Exloring Life Eternal

Dear Abdul [MJH]

We have been receiving your newsletters
for some time now.

The news media has created in us an attitude
that negates what is really happening in the M.E.
We get the impression that all Muslims are part of
a jihad to destroy all Christians and that it is too
dangerous to venture into these countries.

Your informative and encouraging newsletters
redress the misinformation. With your pictures
of what is really happening, our faith is stirred to
pray, believing that they are being answered.

God will continue to bless your ministry.
K&DH
in New Zealand

As today is the due date for the birth of the second child for some friends, please be in prayer for the mother and child today in a special way. Pray that medical facilities will provide the care they need and that the delivery will go smoothly and without complications. Pray that even the birth of a child will open doors for witness for
believers to their Arab friends.

As you remember this new soul, pray for all the children of believers living throughout the Arab world, that God's hand will be upon them, protecting them and surrounding them with his care and love.

ERITREA: CHRISTMAS RAIDS ON CHRISTIAN BUSINESS OWNERS
from: Release Eritrea (http://www.release-eritrea.org.uk) - December
26, 2005

Release Eritrea has been informed by sources in Asmara that,
over the last few days, the government of Eritrea conducted a
series of raids on Eritrean businesses owned by evangelical Christians,
arresting owners and staff and closing establishments.

Many other people including Mr. Berhane, the director of industrial
issues, are reported to have gone missing. Mr. Berhane was at
work in the ministry of trade and industry at the time of his
disappearance. Our sources indicate that many unknown people
have also gone missing from their homes, work places, and streets.
It is estimated that as many as 150 people could have fallen
victims of this latest purge on Eritrean Christians.

A source close to many of those arrested stated, “In this Christmas
many people are celebrating their freedom in different churches
around the world for the birth of Jesus Christ, but for the Eritrean
Christians this is a dark day.”

Eritrean Christians have urged Release Eritrea to let the world
know what is happening to them. One such sentiment was expressed
in the brother who told us, “Let the world know what is happening
in this suffocated nation without press and democracy. Many families
are in danger. Please pray for us.”

Full story here (http://www.release-eritrea.org.uk/node/41).