"Bullets Flying Everywhere But I Was Not Touched"-Steven Long Testimony

I am writing this article in the wake of a terrible shooting that just occurred in Toulouse, France. Three Jewish children were killed and a fourth severely injured by this deadly gunman, among other victims killed or wounded.
But can PRAYER make a difference at times such as this?
Here is one young man's real life testimony that says it can!

-Pamela Rae Schuffert-

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"The Holy Spirit warned my dad 24 hours before the shooting,

"PRAY FOR YOUR SON...HIS LIFE IS IN DANGER!"

-testimony of Steven Long, survivor of gunman rampage 2007-

I will never forget the fateful month of December in 2007. During my prayer journey across America that year, I had been praying for God to show me where to go next to intercede over America. My contacts, Joseph and Paula Applegate,  had invited me to their home on Ward Street in Arvada, a suburb outside Denver.

As I pulled into their driveway the night I arrived, I silently prayed for that region. I had recently begun to notice a pattern in my journeys.It seemed that wherever God had led me across America, it was to pray for some unforeseen disaster looming on the horizon.It would usually manifest within a few days after I arrived in that region. I remember praying distinctly that God would intervene in any crisis which might come to this region. I prayed this daily while visiting that region.

                      Scene of YWAM shooting, Arvada CO

One morning, they awakened me with the terrifying news that a gunman had attacked several people shortly after midnight at a nearby church being used as a  YWAM base, shooting and killing Tiffany Johnson and Phillip Crouse. Two others were shot and wounded. This church was only several blocks from the home I was visiting! I rushed to the scene of the crime, to witness police tape and cruisers parked everywhere in the church parking lot.

                                   Tiffany Johnson and Phillip Crouse

The DENVER POST carried many articles about this horrific event.

Finally, I called members of my church in NC to tell them of the horrible shooting. Imagine my shock when Reverend Kenneth Foreman replied that the son of a well known church leader (Rev. Brad Long) was attending that YWAM base program at the time of the shooting! In fact, he was eye-witness to the shooting of Crouse and Phillips by gunman Murray. That eye witness was Steven Long, and his father's name is Brad Long.

                                            Rev. Brad Long
                    http://www.prmi.org/who-we-are/prmi-staff/rev-dr-brad-long

Several months later, I was to meet Steven in person, quite by accident, after returning to NC, while staying at my church related retreat, Montreat. I was sipping chai in a Christian coffe shop in Black Mountain, NC, near Montreat, and mentioning my disturbing experience back in Colorado, when a young man spoke up. "I am Steven Long, and I was THERE the night Murray opened fire on us..." How amazing, when I had been praying to locate Steve so I could talk to him!

He was equally surprised to meet me and discover that I had been there in Arvada at the time of the attack. Steve began to open his heart to me that afternoon. He shared moving details with me that the newspapers had never before revealed.

"I was standing between Tiffany and Phillip as they talked to gunman Murray that night. When they told him he could not spend the night, he then took out his gun and began firing at us. Bullets were flying everywhere...I saw Tiffany hit and Phillip also...her hand was even blown off...BUT I WAS NOT TOUCHED! When Murray stopped firing, I pushed him out the door and closed it... "

"A van of YWAM'ers was just pulling into the parking lot...I called them on my cell phone and told them to stay in the van and not get out because the gunman was out there...God used me to save their lives that night."

The gunman then fled the scene of this horrific crime, only to travel an hour south to Colorado Springs to attack yet more victims in a large church before being stopped by a Christian security guard. She ordered him to desist and throw down the gun, and when he refused, she successfully shot and killed him.

Such tragedy fills our world today. Whenever people disobey God's commandments, heartache and tragedy is certain to follow.

As we discussed the fact that, though hostile gunfire raged all around him that night, yet Steve was not touched, he looked at me strangely and said,

"My dad told me that, 24 hours before the shooting, God's Holy Spirit told him, 'pray for your son: his life is in danger!' And he started to pray immediately. That is the only reason I am still alive today..." This is the power of PRAYER IN ACTION on the front lines of earth's battlefields.

Had more people responded to the Holy Spirit's inner unction to pray,  perhaps even more lives could have been spared. This is one reason I never stop praying, every single day and throughout much of the night.

Christian readers across America and the globe, your intercessory prayers are urgently needed.

We live in a dark world filled with tragedy, violence, death, cruelty and heartache. The reason behind all of this is SIN, man's disobedience to God and His commandments. And the only answer God has provided to effectively deal with sin, is the Savior of the world, Jesus the Messiah.

Jesus was sent by the Father into this sad world, to bear the penalty for our sins from a just and holy God."Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world." He is indeed our passover Lamb, Whose blood atones for our sins and causes judgment to pass over us.

Therefore pray for the salvation of the world we live in, for every person's life to be touched with the love and mercy of God leading to repentance and salvation.The Bible reveals that Our Father in heaven is Almighty, or omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.

