Thursday, May 14, 2009

Here is a word from Eldos

I am in Texas for a training session. This Sunday we were visiting on church and twice I shared my testimoney with them - in English! Then Sergey spoke of our ministry. Though this is not all that large a church, the people are so open for ministry. So encouraging.

God does certainly work miraculously through all kindsof circumstances. Last week we were in Dallas for training. On the second day we had an assignment to find someone and share the gospel. I thought, "Where can I go? I don't know English well, and am not comfortable in this culture. I will just go along and pray." I went along with Matt and Sergey to work out. And interestingly, God had me meet a young man named Sergey. Three years ago he was adopted by a family in the states. Every week he goes to church, but only goes because of his parents. He considers himself more Orthodox. I was able to share the Gospel with him, going into detail, and told him how very important it was to have a relationship with God. I was able to get his e-mail address, and have begun sharing topics to search in the Bible. Amazing.

In a couple of days we went to another place. There I met Rustem. He and his family moved from Turkmenistan. They live a region for refugees. Though he considers himself a Muslim and goes to the mosque every week, nonetheless he listened patiently to the Gospel. We were able to communicate in Kazakh and Turkmen (similar Turkic languages).

Praise God that He can use even me in my weakness and helplessness, showing His strength.

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