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Sex trafficking in America Darlene’s story

- By Mark Ellis

(ANS) -- She grew up poor, in one of the decaying mill towns of Massachusetts.

After she ran away from home, she was groomed and finally drawn into the dark world of sex trafficking, a virtual prisoner in one of the most free and prosperous countries in the world.

“I was conceived in a violent rape, so I always felt like I was worth less than other people,” says Darlene Pawlik, author of “Testimony: the dark side of Christianity.” The rape

was so brutal her mother didn’t talk about it for two years. She actually married the perpetrator, who continued to brutalize her mother.

Sexual violence seemed to follow Darlene. “From toddlerhood I was physically and sexually abused by my biological father,” she recounts. “He used drugs and he used repressive techniques, teaching us to lie about what was going on.”

Her mother’s second husband took them to church

Darlene at three-years-old occasionally, but it was more for a social connection. “At six or seven I accepted the Lord, but there was no discipleship going on. I didn’t know how to follow Him.” Darlene ran away from home after her mother’s second devorce. “I quit school at the end of the 6thgrade,” she says. “I lived as a transient in the streets, stayed in basements, or slept in cars. I slept in the store ‘24’ for

a number of months.” A world almanac was her only pillow at times.

She says her mother looked for her, but didn’t get much help from the local police in Haverhill, Massachusetts. “Some of the police were using my runaway friends,” she alleges.

When Darlene was 13, a “handsome” man calling himself ‘Ace’ showed up in town, driving a black Cadillac with a crimson interior. He struck up conversations with Darlene and her runaway friends, slowly building their trust.

“When the weather got cold we would get in his car and we would talk and joke around,” she recalls.

Ace was patient, slowly grooming the girls for his

Pres. Trump Address Outlines Vision to Restore Freedom

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, who attended tonight’s address, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress: “As I watched from the gallery, I was struck by the stark difference between President Trump and his predecessor. President Trump left no doubt that his confidence in the American people is far greater than his confidence in Washington. We now have a president who is doing something rare in American politics -- fulfilling campaign promises.

“Tonight President Trump gave encouragement to Americans of all backgrounds who have suffered the loss of their freedoms, especially religious liberty, because of destructive

Obama-era policies.

“President Trump is taking his first steps to reverse the devastating trend of the government punishing those who live their life according to their deeply held beliefs. That’s why it’s no surprise that recent polling finds the most enthusiastic supporters of Trump are evangelicals, the same ones who helped deliver one of the most stunning upsets in election history.

“President Trump unders-

tands that if Americans don’t have the freedom to live according to their faith- whether it’s in the home, in the workplace, or in school -- then we really can’t be free.

That’s why I remain confident that President Trump will sign an executive order reinstating government-wide protections for religious liberty.

“The president spoke tonight about rebuilding the military. The military faces not only a serious de-

vile purposes. “He made very few references to sexuality at first, but then he started getting into it more and more.”

Darlene began using drugs such as Valium, marijuana, and alcohol – anything she could get her hands on. “I viewed him (Ace) as a way I could get what I wanted and I didn’t think I was worth anything anyway,” she says. Her relationship turned sexual with Ace,

Marilyn Birnie pletion of resources but of morale. Troop morale has dropped to dangerously low levels in recent years as the previous administration treated the military as a laboratory of liberal social experimentation.

These policies have led to chaplains being disciplined for their faith, and religious speech being censored. Religious liberty in the military needs to be reinforced with policies that reflect the law, which allows men and women to not only believe, but act on those beliefs.

“I am hopeful that tonight’s speech will provide new momentum toward fulfilling the GOP’s promise of dismantling the disastrous Obamacare law and ending the forced partnership between taxpayers and organizations like Planned Parenthood.

We are committed to assisting the president and Congressional leaders in repealing and replacing Obamacare with a program that is patient-centered and respects the principle that federal funding and subsidies do not go to health care plans which include abortion.

“After the spectacular failures of Obamacare, the demoralization of our mi-

Darlene today with Ace, which led to the next step in his sordid plan.

On Darlene’s 14th birthday she was peddled into the world of sex trafficking. “That’s the first time I was sold to a businessman from a neighboring town.

He was absolutely thrilled I was so young.”

Some of her clients included professionals, politicians, and everyday Joes.

“Often it was a routine

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litary, the explosion of lawlessness, tolerance of corruption, and obsession with social engineering, Americans finally have the opportunity to rebuild the country they love.

“Tonight, President Trump opened the door wider to solutions that put America back on the right track. As the president continues to fulfill his promises, I believe he will see more Americans rally to his side to join him in making freedom mean something again in America,” concluded Perkins.

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BY LYNDSEY KOH

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sunday, John Hagee Ministries (JHM), a San Antonio-based international Christian ministry, broke ground on the Sanctuary of Hope (SOH), a stateof-the-art facility that will provide expectant mothers and their children a safe space from which to build a strong foundation for a fulfilling life.

SOH residents will receive on-site medical care, parental training, counseling, educational opportunities, and job placement assistance, among other services, free of charge.

Building such a facility has been a lifelong dream for JHM founder Pastor John Hagee who spent time working at an orphanage during his formative years.

“As Christians we are mandated to help those in need. This facility will not save every mother and ev-

ery child from poverty, but as my Jewish friends have taught me, if you save r Matt, Kendal, one life From left to right: Pasto e at Sanctuary Hage it is as if Diana, and Pastor John breaking nd ou you of Hope gr saved an said Matt generation in the Hagee entire world. We are go- Hagee, Executive Pastor family to carry the mantle ing to do what we can for of Cornerstone Church. of the Gospel to Amerieveryone we can,” Hagee John Hagee Ministries ca and the nations of the said.

(JHM) is an internation- world.

“Actions speak louder the al Christian Ministry led The Sanctuary of Hope words, and I can think of by Pastors John and Matt will be a home for exno more impactful ac- Hagee. John Hagee is the pectant mothers in need, tion than giving a leg up founder and senior pastor which will provide them to those in need at such a of Cornerstone Church, a real choice to bring their critical point in their lives. a non-denominational children into this world I certainly believe people evangelical church with with the knowledge that should pull themselves up more than 22,000 active they will have critical and by their bootstraps, but we members. Matt Hagee comprehensive assistance cannot ignore those who serves as the Executive in building healthy, loving cannot afford boots for Pastor of Cornerstone and fulfilling lives. themselves or their kids,” Church and is the sixth http://www.jhm.org

Waheed’s amazing testimony of Angelic beings protecting Him

International (MNN) — There are amazing stories and testimonies coming out of Muslim-majority nations and regions about how God is moving. The leader with Frontiers shared the story of a 16-year-old Muslim boy named Waheed who came to Christ and was miraculously saved.

back to the refugee camp on the weekend, his mother found a Bible and that caused her great stress.

She [learned] that he had become a Christian and that he was an apostate to Islam, and within Islam then an apostate is to be killed.”

The young man’s mother told his father, who was

(Photo courtesy of Maks Karochkin via Flickr) “We were in northern Pakistan at this particular time, and at that particular time in history there were about a million Afghan refugees in northern Afghanistan, the Russians were in Afghanistan at that time. This young man was working as a gardener with a family that we knew, a cross-cultural working family. Over a period of time in reading Scripture and engaging with Scripture, he came to faith and was obediently following Christ. He lived at their house and then he would go back to the refugee camp on the weekends. On one of these trips

away fighting in Afghanistan, and the father decided to return home for his son.

“He was going to capture his son, take him into Afghanistan, put him on the front lines of the jihad they were conducting against the Russians, and more than likely would die. But he would die in a jihad, and thus, would be saved within the Islamic worldview.”

