Going back to Van, Turkey!
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Dear Family and Friends,
Three years ago I had the opportunity to spend one year as a student missionary in
Van, Turkey (2010-2011). In Van, I was able to meet and minister to the Kurdish
people and made many friends along the way. Although it has been over two years
since I have returned from the field, God has allowed for my relationships to
continue on and even today I am in contact with many of my Kurdish friends. Lastsummer in 2012 I had the opportunity to return to Turkey and visit 6 of my closest
friends (Ilham, Mesut, Ibo, Mecit, Ergun, and Nedim) for two weeks to encourage
and minister to them by the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was a surreal
experience to be reunited with these souls and I was convicted at that time of the
continuous calling I have received to be a minister of the Gospel to them.
By the grace of God, I have received the opportunity to go back to Turkey for two
weeks and meet with these friends once again. In just a couple weeks, I will be
returning to the field with my teammate, Paul, with the purpose to share the Gospel
and the love of Christ to our friends who have yet to receive Jesus and encourage a
brother who we led to Christ over three years ago! Our hope is to see our friendsfully receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and be set free from the bondage
of sin and death! We believe that only the Gospel has true power to save and
anticipate for salvation this winter in Turkey.
Like any ministry of the Lord, I cannot do this alone. I believe that God works
through the prayers of the saints and ask that you would partner with Paul and me
for the salvation of our Kurdish friends and for the whole Kurdish people. When we
pray and obey, our God moves and our only desire is that He would reveal himself to
the Kurds that they would receive complete restoration and revival through the
Gospel power.
Please pray for with us:
(1) That the Lord would truly reveal himself and the power of His love and
Gospel to our friends. We have shared the Gospel many times to them yet
they have not received Him. We, as ministers, only have access to theirs ears
but we believe that Holy Spirit has access to their hearts. Pray that they
would be open to Gospel and receive Him.
(2) That our brother Ilham, who received Christ three years ago would be
encouraged to continue to live faithfully for Christ. Recently, he has been
struggling because of the pressure of school and relationships. Please pray
that he would be restored again to live boldly for Christ.
(3) That God would allow for Paul and I to be bold for the sake of the Gospel. Weare not ashamed of this Gospel for it is the power to save! May we preach the
Gospel with power and also love our friends with the love of Christ. May we
be used 100% for the sake of the ministry of the Lord.
(4) That God would continue to minister to the Kurdish people as a whole. We
truly desire to see this whole people group return back to Jesus. The Kurds
are a broken people with a lot of hurt because of a history of betrayal and
war. Only the Gospel can completely restore this brokenness. Let us declare
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complete restoration in the name of Jesus Christ and revival through the
power of the Gospel.
Thank you for taking the time to read and consider being a part of this mission for
this winter!