Urgent Requests

Hello Friends,
Many of you may have been reading in the news about persecutions and bombings that have been taking place in South Asia recently. This has really started to hit close to home over the past few days.

Delhi-
one of the markets that was bombed is one that I and many of my colleagues have frequented in the past. Pr. for peace in this city and especially for the families that were directly affected by the blasts.

In my neck of the woods -

Last week, a local past.r friend's chur ch was attacked, he was severely beaten, had his mobile stolen, and all the congregations' Bi bles were taken. Praise Him that this Past.r is doing okay physically and there was no permanent damage to his body. Pr. for His ch.rch and the members to have courage and continue to Trust Him in this difficult time.

On Saturday, my national partner, Past.r Sudeep* had to cancel an important training because of the tension in his city. Pr. for safety for P. Sudeep* as he travels several hundred kilometers each week to share the G.spel. Pr. that He will protect P. Sudeep's ch.rch and his family when he is out-of-town. Pr. that he will be able to conduct this training sometime this week.

All of my national partners are very much afraid to work at this time. Pr. that we as a team would be obedient to go where He leads and walk in the way He commands. Pr. for discernment as to how we can reach locals in the midst of these tense times.

Pray for the Setter Family* who are evacuating their city today because of extreme persecution and civil unrest. They tried to leave their city by bus this morning, but we're turned around because of riots. When they arrived back at the bus station, the city had shut all the buses down. They are now evacuating via taxi. Pr. for their safety as they travel with their children today. The trip to their destination is over 10 hours.

Pr. for His glory to be shown through all this. In the Word, after times of intense persecution amazing things began to happen and the Word began to spread. It's sometimes hard to see the good in the midst of all that is happening, but pr. that we as believers would be obedient through the good and the bad.