Pastor Javed Ruby, no more with us.

                                  
Yesterday night I received a phone call from Karachi in Pakistan with the news that Pastor Javed Ruby on Sunday afternoon went to be with the Lord. I had to write to Pastor Samuel G. and ask him if I have misunderstood this all. He responded:

With great burden I have to confirm with you that our beloved Rev. Dr. Javed Ruby passed away on Easter Sunday at 4 pm. Before he died, he had conducted the Easter Service in Shireen Jinnah Colony, and after eating lunch was sitting in a member's house. He felt a pain in his chest and laid down on the bed he was sitting. He passed out and was taken to a hospital where he died.

His children are in Finland and tentatively will be arriving here by the end of this week. Their family is waiting for their arrival to hold the funeral.

Please pray for the grieving family that the Lord Jesus Christ will comfort them in this difficult time.

For many years we have worked closely with Pastor Javed. I have many times, over the years, travelled with Pastor Javed to various PPCP congregations and been greatly blessed to work with him. He has interpreted for us often to Urdu.

                                         

Pastor Ruby visited InterAct Regional Office in Asia, InterAct Partner Conference in Asia and InterAct Churches in Sweden.

Javed have had the last 5-6 years heart problems and he needed to take rest frequently.

You can contact the family through Pastor Samuel George (PPCP) ppcop2000@yahoo.com

I must say I appreciate these our dear National brothers and sisters who are and has invested themselves into serving God and people so wholeheartedly. Despite of all the difficult problems around them. I appreciate them tremendously. They are and have been our (and most of all) God's faithful people. Let us now embrace family Ruby in our prayers.

Ingvar