Ditribution of CD's was a success!

Just wanted to let you all know one of the guys called me this afternoon to let me know they had made it back from the hikes. He said it was very intense hiking, but that everyone did awesome. Everyone is well & doing great, just a little sore from all the hiking. He said they were able to share with “N’s” Muslim family ( could not give details over the phone) but that it went really really well. He also said they distributed so many CD’s it was unbelievable! He said that was one of the most incredible parts because they were taken into villages that there was no known missionary contact before. PTL!

He sounded great and said tomorrow they will do another 1 hour hike and then the following day head to the city, for some light tourism & drops. Please remember to keep them in prayers. I am sure they are going to have some incredible stories to share when they return home!

PRAYER:
Continued Strngth & Perseverance to complete the mission
God would continue to grant them favor as they talk with nationals
More opportunities would be granted for them to distribute materials
They might be an encouragement to those in the underground church
The Lord would receive great glory from all the guys are doing!!!

AN MBB VILLAGE

Got a call just a few moments ago from the Missionary that the guys are working with. She said they called from the mountain (Found a land line phone) Anyhow they just completed a 15 hour hike & are all doing well. They are beginning another 5 hour hike tomorrow morning. Please keep them in prayer. They have been able to distribute tons of CD’s with the Jesus story on them. Praise God! All are healthy and excited about all the Lord is doing.
PRAYER:
Lets keep praying that the Lord would continue to give them strength & stamina for the remainder of the villages they are to enter.

May the Lord continue to give them favor & order their steps.

Tomorrow they will be hiking to a village of the MBB (Muslim Background Believer) Named “N” That is with them. They are hoping to share the gospel to his family, especially to his grandfather who is very influential in the village. May the Spirit of the Lord go before them & quicken hearts to Himself!

5 Day Journey

Got a call this morning from one of our Team Leader informing me that they were going to start a 5 day journey into the mountains and would not be in contact with our home office till they return. They will be headed into some areas on the mountain that have never had a missionary presence or heard the Good News.

The team is healthy and doing well.

But please join us in prayer for the following days:
1. The Lord would give them Stamina & perseverance physically, emotionally, & spiritually to withstand the hard journey ahead of them.

2. God would grant them favor as they enter a village and direct them to the local men of influence.

3. The Lord would grant them favor & opportunity to share the gospel message.

4, God would cover them with His wings of protection & give their bodies wellness as they continue to adjust to new foods & culture.

5, Our Lord might receive Great Glory from their obedience and the peoples on the mountain may give Him the Praise He deserves!

Our Mountaineer’s have arrived!!

Just wanted to let everyone know who is praying that our guys made it through customs with all their materials are a doing great! Praise the Lord!!!

Please pray these next few days:
1. They will recoup from Jet lag quickly
2. God will order their steps and help them form relationships quickly
3. That they will not have sickness from new food adjustment or experience culture shock
4. That as they prepare to hike into the mountains that the Lord would grant them energy, perseverance, and boldness for our Saviour Jesus Christ.
5. God would grant protection and cover each of them with favor....

The Radical Nature of THE CALL...

My name is JCN, and I am the President of Breaking Borders. I would like to take a few moments and share with you my heart for using medicine in North Africa & the Middle East to reach Muslims.

When Breaking Broders was formed it was with with four purposes in mind.
Breaking Borders exists to Glorify God through:

1. Mobilizing God-Centered believers into restricted and un-reached areas of the world to share the gospel of Jesus Christ

2. Raising awareness of Christian persecution and the lack of Christian witness among un-reached people groups in restricted nations

3. Educating the local church in Islam, and training the body of Christ to reach Muslims in the USA and abroad

4. Utilizing medicine and medical aid as a bridge to bring the to gospel of Jesus Christ to people in restricted nations

I would like to expand on the final purpose, concerning medical aid & care. In my years of medical training, I have had the privilege to participate in numerous medical missions across the globe. There are a few things I have noticed in my participation—

The Great Need
There is an authentic need in the Body of Christ today for radicalized, passionate medical missionaries who aren’t afraid to go to the hard places in the world to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, claim Him as King, and give God the Glory He deserves through compassionate medical care.

“Medical Missions does not equal humanitarian aid”
Sometimes this is a means to an end, but not the end itself! (which some have made it) Humanitarian aid lasts a short time, less than the life of the person involved, while the gospel is eternal.
Medical Missions devoid of Jesus Christ is just humanitarian aid!
I believe the most natural thing for the born again child of God to do is to tell about the things of God.

The problem
· Some that claim the title of medical missionary are not converted themselves
· Some are converted, but have not been spiritually fed or matured in their faith
· Some are filled with fear and are unwilling to be obedient
The real question ,“Are you willing to give up medicine for Jesus Christ?’ —meaning if He asks you to do anything for Him would you be willing? If He asks you to dig ditches in the Sudan for His Glory would you be obedient to this call? Is there some pride in being a physician that keeps you from being obedient to Jesus?

Radical nature of the call
One of the most important roles of the medical missionary is being an ambassador of Jesus Christ, to proclaim that ‘the world is bound in sin, but the Savior has come!’ Jesus Christ is a stumbling block to most of the world! All who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted!
Suffering is a prerequisite of obedience, not an option!
2 timothy 3:12;1 Peter 4:12-19
God is looking for modern day martyr potentials .
You are called to be a martyr potential, so give Christ the glory in your life and in your death!

Let me close with an excerpt from the testimony of John G. Patton who was called to the foreign soil as a missionary, who sought to please God and not man:

‘Amongst many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was,

"The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!"

At last I replied, "Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms, I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my resurrection body will arise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer."‘
Let us now go live and die for the Great Glory of Jesus Christ! —JCN, M.D.

3 men charged with planning terror attack against Swedish church

The Associated Press, May 3, 2006

STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged three men under Sweden's anti-terror laws for a botched firebombing targeting Iraqi expatriate voters and for allegedly planning another attack against an Israel-friendly Christian congregation.
The men, ages 25, 22 and 19, were arrested a month after the Dec. 15 attack on a polling station where Iraqis were voting in Kista, just north of Stockholm. The 25-year-old has since been released.

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old hurled molotov cocktails at the polling station, but they did not catch fire. The 25-year-old allegedly took part in preparing the attack by distributing a news release describing it.

The three suspects, who lived in separate parts of Sweden, had been in contact via Internet chat rooms, where they discussed another attack, prosecutors said in the charges.

Investigators searching the suspects' homes found photographs of the Word of Life Church in Uppsala, north of Stockholm. They also found a video with instructions on how to make explosives, and a film in which the 19-year-old expressed sympathy for Islamic holy war and "warned the European people," the charges said.

Magnus Dahlberg, a spokesman for the Word of Life Church, said they were notified of the planned attack by security police last month.

"We were told the motive was that we support Israel and have been visited by Israel's ambassador," Dahlberg said.

The church is charismatic, and considered a fundamentalist congregation in Sweden. It counts about 3,000 members.

The 19-year-old denies the terror allegations, his defense lawyer, Mikael Nilsson said, adding that the charges against his client were vague. The charges said he was planning an attack with the other two suspects, but did not specify whether it was against the church.

The teenager admits to recording the video with a warning to Europeans, but says it was not meant to be taken seriously, Nilsson said.

"It has no basis in reality," Nilsson added.

The defense lawyers for the other two suspects were not immediately available for comment

StoryLink & Source: http://www.tkb.org/NewsStory.jsp?storyID=118293