A Project70 missionary in a Central Asian country expressed great heartfelt joy as he observed the growth of the church. We rejoice with him in his experience of the Lord’s blessing in a very powerful way.
He reports: ‘Five people from the area are getting ready to be baptized. All of them are new converts from Islam. I am planning to visit them in person and spend some time in preparing them for baptism.’
Our missionary is also involved in leadership training programmes. He writes: ‘In spite of the restrictions, we have been able to hold a conference for indigenous people, and a training seminar for national church leaders on leadership and administration.
The theme of the conference was “Be Ye Holy just as Your Father is Holy”. We had a three-day seminar on Homiletics for national leaders. It was a great time for brothers to learn some preaching skills.’
An opportunity arose to visit an isolated and unreached region with a team. Time was spent with dozens of individuals and families. The huge need in this region was reinforced to the team – ‘We saw the real big need among the people in Pamir. And the real need is always the same – it is Jesus’.
Our missionary had a special blessing of meeting an Imam who serves a few villages. He had a lot of good questions about Jesus and is very open to the Gospel.