CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN. May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organizations, and quoted from freely in reports citing "Middle East Concern" as the source of the information.

Dear friends

Greetings in the name of Jesus, who came that all may have life

In June we requested prayer following the kidnapping on Friday 12th June of nine foreigners, three of whom were murdered shortly afterwards.

There remains no news of the six missing foreigners, a German couple, Johannes (36) and Sabine (36), their three children, Lydia (4), Anna (3)

and Simon (1), and a British man, Tony. Tony is married.

The Yemeni press has continued to report positively on the work of these and other expatriate Christians in a hospital in the town of Saada. There has been a strong show of support in Saada itself, with many, including government officials, asking that expatriates continue to work at the hospital. However, all expatriate hospital staff have withdrawn, at least for the time being.

It remains the case that there has been no credible claim of responsibility.

Expatriate Christians in Yemen request our continued prayers that:

a. The missing six (assuming they are still alive) would know the peace and presence of Jesus and be released unharmed soon

b. The families and colleagues of those missing will know the peace of Jesus amidst the intense uncertainty

c. Efforts to discover the missing six will continue and will be successful

d. The families and colleagues of Anita, Rita and Young-Sun (i.e. the three murdered ladies) will continue to know the comfort of Jesus

e. The deaths of the three women who served the local people selflessly may cause many of them to come to accept God's love and forgiveness

f. All expatriate Christians in Yemen will know the Lord's guiding and protecting at this time, and His wisdom concerning future involvement in Saada in particular

g. The perpetrators will be convicted by the Spirit and drawn to the forgiveness, love and true life offered by Jesus.