Pakistani believers under
persecution.
Some limited freedom to worship exists but this may diminish. Two churches were
attacked by the militants during the past few months. 17 were martyred in
Bahawalpur with 5 more on March 17th. President Musharraf is doing his best to
handle the situation, pray for him.
Altaf Naseem, Pakistan.
Carry on with
your mission work,
Only God knows howe far you are reaching, but it is further than you imagine.
Cañete
Family, Argentina.
School of Mission
translated and printed . . .
It is a great blessing for the many people, we receive good report from Pastors,
Evangelists and Church Leaders. Many of their ministries have been transformed
after reading your book.
Samuel John Bula, Narsapur, India.
Door open
among Latinos in Hungary.
There are many South American Christians living and working here. They wanted us
to establish a Spanish Church. God surprised us and we obeyed Him so on April
20, we had our first meeting in Budapest
José and
Elisa Német, Hungary
Outreach to Dunghan,
Chinese Moslems.
Flooding in their village gave us opportunity to help by filling sandbags and
securing the river bank. We worked for a few hours with more than a 1000 men and
they treated us afterwards like kings. We even ate "plov" together
with the villiage chiefs of this unreached people.
Jacob and Piet. Kyiv, Ukraine
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Les Norman, DCI Community in England.
Worker in N. Africa
tragically killed on road.
He had only been married for 19 months, and his loss has had a profound shock on
all those who knew him. Please pray especially for his wife and family, and for
the team as they adjust to life without him. At least 120 people packed into a
thanksgiving service in the town where he worked. Most of these were local
Muslims, ranging from the mayor to the poorest of the poor, all having been
touched by his life. In Islam, there is no assurance of salvation and death is
marked with laments and wailing, and efforts to help the deceased into Paradise
by prayers and reciting the Qur’an. Can you imagine the impact on the hearts
of these precious people as they witnessed the faith of his friends, and their
celebration of his life, which truly was lived to the full? Pray with us for the
seeds planted on that day to take root and grow, that souls will be saved.
P.R. for North Africa, edited for security
reasons.
http://www.interum.org/ASM
I love you, it is good
for me to know you . .
Each of these editions enriches my spiritual life. They are of great value. Be greatly
blessed.
Victoria Muñoz, Quintero-Chile
What a blessing these
students are !
Eight students from
7 churches and from 3 races. In Fiji this is truly a miracle that only God could
do - a firstfruit of what is to come. I see students from all the nations of the
South Pacific coming ionce the buildings are built. What a time lies ahead !
Marion Male - Fiji Islands
Christian Haitian
Outreach needs . .
An
accountant/computer-tech for Florida office overseeing Haiti orphanage.
Karen Beeman, Haiti.
From the
President of the Evangelical Pentecostals, Venezuela.
This is a call to all my brothers and sisters in Christ around the world. I
request your prayers for my country. We are going through crucial times for our
contemporary history. We must keep as united as never before so that the power
of the Holy Spirit may take the reins of the situation and have the last word. I
thank you beforehand for your prayers and support.
Rvd. Eliodoro Mora Méndez, Venezuela.
Barcelona
pastor after 2nd heart attack . .
Doctors
said the only option is a heart transpant. He is on the waiting list and even
then for the first year it is highly risky to catch any infections. As you can
guess, this is a great blow for all of us. The church goes on.
Virgilio
Zaballos, co-pastor, Tarrassa, Spain
We are screening the
Telugu Jesus film.
Silently we reach thousands of heathens through this film. We are very grateful
to you for helping us get this tool for the gospel.
Samuel John Bula, Narsapur, India.
Church in
Peru needs some urgent help.
We are opening up in a new village, Las Colinas, in a sister’s home and we
have got some land to build a prayer house, we just need the materials. Recent
floods have swept away our people's belongings. We need clothes, medicine, and
vitamins to deal with infections. Dengue and malaria are frequent diseases. Most
of our people do not even have a New Testament.
Pastor Joél Zavaleta Florez, Iquitos, Peru.
