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by David Harris
Visits to the ministries of BIMI missionaries
in Asia and the North Pacific have been such
a blessing as we see people getting saved
and lives being changed by the power of the
Gospel. My wife, Jenny, and I have seen the
result of faithfulness in ministry in the lives
of dedicated missionaries.

We visited a family serving in a communist
country in the fall of last year and preached in
the two churches where they serve. After the
Sunday morning service, a visitor accepted
Christ as her Savior. In our missionary’s most
recent prayer letter it was mentioned that the
husband also trusted Christ. Now they are
both attending their discipleship class. The
missionary has two distinct ministries due to
having many domestic workers from other
countries in their area. These workers only
get one day off a week. Because of schedules,
services are held for one group on Saturday
morning and the other group meets on
Sunday afternoon. God is at work in the lives
of their people as the Word continues to be
proclaimed. Please pray for this church. Due
to governmental pressure there may come a
day in the future that the missionary will be
forced to leave.

It was an amazing thing to see the Word of
God being proclaimed and many people
responding to the Gospel when we visited
four BIMI families’ ministries in the
Philippines on different trips. On our trips
last year there were over 100 people who
trusted Christ as Savior. We also were able
to meet with most of our BIMI family in that
region in Field Conferences. They reported
many people coming to Christ in their
ministries. The Philippines is one of the most exciting
places to see God at work. At the ministry
of Doug and Becky Sisson in southern
Mindanao (min-da-now) where they
have served for over 20 years, there were
50 people who trusted Christ during one
Sunday of services. Most of those were due
to the testimony of a faithful Filipino who
regularly shared the Gospel with his family
and friends. The week before we arrived, this
gentleman passed away and his body lay in
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Rick Martin preaching
state during the weekend. Many
of those he had tried to reach
came and got saved!
Jenny and I also visited Rick
and Becky Martin who have
served in central Philippines for
over 45 years as they held their
annual Pastors and Workers
Conference. Before the meeting,
there were daily opportunities to
proclaim the Gospel to school
children, to teachers, to police,
to prisoners, and to local people
in a mountain village church
who attended a medical mission.

On the weekend, we were able
to preach in one of the first
churches started by a graduate.

There were approximately 1,000
people in attendance and many
trusted Christ that day. The
following day began two days
of teaching Christian workers
followed by two more days of
preaching to pastors. There were
approximately 800 pastors and
thousands of church workers
present during the week. What
a wonderful blessing it is to see
God’s people at work and the
Lord calling out a people for His
name! I traveled to the island of Tinian to visit the ministry of Roger
and Liz Workman. They have been faithful to proclaim the
Gospel on the small island of Tinian for 20 years. Tinian
is a neighboring island to Saipan. Four runways remain
that were the launching place of the B-29s during WWII.

Interestingly, the U.S. military is building their presence
on that island again and some of those doing the work are
visiting the Calvary Baptist Church of Tinian. While we
were there, one of our U.S. military personnel trusted Christ
as Savior. Praise the Lord for missionaries being willing to
give their lives and to live in remote areas in order to give
people the Good News of the Gospel.

One thing evident from our visits is that wherever faithful
missionaries go, the Gospel is proclaimed and people are
saved. Imagine what could be done if others were willing to
go. Would you pray about going to reach people in Asia or
the North Pacific? W
David and Jenny Harris with Liz and Roger Workman
After trips to the Philippines and
Hong Kong last fall, my wife and
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