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ENGLISH FOR JESUS
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Oleksin Family" |
Travel north from
Ukraine, east from Poland, south from Lithuania and Latvia, or west
from Russia, and you find the country of Belarus, which
translates - White Russia. Not easy for most of us to locate
on our globes, but our Lord has many special friends residing within
this emerging country.
“I want to use the effective means of AVangelism for especially
reaching children and teenagers, winning them for Christ.” This was
what Mr. Artyom Oleksin wrote as his AVANGELISM Vision
Statement in 2006. “I work as a children’s pastor in our church with
about 100 Sunday school students. I also work in our Christian
kindergarten, which is in its 2nd year in 2006. We plan to start a
Christian grade school program next year. This is very unusual for
it is the 1st in our country. In 2003, we began Christian camping
for children with over 700 kids participating. In 2007, we hope to
expand with 6 camps abroad in Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. We are
expecting an additional 500 children from these. There is a Russian
Proverb that says - It is better to see one time than to hear seven
times. So we realize how powerful media is, not just to say, but to
show.”
"Artyom Oleksin & Son Receiving English
Disks."
InterComm provided training CD’s and a wide selection of English
Language videos for children. This was followed by an 18-month
period of silence, which was quite a surprise. But in December 2008,
a great letter arrived. “We want to use your films for a new
program we will start for English study in our Sunday school and
among non-believers. We are preparing a 2-month course and want to
translate your films, DOMBI and JONAH & THE BIG STORM. We will give
the course the name, EFJ (English for Jesus). The course is designed
for kids 5 to 8 and 9 to 12. Teaching will take place each Sunday
during our 3 services. Could you please send us the English
transcripts to make our translation work easier? We expect to start
teaching in February of 2009.”
"Students in EFJ Viewing DOMBI."
“I’m writing to update you on our progress. We divided DOMBI and
JONAH into 8 parts for the 5 to 8 year olds, and 4 parts for the 9
to 12 year olds. Every part is watched several times. At first, kids
learn new words. Next, they learn new phrases from the previous
section, and new words from the new section. The next Sunday they
will watch the 1st part again with the teacher translating, and the
2nd part to tickle their ears with new phrases, and the 3rd part
when they learn new words. On the 4th lesson, children will try to
translate for themselves, etc. It’s a long process. Even in 2 ½
months it is not enough, but it is a good start. We have 5 teachers
and 2 helpers. After the 1st attempt, we will meet and discuss how
to improve the process for the next sessions. This is our 1st
experience, and we are trusting God to give us better results. We
actually had 3 each of the younger and older groups in our 1st
effort. There are some new local children who have recently started
visiting our Sunday school. My desire is for the EFJ Program to draw
the children in, help them learn English, of course, but also allow
us to share the Gospel with them. I have worked with children 10
years now. We don’t just want them to repeat information. We want
them to come to Jesus Christ through salvation. We are praying to
expand this program to a local center for troubled children. Then
also next September we want to advertise widely in our local area
and would hope many parents will be eager to bring their children.
If other churches want to develop this Project, is it okay with
InterComm if we share it with them?”
Of course, we said YES.
"Belarus Students Learning English from
InterComm Films."
The creative juices of God’s servants always inspire us here at
InterComm to continue on in the work of equipping National Leaders.
Thank you for making it possible for us to equip these leaders, who
are gathering fruit these days using AVangelism in Belarus.
CRYING FROM GUILT
Evangelist
J Aaron Wright from Liberia writes:
“How excited we were that the 16mm Projector and Films
finally arrived safely. Last Saturday, we had our 1st showing of
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. There were a total of 412 persons in
attendance. At the end of the film I took the stage and
summarized the story. I reminded them that every one of us has
sinned like Pilgrim. Therefore, we need to confess our sins unto
God and repent and forsake them and ask Jesus Christ to become
our Lord and Savior. You could see people crying of their guilt
before God. So we invited them, and 133 people gave their
lives to Jesus Christ, accepting Him as Lord and Savior. On
the following Sunday, 62 of these people joined us in service
for worship at our church. We want to thank almighty God, who is
to receive all the glory, and we want to thank you and InterComm
for creating this partnership between us.”
RISKING ALL
FOR CHRIST
"Justus Okoth Arriving at Destination by Ox
Cart."
Rev Justus Okoth from
Kenya writes:
“We have been traveling into the bush, as we call it, the
more dangerous parts of our country, where we must worry about
armed bandits and wild animals. We cannot afford public
transportation. So we travel by ox cart. On this trip, I fell
into a thorny bush at night when it was dark and could not
remove the thorns because we were too far from a hospital. So I
had to endure the pain, even as the areas of my body became
swollen. We have been sharing the Kiswahili videos you produced
for us. So many people have come so many miles, even at night,
to watch our showings. Your films are still the most effective
and best tools for evangelism in these remote and difficult
parts of my country. On this last trip we narrowly escaped death
and wondered at times if we would even survive. Thank you so
much for your prayers, which have saved us, but we count it all
joy to continue risking all for Christ our only hope. Here’s our
Report. We had 11 showings to 11,500 people with 3,520
responding to accept Jesus Christ. We are always praying for
all of you. May the Lord continue to bless you.”
THEY IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES
Evangelist Gabriel
Krabadja from the Central African Republican writes:
“Audiovisual Ministry produces more impact in rural villages,
because they identify themselves with the actors and the
stories. This helps them automatically ask forgiveness for their
sins. There are so many villages that do not have film showings,
and we would like to travel there. But they are so far away and
transportation is expensive. Even so, we praise God for
everything that He has done through us and the Torch Kit
Ministry.”
79 Showings to 7,150 people with 1,176 decisions.
A PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
by Lane Anderson
Jules Verne wrote the exciting novel, AROUND THE WORLD IN
80 DAYS, in 1873. At this time in history, few men and women ever
ventured further than 100 miles from home in their entire lifetime.
83 years later, Michael Todd transformed this exciting novel into an
extraordinary major motion picture with David Niven, playing the
role of Phileas Fogg. Filmed in wide-screen 70mm, this 1956
production costs just under 6 million dollars and earned over 100
million worldwide. Eventually, it won 5 of the 8 Academy Awards for
which it was nominated.
In 1956, dramatic Christian films were still all new to church
audiences, most of whom did not own a 16mm Projector. Quality was
lacking both in production, acting, and screenplay. Most churches
still opposed Christians attending a secular theater. That’s why our
family made frequent trips from our Wolf Lake, Michigan home to
Grand Rapids. My parents needed to see and learn from top secular
films to improve the look and quality of Christian films. Theaters
in Grand Rapids became a cinema classroom and also kept our local
Christian friends and neighbors from becoming offended through the
process.
Perhaps in 1963 when my father invited me to work my way around the
world, we would not experience life as Jules Verne penned it, but
then - just maybe! Producing 4 new films in multiple countries was a
huge challenge for our small team of 3, and God would provide many
memorable moments. I Corinthians 2:9 was about to explode through my
days. So join me, won’t you, in the next many adventures I’ll be
sharing with you, as - yes - we go - Around the World in 80 Days!
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mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who
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