Smiles and Tears

Do you see the smiles? Mehboob, Irfan, and Adnan delivered food this week to a family in Punjab who has lost its source of day-to-day income because of the lock-down related to COVID-19. Their immediate needs are being met by this unexpected delivery - enough food to feed their family for an entire month.

Do you see the tears? Mehboob tells us that this woman was so overwhelmed with the gift of food that she wept as she gave thanks to God and to Reach the Nations for providing for her family in this time of need.

God is at work in this land, where the needs are always great, but especially so in this time of quarantine, which has become a life or death crisis for many families.

We are grateful to learn that businesses are beginning to open again in Pakistan and we are hopeful that very soon many of the people we are helping will be able to return to their jobs by which they can provide for their families. Please pray for them as they await opportunities for employment.

Here are two more photos of the Reach the Nations food distribution this month in Punjab. Thank you for all of you who gave to help these families and for those of you who are upholding this work in prayer. May God be glorified!

Food Deliveries: Second Round

Please pray for the Reach the Nations team in Pakistan as they prepare now to begin to distribute food to areas of ministry next week. Mehboob and his team (including Adnan and Irfan) will be serving 50 families in Punjab - a second delivery to the 30 families for whom we provided food last month plus an additional 20 families. About 10 of these families are not Christian, but are those to whom Mehboob and his team want to show the love of Christ.

Manzoor, Rashid and their team will be distributing food from a centrally located church in the Islamabad area. One month's food supply will be provided to 40 families who are in need of help because of job loss during the COVID-19 shutdown. Many of those participating in the distribution are pastors from the United Christian Fellowship in Pakistan and we are thankful for their help during this time.

Shakeel and Rustam will be distributing food to some in dire need in Hyderabad including a few pastors who have no income because their small congregations cannot meet during the quarantine. They will travel to serve other people in Khairpur and Mirpurkhas. Recipients this time will include several Hindu families with whom Shakeel has been sharing the gospel.

In all, 155 families with no outside support at this time of crisis, will be fed for another month. Thank you to all who have given gifts toward this endeavor and for all of you who will pray for this work in the coming week as food is purchased, packaged, and delivered.

A Pakistani Thank You

This man was concerned for his family. He had no work and they had no food. The Reach the Nations team delivered a full month's supply of basic groceries and he was so grateful. You may not be able to understand all his words, but this is his enthusiastic thank you.

If you gave toward this cause or if you you have been upholding the Reach the Nations team in prayer, this thank you is for you. And we all join him, as you see at the end of the video, in giving glory to God.