Pakistani Children line up for food
The Christian Aid Mission’s (CAM) relief assistance to Pakistan is really making great difference, though there are still now many more needs in the country as a result of the worst flooding in 80 years that struck the country recently.
This indication is contained in a report by the organization adding that Christians in Pakistan, who have been suffering a new a wave of terror from Islamic extremists and criminals, are now facing terrible flooding.
It noted that they are desperately in need of more emergency help now stressing that the eye-witness reports from indigenous missionaries say that Christians in many areas are under a virtual state of siege.
According to the report, more than 1,500 people have died and 200,000 Christian families are among the 20 million affected by the disaster adding that three million are homeless. “The flooding began in the frontier regions of Peshawar, northwest Pakistan and across the border in Taliban-infested Afghanistan. However, they have now spread downward throughout the country.”
It further stated: “Christian Aid Mission had established an emergency fund to help care for survivors after Pastor Rashid Emmanuel and his brother were murdered during a court appearance in Faisalabad, Pakistan last month. The brothers were brought to court under draconian blasphemy laws designed to persecute Christians and other minorities. Since then, the needs have expanded beyond persecution.”
“Those wishing to help the widows, orphans and other survivors of anti-Christian violence in Pakistan and the flood victims may give online or send contributions to Christian Aid Mission, Box 9037, Charlottesville, VA 22906. Gifts should be designated to fund code 470PERS,” it added.
The CAM report has it that the native missionaries are grateful for the help they are sending but the needs are increasing every day, hence the need for them to send more help.
It observed that most of the central provinces have been flooded including the rich agricultural heartland of Punjab and that bridges are out everywhere downstream, and in some places, like the Swat Valley, all the bridges are gone! “There is a growing fear that cholera will spread and the reconstruction will take years.”
“Meanwhile, there is still a need for ongoing relief to thousands of Christian families who were burned out of their homes and shops during the organized persecution campaigns that began last month,” it addedd.
It noted that after the murders of the Emmanuel brothers by masked gunmen, thousands of Muslims went on a rampage in the nearby Christian communities of Warispura and Daunagar and that automatic weapons fire and rioting continued for days. “Christian lawyers say the police did nothing to stop the looting of Christian shops and homes.”
It continued: “Christian leaders begged Christian Aid to alert Christians in America and around the world to pray for them - and response is starting to arrive. We will continue to send help to both the flood victims and persecuted believers in Pakistan, just as we have for many years."
We note that Christian Aid Mission sends financial support to 732 indigenous ministries that deploy over 75,000 native missionaries and they are taking the gospel of Christ to more than 3000 previously unreached tribes and nations in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
These 732 indigenous missions operate hundreds of Bible institutes and missionary training centers (146 in China alone) where thousands of Christian workers are being trained for future missionary service. These missionaries evangelize unreached people in countries where American missionaries are no longer allowed to go.
For more information on this and others, log in to Christian Aid Mission website: http://www.christianaid.org/.
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