An Amazing Testimony

Please take a moment to read this amazing account of the situation in Iraq from the eyes of a Christian boy there.

I used to play outside, but when the war started we had to play inside all the time. When we do go outside we take the car, but I help my dad check under the car first for bombs. We are always checking things around the house and everyone is very nervous when we travel even short trips around the city. We even have some suitcases stuffed with things in case we have to leave in the middle of the night. I wonder if any of my toys will fit in those bags.

We used to go to church, but not after what happened. A really, really bad thing happened at our church and I lost a lot of my friends. They were all killed. I didn’t see it, but I heard most of the stories. I have an idea that lots of things will never be the same.

At night before my sister goes to bed my parents pray with her. Actually, she always has a lot to say to God. I don’t always have much to pray; I just think and usually pray to God in my mind. I can hear my sister now. She is praying, “God help that they don’t bomb another church and that there are no car bombs, stop the blood.” She has been very scared since the bad thing happened in the church and my mom often comes to her at night to pray with her again after nightmares. She didn’t used to have these things. I pray for her too.

Then my dad comes to pray for me. He tells me that Jesus will take care of us and I mustn’t worry. He tells me that God even loves the people who hurt us.