DEAR FRIENDS: I WANT TO SHARE

WITH YOU SOME OF THE EXCITING

THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING MY
LAST TRIP TO TURKEY AND IRAQ.
I have been traveling to Turkey for over ten years and for
nine years working with the Iranian Christians. We have
provided many New Testaments to help the Iranian
Christians in Turkey grow in their faith in Jesus Christ. My
underlying desire has been to get God’s Word into Iran.
SEVERAL WEEKS
BEFORE MY TRIP,
I HAD BEEN
TALKING WITH A
FRIEND WHO HAS
BEEN TO IRAN.
He told me about the receptivity to
the Gospel, and I shared my desire to
get Bibles into Iran. He said the Kurds
in Northern Iraq could help me
accomplish this task. I tried to apply
for an Iraqi visa, but was told it
would take two months. Then, by the
grace of God, I met a man who had
been a missionary in Northern Iraq
for 13 years. Through him, the Lord
opened a door for me to cross the
border into Iraq.

THE CHRISTIANS
WERE GRATEFUL
FOR THE SUPPLIES
WE WERE ABLE TO
GIVE THEM. Muslims. I began to see them as people created in the image
It was like giving a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus. of God, for whom Jesus died. I was able to hand out many
We were able to pray with several families we visited and Gospel tracts in Turkey and left some in Iraq. Several
encourage them in their walk with God. Many have been hundred went to Germany as well.
driven out of their homes by terrorists who threatened to kill
I prayed for an opportunity to share the Gospel with a
them if they didn’t leave.
Kurdish man working at the hotel where I was staying in
The greatest thing that happened to me during the trip was Istanbul. A friend from The Way of the Master had explained
that Jesus broke the fear I had of sharing the Gospel with to me how to share the Gospel with Muslims using the Ten
 REPORT FROM CUBA TRIP
BY CLIFF
The living and powerful Word of God is absolutely
changing the lives, hearts, and minds of thousands upon
thousands in Cuba. We found a thriving church of the
Living God in which believers are eager to share
everything they have, even at great cost to themselves, in
order that others may be provided with daily needs. Not
only did the wonderful believers give us unaffected
fellowship, they humbled us by the selfless nature of their
generosity as they fed us, transported us, and invited us
into their homes with the message everywhere that their
houses were our houses, their families our own.
In the midst of ongoing severe oppression of all kinds,
true Christian discipleship is being passed on, believer
by believer, in hundreds of churches ranging in size At the end of our conversation,
from a dozen members to over a thousand. Some of he kept asking, “But what
these churches have been meeting for more than three about Mohammed? He said we
years in the open country without buildings, at times can have four wives.” I
having to hold up large plastic sheets over an entire explained that while some men
congregation to keep the rain off because they didn’t in the Old Testament had more
have permission to meet in a building. than one wife, it caused them a
lot of problems, and how God
IN CUBA, BELIEVERS SING had created one woman for one
HYMNS WITH CHORUSES man. The man really struggled
SUCH AS, “I LOVE YOUR over this, but I was so grateful
that the truth had now been
PRESENCE, JESUS, MORE revealed to him. I trust the
THAN MY OWN LIFE.” Holy Spirit to bring him to salvation.
And they mean it. Persecution over the years has left WHILE I WAS IN TURKEY, I MET
many a vacancy in local fellowships, through
imprisonment or death. The attitude in practice of the WITH AN IRANIAN PASTOR
believers we met is that it really doesn’t matter what a WHO REPORTED THAT THE
person may suffer, because knowing Jesus and serving
Him through leading others into His Kingdom is the REVIVAL IN IRAN IS
main thing in life, against which physical comfort, COMPARABLE TO THE REVIVAL
natural possessions, and personal safety are not worth IN CHINA.
even being considered. We took in many Bibles and
He said there is a tremendous need for Scriptures in Iran and
other provisions, but we were the ones who received
asked me to help get as many Bibles into Iran as possible
more than we would ever be able to bring in – in terms
of the true Christian witness shown by those dear
brothers and sisters who received us.

Commandments. The Lord gave me the opportunity, so I sat

down with this Kurdish man and shared about Moses being a
prophet and then about Jesus being a prophet. He sat and
listened intently.
I then began to tell him the Ten Commandments, and he
admitted that he was a liar, a thief, and an adulterer. I
explained that he had broken the Law of God and was under
judgment. He was convicted of his sin and saw how he had
violated God’s Law. Next I explained how Jesus is the perfect
sacrificial lamb, and how Jesus died on the cross for his sins.
I told him that Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the
life, and no one comes to the Father except by Me.” He
understood the Gospel for the first time.
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while there seems to be a window of opportunity. He

said the New Testament is the most sought after book in
Iran, and that everyone wants a Bible, even government
officials. He reported that a customs officer had seen
Bibles in a foreigner’s luggage and asked him to come
outside. After following him outside, the customs officer
asked him for a Bible, explaining that he couldn’t take it
inside because he was being watched on camera.

WE CAN PRINT AND

DELIVER FARSI NEW
TESTAMENTS INTO IRAN
FOR $4.00 EACH.
Initially I would like to print and deliver 10,000 Farsi
New Testaments into Iran, which will cost $40,000.
Would you please pray about contributing to this
critical project?
God Bless You,
Patrick

Initially I would like to print and deliver 10,000 Farsi New

Testaments into Iran, which will cost $40,000.