ÿþ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>This months PPSC news</title> <link href="Buttons.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="Layer2"> <div align="center" class="style36" ><span class="style28"><a name="Top" id="Top"></a>&nbsp; PEMBROKESHIRE PRAYER </span><span class="style27">for the</span>&nbsp;<span class="style28">SUFFERING CHURCH &nbsp;</span></div> </div> <div align="center"><ul><li><a class="menu" href="index.html">Home</a> </li> <li><a class="menu" href="Fellowship.html">Hesed Fellowship</a></li> <li><a class="menu" href="Prayer.html">Suffering Church</a></li> <li><a class="menu" href="Israel.html">Israel</a></li> <li><a class="menu" href="Links.html">Links</a></li> <li><a class="menu" href="Contacts.html">Contact us</a></li> </ul> </div> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><p align="center" class="style103"><strong>February 2012</strong></p> <p align="center" class="style104"><img src="Images/PPSC 2 long.jpg" alt="Pembrokeshire Prayer for the Suffering Church logo" width="582" height="177" longdesc="Images/PPSC 2 long.jpg" /> </p> <p align="center" class="style14"><img src="Images/image004.jpg" alt="Sign and Send" width="144" height="47" longdesc="Images/image004.jpg" /> <em><span class="style102"> for</span> &nbsp;</em> <span class="style103">CHINA</span></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> After nearly two years with no news of the whereabouts or fate of  disappeared Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, his family and supporters were relieved to learn on New Year s Day that he was alive.<br> He is now being held in Shaya Prison in Xinjiang, China, a remote western region.<br> A Chinese court confirmed Gao was alive by sending a letter to his family saying he would be incarcerated for three years for violating his probation. <br> Write to the Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming on behalf of Gao and his family. <br> </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Gao.jpg" alt="Gao Zhisehng" width="354" height="512" border="0" longdesc="Images/Gao.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> <br> A sample letter can be found <a href="pdf/China 2012-01.pdf" target="_blank"> here.</a><br> Copy it, or use it as a guide, to "Sign and Send".<br> </p> <p align="center" class="style14"><img src="Images/image006.jpg" alt="Give" width="117" height="50" longdesc="Images/image002.jpg" /> <em><span class="style102">for</span> &nbsp;</em> <span class="style103">CHINA</span></p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/ChinaAid.png" alt="China Aid Logo" width="300" height="107" border="0" longdesc="Images/ChinaAid.png" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> Any money given this month will go to to China Aid to help cover travel costs for Gao s family in China to visit him in prison, cover legal defence costs and help support his family in America.<br> You can give directly <a href="https://chinaaid.info/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4" target="_blank" >here.</a><br> </p> <p align="center" class="style14"><img src="Images/image008.jpg" alt="Send a card" width="144" height="47" longdesc="Images/image002.jpg" /> <em><span class="style102"> </span> &nbsp;</em> <em><span class="style102">to</span> &nbsp;</em> <span class="style103">SOMALIA</span></p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Somali Christian Ministries.png" alt="Somali Christian Ministries Logo" width="342" height="138" border="0" longdesc="Somali Christian Ministries.png" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> Send Pastor Andrew and/orHaawa a card of encouragement for more information contact us. <br> Find a short film based on the real story of an ethnic Somali woman referred to as Amara, <a href="http://somalistory.com/" target="_blank" >here.</a> </p> <p align="center" class="style14"><img src="Images/image002.jpg" alt="Pray" width="144" height="47" longdesc="Images/image002.jpg" /> <em><span class="style102">for</span> &nbsp;</em> <span class="style103">PAKISTAN</span></p> <p align="center" class="style104">Give thanks for the recent visit of Release International's Development manager (Asia) to Pakistan. <br> Pray for the the work of Sharing Life Ministries Pakistan </p> <p align="center" ><strong class="style105"><em>Update</em></strong></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> Last meeting we gave &pound;227.93 to to Open Doors for the Children s centre in Colombia </p> <br> <p align="center" class="style104"> <em>If you missed the meeting and need any addresses, information etc. write to P.P.S.C., Beth Hesed, 22 Meyrick Street, Pembroke Dock, SA72 6UT, &rsquo;phone 01646 681805 or e-mail us at <a href="mailto:ppsc@email.com">ppsc@email.com</a></em></p> <br> <p align="center" class="style105"><img src="Images/image009.jpg" alt="News" width="90" height="54" longdesc="Images/image009.jpg" /> <em>NEWS</em></p> <p align="center" class="style104"><strong><em>Iran</em></strong> </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/youcef1.jpg" alt="Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani" width="278" height="283" border="0" longdesc="Images/youcef1.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> Iran s Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, head of the judiciary, has ordered the judge presiding over Youcef Nadarkhani s case to delay his written verdict for one year. <br> The judge was specifically ordered to keep Nadarkhani in prison, using whatever means necessary to force him to recant his Christian faith and convert to Islam.