“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.”
John 3:16 NKJV
Friends: Greetings to
you all in the Lord’s love, grace and peace once again this month! Because of
the precious truth of John 3:16 we are able to bring God’s Good News of
salvation from sins and the gift of eternal life to our friends here in Africa
and beyond Africa! In the Lord’s plan Jim travels to Pakistan this month to
minister with John Feroze Masih, Senior Pastor of Christ King Gospel Ministries
(CKGM) in Pakistan. John is pictured at the left in the top photo. Jim will
evangelize, disciple, teach pastors and their wives, teach about church
planting and encourage—we are excited about this work!
Pray with us please: “Shine forth blessed, ever blessed, only blessed, Lord Jesus
and have Your glory in every nation, tribe, tongue and people! Shine forth Your
grace and reveal Yourself to the unreached that You are their God and by Your
word and Spirit bring them to worship You. Shine forth Your gospel into
darkened Somalia and enlighten Pakistan and plant and build Your church in
these nations; raise up indigenous churches among the peoples for Your praise,
Lord. Rule in these nations, God who is light. Arise, shine, may their light
come for Your glory, Lord Jesus, is risen upon them! Shine, blessed Holy
Spirit, shine the light of Christ upon these and all peoples and bring
exaltation to the Son and through Him to the Father. Lord, You are the light of
the Eternal City. You are the Dayspring from on high and the Eternal Day! Bring
Your elect sons and daughters, call them from afar into Your marvelous light.
Light of the World, shine on the nations. Shine on us. You are Lord! You are
Lord! You have risen from the dead and You are Lord! Every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! Forever Your praise will ascend
to You, Blessed Lord, all praise to You now and forever! In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
We are also blessed
and excited that since 2016 the Lord in His mercy has reconciled 300 street
kids home with their families, some of these in Rwanda. Pictured above is
Pastor Sunday Kafeero, our Street Kid Outreach Leader, and boy # 300 who this
week went back home to Busoga—sharing an ‘A-OK’ sign. How good the Lord has
been to us to bless us so and we appreciate His blessing to us of your
friendship and fellowship in the Gospel! May our faithful Lord Jesus Christ
bless you and yours today in an abundance of grace and love! Thank you friends!
“His one true love was always the person of Jesus.
The risen Christ was the fixed star of his life’s voyage,
the sole object of his affections.”
Stephen Mansfield about George Whitefield (1714-1770)
KAPPY’S CORNER—As One
A few days ago the power went out in the morning. That
isn’t unusual. We wondered what the reason was this time and when the power
would return. The answer soon came when I heard men I couldn’t see shouting in
a language I couldn’t understand and, although that’s also not unusual with a
construction site next door, the shouting was more like a song. One man would
shout something and a group of men would answer in unison like a choir. Harriet
was with me at the kitchen door explaining what the men were shouting in
Swahili. “Be strong and pull!” “Pull!” Before too long the top of a power pole
came into view over the high wall on our west side. The pole was thick and
heavy. There was no machine to hoist it into position. At one point the pole
swayed just a little in our direction and I realized if they lost control of
it, it could fall and break our wall or fall and injure someone, and I prayed
that they would keep control. I watched fascinated as, with each command and
each response, the pole gradually came perfectly upright and dropped into the
hole that had been dug for it. It was all done in a skilled, coordinated way
with cables, by manpower, each member of the team doing his part and following
the direction of the leader. Harriet said, “The church should work that way.”
I prayed some time ago that the Lord would provide opportunities here at
home to lead souls to Christ. Since then, He has faithfully answered that
prayer. One of those opportunities came after the power pole was solidly in the
ground and all but the man on the new pole waiting to make the connection came
into our compound. One man climbed our pole to finish the connection and the
rest sat down to wait. A short time later I heard Harriet’s voice and knew she
was witnessing to them. I prayed they would take her seriously and listen to
her and that the Holy Spirit would do the work. She told me later, the Lord
answered that prayer. Jim came home and distributed gospel tracts to them. And
before the crew left, I heard one man ask for a Bible. He left with a new
Luganda Bible in his hand. May the Lord truly save those men.
We praise God we are here at this time in the strength of the Holy Spirit
to do His work. We thank the Body of Christ worldwide who pull with us in
partnership using your God-given gifts, praying, providing Bibles and
literature, to make that possible. We are grateful. We are all working together
as a team for the furtherance of the Kingdom—for the glory of God. God bless
you!
For our Lord Jesus and His people,
Jim and Kappy
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