Burned Bibles—Pakistan’s Christians share firsthand accounts

------=_Part_76807064_1689285949.1693490424109 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_76807065_425340547.1693490424109" ------=_Part_76807065_425340547.1693490424109 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ 11-81AD-6045BD8C593C] Dear {NAME}, =C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s a rare gift to hear from North Korean Christians. North Korea = is No. 1 on the 2023 World Watch List=E2=80=94it=E2=80=99s incredibly dange= rous for believers there. =C2=A0 But we recently got a letter from a North Korean Christian currently living= in China. It came through our secret network of safe houses in China where= we can care for North Korean believers who are able to make it out of thei= r home country. =C2=A0 In this letter, our brother writes: =E2=80=9CI have been to China twice in = my life. Here, I listened to the gospel and received Jesus Christ as my Sav= ior. In gratitude for my salvation, I have decided to write down this testi= mony.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 He continues: =E2=80=9CWhenever I realize how God has sanctified me, I am e= ager to run to my family and people in North Korea who are suffering.=E2=80= =9D Read his powerful testimony [ h-korea-christian-letter/] We are so thankful that God has allowed our work in China to continue to se= rve North Korean believers. Thank God for this brother=E2=80=94and the remi= nder that Jesus is at work even in the hardest places. Ask God to help him = realize his dream of returning to North Korea to serve people there! =C2=A0 Please continue to stand in prayer with your North Korean sisters and broth= ers today. We know that God can do anything, and the power of prayer is str= ong. =C2=A0 In Christ, =C2=A0 The Open Doors US team =C2=A0 P.S.=C2=A0Did you know we have a monthly prayer calendar? It=E2=80=99s a gr= eat way to lift up your persecuted family each day. 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Last week, we alert= ed you to what happened. =C2=A0 This week, we=E2=80=99re sharing what Open Doors local= partners on the ground are seeing and hearing as they visit with and pray = with survivors.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 One partner shared: =E2=80=9C[The attackers] would go into= homes and churches, pile the Bibles high, and set them alight; they pulled= down crosses from churches, destroying whatever they could find.=E2=80=9D [Read the stories from Pakista= n](3D".=) The reports are h= orrific and underscore our need to pray. That=E2=80=99s why we=E2=80=99re s= haring [10 ways you can pray for Pakistan=E2=80=99s Chri= stians](3D").=C2=A0 Yet we=E2= =80=99re encouraged to also hear that in the wake of so much ugliness and h= urt, believers continue to turn to Christ, drawing from His strength and ho= pe and even praising God.=C2=A0 The follow= ing Sunday after the attacks, Christians in Jaranwala continued to pray and= worship together, gathering for a church service amid broken glass and pil= es of rubble.=C2=A0 As= you pray this week, remember these hurting communities. They are part of o= ur Church and our family. And they=E2=80=99re asking for our prayers.=C2=A0= We=E2=80= =99ll leave you with this beautiful story from one partner who met a young = girl as she sat holding pieces of a broken cross together on her lap:= =C2=A0=E2=80=9CShe looked at me, pointing to her heart and said, =E2=80=98T= hey do not know our secret. 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