The peace agreement was signed when Simon was just 14 years old. Soon after the fighting stopped people began looking for pleasure, and dance bars began springing up in almost every village of any size. Simon and his friends began drinking and going to bars when he was in his mid teens. There were no regulations to keep teenagers out of such places. They also started stealing and robbing in order to buy beer. At one point, earlier in his life, he had been sponsored for a couple years in a primary school in Kinyiba through the African Children’s Choir. But that seemed so long ago by the time he reached his late teens. Simon was out of control and headed toward the life of a criminal.

About 3 AM one morning, after a night of fighting and drinking, he staggered to his older brother’s home and fell asleep on the bed without even taking his shoes off. His brother who had become a Christian allowed him to stay in his home sometimes. Even though his brother was living for God, Simon had never once gone to church in his whole life. But shortly after falling asleep that morning he began to dream; in the dream something hard slammed into him and he was startled to attention. He heard a voice that began telling him that if he continued to live this way that he was going to die! It seemed so real that he became frightened. The dream suddenly changed and a man was preaching to him from John chapter 3 telling him that he needed to be born again. Then another voice told him to wake up and go read John chapter there. Because he was at his brother’s house he was able to find a Bible and as he began reading he realized that it was the same passage that the man in the dream had been preaching from.
It was Sunday morning, and for the first time in his life Simon got up early and went out to find a church. Safe Harbor had recently planted a church in his village of Limi that was meeting in a primary school. So he came there and Asili, our leader in that area was visiting that church and he choose Simon to interpret for him. As he was interpreting Simon was getting more and more convicted about his life and knew that as soon as he had the opportunity he needed to surrender control to Christ.

Somehow he did not get saved that morning but the next evening our team was having a crusade in the nearby village of Nyaco, still determined to act on the dream, he came there and gave his life to Christ. Since that time he has been living wholeheartedly for God and has felt a call to take the Gospel to others. Simon is now a member of our crusade team and an intern in our Leadership training program. Last Friday evening Simon gave his testimony at a crusade to over 800 people-quiet a change for the once angry, lonely young man whose life was on a collision course with disaster. You could see other young men in the crowd listening with rapt attention as Simon confidently shared. You can help us reach other young men like LeJu
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Just like family here, Jonathan wasn’t sure that his uncle would listen to him so he encouraged Patrick to be bold if he got the opportunity to talk to anyone in his family about receiving Christ. The first opportunity Patrick had he gave his testimony to the uncle. He shared about how difficult his life was before he was saved, and about the turmoil his heart was in but how when he surrendered his life to Christ, although life was still difficult, he had a new peace and knew that God had a purpose for him. He then asked the uncle if he was saved, he replied, “Yes I am saved”. But Patrick knew that the uncle did not know God so he went through the gospel with him anyway. That first time he talked to the uncle he did not receive Christ. The family had two daughters one 18, and the younger was 14. A few days after Patrick had talked to their father, the girls made dinner for Patrick and he told them he wanted to talk to them later.

After all the dinner activities were over he sat the girls down and presented the Gospel to them and they both received Christ. The following morning he decided to go talk to the father of the girls again (Jonathan’s Uncle) and as he was leaving his house he felt like he should take the bookmark by Karen Grubbs on how to lead a child to Christ, so he stuck it in his pocket and took off.

When he got to the uncle he challenged him, “Are you really born again”? The uncle confessed that he was not, and when Patrick asked him are you ready now he said yes, so they prayed together and the uncle surrendered his life to Christ. Then the lord urged Patrick to ask the man if his wife was saved, he replied that she was not. Then the Lord led him to leave the bookmark and instruct the man to read it with his wife. Later he called for Patrick saying, “We have read the paper you left me, please come now my wife is ready to pray with you. They went and prayed with her to receive Christ, now the whole family is walking with God.

Jonathan and Patrick rented a house near some Moslems and Jonathan noticed that the man was often drunk so he said to himself I am going to have to go talk with him. A few days later he saw the man outside his house so he went over and asked him if he had been born again, his reply was, “I pray to Allah.” Jonathan responded, “Do you know who Jesus is?” The man said he did not, so they asked if they could tell him something about Jesus, and he said, “Yes”.