The Frontiers leader and his coworkers started praying urgently for Waheed. The following night, Waheed had a dream about Jesus.

shoulder and sits him back down on the bed. Well, as dreams go, this went on all night… So his interpretation of the dream was it’s okay, Jesus is going to protect you, just remain calm.

“Well, it was a few weeks after that, that we heard

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the rest of the story. The father had come that evening with a group of Mujahideen and a Russian jeep and AK47s… and the house [Waheed] was in was a flat-roofed mud house. When they came around the corner about two or three o’clock in the morning, they (Photo courtesy of Frontiers noticed four large USA via Facebook) shiny beings on top of the house and they knew these were angelic beings, and they were filled with fear and they left.

Later, one of our co-workers talked

In this dream, Waheed is sitting on his little bed, and right beside him is Jesus.

Waheed is holding a candle and it’s lit. All of a sudden, the door busts open and a bunch of Afghans come in and they blow out the candle, at which point, Waheed wants to fight

thing that happened,” she says, referring to the sexual encounters. “But just as much it was violent. I was gang-raped, kidnapped, beaten and brutalized,” she recounts.

“I attempted suicide many times, overdosing on pills; I tried to throw myself off a building; I tried to hang myself in a cell. I must have had angelic or Holy Spirit intervention, because I should not be alive.”

Ace sold her to a man named Rac, for his exclusive use. Then Rac sold her to a small-time organized crime figure, involved with loan-sharking and gambling. The man found her an apartment in the city, while he lived with his wife and children in the suburbs.

“I was held as a house pet for a ‘sugar daddy,’ but there was nothing sweet about it,” she notes.

When Darlene unexpectedly became pregnant, the mobster was enraged. “He told me if I didn’t have an abortion he would kill me.

One of his flunkies was my former pimp who had beaten me up and raped me so I didn’t doubt it.” He forced Darlene to make the appointment for an abortion in his presence.

As the pressure mounted, Darlene remembered the faith of her childhood, which had been dormant for so many years. “God, if you’re real, I need you to help me!” she cried out when she was alone. “I don’t know what to do.”

That night something unusual happened. She had a vivid, Technicolor dream about the abortion process from the vantage point of the womb.

Jolted by her God-inspired dream, Darlene called

a social worker she met when she first lived on the streets. She reached Marilyn Birnie, founder of Friends of the Unborn, who told her she would provide a place of refuge for Darlene – a home for unwed mothers.

Darlene spontaneously devised a plan to flee – using the pretext of a faked abortion. “I pretended to go and have an abortion and after the procedure I pretended to be in pain. I went to the bathroom a lot and cried a lot. I was terrified he would find out so I was shaking. He believed me and let me go.”

She credits Marilyn Birnie with saving her life. “She didn’t just save my life, she saved my children’s lives and who knows how many generations.”

At the home for unwed mothers, she finally found the missing piece to her Christianity.

“Marilyn taught me how to be a Christian, to read the Bible every day, to talk to God every day. If there was an actual conversion experience, it was at her home. She saved my life and my destiny.”

In 1990 Darlene married Mark Pawlik, sales manager for an industrial equipment company. The relationship was slow to develop and rocky at first, due to the trauma she survived and her lack of selfworth. “I felt like I wasn’t good enough so I pushed him away.”

In the last few years, Darlene has been very active in pro-life causes in New Hampshire. She has five children and two grandchildren.

“I want to give back to the pro-lifers who saved me,” she says.

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A deadly journey for children: The migration route from North Africa to Europe

NEW YORK and GENEVA, migration – often multiple tor and Special CoordiFeb. 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Ref- times and in multiple loca- nator for the Refugee and ugee and migrant children tions.

Migrant Crisis in Europe. and women are routinely Last year, at least 4,579 “The route is mostly consuffering sexual violence, people died attempting to trolled by smugglers, trafexploitation, abuse and cross the Mediterranean fickers and other people detention along the Cen- from Libya, or 1 in every seeking to prey upon destral Mediterranean mi- 40 of those who made the perate children and womgration route from North attempt. It is estimated en who are simply seeking Africa to Italy, UNICEF that at least 700 of those refuge or a better life. We warned in a new report. who lost their lives were need safe and legal pathways and safeguards to ‘A Deadly Journey for children.

Children: The Central “The Central Mediterra- protect migrating children Mediterranean Migrant nean from North Africa that keep them safe and Route’ provides an in- to Europe is among the keep predators at bay.” depth look at the extreme world’s deadliest and most Recent data in a survey risks facing refugee and migrant children as they make the perilous journey from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the sea to Italy. Three quarters of the refugee and migrant children interviewed as part of a survey said they had experienced violence, harassment or agA child stands in a room where women and children sleep on gression at the old mattresses laid on the floor at a detention centre, in Libya. hands of adults at Sixty women, 20 children and 115 men were being held at the some point over detention centre when UNICEF visited on January 29, 2017... the course of their journey, while nearly half dangerous migrant routes of women and child miof the women and chil- for children and wom- grants in Libya during late dren interviewed report en,” said Afshan Khan, 2016 reveal the appalling ed sexual abuse during UNICEF Regional Direc- Continuation on Page: 5

After the Terrorist Attack, My Return to Beslan

By Jason Catizone

BESLAN, RUSSIA (ANS – February, 2017) – The world was shocked when, on September 1st, 2004, they turned on their television sets and learned the terrible news that more than 30 Muslim terrorists had attacked a school in a small, southwestern Russian town called Beslan.

They terrorists took over 1,000 men, women, and children, and held them hostage for three days, the majority of them in the school’s gymnasium.

In time, the terrorists denied them water and bathroom privileges, and consequently, the hostages were forced to resort to drinking urine in order to survive.

On September 3rd, two large explosions occurred, and a chaotic battle erupted between Russian forces and the terrorists. Bloody and scantily-clad children pour out of the gymnasium’s windows, racing for

freedom - water - salva- course, is that it is not postion. Miraculously, some sible to go back in time to of them survive. Others prevent the wickedness are gunned down in the that ravaged the small process. Many other hos- town of Beslan. But I betages were Two young children being burned to ool rescued from the Beslan sch death when the gymnasium roof -- which had caught fire -- collapses in on them.

More than 330 people, most of whom are children, lost lieve that “the light shines their lives as a result of brightest in the darkest the horrific 2004 Beslan places,” and I believe that terrorist attack. Sorrow, Jesus is “The Light of the wailing, bitter tears, and world.” anguish unspeakable. As God graciously allowed has been expressed -- me to go and live in Beslan Beslan was Russia’s Sep- between 2005 and 2007, tember 11th (9/11). What for around a year and a could possibly be done in half - visiting families who the wake of such evil and lost loved ones, providing horror? free English and guitar The sorrowful truth, of lessons for those so inter-

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Waheed’s amazing testimony of Angelic beings protecting Him

ing I can do.’”

Testimonies like Waheed’s about how God is changing hearts and saving His people in the Muslim world should be an encouragement to others who see missions to Muslims as challenging.

It may be difficult to step out of our comfort zones, but God is using miracles and the power of an active Church to draw Muslims to Himself.

When it comes to the Muslim world, just over 50 percent of Muslim people groups are completely unengaged, meaning they have no one sharing the Gospel in their community. If you include Muslim groups that have at least less than two percent of an evangelical presence, that statistic goes up to 84 percent unreached.

A leader* with Frontiers USA says these numbers have very real implications for missions in the 21st century. “Many times you’ll hear people say that Muslims are resistant to the Gospel. But if these numbers are correct, and we believe they are, then the vast majority of the Muslim world hasn’t even had the chance to resist the Gospel. So a real passion for us is that the unengaged Muslims of the ested, I can tell you about my little buddy, Mairbek.

