Global day of prayer

On Saturday we surfed internet with Hajo and Rebecca to find a church where to connect with some local believers.After travelling with three busses and searching for the place for an hour, we finally find our way to a very nice evangelical church. There it was wonderful to worship in Arabic(silently). We find out that it was actually the Global prayer day that day on Sunday,and that the prayer meeting of diferent churches in the area would be hosted in this church. But before that we were invited to a church family lunch, which was an awesome place to learn to know locals and hear many stories about people from different backgrounds, Druze, Maronite and Muslim, coming to Lord. Actually according to what I have learned, many more people here are coming to Lord now are in some previous years altogether.

In the praer meeting something happened to me, I think I lost my heart once again. To really realize how many things are trying to tear this nation apart, and how violent are the forces coming agaist this nation, I felt in a very deep level like I want to stand with these people.I hadn't realized that many people actually feel that it will be war again because of the Hezbolah and pro-Syrian forces here are armed and dont want to submit to national government. Mostly, I think this attitude is just reflection of wide spread pessimism and hopelessness and unforgiveness in people. But the truth I think is that is something sudden would happen, it wouldnt take much for people here to react violently. So my heart is here to pray and proclaim God's destiny and plans for this nation, whose citizens say that they hate the counmtry and want to leave.Even this morning as I went praying in the parliament, the man there sais to me that anyone coming here to live from a country like Finland would be crazy (I silently thanked him for his encouraging words, yes, I'm a crazy lady!).

So,today I have met some missionaries working here, really good and informative meetings.It has been really good to meet with spiritually sensitive locals and hearthat what we have discerned has been true. In some days I will join one of them who ministers in the north. That's ll for now.I will go and leave to city and sit by the sea side now.

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[laura]

niina, ihan eniten en kestä! saat kertoa mulle sitten ihan kaiken!