This means that His magnificent Holy Spirit has the power to impact EVERY PERSON on the face of the earth at any given time. His everlasting Kingdom is filled with billions of His holy angels poised to do His irresistible and perfect will perpetually.The Word of God tells us that His angels are sent to uplift, protect and bless His children. Jesus the Messiah declared, "...with God, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!"

Our prayers have the power to move the mighty heart and hands of God the Father. Our faith and obedience to His commandments and teachings of His Son, can and will not only bless and change our lives BUT ALSO our world around us. God only has His redeemed people to work through in this present world. May each one of us choose to make a difference by our prayers, faith and obedience to His word.

PRAY against all future acts of violence and deadly shootings, that such people will be stopped by God's divine mercy and grace and intervention on behalf of innocent victims worldwide. Whether confronting a Mohamed Merah or a Matthew Murray, God has the power to protect His children and to intervene mightily when we PRAY.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert

"...Therefore It Is Our Holy Duty to Drive the Jews OUT OF JERUSALEM!"

These were the shocking words I heard from a Muslim mujahid, Haroon, who was working in "Jamaat E Islami" headquarters in Washington DC one day. My interview with him about the subject of Muslims and their perception of the land of Israel, was to change my Western perspective on it forever.

By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-

                                       Jerusalem
March 29, 2012-

March 30 is the date of LAND DAY in Palestine/Israel.

It is also the date of the GLOBAL MARCH ON JERUSALEM. Tens of thousands of Arabs and Muslims, including displaced Palestinians, are preparing to march on Israel's borders and press on to Jerusalem if possible.

Many are protesting Israeli seizure of Arab/Muslim homes and lands and are demanding their property be returned.

Various news articles are now commenting on the military response and preparations of Israel and the IDF  to this huge march.

            IDF Gearing up for Global March on Jerusalem

Many reporting on this Global March to Jerusalem are critical of the heavy handed approach that Israel and their military are apparently taking in response to this protest, especially in Western news media. And Westerners, long used to protests in North American, are casually thinking, "...yeah, it's just another protest for human rights..."

But is it? Or are there much more serious underlying implications? And is there a solid reason for Israel preparing so extensively for this march? From what I have uncovered through research, there is much more than meets the eye initially, that most journalists aren't telling people.

My eyes were opened during my years of interviewing Muslims, studying Islamic ideology to better understand them, and also researching the ongoing Muslim persecution of Christians worldwide.

In one period of research, I spent one day interviewing Muslims at Jamaat E Islami headquarters inWashington DC. One man, Haroon, was happy to speak with me. We enjoyed polite small talk for a few minutes. But then, I finally decided to ask him what I knew would be a provocative question.

"Tell me, Haroon: to whom does Jerusalem belong? To the MUSLIMS or to the JEWS?"

Fire seemed to flash in his eyes as he looked at me and vehemently replied, "TO THE MUSLIM! Because our Qu'ran teaches us that ISHMAEL IS THE TRUE SON OF IBRAHIM, Jerusalem belongs to THE ARAB MUSLIMS! Therefore it is our holy duty before Allah to DRIVE THE JEWS OUT OF JERUSALEM...and out of Israel and into the sea!"

I silently thought about what Haroon said, and finally gently replied by taking my Bible out and saying,

"But Haroon, this Bible is much older than your Qu'ran. It contains the historical account of Abraham. And the Bible clearly teaches that the true son of Abraham is ISAAC (Yitzak) and that ISHMAEL was the son of Hagar the slave woman to Sarah, Abraham's wife. Ishmael is the father of the Arab people. But Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are the forefathers of THE JEWS. Therefore according to the Bible, the Land belongs to the JEWS..." I was not prepared for his response.

Looking sincerely shocked and bewildered, Haroon actually  stuttered at first and then exclaimed, "N-n-no...that cannot be true!"

"But it IS true, Haroon...and this is what our Bible teaches," I said quietly. It was finally time to end the interview and discreetly leave. To this day I have never forgotten his response.

Finally...I began to understand what this perpetual struggle was really all about: a battle between what the Qu'ran teaches one people group (the Muslims), and what the Judeo/Christian Bible teaches another people group (the Jews.)

The Qu'ran and the Bible absolutely present differing religious doctrines, beliefs and worldviews. Therefore Jews and Muslims will never be able to come to agreement or true peace with one another based on each groups' strongly held, yet vastly differing,  religious beliefs.

Many if not all Muslims believe what Haroon shared  with me that day. "..therefore it is our holy duty before Allah to drive the Jews out of Jerusalem and out of Israel and into the sea..."

Now, envision tens of thousands of angry Muslims descending on Israel's borders in this GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM, all sharing this widely held yet erroneous Islamic belief, and with it the Islamic jihadist mandate to DRIVE THE JEWS OUT AND INTO THE SEA. Can you understand the concern Israel now feels to protect it's borders and it's citizens and Jerusalem at this time? 

Perhaps now you can understand better the need Israel feels to secure their borders and defend themselves. Israel is surrounded by a sea of millions of hostile Muslims who share this common belief with Haroon.

