It's 'Writing Around the World Wednesday'!
Last night, as a precursor to this activity, we watched a short little video (about 20 min.) titled "Stephen's Test of Faith". In this video, we see a modern day boy (named Stephen) learn what it means to be made fun of and ridiculed for his faith in Jesus. Through a dream, he goes back in time to see the persecution Christians in the past had to endure for their faith. He also dreams about modern day Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith right now. Through this dream, Stephen realizes he too can be bold for Jesus Christ.
Earlier in the week, we learned about 2 Malaysian sisters named Priscilla and Naomi. Their father (Felipe) was born Malay (Malaysian), but their mother (Rose) was not. She is from another country. Even though Felipe is a Christian, Malay law says that ALL Malays are born Muslim and are NOT ALLOWED to be Christians. Christians in Malaysia are mocked and ridiculed for their faith. Malay law will not even recognize the marriage between Rose and Felipe. Because of this, they are not allowed to live together as a family. Can you imagine how hard life must be for these little girls?!?
Despite this, Felipe and Rose are raising their daughters to know and love the Lord. Felipe is teaching other Malays about Jesus even though it is against the law. Jase and Aleeya wrote cards today to encourage Priscilla and Naomi to stay strong in their faith and to let then know they are praying for them.
If you would like to send letters of encouragement to Malaysian children too, the address is...
The Voice of the Martyrs
PO Box 443
Bartlesville, OK 74005-0443
By the way, in case you are wondering, 'puji tuhan' is Malaysian for 'praise the Lord' :)
How wonderful... Love this pos :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to make a difference! Good job Jace and Aleeya... Puji Tuhan!!!
Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see a post concerning persecuted Christians.
ReplyDeleteWe belong to Voice of Martyrs. These Christians are what true Christianity is all about. Oh if the Lord would grant me the faith like these dear brethren in Christ.
They truly need our prayers.
Thanks for sharing...
Christine
I was blind to the persecution of Christians around the world until my sister and her husband travelled to Bethlehem to minister and work with persecuted Palestinian Christians at a Bible College there. I started doing more research on this and came across the Voice of the Martyrs newsletters. I mean, we hear about persecution from time to time, but I had no idea! The faith they have is truly amazing! We really have no idea what the Bible means when it says 'we will suffer and be persecuted because of Christ'. I am thankful for organizations like VOM who get the truth out to the rest of us. Like you said, these faithful brothers and sisters around the world do need our prayers :)
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