Behold the Fields
are White unto Harvest
Pakistan Ministry Trip 9-9-06 to
10-3-06
9-13-06
Praise Jesus for all his
mighty works among us. His grace is proving sufficient for all our needs.
I want to let you know more
of B.E.M. and what they are doing in
Some Statistics
Number of Church
Affiliations 207 avg. attendance 24
Number of salvations and
baptisms last year 1690
Areas of work -
They are currently building
a 26 room
Needs
About 50,000
About 57,000
Ongoing money for work with
pastors, widows and assistance in the Christian community in
I still need 5000
Our plans and results
We plan about 20 meetings
during my stay here in and around
Last night we had our first
meeting. We met in a courtyard of a church member with about 40 to 50
people. We worshipped and gave a strong presentation of the Gospel and
praise Jesus we had 18 respond. We baptized them that night and headed
home giving God all the Glory for using such people as us.
9-18-06
Praise Jesus for His abundant love he is pouring out on these poor forgotten
believers in
Being baptized here is a powerful testimony
to all. We bring in a portable baptism tank set it up and fill it with
water. Many villages don't have running water and we fill it bucket by
bucket. These faithful servants, Isaac our security man (who carries an
AK-47) and others I don't know their names fill the tank with about 50 gallons
of water and accomplish this near the end of my sermon so I can make the
eternal call.
Friday night we went to a small Christian
village about an hour out of town. There 7 came forward of about 18 to 20
people and then we prayed for the sick, and those who wanted a deeper touch of
God. God is so able and abundant in His pouring out!
Saturday night we met at another small
Christian village near the first and had about
God honors his word in
Some Highlights
Many who came forward for salvation /
baptism came with joy and tears. They heard of a God who desperately
loves them and desires to be their friend. Christians in
One lady in the first village above was
present the second night. She had a knee that was swelled up severely and
very painful even to a gentle touch. We prayed and the swelling left that
night. She came for further prayer for a small pain still remained and
Jesus removed it entirely.
Another had constant nausea and vomiting and
was touched and healed. Another had severe kidney pain and it was removed
in Jesus name.
The Future
Tonight we go to a village in a dangerous
area (all
All this week we are going to small villages
and small churches to open hearts to the wonders of Jesus!!
Next week we start some crusade work where
we will be attracting maybe 1000 people per night. We anticipate we could
get
This is the very expensive phase and it
appears I may still be as much as $5,000 behind. Never the less we
press forward, "afflicted in every way, but not crushed: perplexed, but
not despairing: persecuted, but not forsaken: struck down, but not destroyed:
always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of
Jesus may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly
being delivered over to death for Jesus sake, so that the life of Jesus also
may be manifested in our mortal flesh." II Corinthians 3:8-11
My brothers and sisters in the Lord, do we
really understand the value of a single soul to God?
Our Needs
As I mentioned above I may still be $5,000
behind.
Urdu bibles, about 10,000 at about $3-4
apiece. Many of these Christians are extremely poor and cannot afford an
Urdu bible. It does no good to send an English bible as they cannot read
it.
God Bless you all may the Lord richly use
you
9-20-06
Some Highlights
Today it is much cooler for which we are
grateful. Pakistani P&L is not very reliable and on a hot day when it
goes off it can be miserable.
Oh the whole the people of
Through the robber area
Isaac loaded a couple more banana clips of 30 caliber AK-47 ammo into his
pocket as we headed out to the village in the robber area. We knew it is
dangerous to go, but everyone said, "We are baptized!" meaning they
were secure in their Lord and would go non-the-less. So off we went and
thankfully there were no confrontations. We got to the village and were
met with great joy, drums and dancing, in which Shaun and I joined. 48
heard the message that night and were baptized. Praise God for His glorious
work. The enemy is strongly opposing us with sickness, untimely power
outages, threats etc.
Later in a nearby area we had a rally where
over 200 attended. Here we had a man with an AK-47 on the stage area with
us for protection. Several we had seen earlier were there and we
rejoiced to hear that many we prayed for to be healed were! God is so
good.
Total people brought into the Kingdom to
have a living relationship with the loving God is now 102.
Our biggest meetings are coming. We
have been working in the villages building the momentum for a large rally we
plan next week where we anticipate thousands, perhaps up to 1,000.
