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Andre de Vries Andre de Vries their mother or father might not intercede and plead and pray and
www.africa4jesus.com return home due to martyrdom pray and pray much more before
I have come to a new realization and the believers who are locked God for the lost, for missions, for
of the urgency of missions and of up in cells prepared to die for the persecuted and for our
my calling which is Matthew Christ but certainly never denying brothers and sisters in Christ
28:19. Yet, this calling is not only Him. Jesus! I hate this feeling of
mine. It is the mandate of the Missions should be - amongst knowing that my brothers and
Church, its leaders and of all others - the topic of daily prayer sisters are raped, beaten, put into
believers! It is what is needed in and it should be a passion within steel containers in the desert sun

order for Matthew 24:14 to the heart of every believer. It and murdered for the faith while I
happen. Missionaries are usher- should be the driving force of sit in the West trying to raise an
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Christ. They are on the front lines across the world and it should be
dying alongside our brothers in the task (whether sending or
the persecuted churches of the going) done faithfully by
world. These are today's heroes pastors... that they may lead by
of the Christian faith - the pastors example.
who walk from church to church I hate this feeling of helplessness
in the blistering sun, the elders - helplessness for those that
that withstand the beatings for perish daily without Christ. Yet, let
belonging to the faith, the me also say this; I feel not
children ousted from com- enough. I am sure that I can
munities and labelled as dirty empathize and sympathize and
'Christians', who fear the night care and pray and cry and