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Atif and Samina Gill
www.brotherinchrist.com
I am Atif Gill from Pakistan. I am married with Samina Qureshi. God has chosen us to serve Him. By His grace we have been serving Him in Pakistan for more than 20 years. Our vision is to reach the nations and proclaim the Kingdom of God. As a Christian journalist I have worked in a Christian newspaper as an resident editor and my wife belong to a Muslim convert family. Their family was touched by Jesus Christ years ago with the help of His people. Her father’s testimony book can be found on the internet “ The Peanut Butterman by Russ Irwin ”. We got married in 2010.
We started working together for the glory of God in different parts of the country. God has been gracious to us. We had a Christian book table in a busy market in Pakistan . My wife was serving in different places as an Evangelist. I am presently serving with " Brother in Christ Ministry" since 2007 as a volunteer.
. Both of us tried to help our persecuted body of Christ in Pakistan. On Friday afternoon, Sept. 21, a mob of several thousand radical Muslims attacked St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mardan City, Pakistan. The article can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=%3D353431
We were being threatened and life was quite dangerous so we had to leave the country. We purchased tickets and visas and went to Thailand. We had hoped that this move would be temporary as my wife’s family is in Pakistan and we love the people there and want to help them. We decided, after only a couple of months in Thailand, that it would be safe to return to Pakistan. We again purchased tickets and visas and returned to Pakistan to serve the people there. By this time we had spent a lot of our savings on tickets, visas and paperwork.
After a while in Pakistan we once again became victims of Christian persecution, but this time the victims were our own church family. We were at the bombing of the church at Peshewar. My sister -in-law lost her brother and nephew in this tragedy.
We were at the church and were eyewitnesses to the many bodies that were torn and blown apart by the bombing of the church by suicide bombers. We were severely traumatized by the incident but still determined to spread the Gospel of our Lord. But things got far worse. We were getting death threats. We received two death threats by letter. We were once again, for the sake of our lives, forced to leave Pakistan. My wife owned two plots of land that she sold and we also had a car, which we also sold in order to help finance the tickets, visas and paperwork to return to Thailand. By this point we had spent most of our savings and the assets we owned on tickets and visas, for a total of over 18,000.00 dollars. We returned to Thailand again.
78 killed, over 100 injured in Peshawar church attack
http://tribune.com.pk/story/607734/fifteen-dead-in-suicide-attack-outs
The picture below is my wife, Samina, after the explosion took place.
We are still serving in Thailand as evangelists. We are asylum seekers. We have spent a lot of our savings on visas and tickets. At this point we have spent all of our savings. Now we really need some financial support to renew our visas to stay here. My wife’s visa needs to be renewed right away. We will be able to continue to stay in Thailand under volunteer visas, but that my wife take a course which is costly.
We need 400$ for visa renew and after that my wife needs to take Tesol course to get volunteer visa under the Christian english school. The total fee of Tsol course is 800$. You can visit this website link
http://www.aycteachthailand.com/node/88
to get information related Tsol course and fee. This whole visa process and Tsol course will take two months. We do not have money to survive for two months. In addition to the immediate expense of my wife’s visa ($400.00) and for the money required for her to take the Tsol course ($800.00), our monthly living expense is 300$ and we believe we will need support for at least two months which would be $600.00. The total amount we need to raise is 1800$. We believe in His provision.
AFTER THE BOMBING
Warning: This is a very graphic video, as it happened when Atif and Samina were there.
Atif wrote articles about Christian Injustice
Other Christian couples were being killed. One couple was burned alive. Atif and Samina began getting death threats They received two in writing which I am displaying below. I tried to find a program to interpret the following documents but I was unable. They are in Urdi.
They received the above letters and the note written below as threats to their lives.
Our Mission in Thailand. We share the Gospel every chance we get.
Muslims celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas, with Atif and Samina Gill! Praise the Lord!