He was among the hostages in 2004, along with his mother. Her condition was very bad during the siege, and little Mairbek found a coin in his pocket and approached one of the terrorists – he wanted the terrorist to release his mom in exchange for the coin. The terrorist of course refused.

Miraculously, Mairbek survived. But his mother did not.

Though I have been so very blessed to become close friends with

world would be engaged with the Gospel.

“When we look at the Muslim world to think through how we can strategically send workers, then we look at the unengaged parts of the Muslim world. The vast majority of Muslims who have not had an opportunity to hear the Gospel basically reside in six geographical areas of the world, and it’s those six that we’ve prioritized.”

Frontiers USA has their mission trip applications open for 2017 to engage the Muslim world, and they want you to get involved! Or, if you’re not able to, you can share this article or Frontiers’ website with friends and family who may feel led by God to go.

The good news is you can have a heart for our Muslim neighbors and influence their salvation wherever you are. The Frontiers’ leader says it starts with a deepened understanding of God’s heart for lost people.

“I think a lot of it has to do with just being informed.

First of all, being informed biblically, so immersing ourselves in the Bible to gain the heart and the passion of God and the Gospel…. Then, if it’s for Muslims, it’s getting to know

Jason with Mairbek in 2006 est to… he’s like a little brother to me -- almost like a son.

And I can tell you about sitting at the dinner table across from a mother who asked me why -- if God can do everything -- why He didn’t save her ten-year-old son. I can tell you about these kinds of

This is one of th e the dead after many memorials created to fanatic Islamic h terrorists swoo onor the school in B p ed on eslan, Russia. many of (Photoshot). the children of Besla things, who survived the terrorist though of course there attack, Mairbek is proba- is no way to thoroughly bly the kid I became clos- put such experiences into

Muslims. Of course, when we don’t know something, that’s when we would be more enticed into fear or anger. So giving yourself a chance or an opportunity to meet a Muslim or engage with Muslims here will begin to…give you His passion and His heart for Muslims.”

One thing that struck this leader with Frontiers about the impact of missions with Muslims was a survey that came out in 2007 by Fuller Theological Seminary. This survey interviewed 750 formerly-Muslim Christians from 30 different countries over a 30-year period.

He explains, “They asked them this question: ‘What influenced you towards becoming a Christian?’…

They said the most important factor was seeing the Christian faith lived out in front of me and having a Christian friend.

So that can only happen face-to-face…. The unengaged Muslim areas of the world, they don’t have that opportunity to meet a follower of Christ. Thus, the need to get more workers and the need to consider the heart of God as we see it in Scripture.” *Name omitted for security purposes. ++ GOD IS SO GOOD! ++ words.

The Lord allowed me to help help bring some comfort to broken hearts, and I had failures as well. But He has given me an enduring love for the precious people of Beslan, and as I said -- they are like close friends and family to me. I love them so very much.

In January of 2008, I headed back to Russia, only to be stopped at the border in Moscow, and then denied entrance. That threw me for a proverbial loop, to say the least. But I knew that God was Sovereign, and so I just resolved that

by His grace I would try to continue helping them even though I was physically not there with them.

While the world often uses technology - and postal mail - for evil, The Lord can also use those things for good. And so, glory to God, He has blessed me to stay in touch with many of my friends from Beslan.

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By Madeline Duffan Dear Reverend: I am so unhappy going to my church, because I don’t have fine clothing or jewelry to wear. I know we should not be in competition with others, but everyone looks on a person who dresses nicely as almost “more holy” than someone who can’t adorn themselves in like manner.

Take for example a lady who attends our church.

She travels a lot and recently came back from Israel with beautiful shawls, ram’s horns, and anointing oils. I wish I could acquire such beautiful articles. Maybe my pastor and others would look at me differently, as more equipped to be of service, instead of just blending in and doing menial things like cleaning the bathroom, serving food to the needy, etc. What can I do

The Spirit Of Truth

so that I can be noticed by the Pastor…more esteemed in the eyes of my friends?

------Dear Friend: God looks on the inside – on the heart of men! 1 Samuel Chapter 16:6-13 is an example of this. Samuel was an experienced and Godly man, yet even he looked on the outward appearance when God sent him to the house of Jesse and his seven sons. Upon seeing Jesse’s eldest son, Eliab, he said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.” But the Lord said unto Samuel, “Look not on his countenance or the height of his stature, because I have refused him; for the Lord sees not as a man sees him; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Eliab was the oldest, prou-

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2015, Beslan was placed heavy on my heart once again. Not that I had forgotten about what had happened in that community, or about my precious friends there – but about two years ago now, I felt a revival in my heart so to speak. I began praying and thinking and hoping and dreaming about going back. But would a visa be given to me? And -- even

Edik survived, his twin brother did not if I possessed the visa -would I be permitted to enter the country? I did not see an answer written in the sky, but a number of things “interestingly” happened, and I felt and saw more and more confirmation that told my heart: Go! Finally, in August of 2016,

God blessed me to receive a visa, and I soon headed back to Beslan once again.

I was so very grateful for the privilege of being able to go back to Russia, and it was a dream come true to see so many of my old friends! As you can guess, the “children of Beslan” are now largely “the young adults of Beslan.” Though I had seen many of them already through photos, it was so interesting to -- in person -- visit with “my little friends,” now in their upper teens and 20s!

As I had not lived in the community for close to nine years, it was almost as though I had somehow rocketed into the future -- for my last memories of physical life in Beslan were from the end of 2007.

Obviously, much has changed over the years.

New shops have opened, the run-down mosque has been put back into service, there are pedestrian street-crossing marks painted on the roads, and -- there’s even a bowling alley. Many of the “kids” I know and love there are in high school or college now, and some people are now married and have children of their own. So it was, in a sense, a different

dly tall, experienced, with a look of confidence and authority about him. But God did not choose him.

He was looking at the heart of the youngest son, a shepherd boy who had to be sent for, because he was out in a field keeping watch over the sheep.

When David came into the presence of the assembled men, they saw that he was ruddy with a beautiful countenance and goodly to look at.

The Lord told Samuel, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward!

I suppose that David had on his sheepherding clothes, maybe smelled like sheep and the outdoors. He spent time out-side in the fresh air and sun. He had time and peace around him to wor-

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My Pastor said something two Sundays ago that really made me think. He said something along these lines: “I love you all, but my heart is fixed on eternity. I’m not going to miss going with Jesus.”

In other words, get your focus off yourself and others. “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Phil.2:12.

Fancy clothes and outward appearance are not to be our focus. A Godly countenance and a moral lifestyle are what makes a person beautiful! Spend time with Jesus! Don’t be distracted by the world.

Love one another. Look into the heart of the matter!

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world. Not a Selfie with Grandma Nahzee foreign one - just one that had changed some over the years, as could be naturally expected.

But of course, Beslan’s pain and sorrow remain. How could it be otherwise?

I was (the dad) had had blessed a tighter bond to live with his first son. in the I listened to a Jason with town (believing) mom, Mairbek in again for who had been a 2016 three hostage, relate months in the fall of 2016, and late the horror of her oldthere is no way to briefly est son dying in her own explain the heartache that arms. She and her younger still remains there. (I am son survived the tragedy. in the process of sending Even for myself in writing out detailed reports on the this article -- the tears still trip, and, if you’re interest- come. ed, you can receive those If the question is asked, via email by sending me regarding who are some of an e-mail at jalazone7@ the people that I look up to netscape.net . and admire among us fallI had tea, for example, with en mortals, I’d like to tell a kind grandmother who you about two families, lost her daughter, daugh- and one individual. They ter-in-law, and I believe are all believers, and they all of her grandchildren – like you and I – are all (four) in the Beslan ter- ‘works in progress,’ so to rorist attack. She assured speak. But I have learned me -- strongly -- that not so very, very much from a day goes by that she does them, for though they not cry. have suffered pain beyond A father told me how his imagination, they continson - born after the terror- ue loving and serving Jeist attack - is “good,” but sus. not like his first son, who The first family is really was killed in the attack. He Continuation on Page: 5

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two families. Two brothers, who live side by side, and who are both Baptist pastors. The older brother and his wife (Taimuraz and Raya) had five children. The younger brother and his wife (Sergei and Bella) had six children.

