Foreign Kidnap Victims in Yemen Alive

January 22, 2010 – 9:17 am

Back in June of 2009, we highlighted the tragic story of the death of three Christian aid workers in Yemen. Six members of the kidnapped group were missing.

Recently, a Yemeni government official announced that the six kidnapped workers are alive. There whereabouts and other specific details are not known.

The Christian human rights group Middle East Concern listed six prayer points regarding this situation. They are as follows:

a.      The missing six will know the peace and presence of Jesus and will be released unharmed shortly

b.      They will receive enough healthy food and keep warm during the cold nights

c.       If separated, the three children will be reunited with their parents soon

d.      Efforts to negotiate their release will be successful

e.      The families and colleagues of those missing and murdered will know the peace of Jesus amidst the intense uncertainty

f.        Efforts to end the violence in Saada province will be successful and the root causes addressed

g.      All expatriate Christians in Yemen will know the Lord’s guiding and protecting at this time, in particular in view of the latest Al Qaeda threats

h.      The perpetrators will be convicted by the Spirit and drawn to the forgiveness, love and true life offered by Jesus.

Thousands of miles away from this action, there is not much that we can do for them. But we can pray, asking our Father to glorify Himself through this situation.

Complete article from Middle East Concern.