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[morningrain]

Meet Sajid...



Twelve-year-old Sajid makes bricks in Pakistan. He and his mother, Miriam; brother, Aaron; and sister, Naomi, are the only Christians working at a brick factory. Their boss and the other workers are Muslims. Sajid's father died when Sajid was 10.

Sajid's family works six days a week. The boss pays them only $4.15 for every 1,000 bricks they make. Then he takes almost half of the money away from them for expenses and debts.

[morningrain]

Meet Sidra...

Sidra is a teenager in Pakistan. She lives with her father, Ilyas Masih, and her mother, Najma Bibi. She has an older brother, four younger brothers, and a little sister.

Only two Christian families live in her village, and there is no church building. Sidra has Muslim classmates, Muslim teachers, and Muslim neighbors.

Sidra loves Jesus, and she wanted to learn more about God's word. So she signed up for a Bible class. The class was a home study class. She received lessons in the mail, and she sent assignments back to the school's office.

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Three children named Shazia, Sadia, and Muhammad lived next door to Sidra's family. The neighbors children noticed that the postman brought Sidra a package every two weeks. What is in the packages?

[morningrain]

Meet Bhaskar an older teen.



Bhaskar is a Christian in India. He wasn't always a Christian. But a few years ago, he decided to give his life to Jesus.

Around Christmas time, a friend of Bhaskar's got sick and had to stay in the hospital. Bhaskar went to the hospital to visit his friend and to pray for him. A few days later, he returned to the hospital and prayed for his friend again.

A radical Hindu at the hospital knew about Bhaskar's visits. Many Hindus are peaceful, but many radical Hindus persecute Christians and use violence against those who disagree with them.

The man beat up Bhaskar because of the hospital visits and prayers. The police came. They arrested Bhaskar instead of his attackers!

India has a law against promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion .

[JCsmediator]

beautiful testamonies ...

my prayers go with each I am very touched to hear how persecution is rampit in the other parts of the world oh how we have it sooo good here right now and not many even care to hear about the Lord or want Him as U.S. once was a christian nation and fallen so far ...

not saying there arnt many christians cuz I do see there is but not compare to the many who just rather live for themselves ...

GB all here there and everywhere as the Lord gots plans and purposes for each one and Lords Protection for each to live them out... IJNA tyFather God continue ur work GWBD IJN

[morningrain]

beautiful testamonies ...

my prayers go with each I am very touched to hear how persecution is rampit in the other parts of the world oh how we have it sooo good here right now and not many even care to hear about the Lord or want Him as U.S. once was a christian nation and fallen so far ...

not saying there arnt many christians cuz I do see there is but not compare to the many who just rather live for themselves ...

GB all here there and everywhere as the Lord gots plans and purposes for each one and Lords Protection for each to live them out... IJNA tyFather God continue ur work GWBD IJN

Hi JC, these are some touching stories, have many more coming, and to see kids take a stand for Christ to me is just awesome. Like i said have more stories coming, just haven't been around as much lately and just now gettign a chance today to be online.

I have stories coming from right here out of the United States also. The US hasn't seen near the persecution nor the harsh way many has suffered persecution that so many have in other countries but its on its way sadly to say.

Each one of these Christians are our brothers and sisters in Christ. Remember what Jesus said to Paul while yet called Saul on the road to Damascus. Paul who was Saul at the time was on his way to persecute more Christians and Jesus stopped Saul and said to him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME?"

Every time one of our brothers or sister are suffering persecution Jesus is also being persecuted.

They all need our prayers.

God bless you JC
angel

[morningrain]

Meet Tom White


Tom's prison photo

Cuba: God Does Not Need Eye Contact

When Tom White was a boy, his mother gave him a book called Foxe's Book of Martyrs. The book told the stories of people who had been killed for their Christian faith. As Tom grew older, he learned more about Christians who risk their lives to share the truth about Jesus.

He believed God wanted him to do more than just learn what others were doing. I decided to commit myself fulltime to active duty,

[morningrain]

Meet Meti



Meti is a 12-year-old Christian boy in Egypt. At his school, the teachers teach the students about Islam, the religion of Muslims. Muslims do not believe that Jesus is the son of God or that God sent him to save the world from sin.

At home, Meti's parents tell him the truth about Jesus and help him grow in his Christian faith. We feel he might get confused because he hears one thing at school and something different at home,

[morningrain]

Meet Monifa...

Had a picture of this young, lady but for her safety decided not to use it.

When Monifa was a teenager, she lived with her family in Egypt. Monica's family were Muslims, but one evening they heard part of a Christian program on the radio.

Monifa was curious about what she had heard, so she began to listen to the program more often. Her parents were not happy about it, and they warned her to stop.

Monifa asked a Christian boy at her school to tell her more about Jesus. But he was afraid he might get in trouble if he shared his faith with a Muslim. Monifa found some information online at an Internet cafe. Then one day she saw a Bible at a Christian bookstore, so she took it to the restroom in the store to read it secretly.

After Monifa learned more about Jesus, she decided to give her life to him! But when her father found out about her new faith, he kicked her out of the house. She stayed with a Christian family until the police arrested the Christians for helping her! The police sent Monifa home to her parents, and her father shaved her head as punishment. Soon she left home again.

Monifa fell in love with a young Christian man she had met, and they got married. They then went into hiding from her family and other Muslims who might want to harm them because of their love for Jesus. The last time Monifa's friends heard from her, she was eight months pregnant and still in hiding with her husband.

Pray for Monifa, her husband, and their baby. Ask God to take care of other Egyptian Christians who follow Jesus even though it causes them problems.

(To protect their identities, the names of some of the people and some identifying details have been changed. Some of the quotes and stories have been edited and paraphrased from the original sources for clarity.)

[Mackenaw]

Lord Jesus, hear our prayers.

God's blessed will be done.

Thank you, Angeltears

God bless and keep you.
Love,
Mack