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JOHN BRADSHAW
P.O. Box 6, Chattanooga, TN 37401-0006 • TEL 423.362.5800 • FAX 877.507.3239 • www.itiswritten.com
May 2017 Dear It Is Written Friend, All around the world God is using It Is Written to bring people to faith in Christ. I recently returned from Moldova where a team of 32 It Is Written volunteer evangelists and medical missionaries conducted meetings throughout the country. We were joined by nearly 60 local pastors and lay workers who had been trained by It Is Written Associate Speaker Pastor Eric Flickinger. Although Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, I saw rich enthusiasm for evangelism among church members. More than 250 people were baptized, more than that area had experienced in all of last year! And thanks to your financial support we were able to provide 20 local churches with video projectors to conduct their presentations and use in ongoing evangelistic outreach. One of the local church members said, “Since I remember, we never had such success in evangelism in my church.” Perhaps the most exciting thing of all is the renewed commitment to evangelism in Moldova as churches are following up on hundreds of Bible study interests. Pastor Flickinger recently concluded a series of meetings in Jamestown, North Dakota. Greg had all but given up on life and was considering suicide when he received a flyer announcing Eric’s series and decided to attend. On opening night he went to a bar instead. The next night, he again felt impressed to attend but once again ended up drinking. However, this time he left the bar and went to the meeting. He attended every night, turned his back on his old life, and accepted Jesus and was baptized. His family was overjoyed! In June, an It Is Written medical missionary evangelism team of more than 120 volunteers— including 80 medical professionals—will be ministering in Mongolia. Thanks to your support, It Is Written’s Mission: Mongolia project has already drilled wells, provided free medical services to hundreds of people, and distributed Bibles in Mongolian to people eager to read God’s Word. Now we are working with the local government to arrange the largest free health clinic that the capital city of Ulaanbaatar has ever seen. Erden, the tongue-tied boy I told you about last year, is scheduled for surgery.