Pastor Hakim needs your help! Imprisoned for Christ!

Help Send Action Packs to Iraqi Christians
Dear Friends: Terrorists threatened to kill Pastor "Hakim." His relatives pleaded with him to go somewhere safe. But God called him to minister in Iraq. Pastor Hakim and his wife trusted God more than they feared for their safety. One Sunday morning while Hakim was driving to work, three armed men confronted him with guns drawn. They ordered him to stop, but Hakim knew to stop the car meant he would die. Instead, he gunned the engine. The terrorists opened fire, and three shots hit Pastor Hakim. Later, at the hospital, his Muslim doctors said it was a miracle that none of the bullets hit a major organ or artery. After the shooting, Hakim continued his ministry in Iraq. Church bombings, pastor assassinations and kidnappings have forced many Iraqi Christians to flee Iraq's major cities yet, they still proclaim Christ. Christians like Pastor Hakim and his family have stayed in Iraq despite the violence, and they also courageously share Christ's love and forgiveness with their Muslim neighbors, even those who threaten to harm them. You can help these steadfast Christians by sending The Voice of the Martyrs Action Packs. Each pack provides simple gifts of clothing, a towel or a toy. More importantly, each gift provides spiritual encouragement and assures Iraqi Christians that they have not been forgotten by their family members in the west. For just $7 you can bless and encourage Christians like Pastor Hakim. It's easy to send help. Order an Action Pack and VOM will send you a special vacuum-seal bag. (Each pack includes instructions on what to put inside.) Fill the bag with items on the list - either new or gently used. Send the bag back to VOM. We will make sure it is delivered to Christians in Iraq. (If we experience significant delivery barriers to Iraq we'll send your Action Pack to Sudan or Pakistan.) OR SPONSOR A PACK! You can also sponsor Action Packs filled by VOM volunteers. For a $30 donation volunteers will outfit an Action Pack with all the items listed and fill the pack and ensure it gets to an Iraqi family in need. CLICK HERE to order or sponsor an Action Pack for Christians in Iraq, and please pray that God will provide for and protect our brothers and sisters there. Also pray that many Muslims in Iraq might come to know Christ in a personal way.
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Help needed urgently for this Virtually Homeless Family!!!

REQUEST FOR HELP and PRAYERS There is a family that really needs your help and prayers. Their contact information is: Smith Family e-mail  disneynutdiane@yahoo.com In April 1996 this family of 6 has had the misfortune of having the interior of their house totally destroyed.  The insurance company and contractor DID NOT do their job, and left this family with a very grossly undone house which is also infected with MOLD.  They cannot live in the house because it causes sicknesses.  They have been paying a mortgage all this time on a house they cannot live in.   Because they have not been able to live in their house, they have lived in their car, in tents in their back yard, at various friend's houses as well as in a 25 ft. x 6 ft. pop-up tent camper that is falling apart.  They are presently renting a VERY SMALL apartment that they can hardly pay for because they are also paying a mortgage on their house that they CANNOT LIVE IN.  They have also had numerous Medical Problems.  The apartment they are living in is so small.  They literally have beds up against beds.  It is very cramped for the family to live.  It is really getting hard on this family (4 children) trying to live everywhere except in their own home.  They have also had many other serious problems constantly throughout these 14 years, and it is really wearing them down physically, emotionally and financially.   The husband will be 60 years old soon, and the wife will be 59.  They just don't know how much longer they could stay strong.   They have 2 cats that they cannot have at the apartment with them, so they have to travel 30 miles round trip every day to visit them and feed them. They have had Child Protective Services watching their family for quite some time.  They love their children and DO NOT want them taken away. This family really feels that the Lord has led them to a television show called EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION as their answer.  They were really praying hard one night asking the Lord what He wanted them to do about their house.  The next day the family received an envelope in the mail with the application enclosed for this television show.  They never heard of this TV show before.  They went back to the Lord and asked him to confirm that this envelope came from Him.  Within 1 week they had 3 or 4  different people come to them and tell them about EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, and that they should send in an application.  They took this as confirmation from the Lord, So their family sent in an application.  If you would send an e-mail to EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION requesting for them to refurbish this family's house, it would help so very much.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PUT THIS FAMILY'S CONTACT INFO IN THE E-MAIL SO EMHE HAS A WAY TO CONTACT THE FAMILY.  It would help even more if you would keep re-sending your e-mail to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition EVERY DAY (re: Luke 18) until they build a new healthy house for this family.   Please send your emails to: ExtremeHomeCasting@gmail.com also virginiacasting@gmail.com  PLEASE PRAY for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to come quickly to help this family.

