Hello, my name is Aida. I’m from Azerbaijan.

I grew up not knowing Jesus, but I heard the gospel and accepted Jesus through Christian friends I met last winter. After I believed in Jesus, I now live a new life.

I was preparing for my water baptism by reading the Bible and praying. The day of my baptism finally came at the end of May. The day before the baptism, there were spiritual attacks and disturbances. But having endured through faith, my baptism was all the more meaningful.

I faced many spiritual attacks since long ago. A black figure appeared in my dream on the day of baptism, threatening me by saying, “If you are baptized, one of your family members will get hurt.” So I was afraid. And on the morning of my baptism, my mom suddenly asked me to go to my relatives’ house, so I almost couldn’t go to the baptism. However, that day was so important, so I persuaded my mother that I must go, and despite all the attacks and obstacles, I got to go and was baptized with great joy.

Through baptism, I confessed once again before my coworkers in faith that Jesus is the Son of the living God, who died and resurrected to redeem our sins, and that I believe that He will come again. I also decided to live as a disciple who prepares the way of Jesus’ return. Hallelujah!

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God. 

(Psalm 146:5)

Praise Jesus as the only Savior of all nations! Lord! Thank You for allowing Sister Aida to confess Jesus Christ as her Savior and be baptized in the name of Jesus to gain new life!

Lord, You are Sister Aida’s Savior! You are the only way in which she must run, her eternal life, and her only truth!

Would Sister Aida now lay down her life for Jesus, who gave her new life! Would she obey the Great Commission and witness the name of Jesus in Azerbaijan and all nations! Lord, would You help her to stand firm in the faith in the midst of difficulties and hardships and lean only on You as she runs for Your kingdom! Also, use her to raise up the Azerbaijani church to become a church that fulfills the Great Commission! Amen!

In Kazakhstan, which borders China in Central Asia, the Chinese government has been strained by the collective outbreak of an unidentified pneumonia virus which already has a much higher mortality rate than COVID-19.

On July 10th, according to China’s Media’s Global Times and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP), the Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan said on a previous day’s WeChat post that an “unidentified pneumonia is sweeping across Kazakhstan” and has issued a warning about it.

The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan said that the pneumonia killed 1,772 people in January to June this year, and 628 people died in June alone.

“The Kazakhstani health authorities are conducting a comparative study of this new pneumonia virus, but the virus has not yet been identified,” said the Chinese embassy.

According to Kazakhstan’s health authorities, more than 1,700 pneumonia cases occurred in the country last month, more than twice that of the same period from last year. These are only officially compiled numbers, so the actual infection size is likely to be much larger.

Health care officials in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan said, “More than 300 people are being diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized every day.”

The spread of this unidentified pneumonia is putting a heavy burden on Kazakhstan, which is already struggling to contain COVID-19.

Kazakhstan’s government, which declared a state of emergency on March 16th due to the spread of COVID-19, lifted most of their COVID-19 restrictions on May 11th. However, due to the spread of the new, unidentified pneumonia, restrictions and quarantine measures are again being reinforced in some regions.

According to Kazakhstan’s health authorities, the number of patients currently suffering from pneumonia is two to three times higher than those infected with COVID-19.

President Kassim-Jomart Tokayev said, “The second wave of COVID-19 and this surge in pneumonia are overlapping. The situation is still serious, and it is too early to ease restrictions.”

China also is facing an emergency situation on its border with Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan borders Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwestern China. Chinese experts are arguing that measures are needed to prevent the influx of this unidentified pneumonia from entering China through XUAR.

Source: Seoul Newspaper

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. (1 Peter 4:7)

Amen. God, on top of COVID-19, another plague of unknown cause is said to be occurring collectively in Kazakhstan. This new pneumonia epidemic has a higher mortality rate than COVID-19 and is making many concerned about what will happen next.

In this age, when the Word of the Lord is being fulfilled rapidly, the world church must wake up and go with the Lord. No matter what the situation, the word of the Lord will surely come true, and He will come again as King of all nations.

