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Re-post from Alex’s Blog

Posted on | March 14, 2010 | Comments Off

This is a re-post from MediaVillage.WordPress.com written by Alex, a friend we made at Media Village. He and his wife Anne run a Media Village in Nigeria, directly in the center of the conflict.

Last year when Alex Abok graduated from the School of Digital Photography he left Media Village with a passion to use his camera to capture images that would communicate God’s heart for a lost world. How could he have known what was yet to be? How could he have imagined that within weeks he would look through the lens and see images of horror, pain and persecution. He never knew.He could not have known.

Jos is also the home of Media Village Nigeria. Over the past few weeks, this city has experienced horrific attacks. Muslims have ransacked Christian communities and have hacked and murdered men, women and children. Reports say that Christians have also attacked Muslims – so no one is exempt from blame. A BBC documentary has just stated that an estimated 500 people have been murdered. These are crimes of revenge and make no sense to the by – stander.

Who are some of these by-standers? Media Village Nigeria. Staff and students of the School of Video Production have locked themselves behind closed doors. They have gone without food and have rationed their water. Sitting in silence they have been able to hear the sounds of gun shots, and memories of their recent attacks have echoed in their hearts. Ann has reported that the faith and prayers of these young people has encouraged her and given her strength to lead in circumstances that require supernatural courage – God courage.

These words describe some of the horrific scenes.“I was able to escape with my two sons but my wife and daughter were killed with most members of my congregation. Ninety corpses are in my village right now and we don’t have the report of the ones
that died in the hospital in Jos. We did not see the faces of their assailant
but we heard them speaking Fulani, Hausa and English and whenever they hit
someone they shouted “Allah a’ khabar”

Alex used the lens of his camera to tell this story in the moment of time that it took for the shutter to capture this painful image. This an image of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters – our brothers and sisters in Christ.

I believe in prayer, not because I have to but because I have seen God hear and answer the cries of my heart.

Photo by Alex Abok
I believe that it makes a difference. If you can agree with this then let us join remember Media Village Nigeria and trust for their safety and let’s pray for peace to return to this region.

A single image can leave us unsettled, uncomfortable and greatly troubled. Imagine for a moment the pain in heart of a Father who knows each person by name. He knows when a sparrow falls, how much more so these children.

I cannot say I never knew, because now I do. Alex has brought this image into my home, and my heart is broken.

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