November 2021 Mission Cry Magazine

MISSIONCRY

EMPOWERING NATIVE MISSIONARIES SINCE 1956

CONTENTS NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT BIN LADEN COMPOUND MINISTRY

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BIBLES IN BURMA 06-07

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MISSION CRY SPANISH BIBLE

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GOLF OUTING SUCCESS

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NIGERIA PRISON MINISTRY

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CONDITIONS IN INDIA

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BIBLES SENT

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NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT As I write this letter, I’m in awe of the partnership, friendship and brotherhood that I have with each one of you who sacrificially gives of your time, resources, and heart for this mission. As this year winds, down I think of all that you and I have accomplished together and it motivates me to think of those that will greet you in heaven someday for your faith and action. It also thrills me to think of our father in heaven and his son Jesus the Christ and the Holy Spirit forming and fashioning a crown for you for that day that you stand before him. As you look at that crown, I’m sure that your evangelism and missions’ jewel in that crown is going to be outrageously beautiful.

Rev. Jason & Maria Woolford

As you know, we’ve started a new endeavor with the Mission Cry Bible both in English and now in Spanish. We’re having a great success as South and Central America are one of few places that we cannot send English to, and this has already been a very big blessing in both South and Central America.

You will read in this issue of the Mission Cry Magazine of the special OPs program that we did on the compound and near the compound of Osama bin Laden, on the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan giving people the Word of God who in most cases make less than a dollar a day. You and I together are equipping people with the armor of God: the helmet of salvation and the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the belt of truth, the gospel shoes of peace, and above all the Word of God (sword of the Spirit). I mentioned that because you are creating and giving people the ability to have their faith built as they read the living Word of God. Those that have had family members martyred for the sake of being Christians have written or called me telling me that they have been encouraged by the Word of God, Bibles and seminary materials that they’ve received from you and I so that they may continue to evangelize.

As always, I want you to know my staff and I pray every Thursday lifting up those that volunteer to this mission, who give of their gas, time, resources and talents. I’m expecting and believing God to move miraculously on your behalf. I pray that God this year would enlarge your territory, giving you the desires of your heart, bring healing and health to your family, and encourage you where there is discouragement. Remember we serve a mighty God. He has got you in the palm of his hand, he knows your name. Please visit our YouTube page entitled YouTube CRI Books for updates on those that have thanked us via video for giving them life and encouraging them.

Until we speak again, God bless you and know our God has his eye on this great nation, he hears your prayers and sees your actions.

Rev. Jason Woolford President Mission Cry / CRI

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OSAMA BIN LADEN COMPOUND OUTREACH Rev. Woolford, when preparing for a message recently, read an article on the infighting over the use of the compound where Osama Bin Laden was miraculously found and decimated by military forces in 2011. This is our story of how we are stepping in to claim that land back for Christ. This is our Mission Cry.

3,000 Afghanistan refugees were given the New Testament Bible and taught the G300 Discipleship Program.

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taking back

THE LAND

Rev. Jason Woolford thought of those that are believers in Christ Jesus but also those who are followers of the false religion of Islam. He prayed, “Lord God, that land, that dirt at the compound, is yours! It does not belong to satan or Osama bin Laden. It is yours and I want to take that area back for you, I want to send Bibles to the closest 500 houses surrounding the site.” We began to pray and plan.

We reached out to our Pakistan missionary there, letting him know what our heart cry was for this land. We needed to claim it back and spread God’s Word! He came back to me a couple days later and said, “We’re in”. We gave 2,000 Bibles in total, not only there, but additionally reaching the bordering cities of Chaman and Quetta.

MISSION COMPLETED

100 Muslims began following Christ after receiving Bibles from Mission Cry near the compound. One woman (a follower of Islam) who had never looked at a Holy Bible in her life, looked and said, “I do not know the God of this book, but I need him!” She got saved!

We want to thank you, because we know that this is a spiritual war, a war we will win, because of God Almighty and his people putting action with their faith.

The Christians interacted with all people in the area, from older women to young boys, handing out Bibles and praying. The military came into the compound and told them that they needed to stop praying, as traditionally they were holding hands and praying. They stopped, but they continued to pray, walking that entire property, and the military left them alone.

