St. Timothy Lutheran Church

Hmm - I think I missed a day.  Last night I was just a bit too tired to write - but even though I went to bed by 9:30, I didn't sleep more than 2 hours.  This city doesn't sleep - and the dogs and cats and muslim prayer calls are very loud and distracting.

Yesterday and today were just as amazing as Monday and Tuesday.  The coolest thing about today was the 5 baptisms.  Yes, there were 5 baptisms of 5 brand new Christians!  I know personally that three of them had no idea of the message of the Gospel, but when they heard, they said, "I want that!"  I watched a 24 year old young man proclaim his new faith in Jesus Christ  - and after the baptism, he had a huge smile on his face.  Amazing!  We've also had 3 muslims proclaim faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!  That is truly God at work.  Overall, we have had just over 160 people either come to Christ for the first time or finally understand the forgiveness and grace that Jesus offers!

But the other amazing thing that continues to boggle my mind is the dedicated people we work hand and hand with every day.  There must be 25 of them that work with us straight from 7:30am until 6:00pm everyday.  And because most of them have very little, they live lives where they truly MUST trust God to supply them with what they need.  Today we asked one, a single mom (of 2) named Ann, about her night last night.  She shared that when she arrived home, she couldn't get in and her kids were not there.  She found them at a friends house, for they were all locked out of their one room home (probably 100 sf).  They couldn't pay the rent for the last two months, so they were temporarily evicted.  As she shared her story, she never once asked for money.  It would have been so easy, and understandable.  She simply said she trusted that God would take care of her and her children.  Faithful - committed - and daily trusting in God to provide.  That describes these people.

Today - please pray for our final day tomorrow.  We expect over 850 people, and it might hit 1000.  Today we helped 697.  Pray for the batteries on the auto-refractor (a big concern). Pray for the supply of lenses (running low).  Pray for the hearts of people to be opened to the freedom and forgiveness that comes with believing in Jesus Christ!  And pray that the words we speak are the very words of God, Himself.

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