Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!
I praise God that we again, by His grace, have reached the last days of this past year, 2020. This year was difficult for us, but thank God that He does not leave His children even when they go through problems and difficult circumstances. I felt the hands of the Lord in the ministry this year and His blessings accompanied us every day.
We always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters from the USA, for God's grace that was given to you in Jesus Christ, because in Him you were enriched in all directions, and you are a good testimony and blessing for us.
We had a good opportunity to preach the Gospel at a funeral. One elderly sister who had unbelieving children, relatives and neighbors, and they had such an opportunity to hear the Word of God, passed into eternity. This method is good for evagelizing people.
On December 25 we celebrated Christmas in our church. The Word was preached, rejoiced together, the children of our church had a good program. This service was broadcast online and I pray that the Lord, through His Word, will touch the hearts of people.
On the second day of the holiday of Christmas, we organized an evangelism with the children of our church and with other children from unbelieving families, where these children were taught, by our leaders, lessons about the Birth of Jesus Christ. Also, the children had games and competitions, and at the end they were treated to sweets and everyone received a gift.
Also, our church helped the poor people from our village with food. Pensioners, sick, single, poor families and believers, and unbelievers thanked God that at the end of this year they received such necessary help through the Church of Christ. So they said that the State is to us. does not help, and believers always come to the aid of poor people. We really want the Lord to be glorified through such works of mercy and that He would test the hearts of unbelievers so that they would repent.
I thank God that even if some of the members of our church went through the disease of Covid, but the Lord healed them, saved our lives and we were able to live until the end of 2020 - Thank God! I thank God for all the blessings with which He blessed us throughout this year.
Prayer Needs:
1. Let's pray that the Lord will save us in the future from problems with the Covid 19 pandemic.
2. So that we can preach the gospel of Christ on these holidays: Christmas and New Year.
3. For me, so that the Lord will strengthen me with courage in serving Him.
Dear brothers and sisters from the USA, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! We wish you that this year will be for you the Year of peace, health and abundant blessings from the Lord. We always pray for you.
With love, the Hortopan family.
