In Genesis chapter 26 we learn that even during a severe famine Isaac sowed and reaped a hundredfold. The ancient world was experiencing difficulties, yet it was not a time for Issac to give up. Instead, it was his time to prosper! (Genesis 26:13)
“The man (Isaac) began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous.”
In Indonesia God opened up amazing opportunities for seminars, evangelism, and teaching, yet overnight every one of these doors closed due to Covid-19. Nevertheless, Lorena and I decided this was not a time to give up but rather a divine time to prosper! We organized four seminars in Central Mozambique this last weekend. Next week we have a new opportunity to provide Bibles in three different languages to a remote area in the province of Zambezia! Currently I am writing a new discipleship book for the ongoing weekly seminars in Mozambique. I guess what I am trying to say is that we all need to look for opportunities. When one door closes, God usually opens another. And with God we can prosper in adversity. We feel this is God’s desire for all of us at this time.
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Lorena and I are now in Redding, CA staying with some good friends who opened up their guest house to us. We’ve been here a week, and are still in quarantine. We left Thailand a month ago to go to Indonesia, where we studied the language every day and enjoyed many invitations to teach and pray for the sick. God was so good, healing many. All of our activities in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines for March, April and May have now been cancelled, however, due to the Corona virus. We have return tickets to Indonesia in June, assuming we’re able to travel again by then. In contrast to Asia, Mozambique currently remains open to meetings if they are under 50 people. So for now, we will continue our seminars, evangelism, and new Bible distribution there.
In the coming weeks we’ll share more stories from both Thailand and Indonesia, but for now Lorena wants to share a terrific experience she had visiting the Baduy Tribe. They are a unique, isolated unreached people group in Banten, Indonesia. She went with 2 Indonesian sisters, led by an Indonesian brother who has been visiting this tribe for 32 years.
Here is the link to the newsletter about the Baduy Tribe and her trip there (which has more detail about the tribe than the video):
Here is the link to a video we made about the Baduy and the trip.
Blessings,
Brian
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