Furthermore I find it ludicrous and ironic that the same Islamic extremists from many Islamic nations who are joining in this march for Palestinian rights, and who are crying out for human rights for Muslims in Israel, are among the very ones denying Christians their basic human rights back in their Islamic nations. Muslims are among the most violent oppressors of Christians and abusers of human rights, including womens' rights,  in the world today. 

                              Church destroyed by Muslims

While accusing Israel of human rights abuses against Palestinians and Muslims, Muslims themselves are frequently committing horrific  atrocities against Christians that include armed attacks, torture and murder, house and church seizure and destruction and burnings, beheadings, discrimination in society, and more.

                       Somali Christian beheaded by Muslims

Many of the Islamic nations sending delegates to protest human rights abuses in the GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM, are themselves guilty of the very same kinds of offenses against Christians and minorities, including against  Jews in their countries! What extreme hypocrisy!

I shudder to think what would happen to both Jews and Christians alike throughout Israel, if such Islamic extremists sharing Haroon's sentiments, were allowed to overrun Israel's borders and then proceed to attempt to seize Jerusalem for themselves. The cruelty, bloodshed and carnage would be beyond belief, especially coupled with Muslim traditional beliefs regarding revenge and honor killings, plus the fatwas (proclamations) being issued by popular Muslim clerics to "...kill the Jews, kill the Christians, kill ALL infidels..."

We only need remember what one Islamic extremist named Mohamed Merah recently did in Toulouse, France, acting out of tradition Islamic revenge and jihadist mentality.  Not even little Jewish children were spared the killer's merciless cruelties, justified in his mind by Islamic ideologies.

Am I happy about what seems to be abusive behavior by Israeli military towards Palestinians at times? No, of course not. Many observers are not. There is much that disturbs me. I am sad whenever I read about little Palestinian children being killed, caught in the crossfire between two opposing groups. I pray about this all the time.

But it must be remembered that, due to the often violent ideologies of Islamic extremism coupled with a jihadist "Muslim holy war" mentality, Israel finds itself in a very precarious position of attempting to balance the need for maintaining human rights, with the need to protect it's borders and people from the threat of widespread Islamic hatred and their desire to overthrow Israel forever.

"Sha-alu shalom Yerushalayim..." Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. There is far more to this ongoing problem than most people in the West can begin to comprehend, and no easy solution in sight. Pray that there will be no violence or bloodshed during this GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM on March 30, 2012.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert

Please Pray for Rabbi of School Attended by Slain Jewish Children

              Rabbi Yosef Y. Matusof, Director of Jeunesse
              Lubavitch - Beth Habad Toulouse and the
              Ecole Gan Rachi school where the slain
              children had been learning.

The terrorist gunman has finally been stopped forever by French police and authorities. But this can never take away the deep heartache and pain of the families victimized by the murders committed by this man. Close friends of the grieving families also are filled with sorrow over this series of tragedies.

 When I began to read articles from many sources, including coverage of the profoundly moving funeral for the victims, one face began to stand out. It was a face filled with evident shock, sorrow and pain. I grieved for and with him as I looked at the photographs.

                       Rabbi Matusof, third on the right, center section

Upon further research, I discovered that this was Rabbi Yosef Y. Matusof , director of the school and daycare the children slain had attended. Rabbi Matusof is a distinguished member of the Jewish community in the area, having recieved the prestigious Edmond Tenoudji prize for excellence in Jewish education.

One can only imagine the suffering that he and his school staff and their families have endured throughout this crisis. The children who attend the school and their families are also affected.

The gunman may be dead, the funeral for the victims may be over, but the heartache and sorrow of the families and friends remains.

Please, dear readers, take special time to deeply pray for Rabbi Matusof, his staff, and others mentioned above. Their loss is all of our loss, and their pain must become ours as well.

True compassion, love and prayer know no international or religious boundaries.

We love you and are sincerely praying for you all.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert

Islamic Persecution, Oppression & Murder of CHRISTIANS Worldwide

PART ONE

By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-

Foreword from Pamela-

Readers, we have just witnessed with shock and  sorrow what Islamic jihad extremist  ideologies can do to negatively influence people, their reasoning  and their actions as witnessed by the recent shooting tragedy in France involving a Muslim gunman killing three Jewish children plus several other victims. (See my previous articles.)

Gunman Merah claimed he killed the Jewish children to avenge Israeli/Jewish linked deaths of Palestinian children. Fueled by Islamic extremist doctrines of revenge, Merah shot and killed 3 Jewish children, wounding a fourth, and killed the father of two. Previously Merah had killed several French soldiers, to avenge Taliban deaths in Afghanistan: French troops are there. Four Jewish children, thousands of miles from Israel and in no way involved in the conflicts, were horribly victimized by a gunman poisoned by pseudo-religious doctrines of hate and revenge.

Islamic ideology  is historically known to promote violence and death to perceived enemies of Islam, as even recent "fatwas" or religious proclamations issued by various  Muslim clerics attest to, that encourage killing of Americans, killing of Jews, or killing of various world leaders. Islamic ideology also is known to promote the hatred towards and killing of Christians ("infidels") worldwide.

