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SANA’A/WOLFSBURG (Worthy News)– Christian aid workers are believed to have been kidnapped and killed in Yemen by suspected Islamic militants because they were involved in evangelism among Muslims and had been warned to end their mission work, BosNewsLife learned Thursday June 25.

The bodies of German nurses in training, Rita Stumpp, 26, and Anita Gruenwald, 24, and a 33-year-old South Korean woman, Eom Young-sun, were found by child shepards, four days after they were abducted June 12 with six other foreigners in the country’s troubled Noshour Valley region.

Yemen’s Information Ministry said it was hopeful that the other Christian hostages, including a British engineer, a German married couple and their three young children, were still alive.

German investigators have reportedly linked the kidnapping and killings by Islamic militants to Christian activities of the hostages, who had allegedly “been warned” not to be involved in mission work.

Yemen allows aid workers but it strictly forbids attempts to convert people to other religions in the country, where Islamic fundamentalists believe Christianity must be kept out of the Arabian peninsula.

WORLDWIDE SERVICES

The hostages supported Worldwide Services, a Netherlands-based Christian-leaning relief group that has been working at al-Jumhuri hospital in north-west city of Saada, for 30 years.

Worldwide Services has reportedly ties to a British evangelical organisation Worldwide Evangelization for Christ. Its Web site says its mission is to “reach out to people who have limited or no access to the good news of Jesus Christ, particularly where there is no church.” Worldwide services has been reluctant to discuss the situation with reporters.

“Anita and Rita will be remembered as people who loved God and all people,” said Matthias Rüther, the head of the German-based Brake Bible School where the two had been studying. The school said the nurses were in Yemen to learn more about Christian charity.

Their work was remembered earlier this week when some 2,000 mourners attended a memorial church service in the northern city of Wolfsburg. “What happened to them is beyond comprehension,” said local community leader Johann Dockter.

BAPTIST GROUP

Local sources reportedly said the hostages were also involved in a Baptist organisation that has a medical team in the hospital at Jebla, south of Sanaa, where an Islamist militant killed three American doctors in December 2002.

Yemeni authorities have blamed the abduction and murders on rebels from Yemen’s Zaidi Shiite minority, an accusation they have vehemently denied. However French News Agency AFP quoted an unidentified tribal source as saying that the six foreign hostages “were found alive and handed over to (rebel) commander Abdullah al-Rizani.”

They were believed to be in the Ruzmat area of Saada province, the centre of the Shiite rebellion in the mountains near the Saudi border.

Foreigners are often kidnapped in Yemen by tribesmen to be used as bargaining chips in disputes with the government, observers said. Over 200 foreigners have been abducted over the past 15 years, but this was the first in nearly a decade that a foreign hostage has died, observers said.

In June 2000, a Norwegian diplomat was killed in an gunfight between police and his a abductors and in December 1998, three Britons and an Australian seized by Islamist militants died when security forces stormed the kidnappers’ hideout.

In March of this year, four South Korean visitors to Yemen were killed in a suicide bombing at a historic tourist site that was claimed by Al-Qaeda. Seoul has urged its citizens to leave Yemen, adding to concerns among Christians that this will further impact mission works in the region, representatives told BosNewsLife.

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Just a reminder that the Nursing Home outreach will take place this Saturday, June 27th – as usual, we will meet at Coral Reef Nursing Home, 9869 SW 152 Street at 3 pm (till 5 pm, if you are able).  Jorge Lopez will be entertaining the residents with his rousing piano renditions and they are always so very enthusiastic! I pray that you all may be able to join us this month!  Thus far, we have six new volunteers attending this month and I will be calling all the names on the sign-up sheet this week (on Thursday and Friday).

This last weekend, I visited the residents with sugar-free cookies/candies and Father’s Day Cards and they are always so very appreciative and thankful.  I noticed something new…the activities director (Stephanie) has begun having them make crafts (earrings, lapel pins and necklaces) and they are selling these for $1 or $2 at the reception desk (at entrance of CRNH).  All profits go to new crafts materials for the residents so that they can continue their crafts program.  FYI for those who might have the means of helping them out by purchasing  a pair of earrings, lapel pin and/or necklace.

In answer to this same question several of you have asked in the past:  Yes, you can visit the residents at CRNH any time you’d like (not just on the last Saturday of every month with our CCK outreach).  CRNH welcomes your visits, as it is the only contact for some of the residents!  CRNH has an open door policy with visitors from our church.

Please feel free to e-mail me should you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you for all your continued prayers on behalf of this outreach.

