Ministry Update

December 2010

Dear Ministry Partners,

God is at work in Europe!

Lives are being transformed!!

Your prayers and financial investment have made the difference.

As we come to the end of another year, I am struck by God’s faithfulness in building in His church.  The 800 million people in Europe who need the Gospel are hearing it for the first time because you have decided to pray and give.

“They put all the idols and some expensive ivory ornaments in the bags, got a hammer, and started smashing them in front of us.”

Writing from Lisbon, Portugal, Peter and Anna Crawford described this dramatic event in the lives of their friends.  Following Armando’s and Liliane’s recent conversions, they did this without prompting from anyone, except the Holy Spirit.  Armando took the pure gold idol to the kitchen and melted it in the oven.  He then gave the gold to his niece, who was instrumental in their conversions, telling her to sell it and give the proceeds to missions.

“She realized then that she was not ready to meetChrist when He came back. She gave her life to Christ . . .”

Doug Groth, in Rabka, Poland, wrote this about Gienia who resisted the Gospel long after her husband, Staszek, had trusted Christ and found deliverance from his alcoholism.  Doug’s wife, Lila, had invited her to Bible studies and eventually she started attending church.  A series of sermons in the book of Revelation opened her eyes for her need to trust Christ.  Today, Staszek and Gienia’s marriage has been transformed as they serve the Lord together.

You share in the blessing of transformed lives through the ministry of ECMI with your prayers and financial support. As you consider what the Lord might have you give this Christmas season, would you consider investing in the expansion of Christ’s Kingdom in Europe?

We are asking the Lord to provide $25,000 for the Ministry Opportunity Fund to help fund ministry projects for 2011 such as:

• Completion of “The Rock” church plant in Timisoara, Romania
• Investment in the Good Samaritan Rehabilitation Center vocational training program
• A strategic church planting initiative in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia
• Mobilization of additional missionaries
• And more . . .

And do not forget our missionaries at this time of year.  They serve at great cost and sacrifice.

Thank you again for your involvement in reaching Europe with the Gospel.

Yours for advancing Christ’s Kingdom in Europe,

George Brown

Executive Director, ECMI-USA

P.S. If the Lord should lead you to give, please visit our website and donate online at www.ecmi-usa.org/donate-now. Just follow the instructions for one of three ways to give.