Gateway Christmas Update from Turkey

Gateway Christmas Update from Turkey:
December 25, 2009

(See update on Kenan’s condition below)
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In Turkish when celebrating one’s birthday, one does not say, “Happy Birthday”, the proper reference to the person is “It is good that you were born.” This day we say, “It is good that Jesus the Messiah was born!”, because “He will save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) J. of G.E.S.

Letter from E. to you all: (see the original in Turkish below)
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today when I looked at my Christmas tree, it came to my mind again that the largest family in the world is that of the people of Christ. Just as the evergreen tree reminds us of the eternal life we possess and at the same time the trunk of the tree is the body of Christ. The branches of the tree are coming from the trunk and the many colors of the decorations on the tree represent different races, different colors and different cultures all coming together in the body of Christ. Each one a member of the body of Christ! Although I am in this amoral, dark city, experiencing loneliness, being a part of the Body of Christ and celebrating the “Birth Holiday” (What Christians in Turkey call Christmas) gives me, your brother, great hope and encouragement.
I am thanking the Lord for providing this hope and also thanking my brothers and sisters who are also members of this same hope. Thank you for your prayers and for your support. But most important of all I want to say Happy Birthday, to the Lord of us all, this day of our Lord’s birth, to the One who has given to us his Body, the privilege of celebrating His Holy Majesty’s birthday. I am celebrating this Christmas with the hope, love and peace that the Lord has given to me.
I wish you all, Happy Birth Holiday, the reason for this day and Merry Christmas!
From Sodom (Beytel East)
E. of G.E.S.

Update on Kenan: Yesterday (Dec. 24) Kenan was in a car accident around 6 p.m. E. received a phone call and the person on the other line said, “Your friend Kenan was in a car wreck and I am sorry, we just lost Kenan.”. E. and Zurafa (our intern) thought Kenan had passed away. The scene of the accident was in walking distance from their home. Kenan as lying in the street covered in blood from head to toe and was unrecognizable. His taxi destroyed, he was hit head on by a school bus. The other driver was in a similar condition. When they pulled Kenan out of the car he was not breathing and everyone thought he was dead. They put him in an ambulance and E. rode with him to the hospital. He had a pulse and was still alive! Zurafa called me and immediately I sent messages and tweets and facebooked the situation for folks to pray. We had prayer meetings all over the world going on for Kenan’s life. Kenan had every examination and x-ray one could think of. He had huge gashes in his head and legs, which were stitched. He also was examined for internal bleeding. This morning he was released from the hospital and is talking and resting at home! He will have a large scar on his face the rest of his life. His biggest concern when he began to speak was concerning his eye-glasses that were purchased for him to have treatments so he would not go blind, (the money for these was donated from churches), he also has a great concern for the taxi, as this was his livelihood and as he is still making payments on it. Praise the Lord for his mercy and for the miracle of such a quick recovery! Thank you all who were on your knees Christmas Eve for Kenan!

J. of G.E.S.

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Thank you all for your support and prayers!
J. of G.E.S.

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Mesihte kardeşlerim Bugün noel ağacına baktığımda aklıma yine dünyanın en büyük ailesi olan meshin halkı geldi. Tıpkı sonsuzluğu(sonsuz yaşamı) simgeleyen çam ağacı gibi sonsuz yaşamda mutlu,huzurlu ve gövdeye yani mesihin bedenine sımsıkı bağlı yeşil dallar gibi yaşamak,üzerindeki rengarenk süsler gibi, farklı ırk,renk ve kültürlerden gelerek tek bir gövdenin (mesihin) bedeninin bir üyesi olmak bu yalnızlık, karanlık ve ahlaksızlık dolu şehirde doğuş bayramını kutlayacak olan bana kardeşinize umut ve teşvik verdi.
Bu umutu sağlayan Rabbe ve bu umudun üyeleri olan siz kardeşlerime teşekkür ediyorum. Dualarınız ve destekleriniz için teşekkürler.Herşeyden önce Bizleri efendisinin doğum gününü, Rabbinin doğum gününü kutlama ayrıcalığına sahip olan tek halkın üyeleri kılan Yüce majestelerine Happy birthday diyerek hepinizin Noel Bayramını Rabbin içimde sağladığı, umut, sevgi ve esenlik hisleriyle kutluyorum. KUTLU DOĞUŞ BAYRAMINIZI KUTLAR SİZLERE GÜNÜN AMACINA UYGUN MUTLU NOELLER DİLERİM. FROM SODOM E.


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