Our latest Voice of the Martyrs newsletter/magazine came a couple days ago. If you’re not getting this, you really should. It’s free. What’s to lose?
One of the first articles was about a man they met who had recently been beaten and imprisoned for sharing the gospel. I think he was in south-east-ish Russia, but I’m not sure and it doesn’t really matter. He’d been released and instructed not to preach or distribute Christian literature on pain of death.
When he received a written reminder of the conditions of his release, he wrote back to the national authorities and told them, “You can kills us, but you can’t really do us much harm.”
That’s staggering to me.
Archive - November, 2007
eternal perspective
one million witnesses
My new friend Jason (because digital networking devices have taught me that I can make a friend of anyone I want – even if I don’t know him) has launched a website called One Million Witnesses.
It’s a pretty slick site and the home page is a “wall” made up of 100,000 “blocks.” The idea is you buy a block for $10 and post your testimony. (Your $10 also gets you a Witness bumper sticker with your unique block number on it.) The first $1 million/100,000 blocks will help Living Water provide clean drinking water for over 100,000 people in Liberia.
There’s also a blog on the site that promises to provide updates on the projects as they’re being completed.
The site was just recently launched. Currently it looks like only about 25 blocks are taken. I’m so getting in on this.
from India
I got another email from Ruth this morning:
HI dearhow are u, timothy and pst.Tim and all the team members of the Chruch in the Word. We all are fine by the grace of the lord all mighty and by all your prayers.I received e-mail from Titus saying that all are fine.
I’m very happy 2 receive email from u and i request u 2 continue 2 be in contact i will be praying for all u people and iwant 2 say u something that i m filled and anionted by the Holyspirit and i m speaking in Tongues and god is working very powerfully continue 2 pray 4 us
I m sorry, i couldnt reply u as i received ur mail, i had sme problem with my system, so plzz infrom all the teammates that i will replying them later
then dr in christ bye take care say hi to tim and marrrine and to dave, justine, sarah, colline, jonthan, nike, nate, candies,christine and all the others okkkk
then bye take care
yours in christ
ruth
Ruth is one of the amazing Godly women we get to work with in India. She is passionate and she is bold like no one else I know. She was introduced as one of the translators, but it doesn’t take long to realize that these “translators” are prophets and worshippers and evangelists.
My favorite Ruth moment from 2007 was when we were standing in a woman’s home listening to her insist she is a Christian and only a Christian. Ruth’s eyes fell on a charm hanging from a peg in the wall near her (because Ruth is always watching) that she recognized as an Islamic icon. She snatched it off the wall and dangled it at the end of the woman’s nose as she began to interrogate, “What’s this, then?” (Except … you know … in Telugu.)
This is some of our girls in India. Ruth is in the center. I know you can’t see her very well but this is the best I can do right now:
PS – I got up at 5:30 this morning. Read about it here.