Such radical ideologies of hatred and constant war (jihad) to further the spread of Islam worldwide and to terminate all opponents have proven to be a very real enemy of both Christians and Jews alike to this day. Although some prove a threat to Jews primarily in Israel, far more Christians than Jews have been persecuted and murdered by Muslim extremists, since the founding and establishment of Islam approximately 622 A.D.

However, it must be emphasized that not all Muslims agree with Islamic extremist ideologies that promote hatred and violence. People retain the right to be individuals holding their own personal outlook on everything, and not to be stereotyped.

I personally have enjoyed friendships with peaceful Afghani Muslim refugees from the previous Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Shah Nawaz, his wife Sultan and many children were a delightful family that I had dinner with several times in the Washington DC area, to interview them. After enjoying a huge traditional Afghani dinner, served on a special covering on the floor and eaten with our fingers, Shah would reminisce about the past.

"You know, Pamela-jon, we are a very peaceful family..we hated the violent Taliban...we loved the Americans we met in Kabul...I drove a truck for the American Embassy in Kabul before the Russians came..." They knew I was a Christian, but there was no hostility on their part, and certainly none on mine. We became friends as stereotypes gradually faded on both sides.

However, tragic accounts of ongoing Muslim violence and oppression against Christians are frequently reported from across the globe. As Christians we are exhorted by God's Word to stand steadfastly with our spiritual brethren worldwide, with both prayer, compassion and practical ways as well. Please read the following report and PRAY.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert
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Islamic Persecution of Christians Worldwide

The following article was originally published by the Stonegate Institute.

Half of Iraq’s indigenous Christians are gone due to the unleashed forces of jihad, many of them fleeing to nearby Syria; yet, as the Assad regime comes under attack by al-Qaeda and others, the jihad now seeps into Syria, where Christians are experiencing a level of persecution unprecedented in the nation’s modern history.

Likewise, some 100,000 Christian Copts have fled their native Egypt since the overthrow of the Mubarak regime; and in northern regions of Nigeria, where the jihadi group Boko Haram has been slaughtering Christians, up to 95 % of the Christian population has fled.

Meanwhile, the “big news” concerning the Muslim world in the month of February—the news that flooded the mainstream media and had U.S. politicians, beginning with President Obama, flustered, angry, and full of regret—was that copies of the Koran in Afghanistan were burned by U.S. soldiers because imprisoned Muslim inmates were using them “to facilitate extremist communications.”

Categorized by theme, February’s 2012 batch of Muslim persecution of Christians around the world includes (but is not limited to) the following accounts, listed in alphabetical order by country, not severity.

Church Attacks

Algeria: Armed men raided and ransacked a church formally recognized since 1958, dismantling the crucifix above the premises. The pastor and his family, trapped inside, feared that “they could kill us.” The pastor “has been repeatedly threatened and attacked since being ordained as pastor in 2007. In the summer of 2009 his wife was beaten and seriously injured by a group of unknown men. Then, in late 2011, heaps of trash were thrown over the compound walls while an angry mob shouted death threats.”

Egypt: Thousands of Muslims attacked a Coptic church, demanding the death of its pastor, who, along with “nearly 100 terrorized Copts sought refuge inside the church, while Muslim rioters were pelting the church with stones in an effort to break into the church, assault the Copts and torch the building.” They did this because a Christian girl who, according to Islamic law, automatically became a Muslim when her father converted to Islam, fled and was rumored to be hiding in the church.

Iran: Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has ordered the last two officially registered churches holding Friday Farsi-language services in Tehran—Farsi being the nation’s language—to discontinue the language: “Friday services in Tehran attracted the city’s converts to Christianity as well as Muslims interested in Christianity, as Friday is most Iranians’ day off during the week.” Banning church use of Farsi prevents most Iranians from hearing the Gospel.

Kazakhstan: A new report notes that “Churches are being raided, leaders fined and Christian literature confiscated as the Kazakh authorities enforce new laws intended further to restrict religious freedom in the country.”

Kuwait: A parliamentarian is set to submit a draft law banning the construction of churches. Originally, Osama al-Munawer announced on Twitter his plans on submitting a draft law calling for the removal of all churches in Kuwait. However, he later “clarified,” saying that existing churches can remain, but the construction of new ones must be banned.

                  One of three Indonesian young girls
                  beheaded by Islamic extremists

Macedonia: A two-century-old in response to lies spread against Christians concerning “a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men dressed as women in burkas and mocked the Koran.” Earlier, “perpetrators attacked a[nother] church in the nearby village of Labunista, destroying a cross standing outside” and “also defaced a Macedonian flag outside Struga’s municipal building, replacing it with a green flag representing Islam.”

Nigeria: A Muslim suicide bomber forced his way into the grounds of a major church, killing two women and an 18-month-old child during Sunday morning service; some 50 people were injured in the blast. In a separate incident, Muslims detonated a bomb outside a church building, injuring five, one critically: “The bomb, planted in a parked car, was left by suspected members of Boko Haram, which seeks to impose sharia (Islamic law) throughout Nigeria.”

