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- Beverly Van Kampen
- Oct 2
There was an important gathering of believers in Punjab last week.
There were followers of Christ in several of the locations where Mehboob, Irfan, and Abraham minister who were ready to be baptized.
So the men found a place where a baptism service could be held and invited people from all the locations to gather for a time of baptism and celebration.
They baptized 20 new believers that day and celebrated afterwards with a meal before everyone returned to their own hometowns.
Mehboob comments as follows, "Families in this area are disturbed due to the recent heavy rain and devastating floods, but their faith is strong and they believe God will restore and rebuild them."
He also asks, "Please keep all the new believers in your prayers, especially for their spiritual growth."
". . . don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." - Romans 6:3-4
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- Beverly Van Kampen
- Sep 20
We wrote earlier about monsoon season in Pakistan and how the heavy rains were causing severe flooding, some of the worst in Pakistan's history.
Many families in the in the Daska church have been affected by damage to their homes and by an inability to travel to work. They are in need of some basic food supplies and, most importantly, clean water.
Reach the Nations sent funds at Mehboob's request so they could provide for the neediest of their Daska families. He and Irfan went shopping, buying foods in bulk and packaging them to make food boxes.
The boxes were loaded in a vehicle and driven or carried - often through still-flooded streets - to make deliveries.
And the recipients are so grateful. Here are a few pictures of our Daska brothers and sisters receiving their aid packages.
There are many challenges to life in Pakistan including the weather - extreme temperatures, drought, and monsoons. Please pray for those who suffer most in these trying times.
"Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” - Matthew 15:32
- Beverly Van Kampen
- Sep 14
The Reach the Nations' literacy program now has four sites. Three are in various areas of Islamabad and the fourth is in Daska. This past week, students from all four classes gathered at Prayer Tower Church to meet with Gary Finkbeiner and Peter Negron who were visiting from the U.S.
Not all of the students were able to come, but many did and Peter reports that they were very excited to show their reading ability. Peter said, "Their reading was impressive, and the meeting was very emotional. Our sister Zarish and her teaching staff have done a great job."
Brother Gary brought a word of encouragement to these students, and he preached a sermon titled “Beyond Slavery to Freedom.” Pastor Babar translated and the message was well received.
Gary and Babar (pastor of Prayer Tower Church and husband of Zarish, our literacy teacher) are shown enjoying a truly American lunch! We appreciate so much Pastor Babar and Zarish and relationship we have with them and their church as fellow workers in building God's Kingdom in Pakistan.
Also last week, the conference with the RTN pastoral team was concluded. Pictured here are Shahzaib, Irfan, Abraham, Mehboob, and Shakeel having breakfast in the hotel where they were staying for the conference. A lot of camaraderie is built over meals!
The focus of Gary's teaching for the conference was the Kingdom of God. The men have now traveled back to their homes in Sindh and Punjab. They left saying they had been taught well and greatly encouraged during their time together.
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, - Ephesians 4:11-12
Please pray for this team as they continue their ministry of Gospel and as they train others as they are being trained themselves. The goal is to make disciples, just as Jesus commanded.
