DAWN Fridayfax 1997 #37

DAWN News from Uzbekistan, Switzerland, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Tibet, Thailand

Uzbekistan: Arrest? That's normal!

A missionary sent us this report: "40 of my Uzbekistani Christian friends were recently arrested for gathering in a room. 25 police came to arrest them, and they were released after 3 hours' interrogation. They find that completely normal, and are continuing to meet to discuss methods and strategies for expanding the Kingdom of God."
Source: name and address withheld.

Switzerland: all across the land

Since August 1st, an average of 40 people have been taking part in a prayer walk from North to South and East to West, making the form of a cross, across Switzerland. Here are three reports of what the group has experienced in the last three weeks:
• Part of Lugano, a town in the Italian part of the country, is known 'Paradiso'. During a prayer time, the participants had the impression that the powers of darkness were laughing about the name, because Paradiso is Lugano's red light and drug district. They read 2 Kings 19:22 and the following verses (the verdict is spoken over Sennacherib, who mocked God), believing God was speaking that over the district. The following day, the police broke a large drug ring in Paradiso...

• One member of the team had to be taken to hospital. The result of a blood test was so bad, that doctors forbade her to rejoin the walk. God intervened supernaturally, and she was able to continue a few days later.

• A salesman who had taken part in much of the walk had the impression that he should walk further than he had planned, but had no idea how to organize more holiday from his firm. However, in the last four weeks, he could close 10 sales instead of the average 2, so his non-Christian boss gave him extra holiday because God had so obviously blessed him.
Source: Kreuzmarsch Schweiz (Cross March Switzerland), Werner Woiwode

Mexico: already 15% Evangelicals

A recently published government report in Mexico shows that 15% of the inhabitants are Evangelical Christians. The 1993 edition of Operation World claims that 4.3% of the population was Evangelical at that time.
Source: PULSE, 7/97

Kazakhstan: healed of epilepsy - first church planted

Until recently, there was no Christian church among the Meshketians in Kazakhstan. Now, though, there are 4 Christians in a village of the previously unreached Turkish tribe. The four people were saved after an epileptic woman was healed following prayer from Christians passing through the village.
Source: Turkish World Outreach Tel. (1)-970-434-1942

Tibet: Buddhist monk sees a vision of a Bible

An old Buddhist monk in Tibet said the following to a Christian missionary: "Two years ago, I had a vision, in which a foreigner came and gave me a small golden book about the truth. Since then, I have watched and prayed every day. I know that you are this man."
Source: ADVANCE, 6/97

Thailand: freed from the results of child prostitution

"You may notice a group of particularly wild 13-16-year-old girls during an ecumenical service at the YMCA in Sathorn Street, Bangkok," writes the group 'Christians for Revival'. "If you ask someone what the girls were like when they first came to the service, you will hear that they were stiff and lifeless. They had all been sold into child prostitution, some of them by their own parents. A Christian woman began to look after them, take them in to her home, and finally brought them to the service, where they experienced new freedom. The Holy Spirit," according to the report, "touched the deep hurts in their lives. At first, they wept and shouted, but after a while started to smile and laugh. People nearby who understood what was happening started to pray - and cry. Today, the girls like to pray for others."
Source: Christians for Revival

Thailand: angel encourages missionary

A missionary working in the far north of Thailand was disappointed and depressed. Two days after a seminar, an angel appeared to her, encouraging her for the future. She had never experienced anything like it, and was very excited. Since then, she says, the Holy Spirit is working anew, and 70 people have become Christians, even though none had been saved in the years before.
Source: Christians for revival

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