"Tomorrow J is going to baptize another Muslim man. He has plans to baptize several women, but that has been postponed for a little longer. His wife has an infection in her arm. After it heals enough, then she and the other women will be baptized.
You can pray for the hindu men that J has reached. One of them had a job as a van driver for a school that he lost because of his conversion. Also,
his family has physically assulted him, including mild clubbing. He is looking to move. Last week I met with them and think that we can pretty much call them a church now. They have tons of learning to do, but even took up an offering for the guy who lost his job. Now they want to buy the guy a ricksaw van. It costs about a months salary for one of them ($55). They are just going to pass the hat around. I told them I would give, but that it would be as one of them. May the Lord blow there minds at what He can do among them. Ask Him to show them that they are His people, and as such they can accomplish all of His purposes! The DNA for this church is great. Interestingly, the day before we gathered as a church J was at my house. He asked me for a Bible because he didnt have one. I asked him why he didn't bring one to our study, and he said that he had given them all away!"Praise God with me right now for this small house church meeting in a Muslim dominated land that they would be like the Bereans of old and "search the Scriptures" thoroughly. Pray that God would sustain them as they face persecution and that they would draw closer to one another and to the Christ they now worship. And finally, pray for our missionary friend who is there with his family nurturing this church and following up on many other contacts. May the stories keep coming . . . to the glory of Jesus!
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