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The
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July 2002
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We Pray this finds
you well and trust you are having a good camp meeting. We have had a blessed
day and want to thank the Lord for all his blessings over here. Last night,
Teresa and I stayed with a young man who is dying. He is eighteen years old,
but because of his sickness he only looks like he is eight or nine. His mother
and father are both dead and has only one sister who is very poor. At one of
the courtyards where we have a church we have fixed him a room to stay in until
he dies. His sister told me last night that she only has two beds in her house
to sleep ten people. Every time he would come to stay with her he always had to
sleep on the floor and she didn't believe he had ever had a bed of his own.
Even in the hospital he had to share a room with four other men and every time I
went to see him he would cry because he didn't want to die there with cold
strangers. I thank God we have been able to provide a room and a nice bed for
him die on. It was truly a blessing to see everyone come together to take care
of this orphan boy. Today, Tracy Blalock cut his hair and he was so weak he
could hardly hold his head up from all the blood he is losing and infection he
has in his body. Unless God touches him he will die soon, so please remember
him when you pray. I will leave after I write this letter and stay the night
with him and the other believers.
We had a very good meeting in the village tonight. Before we
left I was able to hold the newest addition to the children's home, one week old
Niki. She is so small, but beautiful. She has more hair than I do, but that's
not saying much anymore. Keith told me on the way to the meeting her mother is
a prostitute and it made him mad when she brought her to the van and just handed
her to them and turned around like it was nothing. Truly these babies would
have no other place in this world without the New Children's Home. We now have
six and are expecting two more new babies anytime. Please pray for this mighty
work.
I thank God for the meeting tonight. Everyone seemed to be tied upon
arrival, but once we got to singing the Holy Spirit took over. People started
to cry as God moved on his children in that little room. We had our first
prayer and it was very strong. Then the people were given a chance to give
testimonies. Many testified. The woman of the house testified of how thankful
she was for the first time she came to the meeting. She didn't want to come,
but was very curious. She listened to the hymns and her heart began to hurt and
when the believers prayed it was like a bird came and took her fear away. She
is so thankful to have the church in her house and when we leave the meeting she
can only stand at the gate with wide eyes waiting for our return. Then one of
the young ladies who is taking care of the dying boy stood and weeping praised
God that there is a place like heaven where this poor boy can go to when he
dies. He has had nothing but pain and trouble all his life, but soon it will
all end and he will finally be at rest. Then another one of the teens stood to
thank God for all he is able to do when you pray. She feeds 25 to 30 children a
day and was having problems with some of the neighbors. She went into her house
and got down on her knees and prayed to her Heavenly Father for help. Not long
after I came around to give out the food for that week. Then without me knowing
anything about what she had done, I began to preach to all of them to not
forsake the house of God. That God only wanted us to come and meet together and
thank Him for the things he had given us. She testified of how this had taken
care of the problem and there was no way I could have known. I told her to keep
praying for me!
Then a lady from Joe's meeting stood and testified of how her husband use
to get drunk and want to beat her for going to the meetings. He wouldn't help
her with anything and he didn't care if she and the children starved to death.
She prayed for him and he became a believer. He was there and not only him, but
also two of his sons and you just can't believe what God has done for this
family. The husband testified and confirmed that everything that his wife had
told was the truth and that he found that when he prayed there was a strength
that came and now his whole family are believers. They feed 35 - 40 children
everyday. Brother Keith Blalock stood and told them that when he had left for
the meeting he was filling really sick and weak, but the Lord had helped him in
the meeting. He has been fasting for three days because there was only $380
that had come in for the running of the children's home this month. Please pray
about this. Then one of our national pastors preached about one of the hymns
that is in the Turkish hymn book. It is from 1 Cor.13. on charity. It was
great. We then sang the song and before it was over just about everyone in the
room was up on their feet with hands in the air singing praises to the Heavenly
Father. It was one of those services where you didn't want to leave. They sang
after the service and all the way back to Constanta. Well we thank God for what
he is doing over here and for you the faithful ones who support us through your
prayers. May God Richly Bless You.
Because of Calvary,
Nathan, Teresa, Jacob & Rachel Reed
And now
abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity”.
1 Cor. 13:13