Middle East - Prayer Update #1 - 22 Oct 2023

Dear Y family and friends,

It is now 2 weeks since the latest escalation of violence in Israel/Palestine. As the horrific images and video footage is broadcast across the world our hearts are broken for the suffering that is taking place among both Israeli and Palestinian families. Until now, our Y family in Israel/Palestine and the wider region are all ok and most are remaining in place.

With no end in sight to the current crisis, and with the conflict spilling across borders into Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, we would like to ask our family and friends to pray:

• for an end to the violence and bloodshed
• for the Israeli hostages and for the Palestinian people in Gaza
• that the conflict will not widen to the surrounding nations
• for the Y family serving across the Middle East north region to shine with the Light of Christ in their various towns and cities
• for the dwindling Christian community in Gaza who are burying their dead and still searching for bodies in the rubble on the property of the St Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza City
• for the Messianic community in Israel, who's sons and daughters have been called up for military service

We appreciate your prayers and will try to provide an update each week with some specific prayer points. 

​Let's keep our hearts aligned with God's heart and find comfort in the words of David in Psalm 34:18: 'the Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit'.

Thank you
the Y Middle East North family

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