World Christians Bank for
the Poor in Uganda
Most of the Christians that I am pastoring are very poor from the slum area, who
used to live on alcohol and prostitution. With the capital that they have been
given, poor widows have started businesses to live on and are now forgetting of
the old ways which drew them away from God. My wife also got some capital. We
now earn our daily bread and I can go to Bible College to study.
Pastor Chris, Bar Ogole Church, Lira, Uganda.
Two converts face death
penalty.
Nigerian prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Lawali Yakubu and Ali
Jafaru who have been given three days to re-convert by an Islamic court judge in
Mada. They are accused of joining the Great Commission Movement, an
international evangelical church.
Ananova News about Nigeria
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_574652.html
French pen-pals / UK
visits on offer.
I would like to hear from French Christian young people who would like to take
part.
Herve Uzenot, Bream, England.
Thirty Chinese Christian
Leaders Abducted
At first it was thought to be a massive government raid but it now seems that
members of the Eastern Lightning cult posed as leaders of a Bible Institute in
Singapore and offered free training to house-church leaders. So the leaders went
to meetings in six locations inside China. Eastern Lightning believes Jesus has
returned as a Chinese woman named Lightning. Even though they are a violent and
dangerous cult, the government appears to do nothing to halt them.
John Lindner, Christian Aid Mission, USA.
http://www.christianaid.org
I would like
to be a missionary in Africa.
I graduated from Bible School and have worked with indigenous people and local
churches.
Jennys Ruiz, Rubio-Táchira - Venezuela
Christ overcomes AIDS!
800 people were swaying, dancing and singing their joy when a young man held up
two doctors' certificates saying, "3 weeks ago I was HIV-positive. "
God had appeared to him in a vision with a promise and now he is holding up a
third doctor's certificate giving him a clean bill of health.
Rob Reeve, for the Central African Republic
Free Bible Training
resource: www.aibi.org
David Moore, AIBI Resources, USA.
Training to disciple
unsaved people.
We are training the first two Eritreans from an Eritrean mission as well as an
Egyptian family and Koreans. Two missionaries from Lesotho were with us for six
weeks, others come from Asia and Africa, each brings a certain richness, as well
as a strangeness we can learn from. We have cried to the Lord to keep our
training sharp and relevant and He has been speaking to us about the most basic
of all principals, that of making disciples.
Gail Dixon, Nations, Wales.
http://www.nations.org.uk
Please pray for Annan,
16yrs.
He is ministering in Pakistan/Afghanistan. As he was getting ready to go to
school he became so sick and lost all power in his body. He is a spiritual
warrior needing your prayer support, as the power of evil is trying to stop his
studies. His final exam is due in few weeks.
Altaf and Eileen, Pakistan.
From the really hot Sahel
. .
We have had a couple of good visits with Fulani believers from Djibo and Sebba.
The believers here all seem to have been encouraged by them and one lady has
since given her life to Christ. There is still a lot of work to do to follow up
but it is an encouragement. The evangelism in Seytenga went well. A good time of
sowing, and some good chats - especially with an islamic teacher and his
disciples. Pray that the word continues to work,
Keith Smith, World Horizons, Burkina/Niger.
http://www.worldhorizons.org
In just 2 months,
hundreds attend church.
In this depressed area 5 young people gave their lives to God. They are all out
of school youth who were drug addicted with delinquent live.
Carol Jacinto,Cavite, Philippines
OMF list of 3 Self
Churches in China
On their website now http://www.omf.org.uk
Here in Morocco, North
Africa . .
One believer has returned to fellowship and a handicapped seeker is close to
meeting Jesus as he studies with a believer. A family man is seeking the Lord
and a young believer is struggling with alcohol. James and John have had more
dark for ten years and now neither is in regular fellowship so do pray that both
will return.
Arise Shine Morocco.
http://www.interum.org/ASM
Business people who hold
the pursestrings
Can meet people here who are in true need or in full time missions or ministry.
"Give and it shall be given unto you." Luke 6:38 We believe that God's
Word gives the way out of the downward spiral of the world's economy. We are not
here to serve money, but to make money serve God.
Alan Wyant, USA.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianaccountants
Pray for Iranian pastors
and their families .
Among the 5 million Iranians outside of Iran and for those dedicated pastors and
believers inside Iran who are searching for Bibles and Christian literature.
