As I finish this update, the annual Muslim month of Ramadan ended five days ago. It has now been about two weeks since my last regular update, and 12 days since an urgent appeal was uploaded to this blog. Although there is always great effort put into reaching the lost, there is always a special emphasis and great expectation for […]
HARVEST STORIES: Overcomers, 6/25/2016
We share here another story from the harvest fields in the Middle East. We believe that Father has a purpose in our hearing how some of our brothers and sisters in the Lord experience His love and His presence. Perhaps we will have a deeper grasp of that love and presence. Perhaps we will come to see how we too […]
MIDEAST UPDATE, 6/14/2016
I suspect I have read the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, known as the Faith Chapter with 15 verses beginning “by faith,” more times in the last four years than I had during my entire life before becoming involved with the House of Blessing. This “faith chapter”, provided a long list of many of the heroes of the faith and why […]
“And Once Again”, MIDEAST UPDATE, 6/12/2016
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Proverbs 25:25 Stories travel fast in the Middle East when fueled by hope and a hunger for evidence of goodness, or mercy, or, ultimately, loving kindness. When Jesus walked in village or countryside, desert or shoreline, people walked great distances to hear, to see, and […]
“Sarah’s Story”, MIDEAST UPDATE, 5/31/2016
Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1 The lines of people coming to Pastor R’s tent, asking for prayer, continue day by day. People who have so little, living only moment by moment, asking for prayer, seeking the comfort of a God they have […]