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just thought this was the perfect time in part 5 of this series, the final part of of the blessed life. After this, we're gonna start a series called Advent, which is important. But also God kinda set this up. I wanna introduce you to a friend of mine and some friend friends of mine. And I think it'll touch your heart as much as it's touched mine.
Over the last 1 to 2 years, I've been God has been connecting me with some new believers and leaders in Pakistan. And especially over the last year, have have been getting to to know them quite a bit and and minister to them, they minister us, and just brothers in Christ. And the man named Daniel is this man. He's a he's a pastor and he also leader and leads a team and stuff. And he asked me to to speak to his team.
And so I got to over Facebook messenger speak to his team there in Pakistan, which was awesome. And and it was it was amazing to see their team and and what they're doing in ministry. And then a little while later, he said he he called me on Facebook message. He said, you know, would you speak? We're doing an outreach.
And would you speak to these people? And and I said, yeah. I said, are they are they believers? And he said, no. There's they're not believers.
They haven't heard the gospel or maybe maybe just a little. He said, they they will not have heard Jesus and and you're gonna be preaching the gospel. So I got ready to to preach and they were late, you know, it was about 20 minutes. And, and so then I got to preach, the gospel, to them and there was no video. I was just on the phone and they were translating in Urdu to the people there.
And it was kind of confusing, and I wasn't under sure sure what was going on, but I just preached my heart out, you know, the gospel and people received Jesus. It sounded like I wasn't sure, you know. I got a video later and you'll hear me on this video. But what happened was they had planned this crusade and persecution broke out. Well, that, you know, people Christians are persecuted all over the world, especially Muslim nations and some sometimes in radical Hindu as well.
And so they the persecution broke out. Found out later there was some, like, rape and and, you know, it was it was tough. But the the people that wanted to hear about the good news of Jesus found a home, and they're in a in a building, and you're gonna get to see them receiving Jesus. I had those that that wanted to to experience a relationship with Jesus raise their hands, and you're gonna hear me on the phone and them translating and them repeating. Would you guy would you guys show that video?
"How cool is that?" Yeah. What you gotta be like yeah. So I was really touched by that, you know. And and over the course of time, began to build more relationship with Daniel.
And he he said, you know, God had put on his heart to do an outreach. It was about 14 hours from where he lives. He lives in a in a bigger city, 14 hours closer to the border of Pakistan and India. And a lot of Pakistan's Muslim. This this area where he's going is 80% Hindu and about 20%, you know, mixed back and forth.
And so anyway, I talked with the elders about what we could do and we we decided because I'd found out some numbers and and they wanted to they thought they'd have about 4 4 to 500 people in a crusade. And so, it costs about a dollar ahead to to get a bus ride to get them get the people from the 15 villages that they were going to to the crusade. So we paid $500. We bought these vans. I think the vans are up next.
Yeah. So these next next van as well. Maybe maybe 1 more picture, I think, as well. So we bought those vans and they at the crusade, they went for 3 days. At at 1 event, they had 4 to 450 people show up right there.
And that's you guys sowing into that. Right? And and a 110 of those gave their life to Jesus, received Jesus as the only their only Lord and Savior, which is amazing. Over the course of 3 days, 300 people received Jesus in these 15 villages. And so I began to talk with with Daniel, and I was like, hey, you know, is there a church in these 15 villages?
He said, no. Is there a pastor in these 15 villages? He said, no. We have somebody on our team that's about 4 hours away who was gonna travel from time to time. I said I said, well, what if and we're just what if God laid on the heart of somebody in your team to go and stay.
I know it's a big ask but to go and stay for 6 months and **raise up leaders** in those 15 villages and maybe anoint a pastor or a 5, you know. Because a lot of times in in villages like that, 1 pastor can can leave 3 villages and then raise up other leaders. And he said he said, that God put that on my mind last night. I said, well, who is it? And he said, it was the guy who translated me because he speaks Urdu.
These a lot of these I think speak Hindi. And the guy who translated me, I've been discipling him. He's like my spiritual son. I said, really? I said, amazing.
And so we got excited about it. Oh, we found out it the the guy has a wife and 2 children. They're gonna move from the city to the they didn't have even have any electricity at this village. You know, they're gonna move from the city that they decided to go. This was last week.
And they're they're gonna go and live here for 6 months and disciple and raise up raise up pastors and leaders. And what what we found is gonna count cost the family about $1,000 a month for 6 months, which is $6,000. And then it's the the there's an issue with the water and we figured out if we put 5 hand pumps, 1 hand pump can cover 3 villages. And if we put 5 hand pumps maybe hopefully at the spot of the future churches. Right?
So the people are coming for bible studies and stuff to the hand pumps. The the guy is is teaching them of the 300 believers that are already there now, raising them up, baptizing, teach them about Jesus. Next thing you know, maybe down the road, we get to have 5 churches that our church has got to be a part of. How cool is that? So in line with what we taught last week, multiplication.
Right? Which is giving over and above. You guys have been you guys have been radically faithful. The first 4 Sundays, we're we're we're we've been radically blessed. So I talked to our leaders.
I said, what if we just give the whole *offering* for everything that goes for this Sunday? What if we just give that whole thing to *sow* into these new believers sending this family to go raise up leaders and and to put put water wells or the hand pumps around to sow into this village and expand the kingdom over there in Pakistan. Would you guys be would you guys be excited about that? Yeah. So I wanted to give you the opportunity.
You heard the heard the need. It's $6,000 for to to cover the family for 6 months and it's about $1,500 for the for the 5 water pumps presenting that. Whatever is given for this Sunday, that everything that goes into this Sunday whether in service or if those you watching online, we or if you give online as well, everything that goes for this Sunday will be just taken and we will wisely, we will sow it into into them and and help to see and I'll I'll be able to report to you back and you guys will see pictures of everything going and and wonderful. So I was excited about it. I just thought this was the perfect Sunday to do it, you know, with everything that we've been learning about multiplication.
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