Think about those boys playing on the compound were saved as a result, and what the world was spared, due to the Good News.

Please pray for these new believers in Abbottabad, Quetta, and Chaman. They live in a country very unfriendly to Christians and other religious minorities. Ask God to transform this area where violence and fear once ruled. Pray it would become a place of peace and wholeness.

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Breaking Strongholds

IN MYANMAR

THE PROBLEM: Burma (currently Myanmar) is 80% Buddhist. There are approximately 10 million Christians there who cannot afford a Bible.

With a recent overthrow of the government by the military, day to day life has changed drastically for the people here. Even food and water have become nearly impossible to find, and the military coup is pushing severe intimidation on the people who live here.

Civilians are being killed as they choose to protest and stand up for their rights and for their country.

Christians here are being labeled as having the “C” Virus. They are being made out as mentally insane after supposedly becoming infected with a virus that leads them to believe in God. 06

THE SOLUTION: This year We have sent nearly half a million dollars in Free Bibles and books to seminary students in Myanmar.

Though we are seeing these tragic events unfold before our eyes, Mission Cry has been able to get into some of the most devastated areas of the country and infiltrate it with the Word of God. These people are receiving hope in Christ!

Even through this chaos, we’ve had an open door where we haven’t in a long time. Christians are asking us for more Bibles!

Pray! We need you to pray. Pray these Bibles will lead many people to the love of Jesus, And pray the love of Christians in Myanmar would serve as a beacon of hope for the whole country.

Dear [Rev. Woolford], I am that son [of the man] who’s in charge of the Bible college in Tedim.

The books that Mission Cry sent from the US [have] arrived safely in Tedim! Words are not enough to express our gratitude for the amazing task you guys have done for our ministry here in Burma. Now, we have the largest library in Chin State and we might have one of the largest collections of Christian books in the nation. This is by God’s grace and his grace alone! I’ve attached some photos from the arrival night.

Pictured here: The college & library

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THE MISSION CRY BIBLE ALSO AVAILABLE IN

Spanish With all the chaos our country has seen in border portunities in sharing the Good News of Christ with towns, where people of other nations are flocking the world. to the U.S. by the thousands, there has been much turmoil and unrest. Amidst The Mission Cry New Testament Spanthis, we have found opportunities to ish Bible was birthed from the increasing love on those entering at our Southnumber of requests we have received ern border, and have distributed thouover the years for Spanish material. It’s sands of Bibles to our Spanish-speakthe New Testament, and has the plan ing neighbor who are looking for hope. of salvation in the front. The back has a discipleship program; everything from Often times when we ship Bibles to starting off your life to leaving a legacy other parts of the world, we’re able to that will honor the Lord and continue send them the Word of God in English to lead others to Him long after we’re because many of these nations teach gone from this earth. and speak English. Central and South America, where so many We can have this Bible printed of these people are coming from, and shipped overseas for the are among the places we really price of just $2 per Bible. Will you cannot send English literature consider partnering with Mission to, as English is not as likely to Cry as the year comes to a close? be spoken and taught among the Your gift is not only tax-deductpeople in those areas. This Spanible, but will be a part of the ish New Testament has opened change to someone’s eternity that the door to all sorts of new opthis world so desperately needs.

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FOURTH ANNUAL

GOLF SCR AMBLE OAK LANE GOLF COURSE

Golf Outing Success!

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who made this year’s golf outing the huge success that it was. Thank you to Oak Lane Golf Course for hosting us, thank you to those who helped us set up and tear down, and thank you to each and every one of our sponsors! This event could not happen without you. Because of this event, we were able to raise money for a container and a half that will send God’s Word overseas, sharing the Good News with the world. Lives and eternities will be changed as a result of your generosity through this year’s golf outing.

Pictured to the left: Charles and team with this year’s winning trophy!

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Remember FROM THEN TO NOW the stories we shared in 2020 coming from Nigeria? Stories of Christians being mutilated and churches being burned. By the grace of God, we were able to send containers filled with Bibles to these people, and share the Word of God!

