News from Turkey 8/9/08

Gateway Prayer Request From “E.” August 9, 2008

Kenan (newly baptized) and I were talking recently with his mother about the people in America that are our prayer partners. Kenan’s mother then strongly requested that our prayer warriors would pray that her apartment would sell. She wants to sell her home but there have been no buyers. In her area many apartments have sold, it is just that hers has not. The real estate agent has even been surprised about this. She wishes that Christians would pray for her and this.

E. of G.E.S.

Kenan’s mother is a Kurdish woman who claims to be a Muslim. Her husband left her with 4 children to rear on her own. She and her daughter have been open to learning about the Christian faith. Please pray that God would reveal Himself to them and that they would also know the power of prayer to the true God.

J. of G.E.S.

News from Botswana 8/11/08

Dear Loved Ones,

We are enjoying not getting up at 5 every morning this month! Thankful for the moments to get up and savor the day before rushing off into it!

Thank you for praying for our grown children. Devin and Derek are here with us and helping with the school in various areas. They are working on some distance learning courses while they are here. Devin had recently undergone some more tests and has been diagnosed with epilepsy. He has been experiencing complex partial seizures, but we had missed the symptoms because of the other medical issues in his life. He started on the medication last week and is tolerating it well and has had no more seizures. While we are all thankful for the medications that help this condition, Devin is struggling with having one - more - thing. We will all appreciate your prayers.

This past weekend, we took five of our young adults to Johannesburg for a conference geared for university age students. They had a wonderful time, and we so appreciate the protection and guidance the Lord gave us in South Africa. As far as we could tell, we are the only ones there from Botswana. Two of the attendees will be entering our local university next year and we pray that God will allow them to shine His light in one of the darkest places in Botswana.

Please continue to pray with us for souls to be saved, disciples to be made!

Reaching the Unreached,

Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin

Gateway Update from Turkey: August 2008

Gateway Update and Prayer Request August 5, 2008

Update from E.:

(For avid Turkish Readers, read E.’s letter in Turkish below)

To all the members of Christ’s Army, Greetings again!

This week was a wonderful and blessed week, May the Lord receive Glory! Except for a few saddening events, it was a week that was guided by the fullness of the Lord and by the help of the Holy Spirit.

Gateway’s second church plant here in the East (Beytel East) has realized its’ first baptism!

Many of you know how for years we have been sharing with “K.” and many in his family. “K.” was baptized this week, representing his death with Christ and resurrection into his new life. All of us are very happy! Please continue with your prayers and support of us here. For us to continue to reach the lost sheep of the Lord we need your continual prayer and support. “K.” wanted to greet you all as a new creature in the Kingdom of the Holy Lord.

It was quite evident that after his baptism “K.” and all of us that were a part of his baptism have come under spiritual attack. Because of these ongoing attacks we have an urgent need for your focused prayers concerning this. Pray specifically for me, “K.” and “L.” and the attacks we are experiencing.

We let “K.” know that you as soldiers in the Army of the Kingdom, said to him, welcome to salvation and welcome as an Ambassador and as a new soldier in the Kingdom.

May the all sovereign God of Salvation that is with us, bless you all and protect you!

“E.” of G.E.S.

Update from L. and J.:

L. and J. will be returning to Turkey in ten days. Pray for their health, safety in travel and that they would be able to take 10 bags to Turkey for the Zacchaeus Projects. J. also is thankful and praising the King that his sister “M”. and her family are now serving the Lord among the Palestinians in Israel! J. is also happy for this as his sister is nearby.

Check out Gateway’s website: www.gatewayeducation.org

May God Bless you all!

Thanks for your prayers and support!

J. of G.E.S.

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Letter from E. in Turkish:

Tekrar merhaba mesihin ordusunun mensupları,

Bu hafta bereketli ve harika bir haftaydı Rabbe yücelik olsun. Küçük üzücü olayların dışında Rabbin doluluğu ve Kutsal ruhun desteğiyle geçen bir haftaydı.

G.E.S bu topraklarda ilk vaftizini gerçekleştirdi.

