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EASY TO CARRY
Pastor Jacob Lungu,
director of Sowers Bible Ministries in Lusaka, Zambia,
was referred to us by our friends at World Missionary Press,
best-known for their Gospel booklet, HELP FROM ABOVE. “We are a
registered ministry, we are growing, and people are getting
saved. Our vision is mainly focused upon rural areas in our
country, as these people are in need of God’s words. We seek to
reach areas also where our countrymen have never heard of God.
We are in need of a Film Projector. This can assist us to help
the people fully understand the Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
The process of
screening a new contact often times results with equipping the
applicant with less than they may have requested, yet more
realistically providing tools better suited to their actual
ministry vision. A Torch Kit became Pastor Lungu’s #1 item on
his need list for his ministry, and this was shipped in October
2002. “All members of the Body of Christ under our ministry are
really encouraged to receive the good news of the items you have
shipped to us. We are praying for you, and also that these
materials will arrive safely.”
Upon arrival in February 2003, “We thank you and are still
giving praise to God for making a way for media tools to reach
us safely. May Almighty God continue blessing InterComm for the
heart of giving you have. We have tested the Torch Kit, and it
is working. It will help our ministry to grow, especially in
rural areas for it is easy to carry.”
Pastor Lungu immediately incorporated the Torch Kit as Sowers
Bible Ministry began to reach the small rural areas of Zambia.
“Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who introduced our
ministry to InterComm. This Torch Kit is very helpful. Ever
since I started using it, our ministry will never be the same.
The Lord is blessing us with new souls, and believers are also
being strengthened through the use of media. It is our prayer
that God will bless InterComm for the good work you are doing.
This Torch Kit is very helpful because it gives me a chance to
teach and explain the Gospel, picture by picture, especially in
places where people don’t have access to television.”
Leading a small ministry with few helpers to the most remote
areas of his country will not bring worldly fame to Rev. Lungu,
not even in his country Zambia, but God has blessed his efforts
with 355 souls won to Christ in just 3 years time. His
fame in Heaven is legendary!
ALLIGATORS, SPIDERS,
AND SNAKES, OH NO!
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Micah Tuttle is a
young missionary in the country of Peru, who willingly
takes the Good News of Jesus Christ to some of the most
challenging jungle locations. Film Producer, Jimmy Murphy, who
so ably assisted us in the production of PILGRIM’S PROGRESS and
CHRISTIANA, shared this Report with us.
“Down the muddy waters of the Madre de Dios River we went, deep
into some of the most virgin jungles of the world. Our days were
filled with jungle hikes, hunting, fishing, singing, preaching,
and Bible studies. What a life! We ate wild jungle pig meat,
roasted bananas, and all kinds of strange fruits, nuts, and
roots. It was humid, hot, and sticky, and we were regularly
accompanied by tarantulas, mosquitoes, alligators, and snakes.
It was an absolute paradise! At the evening meeting, the entire
village showed up - 250 people. We started the generator,
screwed in a light bulb, and put on the film, PILGRIM’S
PROGRESS, and ended the night with Gospel preaching. The next
day we spent hours talking to both individuals and small groups
about Christ. We visited hut after hut until we had canvassed
the whole village. We ended our time in a tearful meeting with
those that had made commitments to Christ - 5 couples.
Please pray for these believers. Please pray for these believers
and their women. No one is married in the entire village. All
the men freely share their women with one another and thus
spread all kinds of sexual diseases not to mention all the other
terrible consequences that come from such wickedness. However,
all 5 of the men who accepted Christ are leaders in the village
and have influence on the rest of their community. Please pray
that this entire village could come to Christ.”
A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS
Mr. Vijay Kumar from India writes:
“One day I was waiting for a train, and suddenly an 18 year old
young girl came up to me and expressed thanks to me. It was a
surprise because I did not know her. She told me that I had
recently visited her village and spread the Gospel through
audiovisual aids. She realized that children should respect
their parents and that she had been a great irritation to her
parents. There was no peace with the father and mother, or even
with her sister. After seeing our films and hearing the Word of
God, she realized and obeyed her parents, who went on to treat
her with real compassion. She belongs to a Hindu community, but
came to see the Christian films and ended up worshiping the
Lord. I thank God for attracting youth to hear the Gospel by
media. Now this family has peace among them because God is using
media to bring people into His presence.”
MORE THAN ONCE A DAY
Rev Raphael Ongango from Uganda writes:
“This Torch Kit is a very wonderful tool for evangelism and many
people have been attracted to it. We have been receiving many
applications, asking us to show this tool and each place we go
people don’t want us to leave, even though we have obligations
to travel elsewhere. With such a high demand we are moving from
one place to another through the entire week, and we are busy
showing the Filmstrips. It is unfortunate that we only have 1
Torch Kit. We need 5 Torch Kits in order to serve the demand
more fully.”
His Report indicated showings to 3,164 people with 643
responding to Christ.
TORCH KIT SURVIVES OCEAN COLLISION
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Evangelist Solomon Ntege from Uganda writes:
“You cannot measure the degree of my joy and love for the Lord
when I received my parcel from InterComm. May God richly bless
all of you who kept praying for its safe arrival. This amazing
parcel caused trouble on 2 ships, because they collided. Many
people listed their merchandise as totally lost in the waters,
but mine came through safely because of everyone’s prayers.
Jesus went out doing good wherever he traveled, reaching the
unreachable, challenging the Samaritans, and InterComm is doing
the same thing, as you equip people like me. You began by
corresponding, even though you’ve never seen me or heard anyone
directly talk about me. You committed to sending these precious
weapons to fight evil in my country, and I have promised to
share Christ with others through their usage. You will have
reached my country with these tools. I pray that God will bless
InterComm through our commitment together. Thank you for your
ongoing prayers for this work.”
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Dr Chandrakant Mhaske from India writes:
“Praise the Lord! We thank God for supplying the Torch Projector
for our ministry. This Torch Kit is a very active tool for
evangelism. We traveled out to a village and planned to show the
story, FAITH’S FAMILY, but shortly after arriving the local
electricity failed. All of the people, especially the children,
were very upset, but my son, located a 12-volt battery, and we
hooked it up to the back of the Torch Kit. The showing was able
to take place and everyone was amazed to see this little
Projector operating on the power of a battery. Not only did many
people accept Christ, others decided to give up their habits of
alcohol. The Torch Kit is truly a handy instrument. It may not
be a motion picture, but it gives us more opportunity to explain
the Word of God to our people. We praise God and thank InterComm
for making such a tool available.”
His Report indicated 18 village showings to 360 people with
71 accepting Christ.
HEARTBEAT
by Ken Anderson
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