{"id":17085,"date":"2019-09-26T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?page_id=17085"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T04:24:09","slug":"pauline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/pauline\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Widows of Christian Martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17103″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Support Martyrs’ Widows” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|line_height:1.4em” css=”.vc_custom_1569474268196{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_text_separator title=”\uc21c\uad50\uc790 \uc544\ub0b4\ub4e4\uc744 \ub3d5\ub294 \uc77c\uc5d0 \ub3d9\ucc38\ud574 \uc8fc\uc138\uc694” color=”custom” el_width=”40″ accent_color=”#333333″ el_class=”line-for-40″][vc_custom_heading text=”“\uc21c\uad50\uc790\uc758 \uc544\ub0b4\ub4e4\uc774 \ud568\uaed8 \ubaa8\uc5ec \ub0a8\ud3b8\uc744 \uc8fd\uc778 \uc0ac\ub78c\uc744 \uc6a9\uc11c\ud558\uace0, \uadf8\ub4e4\uc758 \uad6c\uc6d0\uc744 \uc704\ud574 \uae30\ub3c4\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.
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Project Summary<\/h4>[vc_custom_heading text=”Background Information `{` \ubc30\uacbd \uc815\ubcf4 `}`” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1564732861624{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”country-title”]
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Palestine and Gaza Strip<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Target Group<\/h4>

Widows of Christian martyrs <\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Objective<\/h4>

Supporting Pauline\u2019s widow discipleship<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[vc_custom_heading text=”Summary” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569512107089{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”country-title”][vc_custom_heading text=”Pauline Ayyad\u2019s husband Rami Ayyad, the owner of the only Christian bookstore in Gaza, was martyred in 2007. It took a long time to forgive her husband’s killer, but Pauline overcame all these difficulties with faith. Today she is teaching the widows of other Christian martyrs in Gaza to forgive their husbands\u2019 killers and pray for their salvation, as she herself has learned to do.” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569512462165{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Pauline’s Story” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569513737898{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”country-title”][vc_custom_heading text=”When Pauline Ayyad\u2019s husband Rami Ayyad, the owner of the only Christian bookstore in Gaza, was martyred in 2007, the only thought in her mind was revenge. Although Pauline\u2019s husband Rami had received many death threats prior to his death, he refused to close the store.” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569514383893{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17143″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”In 2007, he was kidnapped off the streets of Gaza, tortured, and shot dead. At the time, Pauline was pregnant with their third child.” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569514396998{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17145″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Pauline said, \u201cOthers would tell me \u2018Let us pray that God avenges Rami by making his killer become a Christian.\u2019 But I didn\u2019t want to pray this prayer. I wanted the man to die a horrible death and then be tortured in hell. But I prayed, ‘Lord, I know that I should forgive Rami’s killer because I am your daughter. But I can’t. Help me forgive those people. Really forgive them.\u2019“” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569513905233{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17150″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Forgiveness was a gradual process for Pauline, but she eventually forgave her husband’s killer.
\n“Now, even in my weak moments, the Lord closes the door and removes my doubts,\u201d Pauline shares. \u201c\u2018That’s it,’ he says. ‘You are forgiven and you have forgiven.\u2019 After that, I started thanking the Lord for the cross that he gave me. I started feeling that his yoke is light and that God gave me the strength to carry it.“” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569514632682{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17153″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”When the identity of Rami’s killer was finally revealed after he was accused of assassinating a senior Hamas official, Pauline posted his picture on her Facebook and wrote, “This man is forgiven.“” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569514655938{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17146″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Now, almost 12 years after her husband’s death, Pauline is supporting a group of other widows. Each of these widows has gone through a similar experience as Pauline. These women pray, worship, read the Bible, and grow spiritually. Pauline often tells them, \u2018You are all daughters of the King\u2019. Pauline is currently ministering to are Christian, she also wants to reach out to Muslim widows who lost their husbands in similar circumstances.<\/p>\n

“Not everyone gets to be called a martyrs wife.That’s a great honor.“ – Pauline” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.6em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569514474725{margin-top: 1em !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_single_image image=”17147″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Pauline’s Story – Interview” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1569914180576{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_class=”country-title”][vc_column_text]