Last night I wrote a quick blog about an alarming situation that one of my friends shared with me. So far, over 90 of you have responded that you'll pray! What a demonstration of love from a group of Jesus-followers. I shared this with my friend and he and his family are so thankful. He said that one immediate result is that his sister was able to sleep through the night for the first time in a while and her family did not receive any death threats.

Here are a few more details that I've gotten permission to share with you: My friend's name is John. It is John's brother-in-law (I'll call Syd) and another family that we really need to pray protection for. The family member who wants to kill them is the Syd's father. He hates his son more than anyone in the world. He called him 50 times yesterday threatening him. John tried to call the dad, but the dad has turned his phone off.

Some of you have asked, "Why haven't you alerted the authorities?" John has thought of doing so, but all the statutes would allow is to lock up Syd's father for 72 hours. This, John feels, would only antagonize him and make things worse.

This morning the AIM staff met for prayer. Most of them know John and understand the seriousness of the situation. Please pray protection for Syd and the other family. Pray that Syd's dad would be set free.

We're compiling a mailing list of all those who are praying. If you know anyone else who wants to join us, please have them go to yesterday's blog and put their name and email down in the comment section. From here on out, I'll be sending out email updates when I get new information.

God bless you all and thank you so much. You've already made a big difference to a couple of families.