Pastor Don wrote:Paul
Praying daily, let us know when you hear something.
Just received word that the Bible College Material has reached our director safetly and in tack. Thanyou for your prayers. With the increased violence in the northern area from the Taliban, they expect more than 500,000 refugees to flee that area.
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of people fled from the main town in Pakistan's Swat valley on Tuesday after a government official urged residents in some neighborhoods to seek safety as fresh fighting with Taliban militants could erupt.
A February peace pact aimed at ending Taliban violence in the Swat valley northwest of the capital has all but collapsed as the government comes under U.S. pressure to get tough with the militants rather than appease them.
President Asif Ali Zardari, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's widower, is due to meet U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington on Wednesday for talks on the growing militant threat in the region.
The top government official in Swat, Khushal Khan Khattak, said militants had infiltrated five districts of Mingora, the main town in Swat, and begun attacking security forces and government installations.
Pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ in Pakistan
You cannot effectively love and minister to others when you are obsessed with protecting
and preserving yourself.