I received the following statement from Pastor Sameh Maurice of the Kasr Dubara Evangelical Church. The church is located at Tahriir Square in Cairo. It is the church I attended while living there.
Dear friends,
We really appreciate your prayers and concern. We've received your messages loaded with love and we know you're hearts are with us. We are safe with our families and friends, and we're ever thankful for that; but our safety is not really our main concern now.
Right now, we stand united with our courageous young people who broke the barrier of fear and started to demand their basic human rights for a dignified life, freedom and social justice. We feel the pain of our nation, our hearts bleed with our people. For generations now, young Egyptians feel betrayed by people in authority and those who are fighting for it. Corruption, excessive and illegal personal gains have caused a wide spread poverty among our people.
If you want to know where we stand from the present events; we refuse to give in to lies and to fear. We do not accept the lie that says accept a repressive and non democratic regime because the alternative is worse. Is our God limited to few options?
The church and the saints in Egypt, for many generations now, have been praying for years for blessings for our nation. We are asking our living God who sees and hears to come and save. We're asking for a new era of freedom and dignity. We are asking for a new system where leaders with integrity and fear of God would tend to the need and the aspiration of Egyptians.
Please pray with us.
Sameh Maurice
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