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“I Really Needed A New Life!”

better in my home. I have a brother who is addicted to drugs. Please send him the biblical studies, ‘The Way to a Happy Life.’ Also, I ask your prayers for his recovery from drugs. I hope he can be set free just like I was in Christ. I want to bring all my family to the Lord!” In addition to mobilizing churches to share the Gospel home to home, EHC Brazil has created a home evangelism and discipleship kit for individuals. EHC provides believers with gospel booklets for distribution and a DVD with discipleship lessons that can be shown at home in a small group setting.

unbearable for her. The booklet was titled “New Life.” “I really needed a new life!” Natalia said. “I was living a nightmare. I did not have peace; everything was empty and meaningless. Many times I thought of taking my own life.” “After reading the booklet I felt the strength to believe and to surrender my life to Jesus. I knew that only He could save me and set me free of the traumas that haunted me. The Holy Spirit—through EHC's gospel booklet was able to bring a miracle to my heart. I forgave my father and I feel the atmosphere changing for the

People in homes and hospitals, prisons and schools, jungles and high-rise cities are giving their lives to Christ in response to EHC’s gospel outreaches. Twenty-five years ago a young man named José found an EHC gospel booklet on the roadside. He says, “That was when my life changed from water to wine. I immediately sought a church and accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour! Today I am involved in God’s work all because I read a throwaway booklet from your ministry.” Recently, another EHC gospel booklet helped transform the life of a young woman named Natalia, whose violent, alcoholic father had made life

EHC Director José Messias de Melo says, “With this new project, every believer can open his home, inviting friends, relatives and neighbours, and turn it into a small transmitting cell for the Word of God.” The same evangelistic materials are also being used in hospitals and prisons. “Our hospital chaplains have been taking this message to the sick, and in some prisons it has been transmitted via DVD to large screens,” José said. “Prison chaplains are taking the precious message of liberation to those who are imprisoned, both physically and spiritually.” The mission to take the Gospel to every home has drawn EHC workers into the remotest regions of the great Amazon Basin and into crowded cities like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. But in every setting, people share the same need for a Saviour, and they receive His gift of salvation with joy. Pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to prepare hearts to accept Christ and echo the words, “I really needed a new life!”

E very Home for Christ has been

mobilising believers in Brazil to share the Gospel for 46 years, with more than 1.2 million people responding to the EHC evangelistic campaign. The enthusiasm of the churches and the great need for people to hear the Good News keeps EHC on a mission to proclaim Christ throughout the entire nation.

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4 BOATS WERE DONATED2 EHC supporters purchased 2 boats at $45,000 each

2 EHC supporters purchased 2 boats at $15,000 each

Other supporters gave gifts of all sizes $10, $20, $50, $100, $1000, $5000 and every gift is a gift from God through you and we are grateful.

GREAT NEWS!

EHC supporters do a great thing!

You’ll remember in May we told you about the mighty Amazon River in Brazil and a great need for boats and we invited EHC people to buy a boat for the Amazon or help with a gift….

Well it happened!

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BRAZILBut there is still a “big” need.

The two big boats need to be turned into “hospital ships” and there is an additional cost of $15,000 to turn one of these boats into a hospital ship inside.

$15,000 is needed for each of the big boats.

Also we now know we need additional funds for the smaller boats too and it will cost an extra $6000 each.

$6000 is needed for each of the two smaller boats.

We trust to get these boats into the waters of the Amazon, to give “relief help” to the sick, the hungry, those who need clothing and to give Gospel literature to those who need to read it for the first time in their life….

So if God puts it in your heart to help, please be sure to see the “Reply Slip” enclosed and send your gift.

Ask God and He will tell you what to do!

He still “speaks” to those who listen for Him.

May God continue to use you in even greater measure.

Eric Leach

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by Dick EastmanS and smiling back from heaven in response to the joyful praise. Music offered to the Lord in an attitude of worship and praise can take sounds that may be foreign to our ears, but God is glorified. Let’s put His glory first, and not allow personal preferences to stand in the way.

