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In His Service,
Rod Farthing, National Development
Director
I am "confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). Because of Christians like you, God has indeed begun a good work in this young lady. I see it in her, and I see it in you. She is learning from us that it is good to give of her best to the Master. And this attitude of gratitude is never a matter for debate or reasoning; it is an irrevocable surrender in love for our Lord.
Our message to them is, "He is worthy of your trust." Thank you for partnering with us in the mission.
Here is Dear Sourm's latest report: ARM's Rapha House is supporting 52 girls at the center and 16 girls at the Half-way Home for reintegration, for a total of 68.
* Lessons and activities at 3 church cell groups
* Led evening devotions/activities with the RH girls
* Visited the reintegration program
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This is my brief report for May 2008.
2. PRISONS. On 27 - 28.05.2008 I was invited to visit the court process over G.P. Grabovoy in the Moscow Taganskiy court. Some years ago Grabovoy declared himself to be a prophet and a sign of the second arrival of Jesus Christ. More, than two years ago he was arrested with the criminal accusation. Having investigated the situation, having met Grabovoy himself (in the court cage), his witnesses, his advocates, as well as the judges and the prosecutor, I may say, that this process is not a criminal one in the court of Justice (because they do not examine the circumstances of the events, connected with the criminal accusation), but it is a typical inquisition process (because the court tries to show the falseness of Grabovoy's faith, tries to make him declare himself to be a liar). The torments are used by the court: Grabovoy is picked up in prison at 07-00, is brought to court at noon, the process begins at 14-00 and goes on until 23-00 or even 24-00; the arrested one has no dinner, no bath, he even very rarely is let visit the lavatory. Sure, this man does not stay on the Biblical basis, but he is, indeed, under the heavy pressure of the torment inquisition process for his own faith.
3. MOSLEMS. On 11.05.2008 my dear friend sheikh Hasan Gurji-ogly (the deputy mufti of the Adyg Republic and Krasnodar Territory) sent to me the e-mail with the approval and high value of my report upon the Biblical and Quranical analysis of the Just War. He made also some very valuable notes to develop the ideas of the report.
On 23.05.2008 I had three meetings and very productive discussions with Ali-bey Hamzin - the member of the National Mejlis (Ruling Board) of the Crimea Tatarian people, the chief of the International Affairs Department of the named Mejlis and one of the nearest advisers of the Crimea Tatars leader Mustafa-aga Jemilev. Ali-bey is a brilliant scholar: he has discovered the famous sufi Middle Ages handwriting in Crimea Tatar language "Calendar Name", etc. Ali-bey informed me, that the so called "Organization of the Depurated Peoples" (ODP) had begun to be established. Mustafa-aga Jemilev is the leader of this process, and Ali-bey Hamzin is the secretary of the Organizing Committee. We discussed the possibility for DOM ARM to receive the status of the "Observer" at the future ODP ruling board.
Dear brethren in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior,
I greet you with the love and joy our dear Lord gives us, wishing your lives are a great impact in society, as they have been an impact in our ministry.
I am so happy and encouraged in the Lord for the good harvest and work results during May. We had 62 baptisms. 89 of our students graduated from our Bible Correspondence Courses.
During May we received 2,063 new enrollments to our courses. We are so encouraged by the requests to study the Bible. Besides, we sent 5,619 other lessons, which meant an expense in postage of $4,609.00 US Dollars. I am so excited to see people from all over the world studying the Bible thought our Bible Correspondence Courses. This ministry is indeed impacting the World for Christ!
We planted a new congregation in San Marcos, Guatemala. The members are 47 of our Bible students who met to share Bible knowledge and Christian fellowship. Now, they have friends, family members, and others joining to share their ideas and Bible knowledge together. On May 11th, they all had their first Christian Gathering: The Church. The new visitors are receiving our Bible lessons and encouraged to continue attending Church and reading the Bible and learning about God. They are learning the basics of the Christian life.
I am so grateful for David Rangel, who is ministering in the Church in Cuernavaca. He and I teach and preach. We visit church members together. David is helping me a lot and he is always eager to do his best in the Kingdom of God. During the week of May 12th, we traveled together to Perote, Veracruz, Mexico. We visited our students in jail over there. Also, we visited Santa Ana, Teziutlán and other towns and places both in the states of Tlaxcala and Puebla. Most of the students we have in these places claim that they need Bibles, teachings, and economic support to visit other places and build churches where to meet. The need is great all over!
Let me share with you part of a letter we received from one of our students. "My dear friends and staff at the Bible Correspondence School, one of my friends sneaked in jail a pamphlet and a Bible and gave it to me. I am in the jail called El Altiplano, which is one jail with maximum security. I had heard about the Bible, but I had never touched one. When I started reading it, it seemed to me as if it was a novel, or a Science Fiction book. I began reading Genesis, and I am not reading Isaiah. All is so new to me, so different to any other book. Now, when I read my Bible, I consider myself being before God, and I hear what He has to tell me. I understand that the Bible reached my hand with a purpose. I am in jail because I was a bad man. I used to sell drugs, kill people, and worship Death, but now, I consider myself different already. I did not care about people, and now I feel different. This little book in size, but huge in its content has opened my eyes and it is changing me. I wish to study the course you advertise in the Bible, but I have a hard time getting mail, and most of the time the regular mail does not get to our hands. I cannot understand how was it that this Bible got to my hands, but what I do know is that it is a great blessing for me. Please pray for me and for my future life. I will finish reading the Bible, and will read it many times, as time is something I have a lot now. I do some physical exercise, but that is about all I do. I consider the Bible a marvelous book... (Yours, Nicolás Bermúdez Vázquez), El Altiplano, Almoloya, México.
Please help us pray for...
**The huge problem Mexico has with drugs and crime. All looks so uncertain and no one is safe at home or on the streets. Provision from God to print more courses, as we are running out of them.**Equipment to continue copying our Christian Literature and Bible Materials.**Sirlene Aguilar, who is our secretary, but who had her right foot swollen and she can hardly walk. She is so active and hectic for God! She has kidney problems and some difficulties with uric acid.**Groceries are going up terribly. This has to do with oil prices going up and it affects all areas of our economy. Most people are suffering from malnutrition, especially children and mothers. All is becoming to be a chaos with high prices of food.
I am so grateful to you for all of your help,
Your servant in Christ Jesus, Alfredo José Aparicio
PS: Please pray for David Rangel who has very high blood pressure at the moment.
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| ARM/ABS Bible Distribution Update |
ARM and the American Bible Society partner together in Bible distribution.
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Want an ARM multimedia presentation in your church? As Development Director, I'm visiting a lot of churches in the Midwest! We have a video/PowerPoint presentation that will inform, encourage, and promote evangelism in your church. If you would like an ARM presentation for your whole church-- or a group within it-- please inquire by reply or call 573-729-6355. We are now scheduling 2008. Thanks again for all your prayers, support, and encouragement! -- Rod
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Rod Farthing, ARM National Development Director rodfar@arm.org
Rt. 5 Box 159, Salem, MO 65560
Check out our web sites:
www.arm.org
www.abarc.org
www.raphahouse.org
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