| This is an actual letter from the pastor of a small
independent Baptist church in the middle of Baghdad. Please keep them
in your prayers! They are dealing with hardships that we will NEVER be
able to understand!
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007
Dear Brothers in Christ
Greetings from Baghdad, its been a while since last time we correspond
with each others, and here I would like to share what happened to me
in the last 2 weeks.
Tuesday 16th Jan. at 3:45 pm, our Geart Lord Saved me and my family,
we were about to be killed, an unknown armed people attacked the
street where I live and the grocery shops which is beside my house,
thousands of bullets were randomly shot, no body was believing what is
going on , we just tried hard to hide some were in the house that may
looks safe, this thing last for 30 minutes we thought that we will
never see the sun again, after some minutes of silence I opened the
door to find 5 bodies in front of my house door and there was more
than 12 people killed and 40 injured some of the cases was very
serious. They killed every thing was moving in the street at those
minutes, I
and my son John came to house from the grocery shop just before 15
minutes, if we were late a little bit there is no doubt that we were
killed, more than 20 shops which is my neighbor and are beside my
house was smashed some of their owners are killed and they are close
now.
Since Tuesday I was not able to leave my house, the children was
shaken from the fear and they don't want me to leave them a minute,
no one of them is able to go to school and they have a serious shock as
well as me and my wife.
The situation is so bad in these days more than 500 people were killed
and injured in these days because of several attacks and bombings.
In the middle of all that we have the electricity for one hour a day,
and it's so hard to afford for the gasoline for generators for so many
hours daily so we are spending very hard days and dark cold nights and
that makes the children and even us more down.
Saturday 20th Jan. at morning and while we get out from house after 4
days to go to church for the bible lesson service, on our way we had a
car accident because of some Iraqi military cars were passing and one of
the civil cars driver lost control of his car.
This is the second time within one week we were about to be killed
because these military cars usually shoot the cars in these conditions
but it seems that they noticed a woman and children in the car so they
didn't shoot.
Tuesday 23th Jan. the armed people returned again to the neighborhooh
but this time there was some one who stopped them, 2 bullits hit my
car to add another 2 halls in it, thank GOD for no one was hurt.
Then... I don't know why all this is happening, all these events in two
weeks? its too tough, I know that your prayers and the prayer
answering GOD is keeping us from any harm, I believe that HE Has a
plan and purpose for each one life and I am proud that mine is tough
somehow, please keep us in your prayers which I am sure that these
prayers is protecting us.
Please continue and keep in touch in letters, I feel very happy and
rest when I receive letters from you, once again please don't forget
me in your prayers
Your Brother in Baghdad
Ronny George
Baghdad Bible Baptist Church
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