Sing Without Ceasing. One of my favorite verses of Scripture is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.” There are similarverses in Ephesians that also encourage believers to fill their hearts and minds with songs of prayer and praise: “Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father” (Ephesians 5:18-20, nasb). Musical expressions of worship and praise will be part of our lives for eternity. Let us get in as much practice as we can now, singing songs of praise that bring glory to the Lord.

"I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High” (Psalm 9:1-2, NASB).

Give Glory to God. Music ministry plays a key role in the life of most churches. Sadly, I’ve seen disagreements over praise and worship drive congregations apart. Some think “Christian rock” is a sin, but I’ve seen young people fall to their knees in tears and accept Jesus as Savior in response to a rock band’s altar call. I remember a worship service in Africa where I couldn’t understand the lively words that were being sung, but it was as if I could feel God propping up the walls

references to instruments and songs of praise (Revelation 5:8-9; 14:2-3; 15:2-3). I especially like the phrase, “and they sang a new song” (Revela-tion 5:9; 14:3). Music and song are important today as we worship God, both individually and corporately. Following are three ways in which we can use music as a vehicle for worship and praise.

Sing Praises to the Lord. When I teach Schools of Prayer, I encourage intercessors to spend time giving adoration and praise to the Lord. As part of your prayer time, sing your favorite hymn to the Lord and let your spirit soar and create a new song that only you and the Lord will ever know. Follow David’s example when he said,

Consider the Psalms. In Hebrew, the word for psalms (tehillim) means “songs of praise.” The Psalms are some of the most beautiful revelations of poetry and praise in Scripture. When Solomon dedicated the temple and the Lord filled it with His glory, the Levites were there with instruments in hand: “The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord—‘for His lovingkindness is everlasting’—whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing” (2 Chronicles 7:6, nasb). In the book of Revelation we find

An Attitude of Praise and WorshipFrom the President

Dick Eastman is the international president of Every Home for Christ. He also serves as president of America’s National Prayer Committee. Dick’s passion for prayer and world evangelism has prompted him to write a dozen books on the subjects, including his latest “Delight” trilogy, devoted to intercessory worship and praise.

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EHC workersencounter unique

situations as theyshare the Good Newsin Malawi. In everysetting, people areturned to Jesus.

Local believers joined forces with EHC to share the Good News in the villages of Thundu and Ekwayuweni. Thedistribution teams also invited people to open-air meetings in the evening, where they presented a salvation message and showed the Jesus film to over 800 people.“We give all the honour and glory to the Lord for the chance to bring 93 people to Him,” said local churchleader Pastor Nkhunika. “We also prayed for the sick and encouraged the backslidden with the Word of God.”In another village, 42 people accepted Christ in response to house-to-house distributions.The evangelists also shared the Gospel in a camp where villagers brew a local beer. Ninepeople in the villagebrewery acceptedChrist. One of the greatest challenges tosharing the Gospel inMalawi is ministeringto 3.5 million Yaopeople. At least 90 percent of the Yao areMuslims. EHC

cordinated a unique campaign to involve local churches in Yao evangelism.EHC welcomed 259church leaders fromsix strategic regionswithin the Yao population belt to a special training in home to- home evangelism, using EHC literature.The leaders wereencouraged to returnto their churches andeach train a team of15 volunteer evangelists to share the Gospel home to home. Within two months, nearly 4,000 believers were sharing the Gospel among the Yao and other people groups. “The project has proved to be a great success,” said

