We had a great meeting last month with our supervisors and with our partners. Our Father blessed us and gave us a spirit of unity as we all considered what our Father would have us do during our first year in our city. We have two major projects that we are working on. First, we have started a fellowship in our home. We are meeting in our home every other week. So far, we have only met twice. We are looking to establish several house fellowships in our community. At the present moment, there are two different groups meeting. One group meets at our house, and the other group meets in a house on the other side of the community. The house meetings that we have led and have attended have been a blessing. The meetings are very simple but incredibly powerful. We pr@y, w0rship, study the Word, and fellowship. A South Asian family attended last week and brought a friend with them who was visiting from South Asia. There was also a middle eastern couple who attended. We are excited to see what our Father is going to do in this community through these house meetings. One of the reasons why these house fellowships are apart of our outreach strategy is because those in our community are told not to go to ch*rch. If it was discovered that they had been to ch*rch then they would face ridicule. However, it is less risky to go to a house meeting because they are not going to a formal service. Rather, they are simply coming to my house. I tell those who I invite that we meet together to pr@y, to study the Word of our Father, and to enjoy each others’ company. My hope is that the Spirit would move in the hearts of those who attend our meetings. Our second major project will be offering training with the intention of mobilizing those who want to make an impact. These trainings will consist of weekly meetings in which strategies for ev@ngelism are taught, modeled, and encouraged. Each week, participants of these trainings will set goals for themselves and will report their weekly ev@ngelistic activities.
Lena and I had a lot of wonderful opportunities to share the g0spel last month. I would like for you all to lift up one man in particular. I led a Christi@n/M*slim dialogue in a local community center last month. The topic I chose to present to the group was the necessity of sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. One of the M*slims in this group has taken a liking to me. I will refer to him by the name Khan. Khan invited me over to his house for dinner and discussion. While I was at his house, I spent well over two hours answering all his objections to Christi@nity. Khan is an educated man, so his objections were well informed. Please pr@y that the Father would open up Khan’s heart to the truth that is right in front of him.
Our family is doing great. Silas and Simeon are happy and growing. Simeon started walking last month. He seems to be very content now that he can walk around and get into trouble. Overall, we feel tremendously blessed to be here and we are excited about what the Father is teaching us and about what He is going to do in this community.
Pr@yer Requests:
Pr@yer that our house fellowships would grow and that the Father would bless our meetings.
Pr@y that the father would raise up bel*evers who would desire training from us so that we could help people to become more proficient at sharing the g0spel.
Pr@y for those who we come into contact with on a weekly basis. May the Father open up their hearts as we share the truth with them.
Pr@y that the Father would open up doors for us to build positive relationships with those in the community in which we live.
Lena has started a “Mum’s and Tot’s” group. This group provides mothers with young children the opportunity to socialize with others like them. Pr@y that the community would be responsive to this new group.
Lena and I had a lot of wonderful opportunities to share the g0spel last month. I would like for you all to lift up one man in particular. I led a Christi@n/M*slim dialogue in a local community center last month. The topic I chose to present to the group was the necessity of sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. One of the M*slims in this group has taken a liking to me. I will refer to him by the name Khan. Khan invited me over to his house for dinner and discussion. While I was at his house, I spent well over two hours answering all his objections to Christi@nity. Khan is an educated man, so his objections were well informed. Please pr@y that the Father would open up Khan’s heart to the truth that is right in front of him.
Our family is doing great. Silas and Simeon are happy and growing. Simeon started walking last month. He seems to be very content now that he can walk around and get into trouble. Overall, we feel tremendously blessed to be here and we are excited about what the Father is teaching us and about what He is going to do in this community.
Pr@yer Requests:
Pr@yer that our house fellowships would grow and that the Father would bless our meetings.
Pr@y that the father would raise up bel*evers who would desire training from us so that we could help people to become more proficient at sharing the g0spel.
Pr@y for those who we come into contact with on a weekly basis. May the Father open up their hearts as we share the truth with them.
Pr@y that the Father would open up doors for us to build positive relationships with those in the community in which we live.
Lena has started a “Mum’s and Tot’s” group. This group provides mothers with young children the opportunity to socialize with others like them. Pr@y that the community would be responsive to this new group.
