{"id":7312,"date":"2006-08-19T12:43:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:34:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:34:18","slug":"5094","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/08\/19\/5094\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenanters Hope to Help Egyptian Prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILMAR, CA (August 19, 2006) \u2013 Earlier this week, Dan Johnson had  been thrilled to read the story Covenant News Service posted about his  trip to meet with two prisoners in Egypt, <a title=\"Egyptian prison\" href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item5088.html\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant Pastor Finds Warm Welcome in Egyptian Prison<\/a>. That thrill quickly turned to anxiety, and then to a sense that God might be at work.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Johnson,  associate pastor of Hilmar (California) Covenant Church, had just  finished reading the story online when he received a letter from Jakob  Emeto, one of the inmates he had visited. Jakob has spent 20 years in  Kanater Men\u2019s Prison and is scheduled to be released in October. He  recently learned, however, that he will have to pay a $1,700 fine or  spend another five to seven years in prison. It is money he does not  have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could sense his deep distress, and of course I  immediately began to fret, and to try and figure out how we at Hilmar  Covenant could assist him with this overwhelming amount of money,\u201d says  Johnson. Then he began to see God in the timing.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the  broader Evangelical Covenant Church already had begun to read the story  and some had even called to express their appreciation for his work.  Johnson hopes other Covenanters will contribute to a benevolence fund that will be used to pay Jakob\u2019s fine and help him begin his new life outside prison walls.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, email Johnson at <a title=\"Dan Johnson\" href=\"mailto:djohnson@hilmarcovenant.org\" target=\"_blank\">djohnson@hilmarcovenant.org<\/a> or contact him at Hilmar Covenant Church, PO Box 340, Hilmar, CA 95234, 209-668-0400.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7312&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HILMAR, CA (August 19, 2006) \u2013 Earlier this week, Dan Johnson had been thrilled to read the story Covenant News Service posted about his trip to meet with two prisoners in Egypt, Covenant Pastor Finds Warm Welcome in Egyptian Prison. 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