They gave him the Gospel and told him that Jesus loved him. He demanded, “How can I know that Jesus loves me.” They came back, “If you give your life to him you will know.” He responded, “If I did that it will create big problems problems with m y family.” Jonathan admitted, “That may be true,” then added “You will be judged for what you know and do; your father will be judged for his life. Then he bravely asked, “Can we pray for you that Jesus will forgive you and cleanse you from all your past?” The man was ready and said, “Yes”. Patrick added, “After the salvation prayer we asked are you willing to give all your addictions to Christ?” He said, “Yes”, and God delivered him from alcohol and tobacco addictions.

They gave him some tracts that FMP had provided for us: “Which Way” “Four Steps to Heaven” and “Bridging the Gap, and he read them but came back to Patrick and said, I need a Bible so Patrick gave him his personal Bible.. Patrick asked him to come to church with them and he came, and started discipleship classes, and is continuing to grow.

After doing a School Assembly they were walking down the road and as they passed by a clinic the owner was setting outside and Jonathan felt the Lord prompt him to speak to the woman. He called out to her may I share a few words with you and she said yes. So they went into the clinic and began sharing the gospel with her but she interrupted them and said that she was already born again and as a matter of fact she was a Sunday school teacher.

In his heart Jonathan knew that something was not quite right, he felt that the woman was hiding a big issue that she thought God would never forgive her for. He said to her you may have murdered someone, you may have lied or stolen or you may be an adulterer but you need to know that God loves you and is ready to forgive you for anything. To their surprise she wept and told them, “But, I have done all these things.” They reassured her that God had sent them to her to let her know that He was ready to forgive her. They asked her if she would like to pray to repent and receive Christ and she said she would.

But, just as they began to pray a customer came into the clinic. Immediately God gave Jonathan three Scripture verses to share with the woman. Then they took her through the “Bridging The Gap” tract that FMP had provided and asked her if she was ready to receive Christ she said yes and they led both women in a prayer to surrender to God. The customer was living a distance for where their church meets and did not come, but the shop owner is now a part of the new church plant.

They went to a school and asked to speak with the head master, they were told, “he is not here”. Then they were introduced to a teacher who said he would welcome them but, he didn’t think they could have a school assembly in that particular school because the head master would never allow it. He said he was happy to see them taking the gospel to the people there. Then he asked Patrick if he had accepted Jesus. He went on to inform them that the area was a mix of Christians and Moslems and that there were even some Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and Anglicans starting churches here. Then he excused himself and sent them away.

Jonathan felt in his hart that the Devil was trying to keep us out of that school. Went back four days later and headmaster accepted them to present the gospel in his school. They came back early the next Monday morning to do the school assembly Patrick presented the gospel and made call for salvation 12 students and one teacher raised their hands and prayed. They also prayed for the sick and 8 people were healed. Patrick said God is going to touch the teacher they first met. They kept going back the teacher is a member of a cult and was trying do discourage them from presenting the gospel in his school.

The family had two daughters one 18, and the younger was 14. A few days after Patrick had talked to their father, the girls made dinner for Patrick and he told them he wanted to talk to them later. After all the dinner activities were over he sat the girls down and presented the Gospel to them and they both received Christ. The following morning he decided to go talk to the father of the girls again (Jonathan’s Uncle) and as he was leaving his house he felt like he should take the bookmark by Karen Grubbs on how to lead a child to Christ, so he stuck it in his pocket and took off. When he got to the uncle he challenged him, “Are you really born again”? The uncle confessed that he was not, and when Patrick asked him are you ready now he said yes, so they prayed together and the uncle surrendered his life to Christ. Then the lord urged Patrick to ask the man if his wife was saved, he replied that she was not. Then the Lord led him to leave the bookmark and instruct the man to read it with his wife. Later he called for Patrick saying, “We have read the paper you left me, please come now my wife is ready to pray with you. They went and prayed with her to receive Christ, now the whole family is walking with God.

