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- Beverly Van Kampen
- Jan 1
As we enter a new year, it is good to reflect on all that God is doing through Reach the Nations' leaders in Pakistan.
We have three ministry leaders working in the province of Sindh. They are Rustam, Shahzaib, and Shakeel. This post will share news from Rustam and we will follow, over the next weeks, with updates from Shahzaib and Shakeel.
Rustam, a pastor in Khairpur, joined RTN a few years ago. He has established church there and engages his congregation as he preaches and teaches the Word of God.
This is a picture of Rustam and his children, their spouses, and some of his grandchildren.
Several years ago, RTN was able to enter into a long-term lease on a partially-finished church building in Khairpur. We added a roof, floor, doors, and windows and, since then, this congregation has had a secure and comfortable place to meet. It continues to grow in numbers and in commitment to God. In the picture above you see Rustam on the left and Shakeel next to him reading from the Bible.
Here Rustam and Shakeel are shown praying on the Sunday just before Christmas. When they called for those who wanted to learn more about accepting Jesus’s gift of forgiveness of sin and life eternal, several rose to their feet. This church is following up with all of them to encourage their new life in Christ.
The church in Khairpur celebrated Christmas with a special dinner following the service.
Rustam uses Khairpur as a central location, but he also reaches out to surrounding villages to share the Gospel message and to teach those who are already believers. Here he is shown teaching in the nearby village of Pir Bhudro.
The unique thing about Rustam among all the pastors RTN sponsors is that he does not know English. Shakeel meets with him regularly and has been extremely helpful in passing along to Rustam the teaching from RTN and in getting back to us with reports from Rustam and the thriving church at Khairpur. The picture of the two of them above was taken a few months ago.
Please pray for Rustam and his family and for the ministry of this unique church in Khairpur.
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” – Romans 12:4-5
- Beverly Van Kampen
- Oct 2, 2025
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, 2025
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
