Urumqi..... where my heart is.

There has been lots of violence on the streets of Urumqi the last few days. Several are dead, several hundreds are hurt. Hundreds of buses, shops, homes, restaurants and more have been burned.

YHWH, this is your city. I have very clearly felt you claim this city. I have never been more convinced of anything ... you are going to do a mighty work in this city. I ask you that you protect the people there... keep the rest of them from harm. Bring peace, reconciliation and restoration between the Uighurs and the Han Chinese.

I pray for Sunny, for Jenny and her family, for Dong, for LiFei. Protect these people. Guard them. Hold them close.

Bring us back there so that we may continue to love and grow with these people. Until then, help us to love them from afar. Remind us to pray for them.
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Check out this link.

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/tension-mounts-in-chinas-xinjiang-region-20090707-dbp9.html

or this one....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/06/china-urumqi-uighur-united-nations

one more....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/07/uighur-china-xinjiang-urumqi

Katie, Dong and I.

Sunny and I.

Li Fei and I. I love her dearly.