International Ministries UPDATE
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve “Him.” – Daniel 7:14 (NKJV) Isn’t this wonderful news, friends? God does not discriminate! He is at work everywhere, and we know this to be true because we have seen His work through Word of Life teams and missionaries all around the globe! We love sharing these stories with you so you can see the life-changing impact your gifts make around the world. Thank you for your partnership! Nicaragua has just launched our first English For Life program in a Spanish-speaking country. This is a unique Discipleship Training Center that will use teaching English as a second language as a draw for both evangelism and discipleship. Brazil will be celebrating 60 years of ministry this summer. Their traveling music and drama team (EMME) is preparing a musical depiction of the story of Harry Bollback and Harold Reimer reaching the Xavante tribe. They will be using this as a tool for evangelism during this anniversary year. Word of Life is officially expanding into Zimbabwe through our ministry in South Africa. We are projecting to start with three churches and two schools and are planning to have our first camp in August of this year! Hungary – The Word of Life Hungary Bible School held its annual Missions Conference in February. There were 235 people who attended from 20
different countries in Europe and beyond. Of these, 29 dedicated themselves to missions. The school’s faith promise offering was for the purchase of the new Word of Life ministry property in Paraguay. The total promised was $11,000!. Poland – Many of our ministries in Europe have had winter camps, with more than 1,000 teens hearing the Gospel. Here is a brief note regarding one winter camp in Poland: This was the first winter camp held at our new ministry center! During the camp, three people professed belief in Christ. Joanna and Matthew both live about 30 minutes away from our ministry center. When Joanna trusted Christ she called her mom and told her and then handed the phone to one of our team members. Joanna’s mom heard the Gospel, too, and since then has been out to church along with her daughter and has visited the Word of Life Poland ministry center several times! Norway – This summer a Lithuanian couple from the Bible School in Hungary will be doing their summer ministry in Norway, spending a number of weeks serving Baptist churches and youth ministries there. This is the first significant Word of Life ministry in Scandinavia in more than 20 years! Pray for the doors to continue to open to Word of Life ministries in Scandinavia. Argentina – Summer camps outside Buenos Aires just wrapped up with a great season of 3,044 total campers. Of those, 548 trusted Christ as Savior and 1,407 dedicated their lives to Him.
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Word of Life | LIFELINE | SPRING 2017
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