Thank you for the prayer updates. Be assured that our congregation is praying with you. I would like to ask you to uphold our country Philippines in prayer especially Zamboanga City. Our fellow Christians are experiencing persecution right now. They are being held captive and even killed by Muslim rebels. Please pray with us.

I saw this video last Saturday and used also in the church during our prayer time. Details were given in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVoIUsHnKS4 Unrest started last Monday, September 9.

Thank you so much!

Your sister in Christ,

Jhanice Magdalene Quiday (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

An additional note from fellow IPC friend…

The recent spate of scandals that rocked the legislative and executive branch of our government had caused a rising tide of protests throughout the country. The depth and extent of corruption and the brazen way that it is being done have awakened our people in anger and exasperation asking, “What kind of a nation have we become?” What was being done in secret has suddenly been blown into the open! The “pork barrel” or what is officially known as Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) which was supposed to benefit the people especially the poor had become the personal milking cow of many of our legislators in conspiracy with some agencies of the executive branch of our government. It has become the norm such that those in the government whom the people have entrusted the stewardship of our nation have treated the corrupt system as part of the way things in the government are done. Government projects and programs which are supposed to take care of the welfare of our people have become mere fronts and excuse for the corrupt officials to stash away the people’s money into their own pockets and satisfy their lusts and perpetuate their hold of political power.

Also, the recent situation in Mindanao particularly in Zamboanga City, the fight between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the MNLF Rebels is now becoming alarming. The city has now become a 'ghost-town', where our fellow citizens are leaving the city because of the fight to avoid casualties. This could hinder the peace process that is going through right now between the government and the 'moroislamic liberation front'.

With this, the Body of Christ is calling for a nation-wide Solemn Assembly, a day of prayer and fasting and repentance on October 25.

Continue to pray for our nation, the Philippines. In the midst of all the situation we're going through, politically and socially, God remains in control.

Ziggie Buksh

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