Hello dear international families in Christ Jesus! I want to say shallom, peace be unto you!
Im pastor Philip Mantofa, standing here at Surabaya polices chapel, after just a while ago comforting the victims family of Air Asia flight that has crashed down.
Out of 155 passengers, 45 are forever our churchs member.
And thank you so much for all kinds of support that youve shown us, your love has reached our hearts.
I just want to give you a little report of what weve done through your support. We have set up a crisis center, and in it we provided ongoing worship atmosphere for the victims families nto find comfort in the presence of God. And not only that, weve also provided the trained counselors to be with them, to be here with them and for them. And I know that the hard times are not over yet, far from over. Because just yesterday (3rd jan), the body of the crashed plane has been found, so were expecting more bodies to be found. Once the bodies are identified, this will be a very critical moment for the family members. We have to be there by shifts for them, in the times that they needed us the most. So do pray for us for strenght and for our volunteers to be filled with joy, to be filled with comfort themselves, because the atmosphere of grief is so overwhelming here, and I know if you pray, you could also sense it overthere. But lets pray that the spirit of depression will not prevail. But instead, the spirit of comfort and encouragement will prevail, and the spirit of faith. faith is the only thing that will be getting them through this terrible moment, faith in Jesus Christ.
Continue to pray for us, just to give you an example, yesterday (3rd Jan), a body was identified. A little girl wearing a pink clothes, with a wristband, and immediately, one of the families recognize that it must be their loved one. They went histerrical and couldnt understand completely. I could never completely phatom their feeling, but I know it must be really terrible, so do pray for them. Its not easy. And more bodies is to be found. This is a critical time, do pray again with us. We have to stand with them until the end. This is a long process. Let God gives us strenght.
We have also hold a special worship service every 11 AM, here in Surabaya, just for the victims families, and also please pray for us more, since just this morning (4th Jan), Ive been warned by the authorities that the city is under threat by ISIS, international terrorism organization. THey are now targeting our beloved city, Surabaya. But our hearts are not afraid, Jesus is not only to live for but also to die for, yet we need your prayers because I know all these happen because the devils know that God loves Surabaya, God loves Indonesia, and God wants to use us in the nations, in a much better way. We are thankful we have you, we are not alone standing through this great test. And I believe this test will be a great testimony. Stand with us. Thank you for being with us. We love you so much and Ill give you more report. God bless you.
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