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Greetings from Grand Junction and Turkish WorldjOcrffeach. Ifyolr


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ENTR L

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Two

of

the

staff missionaries

at

the

Turkish

World Outreach

office

here

in

Grand

Junction

recently returned from a church-planting effort in the Central Asian city of Osh, located in the

country of Kyrgystan. They, along with a team of others 37 in all , were attempting to start a

new church in Osh. As to how to go about doing this, the decisionwas made to walk the streets -

praying and talking to people - hoping to be invited into their homes so theycould present Christ

to them. The team reports that fifteen people made the decision to follow Christ. Lessons were

begun also, teaching them more about Jesus. Kyrgystanis just one ofa group ofTurkic nations in

the world that we, at Turkish World Outreach, are targeting for Christ. We need to remember

that

there

are

at least 150 millionTurks in the world, so the task before us is huge.

GOSPEL LETTER

M ILING PROGR M

*

Someofyou are participatingin our

Gospel

LettermaOing program.

You

are part of an exclusive

networkof nearly

1100

volunteers

across

America

who are mailing

Gospel

messages

ofChrist to

Turks in the world. Turks who respond have the opportunity to receivea copy of the JESLFS film

video and a New Testament both in their language and both free). Theycan also request prayer

for personal problems that are occurring in their lives. A follow-up report that we have recently

compiled reveals that in the past three and one-halfyears 1,444 Turks have responded - theyhave

sent in their various requests. TheGospelLetter program is a wonderfulway to be a missionary

at home. Please let me know if you wish to participate.

RE ON ILI TION

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Many of you may have heard of the Reconciliation Walk which s

continuing in

Turkey.

The

Walk

is a spiritual remembrance of the First

Crusade. Participants are following

the

routes

taken

by

the

Crusaders

from

Europe

to

the Holy

Land

which

was

completed

in

the years

1096-

1099AD. A

statement

is being

distributed

in local

languages as

they go, a

portion

of

which

includes:

Nine

hundred years age,

our

forefathers carried the name of Jesus Christ in

battle

across the

Middle

East.

Fueled

by

fear, greed and

hatred,

they betrayed the name

of

Christ

by

conducting

themselves ina

manner

contrary to

His

wishes and

character...

We

wish

to retrace

the

footsteps

of theCrusaders inapology for their

deeds and...

(wewish

to

demonstrate) the true

meaning

of

the

Cross.

We deeply regret the

atrocities committed

in the

name

of

Christ by

our

predecessors...

Where

they

were

motivated

by

hatred

and prejudice, we offer

love

and

brotherhood. Jesus

the

Messiah

came to

give life... Participants

inAe

Walk

arenot

trying

to

repent

on the

Crusaders

behalf. s we all know, no one

can

secure eternal forgiveness

for

those

who have passed on. It

is

however an attempt at reconciliation, which

s

a principle of

Jesus

hris t


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TURKISH

BELIEVER S CONFERENCE

Turkish Christians from acrossAmericaare invited oncea year to gather in Grand Junctionfor a

week-long period of: praying

together,

sharing testimonies,

general

fellowship

and

strategy-

planning sessions

on

haw to reach other

Turks

for Christ. The group this year

numbered

about 28,

and they came

from

the geographic extremes of

America; Oregon,

Florida,

Michigan,

California

andso

forth. One

young

lady who attended with her

brother

(who

isa

Christian)

had

been

sent

to

America recently

by

their parents

to

bring her brother back

to

Islam . Her

brother shared

the

Gospel

ofJesus with her, and

she

was

baptized

into

Christ

in

the swimming pool

at the motel

while here. Prai se the

Lord

ni

CENTER

OF

THE UNIVERSE

Occasionally, especiaUy here

lately,

those

of

us

in Colorado get the notion that we are at the

center of the universe The publicity

that

we have

received,

relative

to

violent acts, is

undesirable. The

student

rioting

at

Colorado University

inBoulder is

an

example.

The

big frial

in Denver, as a result

of

the Oklahoma City

bombing,

is always

with us. The murder of

littie

JonBen^t (unsolved so far) is

areal

black eye . The

Colorado connections

(there were many ) in

the

Heaven's

Gate mass suicide

incident

are embarrassing. The crash (accident,

suicide

or

foul

play

{ }

of

the

Air Force A-10

plane

into

the

rugged mountainside of Gold Dust Peak

(elevation

13,365 feet) in the Rockies continues to

be

a

mystery.

Lately the G-7 Summit conference

of

world

leaders has drawn the attention of the world to Denver; we are thankful that there was no

violence.

Fortunately

we are

not at

the center

of

the

universe.

Fortunately again) God is at

the center

of

everything.

The violence and terrible deeds in

the

world must grieve Him greatly.

Our

religious

leaders

must begin

taking

astand

against Christian persecution

in the

world.

An

example

of this

is featured in

the

July

12^

issue of

WORLD

magazine.)

What must

He

think

of

His

creation

Man? Fortunately (again) He

is giving

us

a little

more time to spread

the

Good

News to every

part of His creation.

We

must continue to work hard, seizing every opportunity to tell all who

will listen that Christ

is

the only way to

eternal

life with God, as told

inHis

Holy Book.

This newsletter is published by. Turkish World Outreach

508 Fruitvale Court

Grand Junction,

CO 81504

(970) 434-1942 E-mail: [email protected]

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