Dear brothers and sisters, we greet you with the love and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I praise and thank God for the fact that He wonderfully takes care of His ministry here in our region.
1. At the beginning of the month, one young family brought their little child to church for blessing. Two of the sister’s friends also came there and sang beautiful songs to the glory of the Lord. There were also relatives of this young family from non-believing families. Therefore, it turned out to be a good evangelism where everyone heard the Word of God, and the children from our church had a good prepared program for this family.
2. This month we also had the funeral of one sister from the church. All of this sister’s relatives were non-believers, but they attended this funeral both in the evening at the pre-funeral service and in the afternoon during the funeral and listened to the Word of the Gospel which was preached in the power of the Holy Spirit.
3. Our youth from the church are very active in ministry. They always prepare worship programs with psalms and poems. We have 2 more young men who are studying at Bible college and are already starting to preach. We are very happy for them, and they need our encouragement and support in prayer.
4.Thanksgiving:
-I thank God for all the good circumstances we had to preach the Gospel.
-I thank the Lord for this area where we live, for the fact that it is quiet, calm and peaceful here.
-I thank God for you too, because when we go through trials and various hardships in life, you are always our support in prayer, in your encouragement, and also support us financially.
5.Prayer needs:
-Let us pray for everyone who heard the Word of the Gospel this month.
-For the youth, teenagers and children from the church, so that the Lord will protect them from the evil one and keep them from any bad influence of modern technology that is acting on the psyche of children and youth in our time.
-Pray for me and my family that when we go through trials, that we will not become weak spiritually, but rather that we will be strengthened in Christ Jesus.
And to our brothers and sisters from the USA, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers for us and for your support when we go through trials and problems in this life. May the Lord reward you a hundredfold with blessings from heaven for your goodness and mercy. And we love you and are praying for you. We wish you much peace and joy in Christ Jesus!.
With love to you, the Gortopan family.