Pakistan: A dozen armed Muslims stormed a church, seriously wounding two Christians: one man was shot and is in critical condition, the other risks having his arm amputated; another church member was thrown from the roof, after being struck repeatedly with a rifle butt. “The extremist raid was sparked by charges that [the] church was trying to evangelize Muslims in an attempt to convert them to Christianity. The community several times in the past has been the subject of assault and the pastor and his family the subject of death threats.” As usual, the police, instead of pursuing the perpetrators, have opened an investigation against the pastor and 20 other church members.

Syria: Some 30 armed and masked jihadis attacked a Catholic monastery—unprecedented in Syria’s modern history—demanding money. According to the Catholic Archbishop of Damascus, “the situation in the country is spiraling out of control as the armed opposition spreads its influence to different regions of the state.”

Dhimmitude

[General Abuse, Debasement, and Suppression of non-Muslims as “Tolerated” Citizens]

Bangladesh: Three American Christians were injured after their car was attacked by a Muslim mob that suspected they were converting Muslims into Christians: at least 200 angry locals chased the missionaries’ car and threw stones at it, leaving three with cuts from broken glass.

Egypt: Rather than punishing the perpetrators who opened fire on and ran tanks over Christians protesting the constant destruction of their churches, the government arrested and is trying two priests in connection to the Maspero massacre. And although Egypt’s new parliament has 498 seats, only six are Copts, though Copts make up at the very least 10% of the population, and so should have approximately 50 seats. Finally, evincing how bad the situation is, Coptic protesters organized a demonstration in front of Parliament to protest “the disappearance and abduction of Coptic girls.”

Indonesia: The Islamist Prosperous Justice Party complained about the Red Cross’ symbol of a cross, saying it is too identifiable with Christian culture and traditions. Red Cross volunteers and activists rejected the claim, saying that any changes to the logo would be “tantamount to giving in to the extremists.”

Iran: A pastor of a major house church movement began serving a five-year prison sentence for “crimes against the order.” According to one activist, “His ‘crimes’ were being a pastor and possessing Christian materials.” He is being beat in jail and getting sick, to the point that his hair has “turned fully gray.”

Israel: A mob of some 50 Palestinian Muslims stoned a group of Christian tourists atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, wounding three Israeli police officers in the process. The attack is believed to have been instigated by the former Muslim mufti of Jerusalem.

Pakistan: Yet another Christian woman, a teacher, has been targeted by Muslims due to false allegations that she burned a Koran. A mob stormed her school in an attempt to abduct her, but police took her into custody. Also, a Christian student who missed the grade to get into medical school by less than 0.1% would have earned 20 extra points if he had memorized the Koran—though no bonus points for having similar knowledge of the Bible.

END OF PART ONE

Young Hero Who Tried to Protect Miriam From French Terrorist Still Hospitalized

TO MY READERS-I am posting this excellent GUEST ARTICLE by author Hillary Zaken, of TIMES OF ISRAEL publications,  in honor of a very special young hero, Bryan (Aharon ben Leah.)  Bryan tried to save little Miriam from the vicious gunman Merah, but instead was forced to watch as Miriam was murdered before his eyes. Again, my readers, please take the time to pray for Bryan and his recovery. We love you, dear Bryan and precious family! Our prayers and our hearts go out to you all.
-Pamela Rae Schuffert

UPDATE- Bryan's injuries are severe: both lungs, his heart and liver were severely injured by bullets fragmenting within. CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR HIS RECOVERY.
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Bryan Bijaoui, 17, a student at Ozar Hatorah who tried to save Miriam Monsenego, is in serious condition

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As the world stands in shock over the deadly attack on a Jewish school in France, 17-year-old Bryan Bijaoui, who was injured as he tried to shield shooting victim Miriam Monsonego, is still hospitalized in serious condition.

Bijaoui, a student from Nice who was living in the Ozar Hatorah dormitories, is being hailed as a hero by the French Jewish community, which has been holding prayer vigils for his recovery.

Bryan Bijaoui, injured in the Toulouse shooting attack (via Facebook)

“Bryan’s condition is not good,” said Ephraim Teitelbaum, one of the leaders of the Toulouse Jewish community, to Yedioth Ahronoth. “Although his condition is being termed stable, he is not yet out of danger.”

Bijaoui, who has regained consciousness according to media reports, is still in the intensive care unit of Toulouse’s Hopital de Rangueil.

Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, and his two children, Arieh and Gavriel, 5 and 3, were killed in the Monday attack on the Jewish school in Toulouse, along with Miriam Monsenego, 8. The four were buried in Israel on Wednesday.

Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, who was Bijaoui’s counselor at a Chabad-run camp in Nice a few years ago, told Chabad.org that the boy “always had a smile on his face.” Hecht added: “He’s a very sweet kid who’s always telling jokes.”

