Today we learned that Pastor Rashid Emmanuel and Sajid Emmanuel...two innocent young men, falsely accused, illegally arrested, in the final moments before being released by the Pakistani courts were gunned down in front of the district courts in Faislabad Pakistan.
Their only crime was being born in a country where they were not allowed to freely live out their beliefs.
In their short 32 and 30 years on earth, they made a difference...a tremendous difference not only in the lives of those they worked with directly in their country, but for many of us who never had the opportunity to meet them in person. Pastor Rashid opened the world a little wider for me. I am more aware of the plight of people in a part of the world I never considered much before.
Thank you, Rashid and Sajid for the legacy you leave in the hearts of so many around the world.
May you both rest in peace.
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So sorry to hear this, Kim. Our thoughts are with you and Rob.
ReplyDeleteI so hope that the tragedy of their deaths serves some higher purpose. I keep hoping that somehow their deaths will not be in vain and that the Christians in Pakistan will be able to live an easier life someday because of the sacrifices they made. May the Lord take them up and hold them both close.
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