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PraisetheLordforthemanynewopportunitiesHehasgivenus.SukeshPabarireturnshomefromKenyathismonthtotakeupapastorateinClevedon.WearecurrentlyprintingfournewbookshetranslatedintoSwahiliwithtwomorere‐prints.HehopestocontinuetheworkinKangwangwarewithtripsabroadasacaretakerofthiswork.Overthirtybookshavebeenprintedandarebeingdistributed.Whenwesay“distributed”,wehavelearnedthatonebookisontheRadioinTanzania.WehavesupportedStephenNowakinhistrainingvisitstoTanzaniawithnearon20,000ofSukesh’sSwahilibooks.OnStephen’srecentvisittotheMbeyaregionhefoundthatonepastorwasusingaSwahilibookreceivedpreviously,onaregularradioslot,whereeachweekhereadsachapterofJohnPiper’s“50ReasonsWhyChristCametoDie”andmakescommentsonit.With50chaptersthisgiveshimmaterialforoneyear.SotheLordismultiplyingthebreadagain.

Recently,PastorRobinreturnedfromPakistanwheretheLordopenedmanydoorsforthegospel.TheLord

allowedhimtopreachinthreedifferentchurches,speakatoneBiblecollege,visittwolibraries,and

distribute500Urducopiesof“FoundationofChristianFaith”with4000leaflets.Thedifficultiesand

persecutionofChristiansinPakistanarewellknown,yetRobinfoundgreathumilityandhungerforGod's

word.PrayforboldnessforPakistaniChristianstoreachouttoMuslimsandtrustinHimwhoisabletosave

theirsouls.Thereisagreatneedforcommentariesandtopicalbooks.InonechurchRobinsays:”Iwas

askedtospeakrightattheendoftheserviceandItook50copiesofFOCFinUrdu.BythetimeIcameout

ofthechurchmostofthemweregone.”Theeffectofsincanbeseen.Duringthevisitawomenwas

stonedtodeathbyherfamilymembers,asuicidebombkilledtwoarmyofficers,therewasthekillingof

Shia'sMuslims,andanattackonKarachiairport.Notall

thesethingsreachournews.Robinisgratefultothose

whoprayedforhim.Hewashopingtobringhismotherto

theUKduetoherpoorhealth,buttheyhavenotbeen

abletoobtainavisa.

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CBWiscurrentlyprintinginUrdu“Preaching,PureandSimple”byStuartOlyott

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OurChairman,Jeremy,justgotbackfromanendofyearconferencewithGarryWilliamsinNis,Serbia,attheBalkansTheologicalSeminary,whichwasestablishedin2013.ThosewhoknowthebrethreninSerbiawillhaveheardofSimoRalevicandhisbrothers.Simo'sstory,howhesurvivedunderthecommunistregime,andhowhisfamilycametoknowtheLord,andthenstartedtranslatingandpublishinghundredsofReformedbooksandevangelisticmaterial,isanamazingoneofpraisetotheLord.JeremyhasknownSimofromboyhoodwhenhisfather(JohnMarshall)usedtotakethefamily'biblesmuggling'fortheirfamilyholidays.ThisvisitwastheculminationofmanydreamstoestablishasuitabletrainingcollegeforstudentsandpastorslivingintheBalkanregion.

RogerWeil'sbook"FoundationsoftheChristianfaith",and"KnowingGod"byPackerhavejustbeenpublishedinSerbian,andweredistributed.

GarryWilliamslecturedfortwodaysto10students(whoarebeginningtrainingfortheministry)plusabout30‐40otherswholistenedin.Mostseminarystudentsinanycontextarekeentolearn,butitwasapleasure,andaprivilegetoteachmensoobviouslyhungryforGod'sword,andinacontextwherethereissolittleofit.

Therewereapproaching21/2hoursofQandAwithlotsofgoodquestions,whichisalwaysasignofrealengagementandthinking.Peoplecomefromquitefar.TherewereanumberofstudentsandattendeesfromMacedoniainparticular.ThenewlyrefurbishedbuildingsinthecentreofNis(thesecondcityofSerbia)allowstudentstostayovernightandeatonsite.Thelibrary,whichwastiny,ismuchexpandedwitholdandnewbooksontheologyinbothSerbianandEnglish,manysuppliedbyCBW.Garryhelpedwiththesyllabusfornextyear.

TheBalkansregionissoneedyspirituallyandmaterially,andtheworkofthisfledglingseminaryislikeasmallseedthatweshouldpraywillgrowintoastrongtree.

EmanueladdressingstudentsatBalkansTheologicalFaculty

Jeremy Marshall, DavidIde‐(davidide@btconnect.com)01483200342RobinAsgher,MikeTaylor(mtaylor@christianbooksworldwide.org)01372372983CHRISTIANBOOKSWORLDWIDEisaregisteredcharity.No1127503

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PrintinginBurmese,HakhaChin,Urdu,Hindi,Tamil,Vaiphei,Zulu,Shonaand6booksinSwahili.NewRussianstock.

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