Pakistan: Your Children and their Future
A grandmother holds tightly to her grandchild during a time of prayer in Pakistan. As believers, we all give our children over to God for their safe-keeping, believing they will grow up to love and honor our God. We are all wary of the influences our western culture tries to inculcate into them. In essence, [...]
Pakistan: Secret Note
A note, written in Urdu, covertly passed from a Pakistani believer in northern Pakistan to a visiting American believer. “God our savior help you all. Amen.” May we never forget our brothers and sisters that meet together under the threat of persecution. Photo Copyright ©Gary S. Chapman
Pakistan: Jesus Film
Pakistani villagers watch the Jesus film under a starlit sky in a closed courtyard. Photographs taken with a night-vision equipped camera. Photo Copyright ©Gary S. Chapman
Egypt: Medical Outreach
An American nurse, traveling with SWI, examines a Sudanese refugee living in Egypt. Photo Copyright ©Gary S. Chapman
Ethiopia: Benji
Benji endured over three years in Eritrean jails, beaten and tortured to deny his Christian faith. He recently escaped, walking hundreds of kilometers to relative safety in Ethiopia. SWI is currently on the ground helping to stabilize his current situation. Updates will follow soon. Photo Copyright ©Gary S. Chapman
Pakistan: Brickmaker
The backbreaking work of a brick-maker is one of the few jobs available to Christians in Pakistan. The majority have limited educational opportunities. Their high illiteracy rate leaves them restricted mostly to menial jobs. Male, 75 years old, brick-maker. For $2.60 per day, this laborer must produce 1,000 bricks. To meet his quota of bricks, [...]
Pakistan: Orphans
A young Pakistani girl lifts her hands in worship. For her protection, her identity is hidden by the blurring of the photo. She was orphaned by the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and taken in by a Christian woman living in the north. Recently, the home they were living in was set ablaze as an act [...]
Pakistan: Help from Muslim neighbors
Early in August, 2009, angry mobs led by extremist Muslims looted and torched most of the Christian colony in Gojra and nearby Korian village. Trumped up charges of blasphemy against the Koran were used to incite Muslims to target their Christian neighbors. This Muslim boy holds a stack of Bibles that his father rescued from one [...]
Pakistan: Prayer
Female, 59 years old, matriarch. “Every step we take in this life we have to take care growing up around Muslims. They have kept us off-balance, behind them. They never let us come alongside them. Pray for our coming generation that they can live in peace.” She is the matriarch of the family, a pillar [...]