30 December 2011 Dear Friends,
I stood staring into the vastness of the western Sahara Desert wondering how people live in such a wasteland, with no water or vegetation.
For the preceeding week in late September a group of us had met with 16 Muslim imams in a refugee camp in western Algeria, just north of Al-Queda controlled land. It is truly a wasteland, and provided a reminder to me about religious systems such as Islam which ultimately lead people away from God rather than toward Him.
Brian has launched the Isaac-Ishmael Initiatve because of the simple fact that Jews and Muslims alike are lost in the desert without Jesus. It feels that we are embarcing a divine moment.
The year 2011 has been one of developing vision, creating partnerships, and obtaining funding. This is a unique "divine moment" and I believe 2012 is now on the launching pad.
- In February we will hold a gathering in southern France with 10 of us to make plans for outreach fo immigrants in Europe;
- In June we partner in a week-long training called Sahara Challenge in Minneapolis;
- In the summer we hope to partner with Serve the City and have a mission team go to Lebanon.
You can find more information about the vision of the Isaac-Ishmael Initiative at our new website, which officially launches today. Click HERE.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. ~ Eph. 3:20-21
With Grace, in Christ,
Brian and Susy |
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