Pastor Zhetis Raulov is the pastor of New Life Church in the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
During the COVID-19 quarantine in April this year, Zhetis was summoned to meet representatives of the Religious Affairs at his church building. Pastor Zhetis parked his car outside city limits and took a taxi to the meeting so that he could not be accused of breaking quarantine driving restrictions. However, no one showed up for the meeting. So, he returned to his car only to be pulled by the authorities for breaking quarantine.
After a five-minute trial, Pastor Zhetis was sentenced to 10 days in prison and during this time, his family was harassed by thugs.
Pray that God would give Pastor Zhetis and his family the strength, courage and wisdom to handle such challenging situations. Pray that they will be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matt 10:16).
(Source & Photo Credit : VOM)
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