Gospel Outreach worker Sarah Famisaran is married to Daryl, the Sulads director. He not only is working with the deaf ministry in general, but is also integral to the new deaf school. Daryl tells us of the new developments: More deaf children are coming to our classes here at the Sulads campus in Mountain View College, and we are having a problem of accommodation. We have a very small campus inside the larger campus of Mountain View College. Our temporary school of 10 students seems to … [Read more...]
Rescued by a Man in a white robe
INDIA--At the end of a Bible study program held by Gospel Outreach worker Rajender Ram, one lady and her two children decided to accept Jesus. The lady’s husband was away from home at the time. When he returned and discovered his family had accepted the Christian faith, he was upset. For three months he did not treat the family well. He began to spend extra time each day worshiping evil spirits. The lady finally called Rajender and asked him to pray for her husband. That same night, … [Read more...]
We need this Jesus in our villages
God has answered many prayers. We are delighted to learn that there will be more funds for evangelism where the harvest is ripe. In the last quarter of 2010 we began to work in 125 new villages. We started by distributing tracts. After only one week, people showed an interest in learning more about the gospel. We had requests that meetings be conducted in their villages. Most of the villages presented their requests in writing. Some said, “Now we have learned that Jesus loved the poor, the … [Read more...]
A gift of tongues
Pastor Steven has a gift for training and mentoring Gospel Outreach workers, but he’s never spent a day at school. Born into a Hindu family, Pastor Steven’s parents died early in his life. As Pastor Steven grew up he attended Presbyterian meetings and joined a Presbyterian church. The church gave him a song book and Bible, but he couldn’t read. He cried and prayed for God to help him. One of our evangelists was holding meetings. Steven attended every night. In 1990 he was baptized … [Read more...]
The healing light
The man was desperate. For more than 10 years, his wife had been possessed by a demon. He had offered sacrifices to the spirits. He’d gone to many witch doctors and even paid 3,000 rupees to one who promised to cure his wife, but to no avail. When the demon would take control, the man’s wife would scream, fall on the floor and roll around. She’d tear her clothes and pull out handfuls of her hair. Sometimes she would run away. Then the demon would try to throw her into a well or pond to … [Read more...]
Louise Irene Rea
COLLEGE PLACE, Wash.—Louise Irene Rea, 83, a Gospel Outreach volunteer, died November 30 in College Place, Wash. Born in McMinnville, Oregon, Louise grew up on a farm. She graduated from Walla Walla College in 1951 and received her master’s degree from Central Washington State College. In 1952 she married Bill Rea. Louise was an active member of the Seattle Mountaineers and climbed most of the major peaks in the Northwest. After Gospel Outreach was started in the 1990s, a computer … [Read more...]
Facing persecution and hardship to share Jesus’ love
Siby Sental, a Gospel Outreach worker, used to be part of the Tripura Resistance Movement. When Bangladesh people started to migrate over the border into India the people in Tripura became very upset, especially when the newcomers decided they could run the country better and tried to impose the Bangladesh language. There was a lot of local resistance, and the struggle became violent. Sibu was part of this resistance, but his past way of life has toughened him to bear the hardship of a Gospel … [Read more...]
Saved from the bullet
As we visited families one day we happened to pass by a house that seemed abandoned. It was dilapidated and filled with cobwebs. But then we heard a man’s voice calling us to stop for a while. “Tell me what you’re doing,” he said. At first we were hesitant to talk with the people in the house because of their appearance, but we prayed and asked God’s guidance. Then we talked about the love and power of God. Afterward, a thin man--a faith healer and the owner of the house--asked us … [Read more...]
Saved by an act of kindness
BALUT ISLAND, Philippines—One Sabbath, while I was teaching the lesson study at Balut Island, I noticed a woman who looked pale and weak. After the lesson study, I talked with her. She asked if I knew of any abortion medicine. She was trying to end her pregnancy. I asked her to reconsider, and she left. Later, during the church service, a man asked for help. His sister—the woman I had talked to—was bleeding. When I went to their home, the woman was bathed in blood. Her father said he … [Read more...]
Is heaven real?
The people in Km 9 village had heard that there’s no need to go to heaven because God prepared the earth to be our home. One day I told a story about Elijah—the prophet of God who was caught up in the air in a fiery chariot going to heaven. “Is heaven real?” I heard loud whispers from the nearby seats. I continued telling the story, explaining what heaven is like. I told them that the heaven of heavens is where God resides. I also emphasized that this is the heaven where we will … [Read more...]