers. We have great need of them. Our
traveling Christian library, that you know we have,
has gotten us into trouble. On the 5th of May, Pastor
Andrey was arrested along with the library and taken
to the police station. They have accused him of
breaking many laws, in regards to the library and
religion. They confiscated the library and his
drivers’ license to be sure that he could no longer
drive around and share his Evangelistic books. They
said that he will wait for his trial and they will
give their judgment against him. Please pray for our
church that it will not have problems because of this,
and pray that there will be no court hearing, but that
we could settle this without a hearing. We ask that
you pray for us to have wisdom to know how to walk in
the days ahead. Thank you for your support and being a
part of this matter. Our family
From what I gather he was in jail, but has been
released, and is now waiting trial. If I understand
the laws and the mind set of those who have arrested
him, he can be fined very heavily at the minimum side
of things. I believe as they throw their accusations
at him he can be given up to 7 years in prison for his
active role in trying to convert Muslims to Christ.
This is a very serious offense in this country, where
they are taught that nothing less than the death
penalty should be given to those diverting affections
from Allah. Please get the word out for our churches
to be praying for them.
With a heavy heart,
Tim
God's Warrior
We should all be in daily prayer for our missionaries who are witnessing for our Lord in such dangerous countries. I recently met and talked with a missionary whose family lives in Northern Iraq and she says that they feel safe now but that if the political situation with the US changes they can be in grave danger. We who live in safety here in the United States can't possibly imagine what is going on with Christians in Muslim countries unless we have seen it first hand. We need to ask the Lord to watch over them and their families every minute as they try to win souls for Jesus in such hostile lands.