All five of the older brother’s children were taken hostage on September 1, 2004. Three of the younger brother’s children were as well. The older brother and his wife lost four of their five children; the younger brother and his wife lost two of their children. I cannot even begin to write about what these parents have lived through, nor about what they still live with. But both brothers -- and their wives and remaining children -- continue loving and following Jesus, and continue serving in ministry.

Of the two brothers’ children who survived the Beslan terrorist attack, Madina -- who lost all four of her siblings -- is now married, and has a beautiful little boy. She is a radiant Christian, often laughing and often bearing a beautiful and genuine smile upon her face. The other survivor, Azamat, lost his eye due to the terrorist attack. He is now a young adult, and serves in ministry -- I was even blessed to be present one Sunday morning some months back when he spoke from the pulpit.

These families still have great pain, but their hope is in the “Great Pain-Healer.”

And the third person -the individual -- is grandma Nahzee. She is an amazingly strong woman of God. A woman of kind-

ness, warm hospitality,and resolute faith in The Lord.

She was orphaned at a young age, married and had a husband who died young, raised her four children, lost one of them to a rival ethnic group, and later moved to Beslan where she lost her granddaughter (a believer in her teens) in the 2004 terrorist attack. Grandma Nahzee is a simple woman, with an open heart. She does not understand everything, but she loves and trusts in her God. Please pray for the people of Beslan. The terrorist attack happened over 12 years ago, and while life has “gone on,” there are so many who continue to live in great sorrow and pain. The school building is still standing, and I can’t fathom how the people of Beslan have the strength to continue driving and walking past it day after day.

Yes, please pray for the wonderful people of Beslan.

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UK protestors who recently turned out in the rain in London to show their support for Asia Bibi.

Court of Pakistan is “likely to fix a date for the appeal case against blasphemy charges against Asia Bibi before the end of March this year.”

Asia Bibi has been on death row for seven years and is forced to live in isolation for her own safety.

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Have You Walked the Romans Road?

- Admit that you are a sinner. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” - sinners suffer, their pay is death. Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death...”

- God’s gift to sinners is Jesus Christ, He came to save us. Romans 6:23b “...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

- Now give your life to God... Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

-Repent of your sins and call upon the grace of GodRomans 2:4 Or despisest thou the ri-

ches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

- “Whosoever” includes everyone, no one is excluded.

Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

- Believe God defeated death through Jesus and confess now that Jesus is Lord of your life. Tell everyone you are saved!

Romans 10:9,10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the

mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

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A deadly journey for children: The migration route from North Africa to Europe

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level of abuse along the migration route. At the time of the survey, 256,000 migrants were recorded in Libya, including 30,803 women and 23,102 children - a third of whom were unaccompanied. The real figures, however, are believed to be at least three times higher.

Most children and women indicated that they had paid smugglers at the beginning of their journey, leaving many in debt under ‘pay as you go’ arrangements and vulnerable to abuse, abduction and trafficking.

Women and children also reported harsh and overcrowded conditions, in

cluding lack of nutritious food and adequate shelter, in Libyan detention centres run by both Govern-ment and armed militias.

“Children should not be forced to put their lives in the hands of smugglers because there are simply no alternatives,” said Khan.

“We need to address globally the drivers of migration and work together toward a robust system of safe and legal passage for children on the move, whether refugees or migrants.” Since the start of the response in late 2015, UNICEF has continued to respond to the needs of children who are on the

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move, stranded or seeking asylum in Europe. This includes providing 182,500 refugee and migrant children with a wide range of services. The children’s agency is also expanding its Mediterranean program in Greece and Italy, supporting government efforts to improve reunification and child protection services.

Despite operating challenges in Libya, UNICEF, along with its partners, continues its efforts to address the protection and humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable children in the country, including refugee and migrant children through municipalities with which UNICEF signed memoranda of cooperation in April 2015.

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Elon Musk’s plans to install computers in human brains

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS - February 16, 2017) -- Tesla and SpaceX tech mogul Elon Musk has

strong opinions about artificial intelligence (AI), suggesting that AI may “summon the demon” that will put humanity at risk or turn us all into the house pets of machines.

He believes AI may be even more dangerous than nuclear weapons.

To fight the perceived dangers, Musk is planning to unveil new computers that can be placed directly in human brains, what some call “neural lace.”

The phrase was first conceived by science fiction writer Iain M. Banks and refers to a way of interfa-

cing computers directly with human thoughts.

In a January 25th tweet, Musk confirmed his firm is working on neural lace and he promised to reveal details of their research in February.

Neural lace is essentially a wireless mesh that can serve as an interface between a computing device implanted into the brain and the brain’s biological circuitry. The neural lace could potentially be programmed to control chemicals released by the brain’s neurons, enhancing intelligence, memory, and other functionality.

“Musk says that, since neurons depend on constant blood flow to function well, a neural lace could be injected into the jugular and then carried, via blood, to the cortical neurons,” noted Joe Carmichael in Inverse.com.

“Such a procedure, though frightening in theory, would be far less invasive than brain surgery. Scientists already figured out how to do so in mice, and

hope to do so for humans, too.”

Some Christians worry such technologies may be exploited by a coming world ruler to cement his lock on power and nefarious control over the population.

According to reports in the journal of Nature Nanotechnology, experiments with neural lace conducted on lab mice show promising results.

Scientists injected slender “syringe-injectable electronics” directly into mice brains where it fused with their brain’s natural circuitry.

Amazingly, mice that received the neural lace survived the procedure and were sending brain signals enhanced by the miniature computer.

Neural lace would allow people to connect to the Internet via their thoughts, rather than using their hands and eyes for access through a computer.

Last year, Musk tweeted:

“Creating a neural lace is the thing that really matters for humanity to achieve symbiosis with machines.”

“I don’t love the idea of being a house cat, but what’s the solution? I think one of the solutions that seems maybe the best is to add an AI layer,” Musk said last June. “A third, digital layer that could work well and symbiotically.”

Some tout the technology’s use for people with paralysis or degenerative diseases, because it would allow them to control bionic limbs.

“The technology would allow governments and corporations to exert a level of control which most people would consider terrifying,” noted Jasper Hamill in The Sun. “If we get computers wired into our real brains, it will force us to ask whether we are controlling it – or whether it is controlling us.”

At Vox’s Media’s Code conference last June, Musk gave voice to his drive for such a technological

breakthrough. “The fundamental limitation is input/output. We’re already a cyborg, I mean you have a digital or partial version of yourself in the form of your emails and your social media and all the things that you do and you have basically superpowers with your computer and your phone and the applications that are there.”

“You have more power than the president of the United States had 20 years ago,” he noted. “You can answer any question, you can videoconference with anyone anywhere, you can send a message to anyone instantly, you can just do incredible things. But the constraint is input/output.

We’re I/O bound – particularly output bound.

Musk bemoaned the speed with which humans can

respond to stimuli. “Your output level is so low, particularly on a phone, your two thumbs sort of tapping away. This is ridiculously slow. Our input is much better because we have a high-bandwidth visual interface to the brain, our eyes take in a lot of data. So there’s many orders of magnitude difference between input and output. Effectively merging in a symbiotic way with digital intelligence revolves around eliminating the I/O constraint, which would be some sort of direct cortical interface […] a neural lace.”

