Monday, August 9

encouraged.

Getaneh M. Getaneh

“I was hung upside down for hours…then they poured boiling oil on my feet…the pain was unbearable…I prayed to God that He would take me home…suddenly a cloud seemed to come into the room…His presence surrounded me…the pain was taken away…I begin to witness to my persecutors of the love of Jesus…”

This is part of the testimony of Getaneh Getaneh from the country of Ethiopia. Getaneh, an evangelical Christian, was arrested and imprisoned four times, interrogated and repeatedly tortured in Ethiopia because of his evangelistic activities. In 1985 God provided a way for Getaneh to flee from Ethiopia to Djibouti. After the fall of Ethiopia’s communist regime, he returned to his homeland in May 1994, having been assured by officials at the Ethiopian Embassy in Djibouti that things had changed. However, he was arrested and detained at the airport in Addis Ababa soon after his flight landed. After friends helped secure his release, he again fled to the U.S. seeking asylum.

Getaneh has spoken at various Voice of the Martyrs conferences around the U.S. and has been very instrumental in raising awareness in the U.S of Christians suffering for their faith around the world. Today Getaneh resides with his wife in the Washington DC area. He continues working in Ethiopia through his ministry – “Watch and Pray.”

We had the privilege of hearing many stories of brothers and sisters around the world who are currently standing for their faith in Christ amidst persecution and trouble. It was such an encouragement and perspective change as our eyes were opened to the fact that Christians still suffer in many ways.

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A few of the speakers from the conference and their websites...

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