Bijaoui’s friends and family also created a Facebook group, Soutenez Bryan Bijaoui (17 ans) grièvement blessé à Toulouse, to provide updates on his condition and to create a forum for people to post notes of support for the teen.

Bijaoui’s mother also posted on Facebook that Bryan tried to rush Miriam into the school after the shooting started, but instead witnessed the young girl’s murder in front of his eyes. She also wrote that when Bijaoui regained consciousness, his first words were to ask about Miriam.

In Loving Memory of Miriam Monsonego, Victim of Terrorist Attack in France

                                       Miriam Monsonego

Miriam Monsonego is the daughter of  Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs. Monsonego. Rabbi Monsonego is the principal of Otzar Hatorah school in Toulouse, France, where the massacre of the innocents took place. Little Miriam reportedly died in her father's arms as paramedics tried to resuscitate her. The brutal gunman reportedly chased her across the schoolyard, siezed her by the hair and fired three bullets into her head point blank.

Little Miriam was the much awaited baby in their family, the youngest child in the family.

Miriam comes from a noble lineage of a great family of rabbis , the Monsonego Family, Av Beth Din from father to son since 1492 from Spain, and Great Rabbi of Morocco.

Avishai Monsonego speaking at Miriam's funeral, Jerusalem

In a wrenching eulogy, Avishai Monsonego, the older brother of Miriam, cried in Hebrew: "Miriam, I am not worried about you. Since a young age you have been speaking with the Holy One, blessed be he." He said he had only one request of God -- to give his parents the strength to carry on.

From ISRAELI NATIONAL NEWS comes further information to us:
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Avishai Monsonego, brother of eight-year-old Miriam Monsonego who was murdered in the shooting attack in the Jewish school in Toulouse said on Tuesday his sister had “brought much happiness to everyone around her.”

Speaking to Channel 10 News while holding back tears, Avishai Monsonego, who lives in Jerusalem, said, “The last time I talked to her was on the phone. She wanted to ask what I'll name my daughter.”

He added, “Sometimes people think that it happened because we were sent to France, but I think that more people are killed in terrorist attacks in Israel than abroad. That's not the reason it happened. That’s what G-d decided and that’s what had to be.”

“The feeling I am getting now is similar to what many Jews have felt over 2,000 years,” said Avishai Monsonego. “The feeling of grief, of losing a family member. I know that Mom and Dad were waiting for her a long time. She was the last child in the family.”

Eyewitnesses on Tuesday said that the killer of the four Jews in Toulouse got off his motor bike to grab Miriam and shoot her in the head.-End of excerpt from Israeli NationalNews
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May Ha'Shem, ha kadosh baruch Hu, and His eternal Mashiach, bless you and your family, dear Avishai. I am praying for your strength to go on, as well as the rest of your family. Always remember from the eternal promises of Ha'Shem throughout Holy Scriptures, that He loves you with an everlasting love, and He will bring you safely through the valley of the shadow of death and heartache. He remains on the side of His people.

Mother and sister of Miriam Monsonego at funeral, Jerusalem

I must confess, it is difficult to type through tears. But as I followed this tragedy from the time the terrorist attacks took place in France, to live coverage via the Internet of the moment of police confrontation that finally ended Merah's bloody siege, my heart has been devastated along with thousands of other mourners as well. What mothers' hearts across the globe would not be grieved over such events that cost, among others, the lives of three precious children?

I have personally worked with children, the love of my life,  for many decades. One of the most moving experiences was to care for young Jewish children at overnight summer camps. I loved them as if they were my own children! To this day, many years later, their names and faces remain engraved in my memories and in my prayers. And now, three little Jewish children are dead, and my heart remains in grief and prayer for surviving members of their families.

Why, oh WHY must the helpless and innocent CHILDREN become the victims of the cruelties and insanity of this world?

                                Miriam Monsonego

Readers, please join your hearts of compassion with those suffering such great loss at this time. Pray deeply for strength and comfort and healing for all surviving family members.

Prayer coupled with compassion can know no boundaries, whether religous or international, and this is truly a time for both.

With love to Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs. Monsonego, dear brother Avishai and family, and all beloved members of the Monsonego family,

-Pamela Rae Schuffert

Mother of Three Victims of Shooting Tragedy in France Speaks Out

                      A Call From the Heart by Mrs. Eva Sandler

                          Eva with her precious son Aryeh

TO ALL MY READERS: Please take the time to read the cry of this beloved mother in anguish, who has just been bereaved of a husband and two little sons by the gun of a terrorist in Toulouse, France. For my readers who understand the power of prayer, take the time to intercede for dear Eva and all surviving family members of this terrible tragedy.

