First night

The first night of the crusade was AMAZING! Thousands of people were there tonight to hear from God and to trust in Jesus Christ!

Wes shared his testimony and sang some songs in English and some in Urdu!

I gave a testimony and shared how we are all of one blood by birth (Acts 17:26-27) and we can all be brothers and sisters through faith in Jesus Christ and the new birth!

David preached from Romans 5 and shared that Christ had to die to pay for our sins! He preached on God's love for the people and over 1000 people responded to the gospel invitation to trust in Christ ALONE for salvation! It truly was a Holy Spirit led meeting. Praise the Lord and rejoice that names have been written down in heaven!

Brothers in Christ

Brothers in Christ! Here I am with Wes James, Azeem Dawood and Shehrazer Dawood. Azeem will translate for us as we speak tonight and Shehrazer has been working hard on all the logistics.

Please pray for us - the service starts at 7:00 PM tonight (8:00 AM Texas).

We will be preaching in a village outside Lahore. Pray that we will decrese and Jesus will increase (John 3:30)!

Lahore is a city of over 6 million.

Here are some pics from the roof of our hotel.



A rickshaw is a taxi here in Lahore!

The motorbike is a major means of transportation for people here in Lahore. You will see a man, his wife (riding side-saddle), and his children buzzing through town on a motorbike!

It's not the Gideons...

When you come into the hotel room, there is a little clear plastic sign with an arrow on it hanging from the doorframe. It is pointing in the dierction of Mecca so followers of Islam know which way to kneel for prayer.


There is a complementary prayer rug.

And a copy of the Koran.

Lahore

We arrived in Lahore, Pakistan about 4:15 PM Tuesday, March 9. A car bomb exploded here in Lahore yesterday morning. Here is a link to a news aritcle.

Bomb in Lahore kills 8

It is good to see some old friends at the airport! Christian brothers we have worked with in the past met us and brought us to the hotel. It is good to see some of the hotel staff from the last time I was here. Saturday night was the last time I slept in a bed, so after we get a bite to eat, we are going to sleep!

Love you all and pray that Jesus be lifted up!
In Christ,
Rody

Dubai

I'm in Dubai. 8.5 hour trip to London, Heathrow. 3 hour layover there! (Good think, I went to the wrong terminal and had to backtrack!) 6.5 hour flight to Dubai. Got here at 11:30 PM.

Layover here until noon (2 AM Texas time) when we fly out to Lahore.

Pakistan 2010

I leave for Pakistan later this afternoon. It is tough leaving my family! I don't look forward to not laying down in a bed again until Tuesday night! BUT...

We will get to preach Jesus to the people of Pakistan!

Here is a link to the Operation World Prayer Information for Pakistan.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 Brethren, pray for us.