They are often unable to go openly to the church. Pray also for Christians going
into Iran to be able to encourage national believers. Pray for workers needed in
an Afghan refugee camp.
Persian World Outreach, USA
www.farsinet.com/pwo
Madman OK, fine in brain,
dressed and happy.
One week ago a man came from Nigeria claiming that God directed him to Lira
where he had no connection with anybody. He went to a school and asked to stay
there. On the same day he came across Otim who is well known in town as a man
with a brain problem. He is completely mad for 30 years. He arrested Otim and
cast out the demons of madness from him. God delivered Otimn instantly and he is
now OK, fine in the brain, well dressed and happy. So many people are turning to
God as result and there is no one who is challenging this miracle. the Nigerian
has rented a guest house where he has put more 9 mad people in 3 different
rooms, one for the mad ladies, another one for the mad men and the last one for
the mad children. God is delivering this people miraculously. Glory be to our
God I am standing with him.
Pastor George Purkweri, Lira, Uganda.
Our Latest Harvest Times www.hmcindia.org
Pastor John Joseph, India
Latin Missions Conference
in London
To create a bridge for Latin American Mission to Europe and on to the rest of
the world. In Spanish and English. Speakers include John Stott, Paulo Branco,
Federico Bertuzzi, George Verwer, Carlos Scott. St.
James Church, June 12-15th.
Peter Kluger, Muswell Hill,
London.
http://homepages.tesco.net/~rayandbridget/
Ukrainians start Reformed
Baptist Churches.
It is very important to have correct teaching and perhaps some of them can study
in UK. It is hard to get a visa so please pray for an opportunity.
Sergiy Kyrylchenko, Odessa, Ukraine.
Rewarding, challenging
year out experience.
In youth and schools, creative arts, community and training. We are helping
establish a national training certificate in Christian Youth work. Do the
course, finish the year out with a qualification.
Nigel and Jo Pimlott, Hands and Feet, UK.
Greetings to
everyone with a missions heart.
I pray that the Lord may raise up missions around the world. Oscar (my husband)
and I are pastors with a call for Spain.
Pastor Lidia Chocobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I prayed and she rose
from the dead!.
"I could have settled for an easy pastorate in Bangui, the capital",
he said, "but I felt God's call to the unreached Pygmy people." He has
now mastered the Pygmy language and is able to preach in their dialect.
"The breakthrough came when a Pygmy lady died and the witchdoctor failed to
make her better through his magic. I felt the Lord urging me to pray for her to
come back to life. I prayed and she rose from the dead! This event broke the
power of the witchdoctor and many began to follow Jesus."
Rob Reeve, for
Central African Republic
Spend 6 months with us .
.
This is for people wanting to take time out before college or work to explore
what the Lord may be saying to them. We would involve the participants in
mission and bible training, rubbing shoulders with trainees from various parts
of the world. They would also have their own goals, some of which would be
achieved in another nation.
Gail Dixon, Nations, Wales.
http://www.nations.org.uk
VII Missions
Congress, Cartagena-Colombia
"You will be my witnesses in Colombia, the Americas and the remotest
corners of the Earth" July 11-14 with Federico Bertuzzi, Argentina.
Colombia
World Missions Centre, Cartagena
Chinese
leaders arrested.
At least
100 leaders of a church belonging to one of the most important church networks
in China have been arrested at a massive police raid. Well organized, many of
them were simultaneously detained at their own homes in different towns and
villages in Henan.
Carlos Juan
Urrutia Leon, Chile
Complete
story www.vidacristiana.com
Raising
Personal Support ?
For some those three words instills fear in their hearts. For others, raising
support is the huge barrier that separates them from the mission field,
especially true for us Brits for whom money is the unmentionable subject in
church.
A page of advice and links from Oscar.
http://www.oscar.org.uk/service/finance/support.htm
Hundreds of thanks to God
and to you . . .
For providing free your great training school for Uganda. I am so happy since
one of my objectives is to train pastors and people in the word of God. If I
find any hall I will start straight away. I am selling my shop's computer to
raise the money.
Pastor George Purkweri, Lira, Uganda.