May the world church see this day! Lord, help us to leave behind all darkness that distracts us from You and the gospel and wake us up!

Would the Kazakh church be awakened to the plagues and the powers of Satan that are shaking the whole world and pray with holy fire! Help them to stand as a church that wins all spiritual battles in the last days in the name of Jesus! Amen!

According to a Syrian civil war monitoring group, a car bomb killed six people, including three children, in northwestern Syria under the Turkish forces.

On May 8th, local time, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Syrian civil war monitoring group, documented six deaths from a car-bomb explosion in the town of Tal Abyad. Three children and three other unidentified bodies were killed and dismembered at the crime scene. More than 15 people were injured. Some were in severe condition.

The area is currently under the control of the Turkish military. Turkey’s defense ministry blamed the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurdish-led forces controlling northwestern Syria in October 2019. Turkish military has since seized control of a 120 km stretch of territory, including Gire Spi and Ras al-Ain, driving the Kurds from their homes and 30 km farther from the Turkish border. Russia has intervened, and Turkey and the Kurds have since agreed to a ceasefire, but Kurdish forces have continued their attack.

Source: Asia Economic

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The Lord upholds all who fall,
And raises up all who are bowed down.
(Psalm 145:13-14)

Our God, who rules all nations, children have died, and many were wounded by a car bomb explosion in northwestern Syria in an area under Turkish military rule. Lord, we desire to see your kingdom come upon the people of Syria. May you reign upon this nation full of sorrow and death.

May Syrians, who are unprotected by this world’s power and because of the long-lasting civil war, find faith in the gospel. May the dying souls of this land be full of life because of Your gospel. May Your everlasting kingdom, full of praises and worship for only You, come upon this land.

Please let the cross, which saved the whole world, be established among all Syrians and refugees, and may the conflict between Turkey and the Kurds end meet at the foot of the cross! Amen! Thu #1 done

Controversy over human rights abuses by the Chinese authorities against the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have led China to likely be addressed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) based on a lawsuit recently filed by Uyghur human rights groups.

A London-based defense counsel representing two Uyghur activist groups filed against the Chinese authorities to the ICC saying, “Please investigate suspicions of China’s Uyghur ‘genocide’ (clan massacre),” as reported by New York Times (NYT) on July 6th, local time.

These groups, claiming the name of their country as “East Turkistan” (also Uyghurstan), call for the independence of XUAR from China.

The 80-page petition states a list of more than 30 Chinese officials responsible for suppressing Uyghur human rights, including Chinese president Xi Jinping.

International human rights groups and the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) estimate that about 1 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minority Muslims are being oppressed or held against their wills in “re-education camps.”

Chinese officials are being criticized by international human rights groups for their alleged brainwashing of Uyghurs in order to make them deny Islam and give loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China’s ruling administration.

In recent years, controversy over “racial cleanup” has also been raised.

Earlier, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Chinese authorities were implementing harsh birth control policies against the Uyghurs.

The government has forced hundreds of thousands of Uyghur women to be routinely tested for pregnancy and forced to take intrauterine contraception, infertility medicine, and perform abortions.

Source: Yonhap News

Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
(Jeremiah 6:16)

Lord, the Uyghur people in XUAR are suffering from Communist ideological education, genocide against their people, and birth control. Islam only pours out anger and does not protect them, and peace cannot be found anywhere.

Lord, let the Uyghurs no longer place their hope in the authorities or religions of the world. May they come before You, Jesus, and receive true peace. Help them to bow down and cry out to You who shed Your blood for their salvation!

Xinjiang is a land steeped in the blood of martyrs. The Christians say, “Let’s meet in heaven, or wait for the Lord.” We believe that this is the good and true way, carved into the Xinjiang Uyghurs with their own blood.

Lord, let the Uyghur church overcome all darkness and rise up with the spirit of martyrdom! Help them to not draw back in fear of persecution but to boldly preach this gospel of the kingdom with the hope of heaven. Lord, use them as a precious church that will carry salvation to the nations and fulfill Your work in these end times! Amen!