Germination
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Voice of the Martyrs
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PRISONER NAME | LOCATION | ARRESTED | REVISED | ||||||||
Behnam Irani | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | May 2011 | November 27, 2011 | ||||||||
 Behnam Irani, a 41-year-old pastor from Kraj, Iran, was convicted of crimes against national security in January 2011 and sentenced to one year in prison. After voluntarily surrendering to authorities on May 31 to begin his sentence, he learned that he would be forced to serve five years in connection with a previous conviction. Officers from the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (MOIS) raided Irani’s house church on April 14, 2010, and assaulted him before taking him into custody. Although he was released on bail two months after his arrest, he later received the one-year prison sentence. When Irani voluntarily began serving his sentence in May 2011, he was prepared to spend one year in prison. But he received a letter in October stating that he must now serve five years from his previous sentence. Irani was first arrested in December 2006 and tried for crimes against national security. He was released in January 2007 but was soon re-arrested, tried and sentenced to five years in prison. Irani was never called to serve the sentence that is now being held against him. Irani became a pastor in 2002, 10 years after becoming a Christian. Please pray for his wife and two children as they wait for him to return home. You may also write a letter of encouragement to Pastor Irani to let him know you are praying for him. Please do not speak negatively of the Iranian government in your letter or mention the name of the organization that provided this information. | |||||||||||
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Post this PrisonerAlert.com Prisoner Profile on the bulletin board in your church, Sunday School class or Christian school. Share a copy with your pastor, members of your Bible study group or other Christian friends. Address for Behnam Irani Ghezel Hesar Prison Karaj, Albourz State, Iran | Circulation To Date for Behnam Irani
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Please note When writing a letter, never mention the name of the source of your information or the name of any organization such as Voice of the Martyrs or Prisoner Alert. It is not dangerous for a prisoner to receive letters from individuals, but if an organization is mentioned they may be accused of links with ‘foreign organizations’ and receive harsher sentences. Also, please do not state anything negative about their government. For the latest information, including letter writing tools and helps, please visit PrisonerAlert.com. | |||||||||||
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I gave thanks for you when I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray the eyes, ears and hearts of those who persecute you may open to Jesus. Philippians 1:29 For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake. Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. | |||||||||||
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944 November 28 Parent Letter
Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
I will be sending home the children’s Christmas program parts in the folders again today. Your child’s part will be highlighted. Please practice their part with them. Their parts should have been memorized today. They need to speak slowly, clearly, and loudly. The more they practice, the better their performance. Besides wanting the children to look and sound their best, it is also important to share the message of Jesus and his birth with those in attendance. The students’ parts need to be understood by the audience.
Please continue selling the tickets for our Winter Fundraiser. Drawing will be after the Christmas Program. Let me know if you need more tickets!
Our Chapter 5 Social Studies Test is on Wednesday. Study sheets are in the folders today.
I’d like to share some information about an organization of which I’ve become aware. Voice of the Martyrs is an organization that supports by prayer and other means Christians being persecuted for their faith worldwide. The students are praying each day for both a country and an imprisoned Christian. You may learn more about this organization at www.persecution.com I will be posting on the classroom website the information about the prisoner each week. We will also send a letter of support to the person for which we’ve been praying.
Progress reports will come home NEXT Monday.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tabletop Triops Science Project
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October 10 Parent Letter
Parents,
This is the third week of the grading period. That means look for Progress Reports next week.
The Chapter 3 Social Studies Test will be on Thursday. Please look for the study sheet tomorrow.
We have the opportunity to attend the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra’s Children’s Concert at 10:00 a.m. on November 18th. This is an awesome experience for the students. Before I RSVP and reserve our spots, I need to know if I have parents willing to drive us there. We would need to leave at 9:30 and would probably go somewhere for lunch at 11:00 and return after that. I can drive 3 students so I would need rides for 7 more students. Please return the bottom of the note tomorrow so I can make plans for this.
Something has been put in my pencil sharpener that has made it inoperable, so students will need their own sharpener or will have to make do with the not so great manual sharpener.
I will be at the Professional Church Workers Conference next Monday and Tuesday. Yvonne Trant, a retired teacher from Sarita, will be my substitute. Please encourage students to be on their best behavior on these days.
That’s about all this week. The students are doing great. Keep up the good work parents.
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