Dear Eva, may the love of Ha'Shem, ha kadosh baruch Hu, reach deep into your broken heart to bring Divine comfort and healing at this time in your life. May Mashiach, of Whom it was written by Yeshayahu ha navi would bear all our sorrows, comfort and embrace you from above with His love and chesed. We stand united in love and prayer with you. Shalom.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert

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A CALL FROM THE HEART

BY MRS. EVA SANDLER

My heart is broken. I am unable to speak. There are no ways for me to be able to express the great and all-consuming pain resulting from the murder of my dear husband Rabbi Jonathan and our sons, Aryeh and Gavriel, and of Miriam Monsonego, daughter of the dedicated principal of Ozar Hatorah and his wife, Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs. Monsonego.

      Ariyeh, Jonathan & Gavriel Sandler and Miriam Monsonego

May no one ever have to endure such pain and suffering.

Because so many of you, my cherished brothers and sisters in France and around the world, are asking what you can do on my behalf, on behalf of my daughter Liora and on behalf of the souls of my dear husband and children, I feel that, difficult though it may be, it is incumbent upon me to answer your entreaties.

My husband’s life was dedicated to teaching Torah. We moved back to the country of his birth to help young people learn about the beauty of Torah. He was truly a good man, loving, giving, and selfless. He was sensitive to all of G-d’s creatures, always searching for ways to reveal the goodness in others.

He and I raised Aryeh and Gavriel to live the ways of Torah. Who would have known how short would be their time on this Earth, how short would be the time I would be with them as their mother?

                                Precious little Gavriel Sandler

I don’t know how I and my husband’s parents and sister will find the consolation and strength to carry on, but I know that the ways of G-d are good, and He will reveal the path and give us the strength to continue. I know that their holy souls will remain with us forever, and I know that very soon the time will come when we will be together again with the coming of Moshiach.

I wholeheartedly believe in the words of the verse: “The L-ord has given, and the L-ord has taken away; blessed be the Name of the L-ord.” I thank the Almighty for the privilege, short though it was, of raising my children together with my husband. Now the Almighty wants them back with Him.

To all those who wish to bring consolation to our family and contentment to the souls of the departed: Let’s continue their lives on this Earth.

Parents, please kiss your children. Tell them how much you love them, and how dear it is to your heart that they be living examples of our Torah, imbued with the fear of Heaven and with love of their fellow man.

Please increase your study of Torah, whether on your own or with your family and friends. Help others who may find study difficult to achieve alone.

Please bring more light into the world by kindling the Sabbath candles this and every Friday night. (Please do so a bit earlier than the published times as a way to add holiness to our world.)

The holiday of Passover is approaching. Please invite another person into your homes so that all have a place at a Seder to celebrate the holiday of our freedom.

Please bring more light into the world by kindling the Sabbath candles this and every Friday night.

Along with our tearful remembrance of our trials in Egypt so many years ago, we still tell over how “in each and every generation, they have stood against us to destroy us.” We all will announce in a loud and clear voice: “G-d saves us from their hands.”

The spirit of the Jewish people can never be extinguished; its connection with Torah and its commandments can never be destroyed.

May it be G-d’s will that from this moment on, we will all only know happiness.

I send my heartfelt condolences to the Monsonego family for the loss of their daughter Miriam, and I pray for the speedy recovery of Aharon ben Leah, who was injured in the attack.

Thank you for your support and love.

-Eva Sandler-

(NOTE-Please take the time to pray also for Ahoron ben Leah, a student wounded by the gunman. Pray also for Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yosef Matusof, deeply distraught over this unspeakable tragedy. All three children who were killed attended his Gan Rashi school/daycare. While waiting for the minibus, the gunman opened fire on Gavriel, Aryeh and Miriam, killing all three.-PRS)

On The Coming Martial Law Tyranny-By Dave Hodges

By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-

Foreward from Pamela: The following report consists of several beginning paragraphs from each of 3 excellent articles Dave Hodges has written exposing the coming NWO tyranny unfolding in America, through unconstitutional legislation and oppressive Executive Orders being passed in rapid succession. At the bottom you can click on the link that will direct you to the complete series of articles. It's about everything I have said repeatedly is coming to America, and more.

America, we warned you that this was coming years ago, and most of you did nothing in response. I personally sacrificed 15 long, dangerous years without pay, at my own expense, to investigate this coming horror and tell you the truth. And now that the undeniable evidence of this unfolding tyranny is hitting you in the face, and you are finally waking up from your stupor of ignorance and denial, I tell you it is too late.

While most Americans made little or no effort to prepare for this inevitable hour, the NWO minions from hell worked feverishly to get their agenda entrenched throughout this nation. And now, their NWO infrastructure is firmly in place, along with their chosen puppet and other key players lurking in the shadows (as in "shadow government.")

The great majority of you will be caught with your proverbial pants down, when NWO jack-booted thugs finally come for YOU and kick your door down.....to take you  away in prisoner boxcars with shackles to their infamous detention camps to be brutally destroyed without mercy as NWO resisters. Or as Christians (like me). Or as gun owners. Or as loyal Constitutionalists. Or as home schoolers. Or as pro-life activists. Or as outspoken activists against government corruption and their NWO...like me.

Church in American, humble yourselves before Almighty God and cry out to Him mightily with tears, brokenness and repentance and fasting.

