Sydney, Australia
Friday Morning, September 11, 2009
Dear Friends and Partners in the Great Commission,
Peace and grace to you in abundance through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We just received a praise report from Pastor Joshua Gowda, the Elijah Challenge Training Center Director in India. He informed us that Elijah Challenge-trained churches are now the fastest growing churches in North India in terms of winning souls! We are unworthy servants and thankful to be used by Him in such a way.
Early yesterday morning Lucille and I arrived here in Sydney. We are staying in a very nice area of the city close to the Harbor and the Sydney Opera House. Our host is Pastor Ray Kaunang and the Filadelfia Community Church, the thriving Indonesian congregation he and his wife Debbie planted 13 years ago by faith.
Pastor Ray has contacts among Indonesian servants of God throughout the world, and has expressed a willingness to help open doors for us in the future to train many missionaries and village pastors in Indonesia. The Basic Training is especially designed for the kind of challenges that these servants of God will face in their ministries. One miracle can help to bring an entire village to Jesus Christ.
Here in Sydney there are thousands of Indonesians for whom Christ died. Our job will be to train Indonesian disciples how to heal the sick and cast out demons effectively as a demonstration that Christ can save them from their sins and give them eternal life. Since the Training will be in the Indonesian language, Lucille and I will take turns teaching the Sessions. Tonight (Friday) we will begin the Basic Training.
Please pray that the Lord will again grant us his wisdom and grace to train His disciples effectively this weekend. May He enable us to follow the example of Jesus who taught his disciples to heal the sick and cast out demons as He sent them out to preach the gospel. May the teaching be confirmed by many miraculous healings during the demonstrations at the end of the Sessions.
May the event this weekend open the door for us to train many Indonesian missionaries and village pastors in the future.
Here is the schedule for the Basic Training along with address and contact information for the Church if needed:
Friday, September 11 from 7 to 10 pm Saturday, September 12 from 10 am to 5 pm
Note: For those of you in the USA, Sydney time is 15 hours ahead of Houston time.
Filadelfia Community Church Alamat: Avillion Hotel 389 Pitt St, Sydney 2000 Gembala sidang/ Ketua Pdt. Ray Kaunang Alamat korespondensi Filadelfia Centre Suite 447, level 4, 311Castlereagh St, Sydney 2000 Phone 02 9212 3826, 0410 651 129 Fax 02 9212 3940 E-mail address: gbifiladelfia@bigpond.com.au

 
Thank you for praying for us, dear brethren.
Sincerely in Christ,
William
www.TheElijahChallenge.org