In Christ,
Minerva
phoenixfaith@yahoo.com

Hey Family, Well we made it back safe and sound. And all healthy Praise the Lord. This last week has been an Amazing ” with a capital A”  This week was such a great learning lesson and the Lord used us so much. I think of this verse, from the rising of the sun till the sun goes down let the name of the Lord be Praised. Because from the rising of the sun, we would be up and working for the Lord. Good soldiers of Christ. The Lord used this time to grow us in unity as a team, and grow in the Lord. We learned to overcome alot of differences, who would have thought that so many age difference had so much in common and love for the Lord. The Lord allowed us to see how so many people in diff countries are less fortunate. We were able to help in three diff churches. If it wasnt for the Lords strength, dont think we could have done as much as we did. We made our adjustments and let the Lord lead us. Its a privilege to be used by the Lord. We went places were only the Lord could protect us. All of us would have stayed if we could. We grow in Love for the Lord and each other. If there is one thing we could share, is you have to experience it for yourself. The Lord is good. We have alot of pictures and it will be up on the Uth Nation Facebook.  Till next time this is our closing to the Uth Nation Peru Mission trip and the Jenny and Tatty show… Tune in till next time. We love You..

well todays vocab word is liquid nails. also we happy to inform that the phil and roger show is back better than ever. yes i know the blog yesterday was not satisfying because the girls cant write but its ok you dont have to worry. so today we finished painting and remodeling the church of calvary chapel chorrillos and it came out great it was alot of hardwork and fumes we´ll get to that later. but the girls did an amazing job with the kids ministries they cleaned it up nice and added new designs that were really colorful. while the men were doing the dirty work like always roger and I were painting with jose and pastor marcito it was fun but took awhile everything needed to be perfect we really wanted this church to be filled with the glory of God. now about the fumes  roger and I had to take turns painting in a small underground dungeon but the paint smelled so strong that the fumes would give us headaches and would make us dizzy it was really weird and then jose had a whiff so things got really goofy and we laughed at dumb things.the fumes made jose sing random songs and freestyle rap. but enough about us back to the girls not only did they paint they organized clothes toys and other materials and really made the place look awesome. jenny was in charge and pinito was second in command so tatty and andy were little slaves i mean servants that vaccumed and painted they all did good. now clari about rogers cast we are reallyyyyyyyyyy sorry but i will take full responsibility for it breaking it. roger was sad and i wanted to be a good friend and free him from his bondage. well the truth is the cast was cutting into his hand because of all his hardwork helping the little childrens amd with the playing and painting and cementing it kind of just broke.  The breaks lead to the cutting of rogers hand which lead to the removing of the cast. Once again, sorry clari.. well tomorrow we have a long day we are going back to ventanilla to clean up the orphange and paint it soo like always continue to pray for us and the church of chorrillos and ventanilla they need it so thank you goodnight and shout to clifford. and spread the update to the fathers because we miss them too we have to share the love mothers

This just in….. the phil and roger boo whatever has been taken over tonight by the Jobie and Tatty production. I know the boys mentioned our plans for today, however the Lord had different plans for us. Today we still were able to go to the English conversational club, which is a school where Peruvians practice there english skills. They were able to speak to some cool American kids. Actually is was a interesting set up which we were all able to sit with about 4 people each and speak to them and ask questions. This was the best way to speak to them about God and they could not run away. Then after that we packed all of our stuff and headed to a town called Ventinilla. Which was a very unfornate place. Its about an hour away from where we are staying in Lima. As soon as we arrived there the kids were soooo amazing and loving. So many hugs to go around, and who does not love hugs especially from kids. We were able to take over there kids ministry class and show them some cool things. Showed them some skits, and tied it in the end an activity that we were able to practice our art skills all over there faces… never heard so many requests for butterflys and batman faces. They did look cute. so we decided to stay here and open a face painting business… sorry moms.. i think we can do this.. maybe we will send back roger and phil cause they dont shower.. jk actually moms we made them take showers today.. rogers cast.. ya not so much a cast anymore..cast be gone..  well being there opened doors to prob go back and fix up there new sanctuary that is not in use yet, because needs some fixes and painting.. well since we painted faces.. we can def paint… i think we graduated from painting like 5 year olds to 9th graders.. All in all this day was amazing. life changing. all of us realized how priviliged we are and how much we really have, and ended the day with tatty running into a tree.. all in a days work. and yes mom sizzy… she is healthy.. always taking meds on time.. and eating very well. well all of us eat very well here.. especially our official garbage disposal phil.. well moms and daughter betty.. we love you.. this is the closing to the jobie and tatty prodution… tune in next time (if  we can over throw the roger and phil boog whatever thing .. again.)

