Inside St. Athanasius Syriac Orthodox church on Sunday, Syrian Native Father John Kouki is praying for the safe return of church member archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, who was kidnapped by ISIS last year.

It’s just one of the many prayers made during Sunday's mass by the Middle Eastern congregation.

Many Syrian and Iraqi natives are praying for the protection of their families against the malicious group.

Father John says his members are always on edge.

“What’s the future? Nobody knows and that scares us and what’s going on in Iraq scares us even more," said Father John.

A Bay area family originally from Mosul said everything they knew in their hometown is now gone.

“Our church, they bombed it," said Sohad Jacob. "All of our churches have been bombed, anything Christian gets destroyed."

Their families have fled to Kurdistan but still live in fear.

“They are scared," said Samira Jacob. "They don’t sleep at night, they always have some guarding. They are terrified of ISIS.”

A Syrian native woman says the situation in Aleppo where she is from is also getting worse.

“They are dying," said Dona Dowali. "There is no electricity, no water no food no medicine.”

Her family was one of the few lucky ones who were able to flee but now she fears for their safety.

“I don’t know where they are at," said Dowali. "I didn’t talk to them for more than 10 days.”

While Dona, Sohad and Samira want to help they can’t send their help overseas because they aren’t capable of reaching their loved ones. They are hoping the U.S. government could get more involved and help suffering Christians there in any way.

“Our hearts are hurting, we can’t do anything,” said Samira Jacob.

The only thing they can do for now is pray for a peaceful tomorrow.