Secret Believers

Most of the time, I try to keep this blog to encourage you. But today, I shamelessly use it to appeal to your hearts - because I have a prayer request that many of you can really understand.

If you haven't already read Secret Believers, the latest book by Brother Andrew, I highly recommend it. The book is a story of MBB's and their struggles. There is an awesome website, www.secretbelievers.org, that has a secured log-in blog written by some MBBs in the Middle East. Usually those blog posts are private but today I found one that was a cry for prayer - a request to pass it on - and that is what I am doing here. Please pray for this precious family.
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From secretbelievers.org ...
Uncle brought news about a family we are praying for. He is a spiritual father to the family. T. about 50, has 8 children & 4 grandchildren. She met Jesus & became a Christian when she was about 20 years old. When her husband found out the persecution began. His solution to the problem was making sure she was always pregnant! Every time she had a baby, a few weeks after recovering she would be pregnant again! Shocking! But she just kept dedicating her babies to the Lord even the 6 she lost. Every one of them is walking with the Lord.

For the last 4 years it has been difficult & they have been on the run. Four years ago Uncle found her in a hospital recovering from serious acid burns & stab wounds. It was the children who first met him & shared the story of their lives. Uncle saw that the Lord had brought him to the city & hospital, reached out to them & took them under his wing making it possible for them to go into hiding after she recovered some. At home we were on our knees praying & weeping before God. T.’s family is influential- they are related to people even you would have heard the name in the US. However, I do not think it is safe to actually tell you who exactly. Just pray urgently with us.

T. & her family have continued to worship & declare Jesus their Lord & Saviour. In spite of her ugly scars, she is beautiful with a beaming smile & beautiful heart that just shines for Jesus. But she is a woman with young daughters & sons & is on the run. Her daughters were once kidnapped from her & forced to marry Muslim relatives of their father. However God in his goodness made it possible for T. to get to them in time & help them escape. It was only God’s goodness & power that saved them from these marriages.

I love my country but it is not the kind of country where someone like T. can live a Christian life without trouble. Last year Uncle arraged for them to leave & go to another country where they did not need an entry visa. This country also houses a UN base. They are in hiding there. The situation is getting worse. Their Muslim family is closing in, writing letters to Embassies & the UN discrediting their story, saying they are fakes & frauds. ... Get the world to pray. They are very alone & very afraid in a land where they do not speak the language- where those promising to help the needy have abandoned them & where they are now illegal residents. If they are sent back they will be kidnapped, tortured or even killed on arrival. Oh please get your families, friends & churches to share this story. Let’s get a lot of prayer going for this family. They really need it. I cannot even imagine what it must be like in a strange land, in a tiny crammed living space, in hiding, unable to speak the language and unable to go to the shops to get food, uncertain about finances etc… Please pray for this. Can we pray that in the days to come the Lord will stir up the heart of someone to do something for T. & her family? Pray for protection, that the people there would stop looking for them, following them, threatening them and they’re able to slip away & make a life as God has purposed for them.

We do not advise running away & leaving your home country, but sometimes you are forced out of the country as was their situation. Pray God can give them a home and in the place God has for them. Last time Uncle spoke to her, her son was crying with the concern in his heart for his mother & sisters.