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"O MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME AND LET US EXALT HIS NAME
TOGETHER"
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Students and teachers wait expectantly as Director George Catana and local officials prepare to cut the ribbon at the dedication of the new Logos Christian High School in Timisoara. |
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This year has seen the start of many new churches and other churches building larger facilities to make room for the many coming to Christ in the midst of the struggles of a failing economy.
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Believers intercede in prayer as the crowds gather in the little church in Caransebes while Pastor Titus Coroban shows Howard the foundation of the new church which they are building with your help. When it is finished, they will no longer have to turn people away because there is no more room inside. |
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The greatest need facing many Romanians this year has been the challenge of keeping food on the table. High unemployment combined with the drought has brought many families to the edge of starvation in the rural areas. But God has been faithful in supplying this most basic need by making it possible for us to work together with others to bring shipments of food to those who have no other hope. What a joy to be there to share the gift of life giving food with those who need it most. Yes, there are so many reasons to exalt the Lord for all He has done in 2000.
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An additional $10,000 is needed to complete this missions center in rural Mehedinti county which will include a church, food distribution center, and apartment for visiting ministry teams. Already hundreds are being fed from this strategic location.
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These Believers cry out to God for His provision in the midst of drought. |
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Despair turns to joy as these impoverished Believers see God supplying food and blankets for their families through your faithful giving. |
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There are also many reasons to exalt the Lord for the doors that He has opened for us in 2001, doors that we could not even have imagined just a year ago. God is pouring out revival on the nations in unprecedented ways. The Last Days Harvest has already begun in response to the prayers of God's people. The need for trained leadership grows more critical each day. The Lord has released us from the work in Romania that is going forward under the leadership of our Romanian Brothers and Sisters. He is sending us to go into all the world to make disciples of all nations.
We are leaving this evening to fly to the Philippine Islands for two weeks where we will be meeting with leaders from the Dibabawon tribe on the island of Mindanao. The Bible has not yet been translated into their language but they understand the need to share the Good News of the Gospel among the other mountain tribes on Mindanao. We are going there to prepare the way for the establishment of a Bible training institute which will train tribal workers to plant churches among the tribes who have yet to hear of God's free gift of salvation. The harvest is ripe and the laborers are willing but lack training and equipping for the task. Please pray with us for God's protection, provision, and timing.
Not only has God opened a door to set up a Bible training institute in the Philippines but He has also opened a door for us to travel to the small nation of Togo, West Africa where there are thousands coming to Christ as the strongholds of voodoo are falling through intercessory prayer. A native pastor there who oversees 200 churches has asked us to come in April to hold pastor training seminars to again equip laborers for the ripened harvest fields. It isn't enough to just have massive crusades to win converts. That is already happening. But Jesus said to "go and make disciples…teaching them…" So we will be working to establish a Bible training institute in Togo as well which will prepare laborers for the harvest fields of Ghana, Togo, and Benin. Where once men, women, and children were sold into slavery, God is raising up laborers to set people free through the life giving blood of Jesus.
From Togo we will travel to England where God is stirring the hearts of young people to seek His face in prayer and find fulfillment in Him that the world promises but can never deliver. God is doing a deep work in the land of John and Charles Wesley where mosques now outnumber Methodist churches. By the power of the Holy Spirit to transform lives, He is preparing the ground to once again bring forth a great harvest of souls. We will be taking part in a missions conference in Somerset and encouraging our British Brothers and Sisters as they seek God for their nation to once again be a testimony to the transforming power of the Gospel. There are also one million Nigerians living in London who need training to become church planters in England and back home in Nigeria.
From England, we will head back to Romania to continue on with the work there, encouraging our Brothers and Sisters in Christ and providing additional training and direction as needed. We are not turning our backs on the ministry in Romania but rather leaving space for the Romanians to develop their leadership skills as they apply what we have been teaching them over the years. God is wanting His Body throughout the world to come together in unity as equal partners, co-laborers with Him. As the Believers in each nation supply their unique giftings to the whole Body, then the whole Body will come to the maturity God desires for all of us.
Needless to say, such extensive travel to Asia, Africa, and Europe will require far more financial resources than if we were to stay in Romania and ignore the cry for help from our Brothers in other parts of the world. We believe that God will honor our willingness to obey Him by providing the resources necessary to make it happen. We believe He wants to use you to invest in this
Last Days Harvest through your prayers and through your finances.
How can anyone put a price tag on the value of a lost soul? God has already told us the worth of a soul _ the life blood of His only begotten Son. If God was willing to sacrifice that much for us _ and for them _ then we need to be willing to sacrifice whatever God puts on our hearts to give so that they can hear of the precious gift of eternal life that is waiting for them if they will receive it with repentance and faith. Not everyone can afford to give the same gift but everyone can afford to do something to help prepare laborers to go where we can not go to bring the message of salvation, healing, and deliverance to those who have never heard.
We are willing to go and to set up the training programs. We are willing to give of our time and talents to train workers for the harvest. Are you willing to send us and to support us in prayer that God will bring forth fruit of eternal value? God has given us a task to do together. Just as He has brought forth fruit in Romania, He is wanting to use you and us together to bring forth fruit in the Philippines, in Africa, in Europe, and even in America. Join with us to be His co-laborers in this great Last Days Harvest. God bless you richly as you join hands with us and with Him to take the Gospel to the ends of the Earth.
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