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ZekeO
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 Snippets from Aceh, Indonesia

We had the privilege of sending two girls from our church to help out with the relief effort in Aceh, Indonesia. They returned last week rather sobered by what they experienced. Aceh is a very Moslem part of Indonesia with hardly any Christians. They were woken every morning at 5 o’clock with them yelling from the towers, for prayer. They went in with a NGO who expressly told them not to talk to people about Jesus, and if they did only when they were prompted.

Anyway, during their stay a pamphlet, newsletter was distributed in Aceh with the bold writing saying ‘GET THE CHRISTIANS OUT OF ACEH’. She was startled to find out that her picture was the one used, because she was wearing a cross around her neck. The way it was written and photographed made it appear that they were preaching to the children, which was not true. There must have been something that made the local muftis get all riled, it seems that just a cross caused all the commotion. The Indonesian government wants all foreign aid agencies out by t he beginning of March (queries on that). So if we can pray for the people there, most of them have no hope and are living in constant fear. Allot of them have lost everything. It is interesting though that the regions affected by the earthquake are some of the hardest areas for the gospel.

Pray that local Indonesians would plant churches that somewhere in all this Jesus’ church may be built.
Pray that God by his Spirit would sweep across the whole region, waking people from their slumber of sin.

Indonesia has had some amazing stories of God moving mightily. I do not know details, but something along the lines of the rocks crying out. Maybe one of the older saints has more info. I think it was in the Timor region of Indonesia; there must be remnant of people who experienced that. Let us pray also that their tongues would be loosed to speak of the Jesus.


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