2 Brothers - 2 Books

Last week was such a wonderful week! Thank you all for voting for PLC on Stay Classy last week. For anybody who hasn’t voted yet, the voting lasts until July 26^th so show Craig and PLC some love by following the instructions on last week’s post.

This week I’ve been able to be a part of some amazing things and I would like to share a few of them with you. Before these stories I had only met one Kurdish believer and I was starting to get really discouraged. Well this past week I met SO many! Because of the persecution in our city it is better for us Westerners to keep a little distance between ourselves and the local church, especially us short timers. Luckily though we were invited to a church led by a local here in town. The service was AMAZING. It was all in Kurdish so I did not understand a whole lot but just being in that room filled with local believers was amazing. We sang, studied the word, prayed, and ate together. It was beautiful. That night we were also invited to a baptism!

Last weekend we all loaded up in a bus and headed out to a river. It was a full day filled with a picnic, swimming, dancing, praising the Lord, and my first ever Kurdish baptism!!! I was even able to sing a few of the songs because we sang them earlier that week. I love how Hallelujah is also used in this culture. Words cannot express my joy from that day as I was able to welcome two new brothers into the family. Please pray for these new believers.

Last week was also very special because I got to give out two bibles to two of my friends! Earlier in the summer I was introduced to these friends at our coffee night and we became good friends right away. I was also able to read the Word with them earlier in the summer and they seemed interested in knowing more.  Throughout this summer it has been great to get to know them and share my life with them.  I was so excited when I gave them bibles in their own language.  Please pray that they Spirit will work through the Word in their lives.

Thank you all so much for keeping up with this blog and praying for Craig and I. Words cannot express our gratitude for your prayerful support. We will be returning home early next week. Please keep our last week here and our travel in your prayers. Can’t wait to tell you more about our summer in person!

Tyler