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A Quest For New Strength By: Christina Cook Lee

Topic: Restoration

Focus: Going the extra mile

Psalm 119:67-68 (NKJV) Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your Word. You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes.

Our house is on the market. We’ve lived here for about eleven years and it’s been an interesting journey.

We bought the house when it wasn’t for sale. We wanted to be in this neighborhood, so we knocked on every door and left notes asking people to contact us if they were interested in selling.

The house we now live in was owned by a single mom, who still had one son living at home. The first time I talked to her, she told me the reasons why she couldn’t sell it.

• At the time, interest rates were between eight and nine percent on mortgages…she was only paying six percent interest on her loan. I saw that as a pretty big hurdle, but I knew God could do anything.

• Her son was in the eleventh grade and she didn’t want to uproot him while he was still in high school.

• The house needed a lot of work.

• She had bought the house for a low price and figured what she could sell it for wouldn’t allow her to get something as good as what she already had.

These were all valid reasons. I asked her if she minded if I checked back with her in a few months and she said, “Okay.” So, I started praying for God

to help her overcome her objections, if we were supposed to buy it.

I called her back every few months for more than a year. She was very cordial, but still not interested in selling. I always asked if I could check back with her, and she always said, “Okay”…so I did.

After about a year, I showed up at her door with a sales contract. I still had never been in the house, but it didn’t matter to me what it looked like inside—since I knew we’d tear it all apart and put it back together anyway. I stood outside getting eaten by mosquitoes as she looked at our offer and then turned it down.

I asked if I could check back with her and she said, “Okay.”

Forgiveness sets the prisoners free

BY JULIE BOURDON International (MNN) — When we neglect to share the Gospel with certain groups of people, we’re affirming an ancient and devastating lie that some sins are too great for God to forgive. But Set Free Ministries is working to dispel that lie for a group of people considered society’s “worst of the worst”.

For a few years now, Set Free Ministries has been ministering in prisons in West Michigan and abroad. It began when Reverend Zuala began reaching out to the prisoners in Mezoram, India.

The recidivism and suicide rates went down drastically after just a couple years.

You can read more on that story here.

Why Prison? Set Free Ministries states their mission this way — that they ex-

ist to “make disciples of Jesus Christ through biblical counseling, training, and social action. In doing so, [they] equip individuals and churches to bring God’s healing and wholeness to hurting people worldwide.”

Nobody denies our world is full of hurting people.

However, very few realize a lot of these issues begin in the heart. Instead, we tend to attack human pain at a rational, tangible level.

And in missing the real issue, people are left feeling hopeless and frustrated as they search for an answer.

The most common example Set Free Ministries encounters is the struggle to forgive. It’s been the root cause of addiction, depression, and more. And yet, they’ve seen these people find freedom from their

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struggles as they begin to embrace the truth of God’s Word. But the key is, the person has to admit there’s a struggle and that they need help.

“You first have to be a captive to be set free,” Dean Vander Mey of Set Free Ministries says.

Pete Noor of Set Free says this is why prison ministry is a natural fit for Set Free. These people are well aware there’s a problem.

“The beauty of working with inmates is often times they don’t try to hide anything. They’re open and they’re very honest and humility is a huge part of the healing process,” Noor explains.

Workers at Set Free have been helping these people realize it’s not the physical prison they need freeing from, but the spiritual flow.”

Musk is not the only one working on neural lace, according to Futurism. com.

“Braintree founder Bryan Johnson is investing $100 million to make a neuroprosthesis to unlock the power of the human brain and, ultimately, make our

In the meantime, interest rates started dropping and finally fell below the rate she had on her mortgage. Her son graduated.

We raised our offer a few times. And then someone wanted to buy the house we owned, so we really needed to nail something down. There weren’t any other houses for sale in the neighborhood that I was interested in.

I called her on the phone one night and said we’d increase our price again.

I told her we were going to have to buy something soon and we’d really like to buy her house. She mentioned that she didn’t have the money to do the repairs it needed. I said, “No one is ever going to offer you as much as we are (we were significantly above market value on our current offer) and not ask you to do one thing to the house—I had still never been inside it. I was praying with my hand lifted to heaven and my eyes pinched shut during the long silence that followed.

She finally said, “Okay.”

I had created a new sales contract with the amount we were willing to pay. I asked her if I could stop captivity of their heart.

Vander Mey says, “If you look at what’s going on in prison, in prison these are just men and women who are broken in their relationships. They’re usually very angry. They usually have some addiction issues, and they don’t know where to turn. Well, that’s the best place to meet them.”

Forgiveness sets the prisoners free. At one prison, Set Free Ministries is working in conjunction with Forgotten Man Ministries to share the Gospel with inmates and teach them from God’s Word in groups called “God Pods.”

Just a couple weeks ago, Vander Mey was able to reveal a lie that many of the prisoners he was talking to believed.

He says, “I was in a God Pod that had 90 percent child molesters and predators — 90 percent of the guys. So I asked the question, ‘Do you men in this room believe you have committed crimes that are so heinous that God can’t forgive you? Raise your hand if you think that’s true.’ Ninety-five percent

over with a deposit and have her sign the agreement. She agreed, and I showed up at her door in a very short time. After she signed the contract, I asked her if I could walk through the house. It was pretty much as I expected it would be. Every door was either dented or punched through—all but one tiny window needed to be replaced. Faucets and toilets needed work, but I didn’t care at all.

She ended up buying a nice condo on Sarasota Bay and we started all over again in our little house in the country. I can’t go into great detail about all we did here, but it was a massive remodel. The little cement block house became a small castle of sorts as we re-did everything and added on 2,700 square feet of living space, plus a three stall garage.

Today, I was painting a door that needed to be freshened up and doing other ‘little stuff ’. We had a painter here, who we had hired to do the ‘bigger stuff ’. We were talking and he told me that most people wouldn’t do all that we’re doing to the house at this point. He’s right. But, of the men raised their hand — that they had committed a crime that God can’t forgive.”

There are few people more despised than sex criminals. It’s not hard to see why very few Christians reach out and minister to these people. They are considered beyond hope.

But God tells us they are not.

Vander Mey shared with them the story of King David and Bathsheba. In this account, David lusts, commits adultery, murders, and lies. After this, Vander Mey read them Psalm 51 — David’s famous Psalm of repentance.

Many of the men were hearing for the first time that God is big enough to forgive even them if they repented. Many of them broke down in tears of joy.

“Those are the worst of the worst in our prison systems; or at least, they believe that. And God’s grace, it says ‘where sin abounds, my grace abounds all the more.’ We just have to let them know, they’re captives.”

Vander Mey says in many of their broken stories, the

Such advancements could allow us to literally program our neural code, which would allow us to transform ourselves in ways that we can’t even imagine. We could literally program ourselves into the people that we want to be,” according to Futur“This is just the beginning. ism. neural code programmable,” Futurism noted.

His neuroprosthesis will be designed to also repair cognitive abilities, allowing it to tackle neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, and Parkinson’s disease.

I’ll continue to polish it up even after we have a contract and until the day we walk away from it, because that’s what I think Jesus would do. To me, it’s not about doing what I can get away with—it’s about doing a good job—one that would please Him…and I’ll do the same thing on my next house.

I enjoy restoring houses because it reminds me of the massive work God had ahead of Him when I finally said, “Okay” to Him. He has never stopped working on me and I know He will keep on polishing me until my last day on earth.

Declaration: I will find new strength by going the extra mile in all I do. Not for praise, but because that’s what Jesus would do.

