Some of you may remember that last year I accompanied a group of Mexicans to India on a missions trip. Yesterday I received an email from the coordinators of the trip that I want to share with you. Perhaps you were unaware of the unrest there, as the news of the elections and economy seem to be dominating the news...
As we send this report it is with mixed emotions!!! First of all we can say that our last trip to our "beloved land" has been the most successful in the last 12 years. It was the right time, the right people and the right places for an extraordinary manifestation of God's power in action.
At the same time there is deep pain in our heart because of the present situation in India. On September 8th we received news from our coordinator in India saying that an unprecedented persecution has been unleashed against Christians. An extremist Hindu leader was gunned down with four of his workers, which was used as an excuse to blame the Christians for the assassinations. Similar to when Nero blamed the Christians for the burning of Rome in the 1rst century AD., they vowed vengeance and they are fulfilling their vow.
The Christians are being tortured, burned, mutilated, the women are being raped in the presence of their relatives to try to obligate them to reconvert to Hinduism. Orphanages, schools and churches are being burned, there are more than 150,000 people living in the forest trying to save their lives, since more than 25,000 villages have been burned down.
This situation has become like the genocide that Rwanda experienced in 1994. I have been informed that this situation began just a few days after we returned from our last trip. It seems like there was a revolution in the spiritual world causing the principalities and powers to counter-attack what God is doing in India, our prayer (A CHRISTIAN NATION). In spite, of everything the people of God in India are being strengthened and growing in the midst of this tribulation.
On the contrary in some of the places that have been the most affected the percentage of Christians has multiplied in the midst of severe persecution.
They tell us the ONLY thing that can change this very critical situation is PRAYER. We would like to ask that you PLEASE spread the word. If possible please resend this email to at least 10 people. If people don't have email please copy and give out this URGENT request. Our dream would be to see 10,000 prayer groups rise and cry out to God for our "beloved land"
We want to make an urgent call to intercession because of the persecution our brothers and sisters are suffering. We trust that this news will move your heart and will cause you to rise as a warrior in prayer crying out for India.
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