EHC Director Simon Msowoya. “This projecthas brought great transformation among the Yao people. The campaign was the first of its kind, drawing hundreds to Christ.”Director Msowoyais encouraged by thecooperation of church leaders from different denominations.EHC trains and equips churches for home-to-home evangelism, but each church takes ownership of the evangelism outreach and makes it their own.“The churches havefallen in love with the EHC vision and are involving us in their activities as well,” Director Msowoya said. “We have working partnerships with

many churches.” There is a tremendous need among many churches for Bible-based trainingin evangelism anddiscipleship. To meetthe need, EHC Malawiis creating MobileTraining Centreswhere pastors, evangelists, lay leaders,and people who havea heart for sharingtheir faith can comefor concentratedtraining sessions thatequip them for effectiveevangelism anddiscipleship.“This is a greatblessing as well as abreakthrough for ournation,” DirectorMsowoya said. “Themost exciting thingabout this strategy isthat we are takingtraining to placeswhere the harvest isbeing gathered, andthere is a great needto train people howto preserve it. Theseare people who areon fire for the Lord,full of zeal andenthusiasm. I deeplybelieve that kingdomwork in Africa willcompletely changeas Mobile TrainingCentres help build asolid foundation forpreserving the harvestthrough discipleshiptraining. Praise the Lord!”

MALAWIChurches Have Fallen in

Love With the EHC Vision!

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Three Every Home for Christ Evangelists have died from Malaria.

Sadly, they leave behind families and a vacancy in the work of God.

Malaria is the biggest killer in Africa and we know as the Every Home for Christ workers travel around in different places, sometimes very obscure places, they are always at additional risk.

People who have been sponsoring these workers have offered to help their families and we are very grateful to them.

NEW SPONSORS NEEDED

To fill the vacancies, and also there are Evangelists who have no sponsors, new sponsors are needed to sponsor Malawi Evangelists.

$120 a month sponsors a Malawi Evangelist.

$60 a month is part sponsorship of an Evangelist.

To sponsor see the enclosed “Reply Slip”

MALAWISADNESS

3 DIEPastor William E. Kulemera

Died 17th June, 2009

Pastor Henry Naison WathayaDied 30th June, 2009

Hamisi KajomeoDied August, 2006

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India, with 1.17 billion people, has been a major EHC harvest field for 45 years. EHC’s pioneer missionaries have travelled on bicycles and on foot into remote regions where the Gospel had never been heard, effectively visiting every home in the nation twice. During the first coverage, EHC workers discovered 127 villages that were unknown to the Indian government. More than 500 million gospel booklets have been distributed, generating over 8.8 million responses from people wanting to give their life to Christ or wanting to find out more. Thousands of local churches have grown as a

INDIAresult of their participation in the nationwide campaign. In addition, 26,645 home fellowships called Christ Groups have been planted in towns and villages across the nation. EHC is working in 21 out of 35 states in India. Barriers of language, culture and religion have created a variety of unique mission fields across India. Some 1,600 languages are spoken among various people groups that range from primitive tribal areas to major cities. Hinduism is embraced by more than 800 million people in India, but there are also more than 120 million Muslims, and at least 40

India: Witnessing for Christ with gospel literature. 8.8 Million people wrote receiving Christ or wanting to know more.

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million combined Sikhs, Buddhists, and followers of tribal religions. The nation’s 24 million Christians are free to worship and share their faith, but growing opposition is making evangelism increasingly dangerous. There are also efforts underway by some political groups to enact “anti-conversion” laws that are aimed at curtailing evangelistic efforts. Commenting on recent conflicts in Karnataka, one EHC director said: “Home-to-home evangelism and the distribution of the Gospel is not easy in some states. Many pastors and evangelists pay a price for doing this by being beaten and put in jail. People are eager to hear the Gospel, but the work is being hampered.” Another EHC worker shared a story from Orissa, the Indian state where some Hindu activists recently launched attacks against suspected believers, burning homes and churches, and killing more than 100 people. A man named Suresh became a target for violence after he accepted Christ in response

to an EHC evangelistic campaign. Suresh was fined half a month’s wages by village leaders and later attacked. Angry neighbours and relatives dragged Suresh from his home and shaved his head as a sign of submission to Hinduism. Throughout this ordeal, however, Suresh never wavered in his faith. “Praise God for his strong faith in Christ,” the EHC worker reported. “We praise God for protecting brother Suresh and his family.” EHC’s Regional Director for India, Samuel Hilel Lal, says it best: “I will say for my country that the work is not easy. It is challenging. But as far as I know, my God, Jesus, He came and lived through impossible things and He invites us to do the same. Pray for courage, for God’s compassion and that in the power of the Holy Spirit, we all may give of the Gospel. The rest is in God’s hands, and I believe your prayers and support will result in new Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ growing and multiplying in India.”