I will live by Psalm 119: 67-68 and do my best to keep God’s Word and live

by His statutes.

Christina Cook Lee publishes a daily blog called, New Strength, for people who need hope and encouragement in their recovery from depression and dependency. http://www.newstrength. wordpress.com ++ JESUS IS LORD! ++ root problem is their lack of forgiveness. Many of them, he explains, were abused themselves. But those who accept Jesus’ offer of forgiveness are enabled to forgive those who’ve wronged them.

Something that has been groundbreaking for these inmates is to learn God is actually pursuing them — that He hasn’t given up.

Vander Mey says even the fact that they are in prison is God’s mercy — to get their attention, to slow them down, to give them a chance to respond to Him. “They’ve never heard anything like that before.

Most of them have broken relationships with their fathers. And when they know that God the Father is pursuing them and trying to get their attention, they are very, very alert.”

For Noor and Vander Mey, this ministry is part of God’s commission to make disciples of all nations.

If you would like to learn how to get involved, contact Set Free at (616) 7265400, or visit them online here.

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Counselor’s Corner: WOE IS ME! By: Louise Alleva

I love Florida. We have lived in populated cities like Denver and Atlanta and when the children left the nest my husband and I moved to rural coastal Georgia. We lived there for several years as we grew in our ministries, then headed to rural Arkansas for a few years. Now we are in sunny Florida. We often reminisce about our many experiences in these cities and small communities and the very diverse people. But whether we lived among millions of people in Denver, in Georgia’s

southern charm, Ozark Mountains resiliency, or the incoming and outgoing waves of snowbirds here in Florida, I began to see a common emotional challenge many people face no matter where they live or how young or senior they are. It is loneliness.

Loneliness comes in many forms. You can be in a crowd, in a marriage, or a divorce, a single mom or dad, a senior citizen, or even in a church community to list a few. It can begin for different reasons

like feelings of inferiority or lack of self-worth, which usually begins with childhood rejections. This leads to feelings of not being “good enough” to have a friend, or afraid of being part of a group because we are too old, too dumb, too ugly, etc. (you fill in the blanks). Or we are unable to have close relationships because we have our own limited ideas of what a relationship should be like.

But we must understand that no man is an island.

We are designed by God to need each other; loneli-

ness is our choice.

When we meet people, and begin to have more contact with individuals, we will eventually have a conflict with them and even offend each other from time to time. But with every conflict, especially as we begin to develop close friendships, realize that differences can be resolved and it is still better than the pain of being lonely. I have heard deeply lonely people say they were so badly hurt in former relationships that they will never trust any-one again. Never is a loooong time. We must realize our loneliness is a result of choosing to reject people for whatever reason and therefore we are choosing to become lonely.

Following are some suggestions in how to overcome this sense of loneliness. 1. Admit it. Start a

By Michael Ireland

Worker freed to fly to Prague after his Foreign Minister visits Sudan

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (ANS -- Feb, 2017) -- A Czech Christian aid worker, freed from prison in Sudan on Feb.26, has spoken of how the prison authorities treated him.

“The first two months were probably the most severe for me because I was placed in a cell together with members of the Islamic State, who humiliated me as a Christian. It then escalated into humiliation and physical beatings, and psychological torture and humiliation,” Petr Jasek told reporters once safely back on Czech soil late on Sunday night, according to a report filed

by World Watch Monitor (www.worldwatchmonitor.org).

Jasek was moved from prison to prison – five in total – “with each getting worse and worse,” he said.

One of the prisons had been known as “the refrigerator” because prisoners were subjected to constant blasts of cold air; he said it was “terrible,” World Watch Monitor stated in its report.

The agency said that for someone who’d been in Sudanese prisons for 14 months, Jasek looked remarkably well as he and the Czech Foreign Minister, Lubomír Zaorálek, who’d personally flown to Khartoum to ensure his release, posed for a “selfie video” on the Czech Air-

lines plane bringing him home.

Nicknamed “Karl Marx” by fellow prisoners due to his bushy beard, Jasek had had a day in “house arrest” (still in prison) in which that was shaved off, and he had a chance to get completely clean. Friends said he looked remarkably well, though he has lost 25kg in weight.

The Foreign Minister paid him tribute, saying: “The conditions were very heavy. I am convinced that he is really an extraordinarily brave guy. Most people could not stand it.”

Jasek said one of the hardest blows during the year of his imprisonment awaiting trial was finding out his father had died a month after it happened.

World Watch Monitor said that in early February, the Czech and Sudanese governments had agreed that the Czech Foreign Minister would visit Sudan on February 26, and that Jasek would then be released into his care.

Former US Congressman Mark Siljander, who has good connections in Sudan, also visited Khartoum in recent days and petitioned the authorities for the release of Jasek and his two co-defendants,

efing at Prague’s Kbely

Petr Jasek military airport shortly

Rev. Hassan Abduraheem Kodi Taour and Darfuri graduate Abdulmonem Abdumawla.

However, Jasek said he didn’t know for sure that he would finally be free to leave the prison and Sudan until about 4pm (local time) on the Sunday afternoon.

His co-defendants were each sentenced to 10 years for abetting Jasek in the crime of espionage, and one year each for inciting strife between communities and spreading rumors undermining the authority of the state (even though the legal maximum penalty for this last crime is six months in prison). All of these sentences are to be served consecutively.

Their lawyers appealed against the sentences on Feb. 9.

World Watch Monitor reported that in a press bri-

after landing at about 11pm Czech time, Jasek spoke briefly to thank all those involved in diplomatic efforts to secure his release.

The agency explained the Czech Republic broke off diplomatic relations with Sudan in protest at Jasek’s arrest, so it was the Czech Ambassador to Egypt who represented the Czech Republic as they pursued diplomatic efforts.

Jasek also thanked the Swiss Ambassador to Sudan, who had attended every hearing.

The 52-year-old aid worker also spoke of the psychological distress caused by the endless delays and postponements of hearings in his 14-month-long case, some of them even blamed on the judge being on holiday on the dates set.

Minister Lubomir Zaorálek said that he’d felt an obligation to help Jasek, who had only been helping others.

Comparing cases when his Foreign Ministry has to intervene on behalf of Czech citizens who are in trouble abroad (whether by design or accident), he said it had been doubly important to help Jasek, of whom it had said a month ago that there was no evi-

an illness that kept her homebound. She was a very Godly, caring yet a lonely person. After we talked for a while she realized she could call people to pray with them and send notes of love and encouragement. Some weeks later she shared with me that she started getting phone calls from those who needed the Godly love and encouragements she offered. Homebound and ill, but not lonely. What is your excuse?

Someone needs you and your Godly love by being a friend.

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to have him back again,” she tearfully told friends later.

World Watch Monitor also reported that a close relative of Jasek’s described how she was sitting on a crowded train when she got the news, and how tears were streaming down her face, to first the surprise, then delight of other passengers.

Jasek, who spoke confidently at the press briefing, described how the sight of the Czech Airlines plane sent to bring him home made him feel very proud of his homeland.

And he urged supporters not to forget the two men still in Sudan’s Kober prison, convicted to 12 years each for aiding him.

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Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek

Freed Czech aid worker shared Sudanese prison cell with Islamic State convicts who beat him up and abused him

Journal and write down your feelings and when this sense of loneliness started. 2. When you are feeling lonely, such as you don’t belong, no one cares, or you feel unloved and unwanted remember God’s great promise, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” He loves you!

Isaiah 41:10, Hebrews 13:5 are good scriptures.

Enjoy your relationship with Him during this time of loneliness. He is the best friend you will ever have. 3. Begin to get involved. Join a Bible Study, a church committee, support group, hobby club, etc. 4. Seek people who are actively seeking healthy, close, active and meaningful friendships. 5. When you go to a social event seek out a person who looks the loneliest and begin there.