TESTIMONIES FROM NIGERIA

PRISONERS, CHILDREN, AND BIBLES

WE HAVE BEEN DIVINELY BLESSED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA. MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO SEND BIBLES AND BOOKS TO OUR MISSIONARY, FOR USE OF DICSIPLING THOSE IN NIGERIAN PRISONS. THESE MEN ARE COMING TO THE LORD AND GROWING IN HIM AS A RESULT.

On behalf of GoodNews Jail & Prison Ministry Nigeria Inc., I write to thank you for the provision of Bibles, books and other Christian materials to us here in Nigeria.

The just arrived container was a real blessing and I know it will assist many others.

The consignment arrived in Nigeria in a good condition and we received it with joy in our heart. Despite the custom policies and Nigeria factors, the Lord was with us to handle the clearing experiences accordingly.

With the vision to reach out to inmates and communities, I will ensure that the materials will be given to the right persons and it will be used effectively to the glory of God. Finally, thanks so much for your kind support to our ministries in Nigeria. Please give my regards to all the sponsors, volunteers, and staff and family members for the work done to get the container to us.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely, Chaplain N. M.

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Director of Chaplains GoodNews Jail & Prison Ministry Nigeria Inc.

BREAKTHROUGHS IN INDIA BRINGING CHANGE TO ODISHA STATE

Strongholds Broken A Pastor from India in the state of Odisha, a known hotbed I decided not only to give a pallet of seminary, Bibles, for radical Hindus, reached out to Mission Cry with a re- Christian books, Mission Cry New Testament Bibles and quest. This brother from India oversees three seminaries, Mission Cry Daily Journals, but to send nearly 70,000 and asked if he could get a pallet of books in order to help in copies in two sea containers to the state of Odisha. The great getting students Bibles, Christian books and seminary ma- news about this is not only will this provide those hurting terials. In addition, he mentioned that it would be a bless- the ability to have a Bible, but it will also help get all three ing if they could have extra copies of Bibles and books for seminaries credentialed by December of this year. We will evangelism in that area. During this then take those that want to attend, request I also read about a 14 year old WE WILL TAKE [THEM], TRAIN train them up at the seminary and boy who was stoned to death for be- THEM, AND SEND THEM BACK send them back out to these radical ing a Christian. He then literally, not areas, that those radicals may see the TO THOSE RADICAL AREAS. love of Christ and be set free. To put figuratively, was chopped into thousands of pieces and spread out through some of these rad- this into perspective, he would have needed $1,000,000 to ical Hindu areas. They did this to remind people that they get this accomplished; however, due to the donations of the should not be Christians. Our brothers and sisters around above materials, we were able to ship him everything he the world are under such persecution and all they’re asking needed at no cost to him. You and I together were able to for is to be able to have a Bible to read about the very God send this due to your support of sending containers and they’re being martyred or beaten for. donating your used books.

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LET THE WORLD HEAR YOUR MISSION CRY

BIBLES SENT ACROSS THE GLOBE

2021 CONTAINERS

PAKISTAN

ECUADOR

INDIA

The Bibles we sent to Pakistan went to a missionary on the ground who passed them out to the 500 homes nearest the compound where Osama bin Laden was captured.

While Christianity is the largest religious group in Ecuador, there is still a problem with violence. Recently, Ecuador saw the largest prison riot in history, where over 100 inmates were massacred. With your help, we are able to share God’s Word here!

We have sent two containers to India this year, focusing on Odisha state. This area has seen violent Hindu extremism for decades. Mission Cry is partnering with pastors here to develop seminaries.

AFRICA

MEXICO

STATESIDE

So far in 2021, we have sent two containers to Tanzania, one to Ethiopia, one to Sudan, and one to Nigeria. In each of these countries we continue to have opportunties to minister to the lost.

For the third year in a row, we were able to send Bibles to Guadalajara, and minister in some of the darkest parts of the country.

While our focus typically centers around sending Bibles overseas, we have had opportunities to minister stateside as well. We recently sent Bibles to be handed out to imigrants at the border wall.

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19 CONTAINERS SENT IN 2021

AFGHANISTAN & IRAN

We have had incredible opportunities to minister in the Middle East this year. God has opened the door for us to pass out Bibles around Osama bin Laden’s compound, and bring hope where there is much unrest.