More news from around the world. (CH, USA, ALB, DK, GR, NL, IRL, RO, SK) Read on!
Our staff from Switzerland is reaching out to American indians in Wyoming, USA. Two teams of teenagers came to help them for two weeks of their holidays, with open airs in a village each night. One leader wrote, "Our team touched many lives for Christ in an incredibly tough environment. Five kids found the path to heaven and many others heard the truth of the gospel, perhaps for the first time in their lives."
Tiffany lives in Pahokee, Florida. Every winter, Chuck and Fran Phelps come down from Minnesota to reach children for Christ. She heard the gospel in one of their housing project open air meetings when she was 12 years old and trusted Christ. Today she helps in the same outreaches and is faithfully attending church.
Vlochisht is our main focus this year, in the hopes of planting a church. regular weekly visits throughout the year and a one-week-long campaign has produced about 25 very committed young people and about 15 women who are meeting regularly.
This January, OAC Denmark celebrated the tenth anniversary of the work in Scandinavia, started by Torben Ostermark. Many training seminars have taken place in Norway and the establishment of OAC Latvia is almost complete.
Similar to the days of Paul, some still heckle the open air evangelists in Thessaloniki, while many others listen intently to the clear biblical messages. For many it is the first time they have hears that salvation is by grace through faith alone. Many respond for christian literature and New Testaments.
Rob, our evangelist, writes: "We went out on the street and saw many needy people stay and listen to the gospel. Two people professed faith. One of them came to the church in Delft and stood to share his testimony the following Sunday."
Two young men from Durban, South Africa, had come to Ireland to start a new life. They were tired of the 'rat race' and their drinking friends. Larry, our evangelist, handed thm a tract and after giving them his testimony and the gospel, both accepted Christ into their lives. The following Sunday, they were waiting at church and wanting to do a Bible study with Larry. Pray for Larry, who lost two brothers within a week this May (2004).
As a result of open airs held in May (03), 35 children are now attending a Kids Club, which meets weekly.Teams from England and the USA are greatly helping to expand the ministry.
Andrej was from an atheistic home and an atheist himself. But on the last day of a christian camp, he accepted the Lord Jesus into his life. Standing in front of all the teenagers, he said: "My notion about God was misrepresented. The testimonies I heard here helped me to understand Him better. Now I know that God loves me, so I have decided to follow Him."