I once ministered to an 80-year-old woman with

dence to support his conviction or sentence.

Zaorálek said that Khartoum was finally convinced that Jasek “had no intention to undermine” Sudan.

“We’ve tried from the first moment to intervene and help,” he said. “It is interesting for me to then check to what extent our attempts have been really effective, the extent to which the tide went against what we wanted.

I am glad that Mr. Jasek clearly appreciated our efforts even during his imprisonment.”

Abdulmonem Abdumawla (left) and Hassan Taour Prayers were helpful. Jasek Worldwide’s CEO Mervyn also thanked Christians Thomas said: “It is deeply around the world for their regrettable that the amprayers, which he said had nesty granted to Mr. Jasek helped both to sustain was not extended to his him and to bring about his co-defendants, particulareventual pardon by Presi- ly in view of the fact that dent Omar al-Bashir. the case against them was After the short press brief- predicated on his alleged ing at the airport, he was actions and conviction. taken to an undisclosed These men remain in a hospital where he had an maximum security prisemotional reunion with on despite the evidence against them being so his wife Wanda.

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BY RUTH K’LAMA

Malaysia: a Pastors kidnapping and Stricter Sharia Law

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Malaysia (MNN) — Malaysia still has the reputation as one of the most liberal and tolerant Islamic countries in the world.

How long that will last is unknown. Thousands of Malaysian Muslims rallied in the capital on February 18th to support the adoption of stricter Sharia law, a proposal that religious minorities fear could infringe their rights.

The prime minister has thrown his support behind a bill that will incorporate parts of the Islamic penal code, or “hudud”, into Malaysia’s existing Islamic legal system. It is slated for debate in parliament next month.

Observers are calling the Malaysian society increasingly racist, as the ethnic Malay majority is clearly being favored, while the Chinese and Indian ethnicities are discriminated against. Critics of the bill warn it could pave the way for full implementation of hudud, which could disrupt the fabric of Malaysia’s multicultural and multi-religious society.

That’s the backdrop behind the recent abduction of 62-year-old Pastor Raymond Koh. On February 13th,

hurt on the face of his wife in the video she shared. It’s this boiling point that I think is coming to the Christian (Image Parliament building, Malaysia, courtesy Wikipedia)

in less than 60 seconds, Koh was kidnapped in broad daylight by a group of masked people. Since then, there has been no word, no ransom calls, and no communication. As situations go, this doesn’t seem to be significant except for his immediate church and family. However, it’s gone viral.

Open Doors USA’s President and CEO Dr. David Curry explains, “You see the humanity of this pastor who has loved his community, reached out to the poor. You see the

community in Malaysia.

They’ve been under pressure and under attack; they need our prayers there.”

Police are investigating, interviewing witnesses, and checking CCTV footage. But according to family members, they have made little to no progress.

On February 19th, The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) publicly condemned Koh’s abduction, saying religious leaders should be spared from attacks or intimidation.

Family members offered a

Two weeks too late: Pakistani police finally register murder case for slain 12-year-old Christian girl

By Dan Wooding

SAMBRIAL, PUNJAB PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (ANS – February, 2017) – For what appears to be two weeks too late, Pakistani police have finally registered a murder case for a slain 12-year-old Christian girl.

Sambrial Police had initially closed the case stating that Tania Mariyam had jumped into the Upper Chenab Canal on January 23, 2016, despite evidence of poisoning and rape.

But now, following international pressure from social media activists who helped the UK-based British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) highlight the murder of the Christian schoolgirl, who had apparently been drugged, raped and murdered, has led to a police

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RM10,000 reward for any information on his whereabouts.

At this point, any motive is speculation, says Curry.

What isn’t conjecture is: “You have a country where you are born into a parti-

ed Harapan Komuniti, a ministry that holds free tuition classes for children and English lessons for adults. In 2011, the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raided a fundraising dinner at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church and accused him of proselytizing Muslims.

That case was d an oh K eventuad of Raymon ) (Image capture m co r. lly dropta sy of TheS his wife, courte ped for lack of evidence, but with cular Koh’s disappearance, the faith, you’re not allowed mystery deepens. to change your faith; we have some news that trick- There are concerns about les in from time to time the religious motivation that maybe people are behind the abduction. being re-educated in ‘old In light of the Sharia bill school’ camps. We know up for discussion, it unthat kidnappings like Pas- derscores the concerns tor Koh’s happen there, on non-Muslims have about occasion.” The pressure is the potential of the law’s increasing with every step enforcement. Curry spells toward Sharia. it out this way: “There’s a Already, “pastors are lot of pressure on people sometimes abducted,” he who want to decide for adds. “They go missing themselves that they want in these areas. It could be to be a Christian, who extremists; it could be an- want to read the Bible. other group. We don’t re- There are these lawsuits ally know who kidnapped that continue to come him, but we know he was up in Malaysia — one, in an outspoken person of particular, where they’re his faith. He was a pastor trying outlaw the use of well known for trying to the name of God in that reach out to people and Malaysian language for share his faith and live his Christians.” faith.”

There is one ‘best case’ A decade ago, Koh found- scenario, he says, but that under the Islamic law of Qisas.

According to the newly registered First Incident Report (FIR), Johnson had dropped his 12-yearold sister at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School, in Sialkot.

Later, he received a phone call that her dead body had been found in Upper Chenab Canal (UCC) but despite police insistence of it being suicide, Johnson and his other sister Sania, refused to believe their confident sister Tania would have ever done such a thing.

“The grieving family have

retreat from their original claim that she had committed suicide.

Tania’s dead body was found in the canal two weeks ago Tania Mariyam and the family had fought a fairly lonely campaign for action until the BPCA intervened.

“The delay in registering the case means Police finally police may have let the register case for the killer escape justice, a slain 12-year-old girl common theme in a nation in which the rule of law is at its lowest ebb,” said a BPCA ly able to convince the submitted a petition in local police to register a Sialkot Magistrates court spokesperson. murder case under section BPCA has been counsel- 302 of the Pakistan Penal on February 6, 2016, seeking exhumation of Tania’s ling and supporting the Code. grave to prove the poifamily and has also helped Now, if caught, the mursoning took place and to with a solicitor. Tania derer could face death by search for any clue that Mariyam’s brother, Johnhanging, a punishment could lead to the appreson Gill, with the support considered equal and fair hension of the murderer,” of the solicitor, were final-

the spokesperson also told the ASSIST News Service.

“Judicial magistrate, Shagufta Sabir, had summoned Sambrial police to bring a complete record of their primary investigation to the court and expressed grave concerns at the failure to recognize clear evidence and a lack of quality to the police investigation. He ordered the initiation of a murder investigation by Sambrial Police.”

After the hearing, the girl’s father, Nadeem Gill, spoke with the BPCA and said: “There was a disgusting police cover-up and I fear that they have colluded with the murderer and know more than they are letting on. They do not care about Christians.

“They have had two weeks to investigate and remain unable to find out any clue to resolve the murder.

My daughter could have been killed by a student or teacher at the school but the school is refusing to provide the footage from the CCTV cameras to me.”

He added: “Please, Please Shabaz Sharif [Punjab Chief Minister] help me find the murderer of my daughter!”

Although the girl attended

also has a land of shadows beyond it. “It’s not uncommon in some of these Asian countries for the police force to pick up people to interrogate them, without reporting it, and then releasing them later. That would certainly be the best case option. I think his chances of surviving would be much higher. People are beginning to wonder, ‘Why are they not speaking? Are they behind this?’ I don’t know the answer to that.

