More than 19,000 residents of Yellowknife in Canada‘s Northwest Territories have been evacuated as firefighters battle 236 active fires in that area, just a fraction of the 1,000 fires raging across Canada and pouring smoke into the US. More than 29,500 people across the Northwest Territories are under evacuation orders, and over 15,000 in BritishContinue reading “Fires in Canada and Spain”
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Pray for Victims of Human Trafficking
Isaiah 51:9-23 Lord, today we pray for those across the world who are oppressed through human trafficking. Invade their darkness with Your beauty. Speak to them. Tell them who You created them to be. Envelop them in Your love so completely, whatever the enemy does against them disappears in the vastness of Your love andContinue reading “Pray for Victims of Human Trafficking”
Letter from Alix, Released from Abduction in Haiti
Missionary nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her baby, abducted last month in Haiti, were released August 8 healthy and unharmed after 13 days of captivity. Praise God! Thank you to all of you who joined us at the Prayer Wall to fight for their release. Here is a note from Alix of gratitude to those whoContinue reading “Letter from Alix, Released from Abduction in Haiti”
Pray for Refugees in Danger
Eight Rohingya refugees have been rescued, but 30 are missing and at least 17 are dead after bad weather capsized their boat in the Bay of Bengal last week. Many of the Muslim-majority unreached people group highly persecuted in Myanmar have died at sea from hunger and disease as they seek to reach Malaysia andContinue reading “Pray for Refugees in Danger”
Christians Run for Their Lives in Pakistan
After three blasphemy accusations in a row in Pakistan, the third of which was a poster anonymously signed “a warrior of Maryam,” Christians from that town fled their homes last month fearing retribution from local Muslims. At least 15 Christians were taken into custody merely because their identity cards listed Maryam as their hometown. “Pakistan’sContinue reading “Christians Run for Their Lives in Pakistan”
Ugandan Pastor Stoned for Sharing Christ’s Love
With both Muslims and Christians attending the funeral in Mayuge, Uganda, of a convert from Islam to Christianity, Vanisha Namukasa’s pastor Davidson Okirori saw a unique opportunity to share God’s love. He felt the Lord leading him to speak from not only the Bible, but also the Koran and Hadith of Bukhara to show “theContinue reading “Ugandan Pastor Stoned for Sharing Christ’s Love”
Pray for Pakistan
More than 100 Muslims were injured and at least 54 died Sunday in a suicide bombing at an Islamic political gathering about 125 km north of Peshawar in the town of Khar, Pakistan, near the border of Afghanistan. Close to 98% Muslim, Pakistan is home to 828 people groups unreached with the Gospel of Christ.Continue reading “Pray for Pakistan”
Missionary and Her Daughter Kidnapped in Haiti
Missionary Alix Dorsainvil was abducted along with her daughter last Thursday, July 27, from the campus where she serves as a community health nurse for El Roi Outreach International in Haiti. Originally from New Hampshire, she is also the wife of Haitian director Sandro Dorsainvil. Gang violence and kidnappings are a constant threat in Haiti.Continue reading “Missionary and Her Daughter Kidnapped in Haiti”
Where the Floods Rise
In Pakistan more than 55 people died recently due to heavy rains, including eight children caught in a landslide. Neighboring Afghanistan saw more than 31 deaths, 74 injuries and 41 missing. Typhoon Doksuri left at least 39 dead and caused extensive flooding on many islands in the Philippines, with tens of thousands evacuated. On Friday,Continue reading “Where the Floods Rise”
Protests in Manipur
Last Saturday, thousands of people gathered to protest the sexual assault of women from the mainly Christian Kuki ethnic group by mobs of Hindu Meiteis, who have continued to burn churches and run Christians from their homes since early May despite the presence of the Indian army in Manipur, India, where more than 65,000 peopleContinue reading “Protests in Manipur”
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