FROM DEEP SINGH OF NEPAL

Dear CSW Family

Greetings from Nepal in the name of our New born Savior Jesus Christ.

For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Thank you very much for the prayers and e mails… May the Emmanuel Lord Jesus Christ be with you always, granting you wisdom and strength and open new horizons in ministries. May this Christmas bring light in your life with new vision, commitment, peace and love in your family and at your field of work. May Christ be glorified throughout your life. May you rejoice once again in wonderful story of Christmas and all best wishes for the bright, successful and prosperous New Year 2009.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

MESSAGE FROM PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN

I am asher Joseph of Lahore Cantt Pakistan. I have visited first time this site and found very useful for me and for our community , in fact it is a great moral support for the Christians of Pakistan which is heavily infected by terrorism and fundamentalists. I am saying thanks to all Christian Solidarity [Worldwide] Team of Hong Kong, those are contributing towards the Kingdom of God. If possible provide us your newsletter. May God bless you all. - Asher Joseph, Secretary General, Agape Foundation of Pakistan, 7 October 2008

PETITION: JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN BURMA (September 08)

I thank you that through this petition, I can be part of the voice to be speaking to ASEAN dignitaries for the sake of the oppressed. - Bernardita Autor

I am with you in this crusade. - Amalia Flores

PRAYER CHAIN FOR CHINA (8 Aug. 08)

Prayers are needed so God can open the doors and let there be opportunity for light to come in. Thank you for arranging this. - Jakub Ctvrtnicek, CSW Advocate
FROM THE FRONTLINES

“Now I have arrived in the US. God is always blessing me. Pray for me please. Sometimes I am very alone. I want to tell you something. A lot of young Kachin children in Malaysia are the same as me. Some of my friends were arrested so I worry so much about that. Please I hope for your help for them.” - Refugee boy from Burma’s Kachin ethnic group now resettled in US (August 08)

Thank you so much for your continued prayer and support for democracy and human rights in Burma. May God bless you richly. - Salai Bawi Lia, 26 Feb. 2009, head of Chin Human Rights Organization

Thank you very much for your continued prayers and support for the people of Burma. - Salai Bawi Lian Mang, head of the Chin Human Rights Organization. [Chin is a major ethnic group from Burma]. 14 May 08

Please continue to speak up for us. Your voice, as our fellow-Asians, is very important, in presenting our position to the Burma government and the international community. - Chin Community leader from Burma

Thank you for all your help and prayers! - Free Burma Rangers

Thank you for remembering us and praying for us. - Por-su, a Karen child in Bamboo School, Thailand

I thank the Hong Kong people for praying for my country. - A.N., Burma

Please tell the world to pray for us and to tell the international community about us. We want to go back to our country to eat the fruit of our land and drink the water of our land. - Chin refugee from Burma now living in Mizoram, India

I am very grateful to all of you for lifting up Nepal in your prayers and your concern for the peace and stability here. May the Almighty Omniscient Lord bless us all in fullness. - Deep Singh from Nepal

We have been facing a lot of difficulties at this time here in Malaysia, but I really thank you for supporting us all the time. We will keep this in our memory. - Head of a refugee community from Burma, now based in Malaysia

The Nepali community in HK thanks CSW for organizing prayer meetings for our country Nepal, and also for praying for the Nepalis here in Hong Kong. We really appreciate it. - Pastor Raju

We thank Community Church HK for the Bible study materials that you gave for the children of the Chin refugee community here. - Chin leader in Malaysia

Thank you for the rice and medicines for malaria that you gave for our people in Chinland (Burma) and in the refugee settlement on the border. - Leader of Chin refugee community in Mizoram

The funds you gave us have supplied our children with rice for four months. Thank you. - Momo Cat, Bamboo School, home to more than 60 Karen children on the Thai-Burma border

Thank you for your continued efforts to minister to those who suffer in Sri Lanka. - Roshini W.

FROM CSW HK SUPPORTERS

JUSTICE

I too believe that Christians are the hands of Jesus in pursuing justice on earth. True justice comes only from God not from man. - Paulo Rhee

AGENT OF CHANGE

The Church today, in its desire to fulfill the Great Commission, has in the most part failed to get to grips with what the Great Commission actually means. We have so often reduced it to evangelism. Full stop. But even evangelism, sharing good news, is more than crusades, missions and altar calls - important as they are. I believe that we are unequivocally called to be a voice for the voiceless and to stand up for those who cannot do so for themselves. To be champions of justice and mercy. CSW has a clear mandate in this area and, by God’s grace, is called to be an agent of change, especially within the persecuted church. Christians need to hear the rallying call, and CSW has indeed been given the trumpet. - John Snelgrove, Pastor, The Vine Christian Fellowship, HK

CSW TALKS

My family has been supporting CSW financially for sometime but I did not attend the events personally. The first event I attended was the thanksgiving dinner in 2007 and it really changed my life. - Cecile

I did not know about the persecuted church before. However, after I heard your talk in church, I just cannot walk away, I’ve got to do something. - Mimi

WEEKLY NEWS SUMMARIES
Thank you very much for the CSW weekly updates. They are very informative and we can pray accordingly. - Kathrin W.

Thank you for the weekly summary. I like the fact that you have the prayers written out. - Nick B.

I have been receiving weekly updates from your organization for about a year now. I have been blessed with the updates, with them keeping my mind and eyes open to the needs around the world than what is happening around me. I would just like to say thank you for all your work. Keeping up with a weekly update is a lot of discipline and admin work. - Benny Y., Wales UK

Thank you for continuing to send us your weekly prayer notes. We use them in our own devotional times and frequently share them in our home group. Keep up the good work, it is well appreciated. - Roy and Janet G.

Thank you for your letter and updates about our brothers and sisters. Not only that it gives me an opportunity to pray for their specific needs but it also encourages me to be more faithful in my service to God. May the good Lord keep blessing your ministry, and my prayer also goes with you God bless! - Edelyn L.

I read your online news many times and prayed so often! Then I noticed that you do speaking with Power Point presentations about the persecuted church. Have you ever done any of that in the Philippines? If you are ever coming this way, I want to hear you! And if no one is setting you up to speak here, I think it should be done… - Judy R., Christian Light Foundation

URGENT ACTIONS

[Concerning the urgent prayer request re Pakistan’s blasphemy laws]: Our church will pray for Pakistan’s situation, especially on the death anniversary of Bishop John Joseph. - Pastor Edith Autor, Calvary International Church, 25.4.08

Thanks for putting this urgent action together [about the Burma migrants abandoned in an airtight truck in Ranong, Thailand]. - Stephen S.

I will continue to pray for the freedom of people in Burma. - Joe G., HK

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

It was good to hear the testimonies of believers who are standing firm in the face of persecution and hardship. I also learned a lot from those who have a heart for them and are working to be a voice for them. - Jane M., HK

The conference gave me a broader and updated understanding of those persecuted. I had heard before but in general terms only. It prodded me to be more serious about intercession. It humbled me to see the hurting part of Christ’s body, and prompted me to learn from them. - Bernadette Sy

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