Please pray for Orissa, India

Villagers Try to Stop Mission Work

February 19, 2010
After sharing the Word of God with villagers, a GFA–supported pastor was threatened.

Before they were Christians, the believers in Gospel for Asia–supported pastor Sahas Gupta's church in Orissa, India, were given the "god land" in their community. This land, designated as the land of the local deity, was intended to be given to the poor.

When these families chose to follow Jesus Christ, it angered the villagers, who believed only the people of their religion had the right to use the land. They attempted to attack the new believers and Pastor Gupta just a few months ago, but the Lord spared the Christians' lives.

Then the villagers called a meeting on February 12 to expel these new believers from the village. Even with no other land to call their own and no other place to go, the Christians were ready for any decision from the village leaders and said they would leave everything for the sake of Jesus. But as the day unfolded, the meeting was unexpectedly postponed. No new date has been set.

Gospel for Asia leaders ask for prayer for these Christians, that they would be protected and that the village leaders would allow the believers to remain on the land.

The Testimonies Changed their Minds
GFA–supported pastor Aafreen Mukopadhyay faced a similar situation in a village in West Bengal, India. He was asked to attend a meeting with the primary political and religious leaders in his area. On February 9, around 300 people gathered for the meeting, with the purpose of creating restrictions to stop the spread of the Gospel.

This meeting came about as a result of one person choosing to follow Christ. Before this man gave his heart to Christ, the only Christians in the village were Aafreen and a few other missionaries. When the villagers learned that one of their own had decided to live for Jesus and more people were joining him, they went to the missionaries and accused them of converting people to Christianity by force. They warned him that no one should come to their village to proclaim Jesus.

During the meeting, the Christians were questioned on video as to why they had left their former religion to become Christians. One after another, all the new believers testified that when they were sick, it was through the prayers of God's servants that they received healing. They explained that peace and happiness came into their lives when they chose to follow Jesus.

When the people at the meeting heard the testimonies of these new believers, their hearts were touched. Instead of implementing rules to stop the missionaries' work, the villagers gave them freedom to continue sharing God's love in their area.

Pastor Aafreen and the other missionaries request prayer that God would use them mightily to reach the rest of the community and other villages with the Word of God.

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MERCY CHILDREN'S HOME

My Dearest Beloved,
Greetings to you in the Glorious Name of the Mighty Lord Jesus Christ. His richest Blessings shall be upon on you forever.
Beloved, I am Sister Y.Rajini Kumari residing in Karumuru Village which is located near to Repalle Mandal, Guntur Dist. INDIA. I would like to share my witness which the Lord Did in my Life Briefly, I studied up to +2, Both my parents are agricultural labours.when I am 6 months child I suffered from Heart Problems, my parents took me to many doctors for cure. The Doctor says that there is no use with the medicine, but my parents spend each and every rupee which they earn for my medical expenses. Even they owed for my health but those medicines were not making me healthy. Under all these condition I was grown to 12 years. But on the 13th year my health was severed, so a nominal operation was done to me with the price of 2 lakhs, but the use was nothing. Finally my parents left me in the Church do to the service for the Lord from that day. My Parents prayed for me to use for his Service. I too committed to the Service of the Lord, if he keeps be alive. Miracle, when I am serving the Lord, there is no pain in my heart, I sing songs, I teach kids many action songs etc, but there is no pain or any problems in my health. With this encouragement I was baptized and Trained in Gospel for Asia Bible College for 3 Year in Bible training.
Where I was depressed there I would like to serve the Lord, but none was came forward to marry me, because of my Heart problem. But I give my Life for the Lord, so I am caring 20 children by educating them both physically and spiritually. Please pray for me and for 20 children for their caring and the will of the Lord should come in the lives of us. I would like to work with you through you we can do wonderful activities in INDIA. I wanted you to be blessed, it’s my prayer concept. I warmly invite you to Be a part in my ministry in INDIA. If the Lord wills, I would like to establish a Bible college in our area. Please kindly respond to me with your Prayers.
Here we all are sending you our prayerful greetings to you all there in HIS Name, Waiting for your Prayerful reply, We are heartily welcome you to visit our orphanage our ministry Thanking you, Yours Sister in Christ, Sister Y.Rajini Kumari B.Th Please visit my website http://mercychildrenshome.sm7.org.uk/Home.html
My Address
Sister Y.Rajini Kumari B.Th
D/o Y.Yesobu
MERCY CHILDREN’S HOME
Karumuru Village
Repalle Mandal, 522265
Guntur Dist.
Andhra Pradesh,
South INDIA

Haiti - Save the Children!

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