Pray for Abe

We have a friend in town who has just returned from a long stretch back in Xin Jiang.  He's a young guy, very well loved and very gullible/impressionable.  Spent some time in government discipline for getting mixed in with the wrong group…. of trouble makers.  And now that he's back here, he's being bombarded with more news and persuasion to consider:  from his Christian friends, and from our friend Rob (his girlfriend stayed with us last summer) who is increasingly radical in his Islamicness.

Oh please join us in praying for "Abe".  Pray for a friend we work with here who is close in relationship with Abe.  Ask that God would open Abe's heart and eyes to see Christ and that his heart would burn within him when he hears the Scripture explained…. like for the guys who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus.  Oh that Abe might see and savor and delight in Christ for forgiveness and life and salvation.

And too, join us in continuing to pray for Hannah and Rob…. their recent involvements are heart-breaking and concerning to us.  Pray that God would make Islam taste like mud in their mouths, that they would spit it out, and come humbly to Him!  Also, would you ask for wisdom for us, especially me (the Mrs.) b/c Hannah has sent some radical Koran quotes that I have confronted her on and it hasn't been easy and there's been the terrible crimes here recently (see the "terrible" post below) that I could talk with her about again, should the opportunity arise…. but oh LORD I do not want to talk about that with her, unless He leads me that I must.  Oh God, save her!  Save them!