Egyptian Pastor Encourages Your Prayers

We continue to do well here in Cairo, and we hope with the easing of the national curfew (now beginning at 9pm except for Fridays, which remains at 7pm), that all parties are moving forward.  There is much to heal after the past several months, and there are many lingering questions and anxieties as it pertains not only to the future, but the present circumstances.

On Thursday morning, we were able to meet briefly with Dr. Latif, who pastors one of the Church of God congregations in Alexandria, and who serves on the Executive Committee for the churches in Egypt.  Each day throughout the past couple months, pastors check in with Dr. Latif to give us a status update on their families, the families in the church, and on the church property.  Dr. Latif passes along any concerning reports to us, and then we share them with the international church.  Two of the Church of God congregations were damaged by vandalism in the sectarian violence that resulted in the last month: the congregation in Minya, and in Assiut both suffered broken windows when groups threw rocks -- Pastor Zechariah of Minya was struck in the head by one of those rocks, but he recovered quickly from the wound (Praise God!).  And Praise God that these are the only incidents and the only extent of damages--thankfully, security officers were able to disperse such crowds before any further damage and the buildings each received a guard.

Even in the midst of such praise, there is still much need for prayer.  I asked Dr. Latif to share personally via video with you about the situation and he went further to share how you could be in prayer.


Thank you for your continuing interest, support, encouragement and prayers in the midst of this time.

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