From Richard Pomeroy

I received this email from Richard and asked if I could share. Please join me in prayer. Thanks! --Jon
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To my dear Christian friends and acquaintances,

THIS IS AN URGENT PLEA FOR PRAYER for the Christians of Bamni Wala, Pakistan. The Mullah (the head priest of the mosque) in nearby Kasur, Pakistan declared jihad against all of the Christians in this small village.

Since my crusade in Kasur, two new Christian churches have grown up there. My host in Pakistan has been preaching there since I left and there are now many more people who have now professed faith in Jesus Christ. I learned in an e-mail from Lahore yesterday that eighty houses belonging to the poor Christians living in Bamni Wala have been burnt. Their cattle and sheep have been stolen. Their church buildings have been seized. I have not yet heard any reports of injuries or deaths.

Please pray for the safety of these new believers. Please also pray for the safety of my Pakistani host. He is about to travel to Kasur to see the extent of the damages and begin bringing in relief, and this is a perilous journey for a Christian minister right now.

No, you haven't heard about this on the news. The story was covered by 35 news cameramen from thirty-five different television stations, but they are not being allowed to broadcast it. The government of Pakistan is suppressing it. The news reached me by e-mail from my friends within Pakistan, who are very concerned for their comrads in the faith.

My Pakistani brother has been feeling the heat from the twenty-six crusades we did together in February and March. A militant Muslim organization is now trying to trace his location to silence him. As quickly as I can I am going to take down all the information about him from my website so that they cannot use any information from it to trace him.

I am making it my goal to return to Pakistan again in February, 2010 to join him in the wonderful work he is doing there. I have already made arrangements for a leave of absence from my job. Please ... please ... please pray for the safety of my corespondent and all of the other wonderful believers that work with him in the ministry there.

This may be your last chance to view my Pakistan web page unabridged. http://www.richardpomeroy.com/mission_pakistan.htm. Very shortly a less informative page will appear in its place.

Please pray.

In Christ,

Richard Pomeroy