<br> The order was designed to cause the international community, specifically Christians, to forget about Nadarkhani s case.<br> Nadarkhani has been in prison since October 2009 after being charged with apostasy. He received a death sentence in 2010, a verdict upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court in July 2011. </p> <p align="center" class="style104"><strong><em>Pakistan</em></strong> </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Asia_daughter.jpg" alt="Asia's daughter" width="298" height="382" border="0" longdesc="Images/Asia_daughter.jpg" /></p> <em> <p align="center" class="style104">The Voice of the Martyrs has set the goal of gathering one million signatures from around the world on behalf of our sister Asia Bibi at <a href="http://www.callformercy.com/" target="_blank"> www.CallForMercy.com </a> </em></p> <br> <p align="center" class="style104"><strong><em>China</em></strong> </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Shouwang-cards.jpg" alt="Shouwang Church postcard" width="346" height="474" border="0" longdesc="Images/Shouwang-cards.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> You can send a postcard to the Mayor of Beijing to show your support for Shouwang Church that they be allowed a place to meet. Contact <a href="http://www.churchinchains.ie/node/14" target="_blank"> Church in Chains</a> to request a free pack of 10 cards, or download the back of the card <a href="pdf/Postcard.pdf" target="_blank"> here.</a> </p> <p align="center" class="style104"> You can also support the Shouwang Church in Beijing by signing the on-line petition <a href="http://www.helpsw.org/p/helpshouwang.html" target="_blank" >here.</a><br> </p> <br> <p align="center" class="style104"><strong><em>Bosnia</em></strong> </p> <p align="center" class="style104"><img src="Images/Bosnia1.jpg" alt="CAMP TASOVCICI" width="295" height="224.75" border="0" longdesc="Images/Bosnia1.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="Images/Wales1a.jpg" alt="The Wesh house" width="341.1" height="224.75" border="0" longdesc="Images/Wales1a.jpg" /><br> <em> We rejoice that &pound;20,000 has been raised to build a "Welsh" house.<br> You can Support Norma in the Cardigan Charity Shop as she works towards another £14,000 for Housing Aid Bosnia, to build a bakery and shop for the family who will move into the "Welsh" house.<br> You can visit the shop in Priory Court, Priory Street, Cardigan, SA43 1BZ <br> CDs, DVDs, Jewellery, and any bric-a-brac can be brought to the next meeting. </em></p> <p align="center" class="style105">More things to do </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/PPSC.jpg" alt="PPSC flyer" width="114" height="225" border="0" longdesc="Images/PPSC.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104">Download the PPSC brochure <a href="pdf/PPSC.pdf" target="_blank"> here.</a> </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/C&E.jpg" alt="Connect and Encourage" width="175" height="246" border="0" longdesc="Images/C&E.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104">Download the Winter 2011 edition of Connect & Encourage <a href="http://www.csw.org.uk/connectandencourage.htm" target="_blank"> here </a> <br>or you can also call the CSW office on 0845 456 5464 to request a paper copy. </p> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Bakery.jpg" alt="North Korean Baker" width="214" height="378" border="0" longdesc="Images/Bakery.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"><em>Hesed has become a <a href="Images/North Korea Bakery.pdf" target="_blank">bakery </a> sponsor, sending £26.50 a month to keep the bakery in North Korea running. If you or your church would like to become sponsors, ask us to find out how! </em></p> <br> <p align="center" ><img src="Images/Adonai1.jpg" alt="Adonai CD" width="175" height="175" border="0" longdesc="Images/Adonai1.jpg" /></p> <p align="center" class="style104"> Buy the CD 'Adonai' <em>Available from <a href="http://www.hesed.co.uk/CD.html"target="_blank">here</a><br> <a class="style10 ">Reduced now to &pound; 5</a></p> <p align="center" class="style104">Find the Foreign & Commonwealth Office London Diplomatic List, </a> <a href="http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/protocol/LDL-Feb-2012" target="_blank"> here.</a></p> <p align="center" class="style104">Visit <a href="http://www.prisoneralert.com/" target="_blank">www.prisoneralert.com </a> and write to a prisoner in his or her own language.</p> <p align="center" class="style104"><em>*&nbsp; If you would like to join a Pembrokeshire Prayer for the Suffering Church alert circle and be informed of occasional situations needing prayer or action between meetings, please send us your e-mail address. </em></p> <br><br> <p align="center" class="style104"><strong><em>Next meeting at <br> Bethel Baptist Church, <br> Bush Street&nbsp;&nbsp; Pembroke Dock<br>SA72 &nbsp; 6AS<br> <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=SA72%206as" target="_blank">Map</a> <br> Tuesday 28th February 2012 &nbsp;&nbsp; 7.30pm<br> with Parvel and his wife<br> Release International s Central Asia partners<br> </p> <p align="center" class="style104">Please help to make this event known. </strong> </p> <p align="center" class="style24">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center" class="style31">Return to <a href="Prayer.html">Pembrokeshire Prayer for the Suffering Church </a></p> <p align="center" class="style31"><a href="#Top" class="style37 ">Return to top of page</a><br><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> ýÿ