Pray for the Lord of the harvest to give us
unending joy and strength as we share the gospel with the lost. Pray for
the Muslims that come to the Lord as they become instant targets of death
squads for converting to Christianity. Islam is a wicked belief that
practices all that is inimical to the Lord and is headed for judgment.
Pray that God will open more hearts even thought the cost is so great.
God bless you all
10-04-06
This is my
final report about
Two types of
weather, hot and hotter.
Two types of
food, hot and hotter.
After spending
three weeks in a third world country, the
A typical
smoggy day in
The areas we
were in were the poor Christian areas and most people cooked with wood or dried
cow chips. The air was acrid also because of the motorcycles and
rickshaws that had two cycle engines that spewed smoke. There were other
sources too that I didn’t know what they were, but he air really stunk.
Yes and all
the Pakistani’s shower or bathe with cold water, water you cannot drink or face
a visit to the hospital.
Traffic,
Imagine a vast dance of bicycles, donkey carts, people on foot, beggars, cars,
small truck, big trucks, busses, rickshaws, motorcycles all weaving around,
lines no matter, lights not an issue, like a laminar flow of liquid, horns
honking, bumpers almost touching, no one getting mad, just everything flowing
and somehow all working. That is everyday traffic in
But you won’t
find a greater group of warm and loving Christians than in
Islam in
There is a
darkness over
There are
principalities in places in
The Muslims
use economic suppression to keep the Christians at bay. If you are a poor
Muslim there is help from the local mosque for you, a paying job and help in
groceries or whatever you need. Nothing for the Christian. Most
Christians in
There is also
a blasphemy law in place where if a Christian speaks of Christianity to a
Muslim on the street the Christian can be put into jail. But a Muslim can
speak against Christianity with no penalties. This blasphemy law is used
much to economically hurt Christians as well because Muslims will claim
blasphemy and use it to take property and money away from Christians who have
it.
I have lost
any respect for Islam as I saw it being acted out. While in
Hope in
Christ and Economic Hope
When I started
this ministry the Lord spoke to my heart and said “I want you to bring my hope
into hearts in these places I am sending you as well as economic hope.” I
didn’t know exactly what He was talking about, but I wanted to just be
obedient.
Sewing
machines for
BEM is a
wonderful ministry bring hope to Pakistani Christians. I am working with
them to start a ministry of teaching Christians how to sew in the garment
industry in
Other BEM
projects.
Twenty six
room
New Church in
Taking Muslims
who what to be baptized and relocating them. (so they won’t be killed)
Supporting the
pastors of the Churches
Supporting
widows and orphans
The Bible
school is going to send many flaming arrows out into the areas around that no
one will be able to put out.
Total harvest
in all meetings is 172 trophies of His grace!
Hallelujah to Him who does all things well. Many were healed as well. Praise Jesus!!
Yours Truly
Yes and what
about me? Well I have been irrevocably changed. I have seen the
Lord is rich and wonderful ways and I love Him supremely. I have walked
in places to spread the gospel where my life was in danger and I loved
it. I can find nothing else in this world that will satisfy me, but to
walk with my Lord where He calls me.
He has given
me a fantastic gift. I speak from the Living Word with out notes, but the
Lord speaks through me. The people were amazed by this as I spoke for an
hour just from the Living Word and it flow out of me. I am so grateful
and thankful to my Lord and I give Him all the glory. I stand amazed at
His grace to me such a sinner that He would allow me to do such a work.
My soul, ask
what thou wilt,
Thou canst not
be too bold;
Since His own
blood for thee He spilt
What else can
he withhold?
Unknown
Oh that in me
the sacred fire
Might now
begin to glow
Burn up the
dross of base desire
And make the
mountains flow
Charles Wesley
“Breathe on
me, Breath of God,
Till I am wholly
Thine
Until the
Earthly Part of me
Glows with Thy
fire divine.
Dr. Hatch
To make my
weak heart strong and brave,
Send the fire.
To live a
dying world to save,
Send the fire
Oh, see me on
thy altar lay,
my life, my all
this very day
To crown the
offering now I pray:
Send the fire!
F. de L., Booth Tucker
We must make
our prayers as Vast as God and as High as Heaven and as hot as the flame on the
altar.
My great love
to you all.
Evan Wiggs