I posted another round of photos from my time in Uzbekistan (Read the original post here about where these are coming from). As I said before, I will gladly sell these to you in any format for any price, and all profits will go to supporting the Kingdom of Jesus in Central Asia.
See the rest [...]
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Most of my friends know that I spent a year in Uzbekistan, and that I would give a lot to go back.
I posted a bazillion pics from my trip when I first came home, but the server I used for those has become bogged down with spam, and most of the folks who read this [...]
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I would give a lot to be waking up in Samarkand today. I would walk down the street to get break baked just a few minutes ago, and I would come home and eat it for breakfast with sweet milk and tea.
Or I would fast and walk around the city all day and pray against [...]
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A Protestant from north-west Uzbekistan, Jandos Kuandikov, was arrested on 14 June and is still in detention before facing criminal trial on terrorism charges, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. Uzbek police have also recently falsely accused a Protestant refugee in Kazakhstan of terrorism charges. Amongst other recent violations of freedom of thought, conscience and [...]
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Every time I come across something I want to draw your attention to via this blog, I leave it open in a tab, in hopes that some day I’ll have time to write what I really want to write about it.
…that hasn’t happened in a while though
And now my computer tells me that it must [...]
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When I was in Central Asia, the lack of heating gas was a serious issue. There were weeks were it seemed just about impossible to get warm. And in this article they’re saying that this year is much worse than years past: It’s colder and there’s less gas for heating. And it’s mostly because they [...]
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Google pointed me here this morning.
Here’s an excerpt:
Human rights group Forum 18 said Pastor Nikolai Zulfikarov has been sentenced to two years “correctional labor” in Uzbekistan for “teaching religious doctrines without special religious education and without permission from a central organ of administration of a religious organization, as well as teaching religion privately”.
Zulfikarov will [...]
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OK. I have a challenge for you. It has three parts:
1) Read some world news every day (I recommend Google news)
2) Set up your account to show you information about persecuted countries (say…Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan)
3) Pray every time you’re reminded about how blessed we are to be here.
Here’s a little taste of what you’ll find:
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