MALAYSIA: Three Years Since Pastor Disappeared

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🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week marked the three-year anniversary of the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh in Malaysia, a military-style operation that took less than 40 seconds and was captured on a nearby security camera.

Three years later, there is still no word on what happened to Pastor Raymond; his car has never been found. The kidnapping wasn’t his first taste of persecution; Pastor Raymond had been mailed a box of bullets as a warning to stop his ministry.

VOM launched an international petition drive calling Malaysia’s government to account for this crime. Add your signature online at www.ReleaseRaymond.com.

This week we will hear again from Raymond’s wife, Susanna, about how Pastor Raymond continued ministry in spite of threats and danger. She’ll describe the spiritual deepening she saw in her husband in the months before his abduction, and how she knows God was preparing him for the challenging time to come.

Susanna says God has carried her and her family since Raymond’s forced disappearance. He’s even enabled them to forgive those who took her husband away. She’ll share specific scriptural promises and Christian songs that have helped her through dark hours of grief and anxiety.

Susanna and her family have been greatly encouraged by notes, cards and letters from members of their spiritual family around the world. You can join in encouraging her by sending a card or a note of encouragement to:

Susanna Koh
#107
Liew Sow Yoke
Lot LG109B, One Utama Shopping Center,
No. 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia

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0:00.0	If your spouse were abducted, you'd expect to get help from the police.
0:05.1	You'd hope they'd spring into action and do all they could to find your missing spouse.
0:11.2	But when Susanna Coe's husband went missing in Malaysia and she visited the police,
0:16.4	it felt more like an interrogation, like they were accusing her of wrongdoing.
0:22.1	Yes, it was really very traumatizing for me.
0:26.0	Being in a room with bright lights and an officer was questioning me and it was strange that he wasn't asking the normal questions you would ask,
0:40.0	family of the victim. Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told
0:48.8	his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true
0:55.6	in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his
0:59.8	followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories
1:04.8	and learn how we can help.
1:06.4	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:09.4	Do you ever feel like you're lacking closure in some area of life. Maybe your job or your home
1:17.1	situation is up in the air and that uncertainty makes it hard to make decisions.
1:23.0	Susanna Koh lives with a sense of uncertainty every single day.
1:29.0	February 13th marked three years since her husband, Pastor Raymond Co, was abducted off the streets of
1:36.8	Malaysia and she hasn't been able to get any closure on that situation. We do not want to stop praying for Pastor Raymond for Susanna and for their family
1:48.0	So today we're going to listen to an interview I conducted with Susanna on the road about a year ago. And a little later I'm going to tell you how you can get involved trying to help bring answers and get some closure to this situation.
2:03.0	Let me give you some background.
2:05.0	Three years ago, Raymond Koh was doing gospel work in Malaysia.
2:10.0	His ministry reached out to the homeless and to the sick and to the downtrodden.
2:15.4	He was driving that February 13th when three black SUVs forced his car to the side of the road.
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