The saddest appeal for help from innocent children means much more than profits

This letter will explain itself. It becomes SERVE business because studnets and children are suffering. No need to reply, but do heed the content, please. God bless. Brendan MacCarthaigh

On Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 7:33, Marg Siddorn wrote:

I have received these two emails from our missionary friends, one
yesterday and one this morning. I just wanted to pass it on so that as many
people as possible can pray specifically for our brothers and sisters. Much love
and blessings

This is so sad…
A friend just got a text message from
her brother asking her to shower him and his parish in prayer. He is part of a
mission and ISIS has taken over the town they are in today. He said ISIS is
systematically going house to house to all the Christians and asking the
children to denounce Jesus. He said so far not one child has. And so far all
have consequently been killed. But not the parents. The UN has withdrawn and the
missionaries are on their own. They are determined to stick it out for the sake
of the families – even if it means their own deaths. He is very afraid, has no
idea how to even begin ministering to these families who have seen their
children martyred. Yet he says he knows God has called him for some reason
to be his voice and hands at this place at this time. Even so, he is
begging prayers for his courage to live out his vocation in such dire
circumstances. And like the children accept martyrdom if he is
called to do so. She asked me to ask everyone we know to please pray for them.
These brave parents instilled such a fervent faith in their children that they
chose martyrdom. Please surround them in their loss with your prayers for hope
and perseverance.

She was able to talk to her brother briefly by phone.
She didn’t say it but I believe she believes it will be their last conversation.
Pray for her too. She said he just kept asking her to help him know what
to do and do it. She told him to tell the families we ARE praying for them and
they are not alone or forgotten — no matter what. Her e mail broke my heart.
Please keep all in your prayers. Thanks

This came this morning… Just a
few minutes ago I received the following text message on my phone from Sean
Malone who leads Crisis Relief International (CRI). We then spoke briefly on the
phone and I assured him that we would share this urgent prayer need with
all of our contacts.

“We lost the city of Queragosh (Qaraqosh). It fell
to ISIS and they are beheading children systematically. This is the city we have
been smuggling food too. ISIS has pushed back Peshmerga (Kurdish forces) and is
within 10 minutes of where our CRI team is working. Thousands more fled into the
city of Erbil last night. The UN evacuated it’s staff in Erbil. Our team is
unmoved and will stay. Prayer cover needed!”

Please pray sincerely for
the deliverance of the people of Northern Iraq from the terrible advancement of
ISIS and its extreme Islamic goals for mass conversion or death for Christians
across this region. May I plead with you not to ignore this email.