No one knows the answer to that, but it shows you how toxic the situation is there in Malaysia right now for Christians and for religious minorities.”

Given the increasing restrictions placed by the Malaysian government and society upon the local churches and new believers, Open Doors calls for prayers from Christians, worldwide. Pray for new believers who are thirsty for spiritual nourishment and fellowship.

Finally, “Pray for Pastor Koh, but also for the community of pastors and believers in Malaysia. I think this is an example of how this is coming to a boil.

The pressure is rising on Christians in Malaysia.”

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this Christian - owned school, the majority of the students are Muslim as, according to BPCA, they are more able to pay the high costs for schooling at the establishment. A large percentage of the teachers are also Muslim and both teachers and children in the school have regularly complained about harassment and bullying from respective colleagues.

Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said: “In a rare case of international media support for a Pakistani Christian persecution case, we have seen over 250,000 hits on our website from people who were shocked at Pakistan’s brutality to minorities.

“This support including 24,000 shares by concerned Christians, has led to the opening of a murder case. I am sure a turnaround like this otherwise, should not be possible.

“I am worried that the severe delays will mean that much of the evidence has been lost, especially with regards to the toxins in the decaying corpse of Tania.

“Even then, we have agreed to pay for the exhu-

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Freed Czech aid worker shared Sudanese prison cell with Islamic State convicts who beat him up and abused him From Page: 8

weak that the case should not have proceeded to trial, let alone resulted in such lengthy convictions.

“CSW calls on the Sudanese Government to review and overturn the verdict and sentences given to Revd. Abduraheem and Mr. Abdumawla. We also call on the EU to urge Sudan to expedite the release of the men so that they too can return to their families.”

Ján Figel, Special Envoy for freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has also worked behind the scenes to get Jasek and the others freed. In Oct, a resolution to that effect was passed by the European Parliament.

Background. In August 2015, the Sudan government was forced to release two South Sudanese pastors, whom it had accused of “spying,” after inter-

national attention on the case. Yat Michael and Peter Yen were in prison for eight and seven months respectively.

Following South Sudan’s independence in 2011, President Bashir – wanted by the ICC for crimes including “genocide” – has reasserted Sudan as an Islamic state governed

by Sharia Law. Pressure has been ratcheted up against Christians, including in South Kordofan’s Nuba Mountains.

According to Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List, Sudan ranks 5th of 50 countries where Christians come under the most pressure. The country has a rating of “extreme” and for the past three years has remained among the top 10 offenders.

The ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).

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mation of Tania’s body and an autopsy. We call on people to pray.”

BPCA is accepting donations to raise money to help pay for the exhumation and autopsy of Tania’s corpse and ongoing legal costs. If you would like to help please go to: https://britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com/donate.

The ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net).

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MANCHESTER, England, Feb. 28, 2017 / PRNewswire/ -- In her popular, controversial religious-themed mystery “Forgotten Word,” author Sam Jane Brown predicts the coming “One World Religion” that will be imposed upon humanity by the United Nations. The story alludes to a series of suspicious events that have taken place under the auspices of the U.N. in recent years — many of which strongly suggest that the global diplomatic body actually harbors sinister plans to eradicate traditional Christianity and replace it with a new, amoral faith based on the precepts of globalism and Islam.

“The disgrace of this relates to how this is all happening right in front of our faces but everyone who has any influence is totally silent,” Brown said.

“We have U.N. meetings and international rules being issued that are clearly intended to wipe out Christian beliefs and replace them with socialist-inspired junk.

The book, “Forgotten Word,” website (www. s amj an e brow n . c om ) ,”

explains the U.N. religious takeover through an engaging mystery. The story begins when a detective, Zena Mc Grath, who works for an International Police Organization, is assigned to investigate the murders of Catholic Priests. The mystery takes McGrath on a gripping, whirlwind tour of intrigue and fatal plotting at the Vatican and beyond. The book hits at the root of the U.N.’s role in

remaking world religion in its own nihilistic image.

The threat of a U.N. world religion revolution has been raised before. As early as 2000, those who understand how things really work in the world were citing the U.N.’s Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders as a clear warning of the coming destruction of the church. More recently, religious thought leaders have been sounding a similar alarm.

Lisa Haven, of “Before It’s News,” commented about U.N. activities in 2016 by saying, “The truth is the One World Religion has already kick started and the formation of the New World Order is now underway. We know the Bible tells us that a ‘false prophet’ will arise to deceive even the elect and that this ‘prophet’ will cause all to worship an image in the likeness of the Antichrist.” To Haven and many others, as suggested in the book, the “False Prophet” is the leadership of the U.N.

Petr Jasek (left) with Czech For“In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver eign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; headed home to Prague be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.” -Psalm 31:1-2 We praise God for His ly. But the battle is far from swers prayer. Let us to Phone: 888-201-5245 · deliverance of Czech Mis- over. Two other men, Pas- continue to pray and in- 540-829-5353 sionary and Aid Worker tor Hassan Abdelrahim tercede on behalf of these info@persecutionproject.org Petr Jasek, who spent 446 Tawor and Abdulmonem men and the entire perse- www.persecutionproject.org days behind bars in Sudan Abdumawla, both Suda- cuted church in Sudan! for standing in solidar- nese nationals, remain To God be the glory, great ity with the persecuted behind bars, facing long things He has done!

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along with his colleague Kay Horner, Executive Director of The Helper Connection & Awakening America Alliance, mobilize multiple free prayer networks and calls, and have become aware of hundreds of individuals who have had to give up participation in these collective gatherings since T-Mobile started adding such charges in October 2016. He believes this is an attack on the right to exercise faith freely and that T-Mobile is impeding religious freedom.

“I am appalled by this absolute grab for money over people’s freedom to pray via phone,” Butts said. “I

New Nonprofit Launched to Protect the Right to Pray for Free ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -Freedom to Pray, a new nonprofit dedicated to advocating on behalf of individuals of all faiths who are being forced to end their participation in prayer groups through free conference line services due to T-Mobile’s new $0.01 per minute fee, announced its launch today at the annual National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando.

This grassroots effort was

initiated to bring attention to this discrimination and provide a means of response for faithful prayer warriors, and individuals and groups who support them, to petition T-Mobile to keep prayer lines free for everyone.

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look at this as T-Mobile wanting to profit off of prayer, literally inhibiting people’s right to pray free- ly. Somehow corporate executives who are all about the bottom line are look ing for ways to infringe on people’s rights to worship. I really do see it as a war on prayer.”

Despite T-Mobile’s aggressive advertising campaign—including four Super Bowl spots positioning its marketing distinctive as the “Uncarrier” with no extra fees—tens of thousands of customers participating in group prayer calls have been adversely impacted by the mobile company’s recent action to charge $0.01 per minute for calls to free prayer conference lines. These fees are in addition to T-Mobile’s monthly service plan charges and quickly add

up for individuals spending hours in prayer, often multiple times each week.

T-Mobile prides itself in attracting a diverse demo-mographic of individuals looking for the most economical plans and then hits them with extra “out-of-plan” fees—which most users cannot afford.

In fact, in October, when T-Mobile started charging the extra fee for “out-ofplan” numbers, the company was subsequently fined $48 million for misleading patrons regarding unlimited data plans.

More than 20,000 concerned customers called their free conference line provider in just the first month after T-Mobile instituted its additional fee. There are millions of minutes used per month in prayer line connections globally and hundreds of

thousands of customers rely on prayer lines 24/7, so while other types of free conference line users have been affected, not nearly so many of these other groups have called in to complain.

Now, through the Freedom to Pray website, FreedomtoPray.org, individuals can stand in support of those being charged for prayer by signing an online petition expressing concern about T-Mobile’s attack on prayer and requesting a call to action.

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