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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

back to blogging... prayer updates...

Hey fellow bloggers,

I don’t know if anyone is checking this blog anymore. Is anyone out there? We are on home assignment, traveling extensively during the fall season, thus, little time for things like blogging. We are back at home base for now and I will try to catch up with everyone.

Here is a prayer reminder… this was posted back in August and below this post is an update on how these believers from the "uddermost" are doing…

August post…

The anti-Christian groups continue opposition in John's area. But the work is growing in spite of their efforts. John*, the doctor and another leader (Dan*) are doing well. They are penetrating some new villages. The doctor is evangelizing his home village which is 7 kms away from where he practices medicine. People there are very interested in the gospel.

In the midst of the persecution, John baptized 23 new believers. There were 60 baptisms reported in this area by four different church planters during the last ten days. More believers are ready for baptism, but because of flooding (not because of persecution), they had to postpone.

Thank you for praying, continue to pray for boldness in the face of opposition.

*pseudonyms

November update…

1. John* (first generation disciple) and family are doing fine though they continue to face opposition. Some of the new believers were influenced by the anti-Christian groups to leave their newfound faith and return to the H. religion (a case of I John 2:19?). Others have remained faithful despite the persecution. John will baptize some more new disciples next week.

2. Dan* (second generation disciple) and family are also doing fine. He asked for prayer for his mother-in-law who is undergoing a kidney stone operation this week. Dan is going to baptize some new believers next week.

Through Dan’s testimony, his brother who was a 'Baba', (H. priest), accepted Christ. PTL!!! Dan’s brother (third generation disciple) had built an H. temple but demolished it to plant a vegetable garden in its place after he became a believer. His testimony of how he experienced the power of Jesus in his life is impacting people far and wide. Most of Dan’s relatives are now believers (third and fourth generation disciples).

The doctor (second generation disciple) and his family are doing well and a great support for the work. The doctor’s brother recently accepted Christ (third generation disciple). He was a devotee of S., one of the H. gods. The brother used to act as a spiritual guide to over 5000 people. The ex-devotee of S. and spiritual guide for thousands went through our month-long 24/7 discipleship immersion program. He is now a strong follower of Jesus Christ and actively sharing his faith with others. PTL!!!

*pseudonyms

Please continue to pray for these… that they will remain faithful and intensely grow in their faith… that their testimonies will spread the gospel where there is no good news… that a church planting movement will develop in this area as generations of new believers, churches and leaders multiply.