Hepinizin tanıdığı K. Vaftizle birlikte öldü ve yeni hayatına dirildi. Yani vaftizi yapıldı. Hepimiz çok sevinçliyiz.Lütfen bizler için olan dualarınızı ve yardımlarınızı sürdürünüz.Rab in kuzularına daha fazla ulaşabilmemiz için sizlerinde desteklerinize ihtiyacımız var. Yüce Rabbin Krallığının bir parçası olan K hepinize selam söylüyor. Şunu belirtmek isterimki K nin Vaftizinden hemen sonra Ben ve L vaftizi yapan kişiler olarak ve K vaftiz olan olarak farkedilir şekilde ataklara maruz kalmaya başladık maddi ve manevi ataklara lütfen bu ataklar için güçlü bir şekilde acil dualarınıza ihtiyacımız var Ben .K.L için dua ediniz.

Krallığın Ordusunun siz askerleri olarak Krallığın yeni askerine Elçi olarak aramıza kurtuluşa Hoş geldin dediğinizi ilettik.

Her şeye egemen Kurtuluşun Tanrısı hepimizle beraberdir. sİzleri bereketlesin ve korusun

e.Berkin
G.E.S

Summer Evangelistic Camp 2008

Thank the Lord for the incredible season of camps! Thanks also to the highly committed ministry team of Filipinos that worked so hard for four months conducting 44 camps!

Each three day camp seemed to be blessed by God with souls saved! We had a total of 57,017 campers who were invited to hear the life changing message of the Gospel! 24,054 were dealt with for salvation!

Watch video below...

Camp Leader Report: Jonjon Rovillos Brings 10,000 Young People!

One of the great joys of serving is watching someone who comes to Christ through your ministry develop into a great minister of the Gospel! Jonjon is such a man.

Jonjon came to one of our Christmas events just before we launched the Camp ministry, and became a believer. In less than 24 hours, Jonjon had won his brother to the Lord and his Christian walk has continued to move forward since then.

Today, Jonjon serves as a key member of our camp ministry team. He has developed a strategy that connects students, teachers, school administrators, and civic leaders to our camping ministry.

Through Jonjon's leadership, over 10,000 young people came to camp in 2008! Over 5,000 of them were dealt with for salvation! Praise the Lord for committed leaders. Jonjon holds a degree in Marine Technology, his goals were to be a captain of a ship, but God has Jonjon completing his Biblical Studies degree at BBCAsia. One principal told Jonjon, "Look out the window at all the young people you've taken to camp. You are a captain of a ship, and we are all passengers on your ship!"

Four Schools Send Entire Senior Class to Camp!

Public High Schools in Metro Manila have special "Recollection" times that High School seniors attend each year. Mostly this time is held by a local priest, who conducts mass, takes confession, in an effort to lock in the senior students to their past religion as they move to college.

During our Teachers Moral Value Camp 2007, we had a few principals come to Christ and approach us about this event. The principals wanted our ministry to take their entire senior class to camp in place of the Recollection time! We were blown away by the opportunity. This enabled our team to open up camps during the school year and reach more young people with the Gospel.

Within a couple of weeks of the first request, word spread. We received calls from other principals requesting us to include their students in the program. Over 7,000 senior students ended up coming to camp 2008. The camps were made up of 95% lost young people. In one camp of 1,055 campers, we had 803 come forward for salvation!

On a side note, as a result of this effort, we are planting 2 new churches with the newly saved young people from camp! God is good!

Camp By The Numbers

Total Campers Attending - 57,017

Total Dealt with for Salvation - 24,054

Total Baptized to Date - 5,653

Total Surrendered to Ministry - 1,684

Average Camp Attendance - 1,296

Average Saved Per Camp - 547

Percentage of Unbelievers per camp - 80%

Percentage of Young People Saved - 46%

Cost Per Camper - $23.00

Metro Manila Youth Statistics

Estimated number of Young People in Metro Manila - 5,000,000

Number of Young People that heard the Gospel at Camp - 57,017 or 1%

Number of Young People Still Reachable - 4,942,983 or 99%

Send A Lost Young Person To Cam p 2009!

You can make a difference in a person's life! Giving Hope, a Future , and Eternal

Life!

Every dollar given to this project will be matched by a foundation. In fact for every $1 given, a foundation will give $2!

For every donation of $8 the foundation will match $16 and a y

oung person can go to camp to hear the Gospel!

Your support through prayer and finances has enabled this ministry to grow! Thank you!

LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD!

Greg & LuAnn Lyons

To Partner Send Donations To:

BBFI, Greg Lyons - Camp 2009,

PO Box 191, Springfield, MO 65801