We have come to associate this Islamic country with war and terror. Can Christians even survive  here, let alone share the gospel? Yes they can! Based on responses to an interview with the director of a Christian outreach effort in that country, this issue demonstrates how dedicated Christians are not only holding on to their faith but discovering an amazing response as they proclaim the gospel.  For understandable reasons, the names of people and places are withheld.

The effort in Pakistan reported in this issue is an alternative method of the Board for World Missions.  This method also reflects one of the purposes of Multi-Language Publications – to provide Christian Literature in other areas of the world where our synod do not have resident missionaries.

The following is based on an interview with the director of the school.

Many years ago a Muslim representative of a medical company told me that I was a famous God-fearing doctor. How had I helped my Christian community and the other poor communities? I could not give him a satisfactory answer. I felt very ashamed that I have not been more helpful to all the people around me. I started praying about it and I also started writing to the different churches in the United States. I am thankful to God that the WELS started correspondence with me and that very soon God used me through his grace to be helpful to my family and to my people around me. This is his grace that I, as a small servant of God and an insignificant person, have been used by Him to provide Christian literature to many Christians and Muslims in Pakistan. At the same time the public health clinics, Friday free clinics, lectures on medical awareness and helping earthquake victims have added icing to the cake. May God bless all those people who have been so gracious and compassionate in proclaiming he Word of God to this part of the world. I deeply appreciate their kind gesture.

This article is taken from the Multi-Language Publications newsletter.  Additional articles will also be posted on this blog.