Your hour of temptation, persecution, suffering and martyrdom is coming quickly. Many of you will live to witness everything I have documented is coming to our nation. FEMA will seize your churches. Your freedom to assemble and freedom of speech, both essential to every church, will be prohibited and you will be forced to go underground. They will drag you to their modern guillotines to be tempted to "RENOUNCE JESUS AND JOIN OUR NWO...OR DIE."

My fellow Christians, in that hour please choose to glorify God and save your soul for all eternity by obeying God's eternal word, acknowledging Jesus Christ your Saviour before men, and "...be thou faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life. He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death." To deny Jesus Christ under persecution (or for any other reason) is to DAMN YOUR ETERNAL SOUL TO AN ETERNITY OF TORMENT SEPARATED FROM GOD FOREVER. Believe God's word, obey it, and save your souls for all eternity.

By the time you see  that the grocery store shelves are empty across America, and you finally get it, it will be too late to stock upon much needed emergency food supplies...

By the time you see stores emptied of survival supplies, it will be too late....

And by the time you hear helicopters whirring overhead, military trucks and camo humvees pulling into your neighborhoods, flash/bang stun grenades going off and jack booted thugs kicking down your doors shouting in a language you may not understand, it will be too late...

We informed you, we warned you, we pleaded with you to HEED THE WARNING and WAKE UP. What have you done to counter the darkness and PREPARE???

-Pamela Rae Schuffert
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Obama's Legalization of Slavery and Systematic Population Reduction Part 1

By Dave Hodges
March 18, 2012

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever." 

 George Orwell

The descent into total and abject tyranny is almost complete.

With President Obama's latest executive order, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS ACT, he has granted himself the authority to declare peacetime martial law. This Executive Order was posted on the WhiteHouse.gov web site on Friday, March 16, 2012.

This executive order is particularly draconian in that it eliminates the private ownership of everything and Obama has delegated the complete control of the nation's resources to his cabinet level department heads (i.e. Czars). The delegation of control of the nation's resources and people is particularly troubling because the heads of America's resources shall have this power "under both emergency and non-emergency conditions" to control every aspect of our lives. And under this executive order, the President is to the sole decider of what constitutes an emergency (Section 201, paragraph b)...."


[This is exactly what Marxism/Communism does: it abolishes private ownership of everything.-PRS.]

-Excerpt from part one
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Obama's Legalization of Slavery and Systematic Population Reduction (Part 2)
By Dave Hodges
March 20, 2012

"Necessity is the excuse for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant and the creed of the slave." William Pitt

Since writing "Obama's Legalization of Slavery and Systematic Population Reduction", on March 18, 2012, I have been deluged with emails and a smattering of requests to do radio interviews. Most of the email content was very consistent in that I witnessed a collective heartfelt expression of profound shock, dismay and even fear as most of the individuals who emailed me, were coming to the realization that America's descent into absolute tyranny is nearly complete...

...Although Obama's EO is almost an identical update to Clinton's EO 12919 (1994), we would be wise to take note that in Section 201(b) of the Obama version, Obama inserted the phrase “under both emergency and non-emergency conditions.” This enables the President, solely based upon his own authority, to declare peacetime martial law which is tantamount to the establishment of an indefinite dictatorship.

Also, the intent behind the Obama EO must be considered within the context of the times that we presently live in. To that point, Eric Holder, on behalf of President Obama, is asserting the power to assassinate Americans, anytime, anywhere, for any reason or for no reason, whatsoever.


Further, President Obama is asserting the power to kidnap and indefinitely imprison Americans without a trial under the NDAA. Finally, the Department of the Defense, operating under the ultimate authority of President Obama, is asserting the power to label legitimate protesting as an act of terrorism. When one thoughtfully considers the totality of Obama's recent and reckless actions, there can be no doubt that America is witnessing the systematic and incremental implementation of Obama's modern day version of the Nazi Enabling Act....

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Obama Legalizes Slavery and Systematic Population Reduction (Part 3)
By Dave Hodges

March 21, 2012

“If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” -Thomas Jefferson

The lessons of history clearly demonstrate that dictatorial regimes, whether they be Socialists, Communists, and Marxist, such regimes will not hesitate to use food as a weapon against their own people in order to solidify power and impose absolute autocratic control. Food can be withheld from the masses by preventing it from being grown and harvested, by contaminating it and rendering it unfit for human consumption or by simply preventing food from being distributed to a targeted population.

The two most notable examples of dictators using food a weapon in order to destroy the free will of their people comes from the regimes of Stalin and Hitler.

Josef Stalin engaged in his own Soviet style Holocaust when, in 1932 and 1933, and estimated six to 20 million people in the Ukraine died from starvation when Stalin implemented his prescription of “hope and change” policies in order to eliminate the Ukrainian's desire for becoming their own nation-state....
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FOR THE COMPLETE SERIES OF THREE ARTICLES CLICK ON THIS LINK:

http://thecommonsenseshow.weebly.com/articles.html

-Pamela Rae Schuffert