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SWAT REPORT # 126
Acts 2:8 And how
hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
The good Lord really did something in
Genesis 11 when He confounded the languages all over the earth. Science has never been able to explain it and we
have been grappling with it now for nearly six millenniums.
We just arrived back from two weeks
preaching in Germany and Holland. I leave
again on the 28th for a week in Ukraine. We
minister in eastern and western Europe where exists many countries with nearly as many
languages. Without the gift of tongues it is
a long slow process to get the gospel past this barrier.
I don’t have all the answers but I might have one. Some wise man once said, “A picture is worth
a thousand words.” With this idea in
mind the Lord has allowed one of our men who is an artist along with myself to collaborate
in making a WORDLESS BANNER and matching tract. We
are in hopes that this banner will transcend the language barrier and allow virtually
anyone in the world to receive the gospel message. It
is being produced as I write this and will be tested this coming weekend when I take some
of our preachers on a trip to Kiev, Ukraine to preach along with the preachers in the
ministry of veteran missionary Perry Demopolis. Not
only can the attractive banner be studied on the street but the people will receive an
exact copy in hand to further study later. This
may not be of much use in USA or in any single country where one language is prevalent but
in a multi-cultural society like we minister in I believe this will be of great value. You can see this banner in Photo # 126.09. Comments are always appreciated.
In Photo # 126.01 German military
missionary Troy Green preaches with me in
Maastricht, Holland along with another German missionary Gary Lutrick in Photo # 126.02. Several thousand
shoppers and tourists heard
the Word in English and German and between these two languages everyone understood. We enjoyed total freedom to sing and preach and
the people were largely positive in their response. In
these last days opportunities to minister like this one is very enjoyable. I preached a half-week meeting for my good friend
Troy Green and his church there in Germany.
In Photos # 126.03 Mary Bethany
poses with her friend Johanna Weimer in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin,
Germany. Any amateur student of history will
remember that this building played an important part in Hitler’s takeover of Germany
back in the early 1930’s. This building
presently houses the central government of today’s Germany and attracts hoards of
tourists. In Photo # 126.04 I am preaching to
several hundred visitors. In Photo # 126.05 I
am preaching to many more waiting in line. Photo
# 126.06 shows veteran missionary Rick Weimer preaching to more visitors at the Reichstag
building and Photo # 126.07 captures my personal witness to a group of visitors who spoke
English. Being an amateur history buff myself
it was a great opportunity to bring the gospel to such an historic place. I preached the weekend for Bro. Weimer and enjoyed the greatest of fellowship with his family
and church.
In Photo # 126.08 you can see our
college and career group on an outing. They
are always faithful to put out the Word wherever they go.
Pray for these young people, they are very zealous for the Lord but face a
world that is very zealous for evil.
Please pray for my trip to Ukraine
this coming week. I will give you a report
when I return.
Trying to leap over
the language barrier in eastern Europe
Gerald Sutek and the SWAT TEAM for Christ
Amos
5:10, 2 Tim. 1:8 |