WHAT IS AN ASYLUM SEEKER? PLEASE SEE THE SHORT VIDEOS EMBEDDED HERE. IT CAN BE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
www.brotherinchrist.com
I am Atif Gill from Pakistan. I am married with Samina Qureshi. God has chosen us to serve Him. By His grace we have been serving Him in Pakistan for more than 20 years. Our vision is to reach the nations and proclaim the Kingdom of God. As a Christian journalist I have worked in a Christian newspaper as an resident editor and my wife belong to a Muslim convert family. Their family was touched by Jesus Christ years ago with the help of His people. Her father’s testimony book can be found on the internet “ The Peanut Butterman by Russ Irwin ”. We got married in 2010.
We started working together for the glory of God in different parts of the country. God has been gracious to us. We had a Christian book table in a busy market in Pakistan . My wife was serving in different places as an Evangelist. I am presently serving with " Brother in Christ Ministry" since 2007 as a volunteer.
. Both of us tried to help our persecuted body of Christ in Pakistan. On Friday afternoon, Sept. 21, a mob of several thousand radical Muslims attacked St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mardan City, Pakistan. The article can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=%3D353431
We were being threatened and life was quite dangerous so we had to leave the country. We purchased tickets and visas and went to Thailand. We had hoped that this move would be temporary as my wife’s family is in Pakistan and we love the people there and want to help them. We decided, after only a couple of months in Thailand, that it would be safe to return to Pakistan. We again purchased tickets and visas and returned to Pakistan to serve the people there. By this time we had spent a lot of our savings on tickets, visas and paperwork.
After a while in Pakistan we once again became victims of Christian persecution, but this time the victims were our own church family. We were at the bombing of the church at Peshewar. My sister -in-law lost her brother and nephew in this tragedy.
We were at the church and were eyewitnesses to the many bodies that were torn and blown apart by the bombing of the church by suicide bombers. We were severely traumatized by the incident but still determined to spread the Gospel of our Lord. But things got far worse. We were getting death threats. We received two death threats by letter. We were once again, for the sake of our lives, forced to leave Pakistan. My wife owned two plots of land that she sold and we also had a car, which we also sold in order to help finance the tickets, visas and paperwork to return to Thailand. By this point we had spent most of our savings and the assets we owned on tickets and visas, for a total of over 18,000.00 dollars. We returned to Thailand again.
78 killed, over 100 injured in Peshawar church attack
http://tribune.com.pk/story/607734/fifteen-dead-in-suicide-attack-outs
The picture below is my wife, Samina, after the explosion took place.
We are still serving in Thailand as evangelists. We are asylum seekers. We have spent a lot of our savings on visas and tickets. At this point we have spent all of our savings. Now we really need some financial support to renew our visas to stay here. My wife’s visa needs to be renewed right away. We will be able to continue to stay in Thailand under volunteer visas, but that my wife take a course which is costly.
We need 400$ for visa renew and after that my wife needs to take Tesol course to get volunteer visa under the Christian english school. The total fee of Tsol course is 800$. You can visit this website link
http://www.aycteachthailand.com/node/88
to get information related Tsol course and fee. This whole visa process and Tsol course will take two months. We do not have money to survive for two months. In addition to the immediate expense of my wife’s visa ($400.00) and for the money required for her to take the Tsol course ($800.00), our monthly living expense is 300$ and we believe we will need support for at least two months which would be $600.00. The total amount we need to raise is 1800$. We believe in His provision.
AFTER THE BOMBING
Warning: This is a very graphic video, as it happened when Atif and Samina were there.
Atif wrote articles about Christian Injustice
Other Christian couples were being killed. One couple was burned alive. Atif and Samina began getting death threats They received two in writing which I am displaying below. I tried to find a program to interpret the following documents but I was unable. They are in Urdi.
They received the above letters and the note written below as threats to their lives.
Our Mission in Thailand. We share the Gospel every chance we get.
Muslims celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas, with Atif and Samina Gill! Praise the Lord!
WHAT IS AN ASYLUM SEEKER? PLEASE SEE THE SHORT VIDEOS EMBEDDED HERE. IT CAN BE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
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Carol L. Jamieson
Organizer
Leominster, MA