"22 Christian Missionaries to be executed in Afghanistan"

I received this text message yesterday, as I'm sure many of you did as well. !!!NOTE!!! The number one reaction to a chain text is to test it's validity! I have been unable to find anything about this event on any persecuted church website, and CompassDirect news, which gives updates on the persecuted church, is reported to have said that this event is a hoax. Something as large as an execution of 22 missionary FAMILIES would be not exactly implausible, but the fact that it is foreign missionaries would raise a lot of outcry. There would also most likely be talks between the Afghani government and whatever nation these missionaries are from leading up to the execution(not saying this is always true, but for the most part these events are political so they are dealt with politically.) The only thing that is relatively similar to this event was in July 2007 when 23 Korean missionaries were held hostage in Afghanistan. You can read more about it here. So, I believe from the evidence presented, it is safe to say that this event, which was sent all over the world via text message, is in fact untrue. BUT, we can still pray for Afghanistan! This war-torn country has a small minority of believers and the Afghani people need the light of Jesus Christ to be shed on the darkness of Islam. Pray for missionaries to be sent that will be willing to give their lives for Christ in Afghanistan for the purpose of others coming to know Christ! Pray that the Lord would increase the boldness of those who are believers and He would strengthen existing missionaries. Above all, pray that God would be glorified in Afghanistan.