Dear Partners in Christ,
I write to you from the Heart of Jerusalem. Praise the Lord for all the good
work He is doing through our presence. Recently, two ladies that have been
trained and discipled in our church for the past two years were baptized in the
Jordan River. Praise the Lord! Baptism is one of the hardest steps for any one
in Israel to take because that is the outward confession to all friends and
family, and many get persecuted for it. We also saw a couple for the 1st time
ask Jesus to be their Lord and Savior. Do you believe and think that God can do
more through us? Do you believe that Muslims, Jews, and Arabs can come to the
understanding that they need a savior, and that Savior is the King named Jesus?
Yes to all the above it takes a servant of God to say Yes to Jesus by faith and
no to Satan……
Last year we asked you to reach your hand out to help us spread the message to
the needy community. The Christmas Banquet 2005 was celebrated with more than
105 families (of whom 70 were first time visitors!). We passed out gifts, food,
clothing, printed Christian materials, Christian music, etc. valued at $75 per
family. Through this meeting we saw three families commit to the Lord and many
children for the first time heard about the Love of Jesus Christ. There is a
high percentage of unemployment in the area especially with the war with Lebanon
and the Middle East crisis. Every day here people are dying, our heart hurts for
the ones that die and we do not reach them with the Gospel.
We have another opportunity this year to reach out to the community with the
Gospel message; also we must not forget our brothers in Christ who are
suffering. We need your help! We would like to bless our people this year with
the same blessings that we showed them last year. We need $8500 U.S. to be able
to make this year happen. In the past we saw all of you step up and give toward
this need. We are asking that you would by faith take part in this race once
again. We need your partnership in this especially at such a needy time as this.
Who do we turn to? The Muslims will not help, the Jews will not help. We need to
count on you this year. Thanks for your prayer in this matter and your
sacrificial giving to this cause. We thank God through you and for what you will
be giving towards this need.
His Ambassador,
Pastor Steven Khoury (Gal 2:20)
P.S. Please come visit us in the Holy Land as many have begun to come, and do
visit us on our website.
www.holylandbaptistmission.org
Steve Khoury