Dear Friends and Prayer Partners,
We have just received word from our Congolese co-worker in Capetown that there are increasing xenophobic attacks on African foreigners in the Capetown area (as well as in other RSA cities). Several people have been killed, many injured, houses and little shops ransacked, looted, and destroyed. Israel Kande writes that there are massive attacks on Congolese, Somalis, Mozambiquans, and Zimbawbeans, by South Africans. Many of our Congolese friends, with whom Timothy Ministries works, are in harms way.
I verified the information by going to BBC and Reuters News to read (and see on Internet Video) to get the right facts. It is as Rev. Kande says. It's genocide simply because these black African foreigners are just that... foreigners whom the locals see as a threat to their economy, etc. Many of the "foreigners" (like our Congolese friends) are refugees and they are very vulnerable.
Please Pray. Please ask God to Quell this evil. Please ask God to Glorify Himself in this horrid situation. And, please ask God to use this time of murder and destruction to strengthen the Christians to show and tell how badly South Africa needs Christ. Thank you for praying in your homes, your groups, and your churches.
Please pass this message on so that we have a circle of prayer around the world. Thank you for doing this.
Larry & Sue
Timothy Ministries
