*** Voice Of The Martyrs Prayer Alert 2/10/08 ***
ERITREA: Christians Languish in Prisons
An evangelist imprisoned since 2006 for his Christian activities is receiving especially harsh treatment because of his ministry to inmates. Sources said Teame Weldegebriel is on the brink of despair as he languishes at the Mai Sirwa Maximum Security Confinement prison. "It seems that hell has broken loose on me," Weldegebriel said. "Please tell the brethren to continue praying for me. I am not sure I will see them again."
Weldegebriel's family is worried about his health after trying repeatedly, without success, to get permission to visit him.
In Eritrea more than 2,000 Christians are imprisoned for their faith, including a Christian from a Full Gospel Church who was arrested in 2001. His wife last saw him in June 2007. She and her children were rounded up from a prayer meeting in mid-July and placed in a metal shipping container until their release last month, his wife said. "I was arrested with my children while having a prayer meeting with 20 other Christians," said the woman, who requested anonymity for security reasons. "I remember the horrible ordeal I went through with the children. After three weeks I was released with my two children, while the other Christian soldiers remained locked in the prison cells."
Please uphold Teame Weldegebriel and the many other Christian prisoners in Eritrea.
ERITREA: Christians Languish in Prisons
An evangelist imprisoned since 2006 for his Christian activities is receiving especially harsh treatment because of his ministry to inmates. Sources said Teame Weldegebriel is on the brink of despair as he languishes at the Mai Sirwa Maximum Security Confinement prison. "It seems that hell has broken loose on me," Weldegebriel said. "Please tell the brethren to continue praying for me. I am not sure I will see them again."
Weldegebriel's family is worried about his health after trying repeatedly, without success, to get permission to visit him.
In Eritrea more than 2,000 Christians are imprisoned for their faith, including a Christian from a Full Gospel Church who was arrested in 2001. His wife last saw him in June 2007. She and her children were rounded up from a prayer meeting in mid-July and placed in a metal shipping container until their release last month, his wife said. "I was arrested with my children while having a prayer meeting with 20 other Christians," said the woman, who requested anonymity for security reasons. "I remember the horrible ordeal I went through with the children. After three weeks I was released with my two children, while the other Christian soldiers remained locked in the prison cells."
Please uphold Teame Weldegebriel and the many other Christian prisoners in Eritrea.
