For today’s Mideast Update, I start with a passage of Scripture found in the short book of Jude, and I would like to offer for your reading in the Amplified version today: “But you, beloved, build yourselves up (founded) on your most holy faith–make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher–praying in the Holy Spirit; Guard and keep yourselves […]
MIDDLE EAST UPDATE, May 14, 2014 by Jake Geier
My Middle East update this week covers a bit over one week. Much has happened in the last month, and the events keep unfolding rapidly. I received another call last Friday letting me know that Pastor R**** is still alive, and I purposely underline the fact! The last attack on his person was perpetrated by three men who viciously attacked […]
MIDDLE EAST UPDATE: May 5, 2014
My Middle East update today will not be a long one but there are many that have asked the latest I’ve learned. I received a phone call early Friday morning from Pastor R**** and he gave me his status. As of his call he was still in the hospital due to a persistent high temperature and his heart needing to […]
Middle East Update, 4/30/2014
The last few days have seemed like a whirlwind on this side of the world while I was receiving phone call after phone call from Syria. Things were happening so fast that I could only get the latest news out via e-mail. So, for those who are not on my e-mail list, I will try and give you a quick […]
Mideast Update, 4/22/2014
After not receiving a call from Pastor R**** of the House Of Blessing, Jerusalem, for over two weeks, I was quite happy to receive not one call, but two: on Good Friday and then another on Easter Sunday. I had learned that there had been an attempt on Pastor R****’s life, but didn’t have any details other than that he […]
Middle East Update–3/31/2014
I was pleased to receive my weekly phone call from Pastor R**** out of Syria once again. He let me know that the work of the ministry is going well and there is a continuous flow of new volunteer missionaries being raised up. I asked a few questions this time so that I could get a better picture of how […]
MIDDLE EAST UPDATE, March 22, 2014
I received a call from Syria once again this last Friday. Along with the good reports of the work being done by the volunteer missionaries and how effective the simple message of God’s love has been, I was once again stunned at the incredible danger in just being there, much less trying to share the Messiah Jesus with people! Looking […]
MIDDLE EAST UPDATE, 3/15/2014
During my weekly conversation with Pastor R**** this morning, I was struck by how his voice relayed his fatigue and growing weakness in the face of serious physical health challenges. On the one hand, he is convinced that his time on earth is drawing to a close, and yet there is an urgency in his voice for the things that […]
MIDDLE EAST UPDATE, 3/8/2014
When I received my most recent call from inside Syria by our friend, Pastor R****, founder of the House Of Blessing, I could not help but think of a Scripture found In Joel 3:14 which says: “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near…” Pastor R**** said that the volunteer missionaries who are […]
SPECIAL MIDEAST UPDATE, the rest of the story…! 2/28/2014
More and more true stories are coming out of different places in the world where God moves in unusual ways in response to the trust and obedience of His committed remnant. The Middle East is not being left out. This is a story that would be hard to believe and harder to verify if so many people had not seen it happen. The mainstream news however would never carry a story such as this one.