FROM JBlogger Gibbons, Patti (MC1986) @ pattigibbons.com
http://pattigibbons.com/?p=900
January 3rd, 2009
Bishop Love: Fast for our brothers and sisters in Sudan and Nigeria
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From today’s Diocesan Update from Bishop Bill Love of Albany:
I have been particularly grieved by the reports coming out of the Diocese of Maridi in Southern Sudan, as well as those from the Diocese of Jos in Nigeria, where our brothers and sisters in Christ have come under attack and persecution, primarily because of their faith in Christ. Following is an excerpt from an email I just received from Bishop Justin Badi, Bishop of our sister diocese of Maridi:
“Last night (January 1st) the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) came in Nzumara village which is three miles south of Maridi town. They chopped seven people to death, destroyed properties, tortured people and have taken over twenty to the bush. It is a very miserable situation here in Maridi. We very much value your prayers for us.”
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Jasper Gibbons adds:
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Even if you are not from the Diocese of Albany, please join in upholding these Christian brothers and sisters whose faith may cost them their lives. If you know of others in these for whom we should pray, feel free to
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[JR: Seems appropriate to add the unfortunates as she requests. Personally, I wonder what blame we have to shoulder for the USA's interventionist foreign policy. George Washington said it best -- MYOB. Paraphrasing of course.]
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