http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2332/45/
Subject: Urgent Prayer Request for YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Missionaries
In India This is a request for prayer for YWAM missionaries and their
churches in Orissa, India. The request came from her friend, Mable Hurst, an
associate of HCJB Global. Please read and make this a matter of urgent
prayer.
Dear beloved sponsors and friends of Good News India,
We have never seen anything like this. We knew that Orissa was the most
resistant and hostile State in India as far as the Gospel is concerned. And
we brushed off the continuous threats and harassment we faced as we went
about His work. But none of our staff imagined that they would see this kind
of carnage.... And it seems to be totally under the radar of the Western
Media..... Let me explain.... A militant Hindu priest and 4 of his
attendants, who were zealously going around the villages of Orissa and re-
converting people back to Hinduism, were gunned down by unknown assailant
Orissa last weekend.Immediately the Christians were blamed. The cry rose
up...'Kill the Christians!' And the horror began....
In the past 4 days, we have first hand witness to hundreds of churches being
blown up or burned and many, many dozens of Christian tribals have been
slaughtered. For no other reason than they bear the name of Christ.
Night and day I have been in touch with our Good News India Directors spread
across 14 Dream Centers in Orissa... they are right in the middle of all
this chaos. In Tihidi, just after the police came to offer protection, a
group of 70 blood-thirsty militants came to kill our staff and destroy the
home. They were not allowed to get in, but they did a lot of damage to our
Dream Center by throwing rocks and bricks and smashing our gate, etc. They
have promised to come back and "finish the job". Our kids and staff are
locked inside and have stayed that way with doors and windows shut for the
past 3 days. It has been a time of desperately calling on the Lord in
prayer.
More police have come to offer protection. In Kalahandi, the police and some
local sympathizers got to our dream center and gave our staff and kids about
3 minutes notice to vacate. No one had time to even grab a change of clothes
or any personal belonging. As they fled, the blood thirsty mob came into the
building. We would have had a mass funeral there, but for His grace.
In Phulbani, the mob came looking for Christian homes and missions. The
local Hindu people, our neighbors turned them away by saying that there were
no Christians in this area. So they left. We had favor. The same thing
happened in Balasore.
All our dream centers are under lock down with the kids and staff huddled
inside and police outside. The fanatics are circling outside waiting for a
chance to kill. Others were not so fortunate. In a nearby Catholic
orphanage, the mob allowed the kids to leave and locked up a Priest and a
computer teacher in house and burned them to death. Many believers have been
killed and hacked into pieces and left on the road.... even women and
children. At another orphanage run by another organization, when this
began, the Director and his wife jumped on their motorbike and simply fled,
leaving all the children and staff behind. Every one of our GNI directors
that I have spoken to said: "We stay with our kids.... we live together or
die together, but we will never abandon what God has called us to do."
More than 5000 Christian families have had their homes burned or destroyed.
They have fled into the jungles and are living in great fear waiting for the
authorities to bring about peace. But so far, no peace is foreseen. This
will continue for another 10 days....supposedly the 14 day mourning period
for the slain Hindu priest. Many more Christians will die and their houses
destroyed. Many more churches will be smashed down. The Federal government
is trying to restore order and perhaps things will calm down. We ask for
your prayers. Only the Hand of God can calm this storm. None of us know the
meaning of persecution. But now our kids and staff know what that means. So
many of our kids coming from Hindu backgrounds are confused and totally
bewildered at what is happening around them. So many of their guardians have
fled into the jungles and are unable to come and get them during these
trying times. Through all this, I am more determined than ever to continue
with our goal: the transformation of a community by transforming its
children. Orissa will be saved... that is our heart's cry. If we can take
these thousands of throw-away children and help them to become disciples of
Jesus, they will transform an entire region. It is a long term goal, but it
is strategic thinking in terms of the Great Commission.
What can you do? First, please uphold all this in fervent prayer. Second,
pass this e-mail on to as many friends as you can. We must get the word out
and increase our prayer base for this is spiritual warfare at its most basic
meaning. We are literally fighting the devil in order to live for His
Kingdom. The next 10 days are crucial. We pray for peace and calm to pervade
across Orissa. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please pass it on
and help us to get as many people to partner with us on this cutting edge
effort to fulfill His mandate: Go and make disciples of all nations....
Prayer works!
Blessings, Chip & Sandy Wanner Col 2:2 MBI Team
Facilitators to YWAM frontlines
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