A Pilgrim's Journal

Praise the Lord!

Near the end of the article, it mentions another man in the same situation, arrested for giving a Bible to another man. The threat of death under shariah law is there as well. They expect the case to come before a judge shortly, since they can only hold him for 30 days.

Please continue to pray for these men, and for the people who are working behind the scenes for their release.

You can read the full article here.

Here is an excerpt from his letter, which I've taken from the above article. The original can be seen here.

	To the international church of world and to the President Brother
	Barak Obama President of the United States and to the head of ISAF
	[International Security Assistance Force] in Afghanistan!
   
	My name is Said Musa 45 years old. I have been working since 15
	years as a Physiotherapist in I-C-R-C [International Committee
	of the Red Cross] orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. About
	four and a half months before by security force of Afghanistan I
	[was] captured, due to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour
	of the world.
   
	...Since that time I am in jail. The authority and prisoners
	in jail did many bad behaviour with me about my faith in the
	Lord Jesus Christ. For example, they did sexual things with me,
	beat me by wood, by hands, by legs, put some things on my head,
	mocked me "He's Jesus Christ," spat on me, nobody let me for sleep
	night and day. Every person spat on me and beat me. Also the
	prosecutor wrote something wrong against me. He told from himself
	something wrong against me on my file.
   
	He is stimulating every day the prisoners against me, "He is
	also in jail due to spy for Iran country," to reveal the church
	in Kabul. I'm in a very and very bad condition in the jail.
   
	I agree with long imprisonment about my faith even for long
	life. Because I'm the sinnest person in the world. Because
	sometimes they treated for died I refuse my faith due to
	died. Sometimes I tolerate the persecution but immediately I
	acknowledge my sin before Lord Jesus Christ: "Don't refuse me
	before your holy angels and before your Father." Because I am
	very very weak and sinful man...
   
	I am alone between 400 handlers of terrible values in the jail
	like a sheep. Please, please, for the sake of Lord Jesus Christ
	help me. Please send a person who should supervise my document
	and my file, what I said in it. My prosecutor has told something
	wrong to the judge because he asked [for] money but I refused
	his request. Please, please you should transfer me from this
	jail to a jail that supervises the believers. I also agree with
	died on cross of my pride. I also agree with the sacrifice [of]
	my life in public, I will tell the faith in Lord Jesus Christ
	son of God and other believers will take courage and be strong
	in their faith. Hundred percent I am stable to my word. I have
	family of seven - one wife, three daughters and three sons. My big
	son [is] about eight years old. One of my daughters can't speak,
	she has some mental problems.
   
	This is a request from me to all over the world, people please
	help me. I could not have any person to help. For [the] sake
	[of] Lord Jesus Christ please pray and immediately help me and
	rescue me from this jail. Otherwise, they will kill me, because
	I know they're very very very cruel and hard hearted!
   
	Your destitute brother in the world.
   
	Please my English writing is not enough good. If I did some
	mistake please forgive me! From Kabul Provincial jail.

He is quoted later as saying, "My body is theirs to do what they want with. Only God can decide if my spirit goes to hell."

Let us all, around the world, pray for this man, just like the believers prayed for Peter in Acts 12, and expect God to surprise us. Whether this man is released or killed, his story needs to be told, as a witness against the rulers in Afghanistan, and as encouragement to other believers.