India: Baptising New Believers

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New Zealand: PO Box 31-260 Milford North Shore City 0741 Telephone: Free call 0800 900 200 Facsimile: 0061 2 9570 4738www.everyhome.org.au ehc@everyhome.org.au

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one leg shorter than the other and after John and Sharon met this teacher it was decided that EHC should pay to give this teacher the opportunity to have an operation to strengthen both legs and make both legs the same length so that the teacher will be able to walk properly.

John and Sharon were thrilled with what they witnessed at the Every Home for Christ “Love Anuppampattu” School after they had visited every class.

They want to return!! Sharon “fell-in-love” with the School and the students and she is certainly going back.

John had the opportunity to speak at the Every Home for Christ staff devotion meeting. These are the people involved with the door-to-door gospel literature distribution.

Meshach, the Tamil Nadu EHC Director, is interpreting John’s message. Photo above. Pray for Meshach and all the staff of India Every Home for Christ that many will come to know the Lord through this dynamic ministry.

John, an Every Home for Christ New Zealand Board Member, visited India to see for himself what EHC is doing there and how funds sacrificially given by EHC supporters are spent.

John and Sharon speak with one of the “Love Anuppampattu” school teachers as pictured above.

John has an artificial leg as he lost his leg in a motorbike accident when he was a young man.

The teacher John and Sharon are talking to is one of the teachers at the EHC School who has a crippled leg and

INDIA – JOHN AND SHARON EALAND VISIT!

October, 2009Bible Readings: This month the daily text will be taken from Ezekiel and Daniel.

For those wanting to do the one-year Bible reading programme these chapters are in brackets.PRAY FOR THE

PEACE OF

JERUSALEM

PSALM 122:6

AND THE

WORLD.

1 Brazil Boats- Pop 194,100,000 Map 217. Pray that all the funds to complete the boats will become available. This is going to be a most

incredible ministry on the mighty Amazon River. Ezekiel 23 (Jeremiah 21,34)

2 BANGLADESH – Pop 152,400,000 Map 131. Praise the Lord for the government’s approval to continue the home-to-home distribution work. Pray for EHC

workers as they faithfully distribute gospel messages that they would find many people who will say “yes” to Jesus. Ezekiel 24 (Jeremiah 37-39, 52)

3 GHANA – Pop 23,000,000 Map 38. The economic crunch is affecting the EHC ministry as fuel prices are increasing as well as escalating food

costs making it extremely difficult for the poor. Please pray for the nation that many would turn their hearts to the Lord and that those who serve him would stand firm in their faith. Ezekiel 25 (Lamentations 1-5)

4 Spain Pop 43,900,000 Map 59. The gospel leaflet “Family in Crisis’’ is being republished for distributing. Pray that family values-those that

are presented in the Bible and restated in this leaflet-will lead the reader to seriously reflect on the need of Jesus Christ in their life and that He would become the centre of their family. Ezekiel 26 (Isaiah40-43)

5 Argentina Pop-38,800,000 Map 222 the Jesus el Buen Pastor Church pastored by Rev. Daniel Grasso reports they recently conducted an

every home campaign reaching 10,000 homes with the Gospel receiving 130 decisions of faith. Pray that these new Christians would grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord. Ezekiel 27(Isaiah 44-48)

6 TOGO- Pop 6,600,000 Map 37. Pray for Mr. Mossi Mohamed, a policeman who is a Muslim in Sokode. He enjoys having pioneer missionary

Koffi share the word of God with him. Thank the Lord for his interest and pray that the Holy Sprit will fully reveal the truth of the word of God to him. Ezekiel 28 (Daniel 5-6)

