Monday, April 12, 2010

Χριστός Ανέστης! Αληθώς Ανέστη!
The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed!

We hope you had a great celebration remembering why Jesus came and what that does for everyone who believes in Him! We had a great celebration with our Gypsy friends who are following Jesus. This was the first Easter that they did not get drunk, but really celebrated with the joy and love of Jesus!

God started a small “fire” in the Gypsy camp with a handful of people when an evangelist from Nepal came and shared his testimony about how God brought his mother back from the dead.. Since the end of September, I have been going to their community to teach them the Word of God, pray with them and fellowship with them. The size of the group has been anywhere from three to fifteen. We meet every Friday evening and have a team that serves both with the adults and with the children of the adults that attend. We believe God is starting a church there. The growth has been slow, but we thank God for the growth at all! There are many cultural strongholds and superstitions that have to be broken by the Truth and Spirit of God. For the past month, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been pressuring our friends when we are not there, taking them to their meetings and telling them that we are lying to them. It has caused confusion, but we are trusting that God’s Truth and the power of prayer will bring victory. We know this is a spiritual battle and we will fight it spiritually!

Please pray with us that we will be faithful to what God has called us to do, have wisdom to do it and that God will be glorified there as His kingdom is spread there. Pray also for musicians!