8 New Believers At Our Music/Art Center

Fantastic news! What we have been waiting and praying for the past year. In the past 3 weeks our Filipino partner, John Arcenas, has led 8 teens to faith. Here is his story:

"At the airport on the 25th of February, God gave me a word. It’s at 8th chapter of John verses 31-36, “the truth will set you free...We (Jews) answered him (Jesus)...have never been slaved by anyone...Jesus answered them, everyone who commits sin is slave to sin...So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
The Thais are proud that they never been slaved by any Western power and they are very proud of that. They thought they are FREE! But, Jesus said “everyone who commits sin is slave to sin”. The Thais need Jesus to set them free too.
The Sunday of 28th of February, I shared the message I got from God with our youth during our cell group.
Some of our youth were convicted. They realized that they are enslaved in sin and needing Jesus to set them free. There were seven youth which are in the picture on the right hand side accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior."

Two weeks later another girl believed. Total of 8 teens, 4 boys and 4 girls. Yeah!!!

We are so wanting to be there right now, but are super excited about this news. We know we are where we should be, so we are praying for John and these 8 teens.

Comments

Irene said…
Hallelujah! What an awesome answer to so many, many prayers!
16/3/10 1:29 AM
Anonymous said…
How wonderful! Thanks for sharing this, Wendy! ~Shelley
16/3/10 9:22 PM
Covnitkepr1 said…
Love your baptism pictures at the bottom of your blog. I'm now a follower. maybe you'll check my blog out. keep working for Him.
21/3/10 7:40 AM
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