7 MYANMAR- Pop 48,000,000 Map 134. EHC workers have started three Christ groups in BoKaLay Township. After ministering the Gospel

and sharing the love of Christ many unbelievers have come to receive Christ. Pray for the continued effective outreach of the Gospel in this region. Ezekiel 29 (Daniel

7-9)

8 ARMENIA Pop 3,000,000 Map 103. Pray for the city of Ashtarak.There is a new Church there that wants to use EHC literature in going home

to home as well as inviting the people to attend a Christian gathering. Pray that the hearts of the people of this city would be open to receive the gospel message. Ezekiel 30 (Daniel 10-12)

9 CREATIVE ACCESS #11 EHC has been informed by the Government that its tax and customs exemptions might be cancelled. Pray

that the Lord would intervene in this matter as a container full of Gospel literature from EHC`s partner World Missionary Press is due to arrive soon. Ezekiel 31 (2 chronicles 36:9-21, Psalms 137)

10 FRANCE Pop 61,800,000 Map 88. Over this past summer hundreds of miles were travelled on foot and by bicycle by fervent

witnesses of the Gospel. Crossing fields and alleyways their goal was to reach every family in each small village. Pray that there would be many responses to the Gospel from these dedicated efforts. Ezekiel 32(Ezekiel 1-3)

11 INDIA Pop 1,150,400,000 Map 128. Pray for peace and the freedom to spread the Gospel in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Recently, two pioneer missionaries–held by the villagers suspecting that they were thieves–were rescued by the police. There is a lot of tension in this area due to political unrest as well as those who are opposed to the Gospel. Ezekiel 33 (Ezekiel 4-11)

12 GUINEA REPUBLIC Pop 9,300,000 Map 44. Pray for this nation and its government as its people are suffering from a

widespread lack of clean water and electricity. Pray for the strengthening of the faith of Lamarana, a Muslim woman who has come to faith in Christ – that her husband and children will also accept Christ. Ezekiel 34 (Ezekiel 12-17)

13 FIJI pop 900,000 Map 149. Praise God for the opportunity EHC workers have to visit Muslim and Hindu families during this

time of economic slowdown. Many people are desperate for answers, so pray that their hearts would turn to the Lord. What appears to be a bad time for the world is a good time for the church. Ezekiel 35 (Ezekiel 18-20)

14 MALAWI Pop 14,000,000 Map 15. Pray sponsors will come forward to sponsor EHC workers/evangelists in Malawi.

Ezekiel 36 (Ezekiel 21-24)

15 ROMANIA Pop 21,100,000 Map 77. Praise the Lord for the home-to-home outreach in the Oltenia region where 6000 homes

were visited. Pray for many responses and lasting fruit from these efforts. Also pray protection over the youth in the churches that there would be a revolution of holiness among them. Ezekiel 37 (Ezekiel 25-28)

16 TANZANIA Pop 40,600,000 Map 16. there is a need for additional evangelism tools such as the Jesus film used in schools,

prisons, and public venues as well as Gospel bracelets, which are needed to increase EHC effectiveness in reaching children and youth. Pray for the Lord’s provision for these materials. Ezekiel 38 (Ezekiel 29-32)

17 CREATIVE ACESS # 7 EHC workers have found open hearts among soldiers on a military base where they distributed the

Gospel message. Workers also distributed literature on another base when parents were visiting their children in the military. Pray for a good response from these Gospel outreaches. Ezekiel 39 (Ezekiel 33-35)

18 MONGOLIA Pop 2,600,000 Map 174. Pray for Batgerel as he leads an extensive outreach in western Khovd Province. Pray

for the physical and spiritual protection of him and the team as they share the love of Christ home-to-home. To date, more than 1.7 million Gospel booklets have been sown in the nation of Mongolia. Ezekiel 40 (Ezekiel 36-39)

19 BRAZIL- Pop 194,100,000 Map 217. Keep praying that all the funds will come this month to complete the Brazil Boat project.

