Dear Brothers
and Sisters,
Since my last
mail to you nearly 10 days ago, the situation continued to get
worse.
A fight
started again in the same area close to ours, which is called Ashrafyyeh, many
left their homes escaping from a heavy fight. At least I can tell about three
families who attend our church, and they are from the majority background, they
left their homes too, one of them came to this area as a refugee from another
area, so this is their second move! – of course there are other believers there
and I think they left the area too. One of these three families is living now
with their relatives, about 20 people in one room!
Thursday
morning, I went to see the area and check if our brothers and sisters went back
to their homes, in the middle of the trip a bullet from a sniper fell few
centimeters from me, which obliged me to return.
I also
cancelled a plan to visit Damascus and Beirut for a few days after bad news on
Monday 11th, about two [Christians] kidnapped just 20 kilometers out of
Aleppo... Kidnapping Christians on the highway from Aleppo – Homs is now a real
and daily dangerous thing. At the same time threatening Christians to kill them
or telling them about he introduction of Islamic “Sharia” Law is now daily in
the opposition news, and advising Christians to prepare themselves for the new
Islamic regime which will control the country. They are dreaming and planning to
make Syria like Afghanistan!
During these
last 10 days, we spent 4 days completely without electricity, while in the
building where our church is, we finished our 2nd week without electricity, and
in another area, where some of our church families life they are today reaching
the end of their 3rd week, without electricity at
all!
How can I
explain our daily life? Very slow and empty. I described it in my last article
as a windmill making nothing but noise and a bad
smell.
Thank you for
your prayers; it is the key for our perseverance in these
conditions.
From a pastor in Aleppo