well parents we all know youve been very upset and we understand and from the missions trip team we are sorry. on the 15th pastor jose taught two messages one in the morning at chorrillos and at night in lima. he was very nervous because he hasnt spoken spanish in awhile but we all prayed for him and god gave him the strength he needed to give two awesome teachings which everyone in both churches loved. also on the 15th we had the honor to eat at a very fine restaurant that only famous people can eat the restaurant was called mcdonalds and the food was amazing and very well priced we thank god for inventing this restaurant. now today was a great day and very tough. we went to the church in chorrillos and did some clean up and repairments the boys were getting dirty tearing down walls,cleaning toilets, and playing with cement while the girls painted on walls like 5 year olds. no that was a joke they did a great job making the childrens room very colorful and clean.after a hard days work and frustration we came back to the bible college to practice the skits and things got crazy but in the end we worked as a team to get the job down and me(philip) and roger are posting this update so that is pretty much all that has happened plus we havent showered so its pretty stinky in the bible college but hey we get the job done. so a heads up for tomorrow the team will be going to a english speaking school to teach teenagers to speak and understand english we will be doing that in the afternoon then we will be going to church where i cant pronounce but we will be going to a park to do our skits world premiere  tickets start at 20 soles just kidding its free and there will be 200 people watching so pray for us beacuse none of us can act plus me and roger cant dance so….. thanks for the prayers and for your support but we please ask all the mothers to stop staying up and get some sleep you ladies need to rest you deserve it so goodnight and god bless and from the peru team we love and miss all of you especially eli so tune in tomorrow hopefully(dont freak out we will be getting in late) for the next update from the ¨roger and phil blogapolooza show¨ better than MTV fo cho peace out

Hi Everyone,

I usually write about things that are happening in the church but in this update I would like to ask you to pray for a few situations that are happening in the country that are of grave concern for the population. I hope that you will pray with us.

The Northern Jungle Area of Bagua
This past weekend, a march of indigenous people from the northern jungle of Peru became violent as police moved in attempting to clear the road of protestors and rocks. The local indigenous people are protesting land and water rights as the government is planning to use some lands in the area for tree harvesting and natural gas. At this time, no one knows for sure how many of the indigenous people were killed. Currently, the number of police officer casualties stands at twenty-four with several still missing. The last few days have been days of tension in the country. Yesterday, police in the downtown area of Lima set off tear gas as many people marched in the streets. Also, seven Congressmen from the leftist party have been suspended from Congress.

Vrae Valley in the Ayacucho area of Peru
Over the last few years, the terrorist movement in Peru has been getting aggressive again in certain areas of the country. One of the main areas where there has been violence is the Vrae Valley where much of the illegal drug trafficking in the country takes place. Last month, fourteen police officers were killed. About a year and a half ago, I was driving on a road close to this area in the high Andes Mountains at night after teaching the Bible at a church where the people speak Quechua. The police stopped me and asked where I had come from, where I was going and if I had seen anything suspicious. I told them no and they told me to be careful! Only a few nights later, seven police officers were killed by terrorists in the same area, along the same road. Please pray for the Christians there. Pray that they will be strong witnesses for Christ and also, for their protection as they minister the gospel. Incidentally, Betty and I will be going to an area close by in August for a few days. Pray for our safety too.

Puno-The High Plain
The last couple of weeks have seen the temperatures drop to around 0 degrees Fahrenheit in Puno and Juliaca. Most of the people who live in the area are poor farmers. Their houses are not very well weather proofed and there is no heat. Many young children have been dying due to the cold. The hospitals are packed and in many cases there is no medicine to give the patients.

Peru is a country that has been advancing the last few years but we still have a long way to go spiritually, economically and socially. Please continue to pray for Peru . We know that the real and only answer in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Note of Assurance
Please don’t think that the people of Koinonia are in any danger. We are far from the events that I have listed above. I do covet your prayers so that we will hear God’s voice clearly regarding what He would have us to do with our time and resources. Living in a country where there is so much need can some times be a challenge.

May God bless you all.

Making disciples in Peru,

Brian Vander Kodde

Hi Family,
We finally have a blog. Please visit us on http://stilwells.wordpress.com

Thanks for praying,
Kim

captains log: tatty has gone  missing……. just kidding sizzy. well day 2 in peru we went to chorrillos and on the ride there we saw great views of the mountains and ocean. when we arrived in chorrillos we went to the mountains and helped the children service. the girls were jumping rope and hoola hooping with younger girls while the MEN were being destroyed by the two foot menaces that were extrenely lovable and not really menaces. We performed some improv skits for the kids about David and Goliath, and lazarus’ ressurection. The kids loved it, especially phil being destroyed by toilet paper.

Now, on a serious note, Jose, Roger, and Phil did the craziest thing ever! You won’t even believe what they did, and you won’t find out this blog. Tune in next week…

Just kidding! The guinea pigs didn’t even stand a chance. They were torn apart by the jaws of these ruthless beings. And what was their reply to this? “Taste like chicken, honestly”.

To all the worried parents out there, Sizzy, Arlene, and Clari, your children are not able to get in touch cause Peru does not believe in phone connection. So don’t worry, Jose is watching over us… DUH DUH DUUUUH! Stay tuned for nightly blogs and updates. Sleep tight peoples, and we love you all. Keep the prayers rolling in. Eli out.