We are excited at what the Lord has done so far and believe it is in His will to complete this project. Keep praying! Ezekiel 41 (Ezekiel 40-42)

20 SENEGAL Pop 12600 000 Map 46. Pray for Awa Diouf who was a Muslim but became a follower of Jesus Christ after she was

healed from blindness. Pray that God would use her to bring others to faith in Christ and that a Christ Group could be planted for new believers to have fellowship and mature together in the faith. Ezekiel 42(Ezekiel 43-48)

21 SINGAPORE – Pop 4,400,000 Map 140. Believers are distributing an estimated five million Gospel messages every month

through our region of East Asia. Pray for much fruit from their efforts and EHC Singapore’s publishing office will be able to handle these large quantities of materials. Ezekiel 43(2 chronicles 36:22, 23, Ezra 1:1 to 5:1)

22 BULGARIA - Pop 7,600,000 Map 76. An outreach started in Stara Zagora inaugurated the official reopening of EHC`s

ministry in Bulgaria. Pray that EHC will bring together the enthusiasm and support of Bulgaria churches to see every home in this nation reached with the Gospel. Ezekiel 44 (Haggai 1-2)

23 CHILE Pop 16,700,000 Map 219. Pray for the outreach efforts in Copiapo where EHC workers have set a goal to reach 44,100

homes with the Gospel. EHC has a group of very committed volunteers who are zealous to share the good news of Jesus with these people. Ezekiel 45 (Zechariah1-8)

24 LIBERIA Pop 3,900,000 Map 41. EHC`s first mobile training centre was conducted in Gbarna and Salala. As students return to their

homes, pray that they will be zealous in their work of equipping the saints in order to reach them. Pray for God’s protection and provision for EHC workers to reach every home in Liberia. Ezekiel 46 (Zechariah9-11)

25 SERBIA- Pop 7,800,000 Map 70. EHC Director lvica Stamenkovic reports, “After visiting 15,000 families, responses to the Gospels are

flowing in. Our God is marvellous!’’ Pray for all those who received EHC Gospel Booklets for those who responded and for those who have yet to respond to the gospel message. Ezekiel 47 (Zechariah 12-14)

26 ZIMBABWE Pop 13,300,000 Map 9. Praise God that a long awaited literature container from EHC`s partner in ministry, Revival

Movement Association of Ireland, arrived. Pray for EHC`s outreach in this nation. To date, more than three million homes have been reached with more than 1.1 million people responding. Ezekiel 48(Psalms 107,126)

27 BELGIUM – Pop 10,300,000 Map 86. One pastor reports: “I always tell the leaders that you have to expect a great response with

EHC Gospel booklets. The materials are designed to let people respond”. Pray for the outreach being conducted by seven churches taking place in Berchem, a city of 45,00 residents. Daniel 1 (Ezar5:2 to 6:22)

28 CAMEROON-Pop 18,900,000 Map 24. Pray for the spiritual growth of the 2561 who came to faith in Christ in a recent month as a

result of the EHC home-to-home campaign. Pray that they would find a church or Christ Group where they would be discipled and could feel that they are a part of the family of God. Daniel 2 (Esther 1-2)

29 CZECK REPUBLIC - Pop 10,200,000 Map 81. Pray for Project Prague 2009 that involves a special distribution campaign in region #6 in

Prague using newly designed pamphlets. Pray for open doors and open hearts for the residents of the Prague #6 (one of the wealthier parts of the capital city) to hear the gospel message. Daniel 3 (Esther 3-7)

30 BENIN- Pop 9,200,000 Map 36. Pray for a lasting impact from recent literature outreaches featuring a Gospel booklet titled

“The Empty Tomb”. Over 200,000 copies were printed for distribution. Praise the lord for the over 700,000 homes that have been reached in Benin and for the 78,331 responses that have been received. Daniel 4 (Esther 8-10)

31 GERMANY –Pop 81,900,000 Map 82. Praise the Lord for the summer outreaches that were able to reach Sinsheim`s 35,517

inhabitants as well as the outreach in Heidelberg that left a message of Hope with its 35000 residents. Pray that there there will be fruit that remains from these home to home efforts. Daniel 5(Ezra 7-10)