As the Pastor showed us his scares, he recounted their stories, the persecution that he has gone through for the sake of Christ. Ixobel (ee-sho-bell) is a sub city in Poptun where our ministry focus will be for the next seven weeks. This place use to be controlled by violence and Christians were the target. You couldn't sit in the front room of your house with a group of people without someone throwing rocks at you.
Pastor Mynor (our contact there) was very excited to have a prayer walk around the city to declare the goodness God has for that place that was once controlled by witchcraft and violence. Not long ago the local pastors would plan prayer walks in the middle of the night and walk quietly to avoid the persecution and physical danger. From their sacrifice and perseverance the violence has fallen. So last Thursday with loud speakers and a parade of believers we marched down the dirt roads in broad daylight declaring to the powers of darkness, who thought they owned Ixobel, that the King of Kings had arrived to reclaim his people. 
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