Pastor Peter Haneef attacked; hand cut off

I am sad and sorry that most of our posts of late have been requests for prayer for our leaders rather than reports from the field.

In a recent correspondence with Assembly of Loving God (ALG Church) President Peter Haneef, he wrote the following when I asked him for news from the mission field:

“Dear Susanna 
Glory to the Lord Jesus Christ 

I’m thankful to you for keeping us in your prayers for our ministry throughout Bangladesh. 

We’re a dedicated team ministering for the Lord among jungle people and among village Muslims. By this time we’ve established 127 house churches and every week they are worshiping the Lord in Spirit and in Truth. The Holy Spirit moves wonderfully and there are many, many people embracing Christianity in these days.
 
I will send you the report when I prepare it. Kindly continue praying for us."
 
He wrote that back on June 10, so I’d been wondering when his report would come … and found myself being prompted to be even more in prayer for him and his team.
 
Today I got this message from Pastor Paul:

”Pastor Peter Haneef and gospel team are attacked by a mob of Muslims in a Muslim village in Bangladesh.

Pastor Haneef was carrying a Bible and was speaking to the crowd. Suddenly a group of attackers came with big butchers’ knives and steel pipes and attacked them. Pastor Haneef’s left hand was cut off and thrown away along with his Bible. The other team members rescued him although they were also seriously wounded. The people brought them to the hospital. Don’t know the details. But I am on the way to Bangladesh.”

So of course, he asks us all to be in prayer for this brave man of God and his team. Let's also pray for a safe and successful trip for Pastor Paul.

As ever, we cherish and in fact cannot function without your prayerful support of this ministry. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

May our Lord be your forever Guide, Protector and ever-present Help ....