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We announced a while ago that we were working on developing material aimed at the main areas of doctrinal difficulty we encounter in preaching- Satan, and the Trinity. Our book and website The Real Devil [ www.realdevil.info ] is now widely in circulation, and we've now completed the draft of The Real Christ. You can view it at www.realchrist.info and before we print it, we invite your comments.
Our various websites are visited by thousands of people, and we're in touch online with people all over the world who're seriously interested. This includes in Western countries, and we hope to have some major good news to report soon about this. We recently had the pleasure of meeting up with a lovely couple in Birmingham UK who are former Jehovah's Witnesses and now share the vast majority of our doctrinal positions.
They are zealously preaching to others and setting up a house group.
We feel that former JWs, their families and those influenced by them, are a very good group to witness to. We've therefore developed a website especially for them, at www.exjw.org.uk . We'd like to invite any of you who've had experience with the Watchtower to contact us and maybe provide some personal testimony or articles for that site.
We've also been busy distributing Winter heating assistance in various parts of Eastern Europe. Linda and Nathaniel Jamieson of Australia have been helping us in this.
Photos: Linda and Nathaniel with newly purchased firewood, and waiting at the end of a snowy track for a brother and sister to come on their bicycles and pick them up
Wood is the common fuel in much of Eastern Europe. But it's not as simple as just putting wood on a fire. The wood needs to be cut to a size that will fit in the burner, using a saw or axe, and also dried [or else it won't give much heat or burn properly]. This is challenging work for the sick, elderly, isolated and single mothers. So we've been distributing ready cut and dried firewood where possible.
We took some to our Jewish Sister Olga, who recounted to Linda and Nathaniel her experiences in a Siberian labour camp. Whilst she is now safely back in Latvia, the memories are traumatic for her; and her house and land which the Communists took from her have never been returned. She lives in one room in a decaying Soviet era block in a remote village. She looks forward now in her old age to the Lord's return, His word is her study all the day. We arrived on her unexpectedly, to find her reading the prophecy newsletter faithfully sent to her by brother Charlie French of Australia. We gave her warm clothes, ready cut firewood and other support.
Photos: Delivering the firewood; Olga reading Present Day Events , note the bags of firewood now delivered and her damp walls
Our work with our deaf brothers and sisters continues. We visited with brother Vladimir and his two children, who walked and bicycled as best they could from their unreachable location to the nearest road where we met them and gave them some support- including chocolates for New Year. Their isolation is quite incredible but the daily reading of the word using the Bible Companion has become the mainstay of their lives.
Photo: Vladimir and his children with their bicycles at our meet up point
Thanks to your generosity we've also been able to help a refugee sister from Kurdistan. She has a job minding a small warehouse and is allowed to sleep there. having been on the move for some time, she's quite unwell with stomach ulcers and other complications. She has been sleeping on a blanket and old coats, using a bucket as a toilet, as there is no toilet nor running water there.
She sleeps fully dressed in hat, scarf and jacket which we gave her [all sent over by various brothers and sisters] and sits in front of a small electric heater to keep warm.
Cindy did what she could to diagnose what might be the problem, and we got her medicine
We've got her into better accomodation as of last night. Thanks so much for all your support which enables us to care in this way.
We have heard from our two Iranian refugee brethren in the mountains of Turkey. They write:
"Hello Brother
I received the money and really appriciated. Masod says thanks too. I have to buy coal and fire place for it . We are paying $250 monthly for home water, electricity, and rent monthly $250 and food, etc. In total $500 monthly for a basic living cost. I will do my best anyways. But in that case I will be encourage. Thanks again for your help and support during this long year and wish you the best for new year with health and blessing for you and hoping His return soonest for the Kingdom to beginning!
Your brother
Ali"
Please do continue your prayers and support. We so so appreciate them!
Finally, we'd like to draw attention to a wonderful index to first principle Bible doctrines which has been collated by our Carelinks fellow workers in the USA. We highly recommend it as a thorough job very well done; much of it is the fruit of many years work by a recently baptized brother who kept careful notes throughout his search for Bible Truth. You can view it at http://www.carelinks.net/books/refsindex.htm . There's also ordering information there- Brother Tim Galbraith is currently printing the booklet in India.
With love from your brothers and sisters of CCM