In the first two months of the team in Mundri, 108 people have given their hearts to the Lord, 48 have been healed and 32 have been freed from demonic oppression. The people are hungry for God-they need Bibles in English and Mori. They also need us to come with all the necessary resources (including the Jesus film crusade team) to impact the area for God. This area is known internationally as a place of heavy witchcraft; people from other places come there to learn. It is also an area destroyed by alcoholism. We have an open door to bring them something they have never known, the love and power of God that transforms and brings joy!

The man was a very heavy drinker. One day he was walking by and they noticed that he was vomiting blood so they witnessed to him and told him he needed to surrender his life to Christ. Usually he was very drunk but that day he was sober because he was too sick to drink, which made him more open to listen.

When they ministered to him he surrendered to Christ right there and then. Started coming to church and coming to receive teaching.

His uncles were very involved with demonic practices and they raised him the same way, dedicating him to serve the demons, which is a common practice out here. Although he had heard them preach in the school he did not give his heart to the Lord.

One day he was walking down the road and fell into some kind of demonic trance. He woke up lying in the buses not knowing how he got there. This had never happened before and it frightened him. He decided to go to the hospital but they told him that there was nothing could do. Then he remembered hearing Jonathan preach the Gospel at his school so he came to them for help.

Jonathan shared that the answer to defeat the demonic forces at work in his life was to surrender his life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He led him in a prayer of repentance and surrender. Then Jonathan and Patrick prayed for him to be free from the demonic. They told them he needed to live his life in obedience to the Word of God if he wanted to stay free and asked him if he was willing to start coming for training. From that time he has been a dedicated disciple.

William one of the students was very sick with malaria, so he came forward. After Patrick had prayed for William he asked him if he felt better and he said, “Yes,” then he paused and said, he felt completely better. Patrick then asked him if he had raised his hand when he made the call for those who wanted to get saved, William lowered his head and sheepishly said no; then Patrick asked him “are you ready to give your life to Jesus now” and he replied, “Yes”. He prayed to surrender his life to Christ there in front of all the other students.

They invited him to Sunday service, he came and asked for prayer for sister who had severe pain maybe appendicitis prayed and she was healed also.

His sister a Spirit Filled believer was very concerned about him and asked Jonathan and Patrick if they could minister to him. They went to his house and found him drunk, they talked to him about receiving Christ but he said he wasn’t ready and asked them to come back the next day.

When they arrived at his house that next day he insisted that he was already born again and therefore couldn’t give his life to God again. They responded by opening their Bibles and showing him what it said about salvation and being born again. When he saw the Word of God for himself, the Holy Spirit started speaking to him and he began to realize he was not really saved. But he still had some confusion in his mind about baptism because he was baptized as an infant. So they taught him about the real purpose of water baptism.

Finally he was ready, he prayed and asked Jesus to forgive him and grant him salvation. A flood of joy began to roll over him. He instinctively knew in his heart that there was more, and he knew he wanted it. He asked them to please come back next day. They returned and brought him a Bible.

From that day he began studying very seriously because he was educated. The word began working on his life so powerfully he was delivered from his alcoholism. Within a few Sundays he brought his niece to church and she got saved.

Now he meets with Patrick or Jonathan almost every day for training.

After the signing of the peace he decided return and finish his schooling, so at 25 he is in P8. Jonathan and Patrick went to his school to do an assembly. Patrick preached, but Noah was not interested in Christianity because he grew up in church, the son of an Anglican pastor who was consulting witchdoctors, at the same time he was pastoring. He observed his father’s false life and knew he didn’t want to be Christian.

As Patrick continued preaching the Holy Spirit began seriously working on him and he fell under heavy conviction. He realized that he was not hearing the real Word of God when he was growing up in Church. He knew that he had to do something, and when Patrick gave people the opportunity to respond to the Gospel he was relieved and immediately came forward to pray to receive Christ as his Lord and Savior. That week he started taking our new believers course “Getting Started With Jesus”. Later he testified that he had been confused about the need to be born again because he had been water baptism as a baby; but the study showed him what the Bible really said about these things.

Now Noah is very hungry for the Word, he is the first person to show up on Sunday. He confesses “I want to know everything I can from Bible; I feel like I am behind and need to catch up.”