Dear Praying Friends,
How can I express adequately my thanks to those of you who prayed for our recent trip to Indonesia and Cambodia? I can truly say that I was very conscious of your prayers on more than one occasion and of the Lord’s help as a result of them.
We arrived in Bandung, Indonesia on a Friday evening, February 19, after some 48 hours of travel. After a good night’s rest, I began teaching Saturday morning on the subjects of justification and regeneration. In spite of inadequate heart preparation, the Lord was gracious to grant me reality and utterance throughout the day. Sunday afternoon, I continued with two more messages on regeneration. These messages were videotaped for use on an Indonesian web site, where the Indonesian version of my book will also be posted, along with Indonesian translations of Tim Conway’s various Bible studies on the Person of Christ.
Two of the leaders from Papua, Indonesia (on the east side of Indonesia) were able to be present at these meetings and will hopefully be able to take the teachings concerning justification and regeneration back to their own people in the Mamberamo swamp region of Papua (an area about the size of Rhode Island inhabited by some 10,000 people). There seemed to be a special need for the truths concerning regeneration—that trees can be known by their fruit, that good trees always bear good fruit, etc. Three thousand copies of the Indonesian version of Justification & Regeneration are being printed at this time, with 1,000 copies already spoken for. How we thank God to have this part in ministering to His people in Indonesia!
The remainder of the week (Mon-Thurs), we spent with the believers of Asih Pamitran, visiting a village where quilting is done to support those who have been disowned by their Muslim families, and visiting a mountain village where only two families are Christian in an all-Muslim population. Tim Conway taught the believers of Asih Pamitran and in some of the villages we visited.
On Friday we started back to Jakarta. Tim and I taught a small group of leaders on Friday morning, then on Friday evening I spoke to a group of Christians gathered in a home in Jakarta. In both the morning and evening meetings, I felt great gratitude to the Lord for helping me to give the right word (unplanned by me) for the need of the hour. Saturday evening, both Tim and I spoke at separate youth meetings. I felt special help and great encouragement in speaking to about 100 young people on the subject of “Superficial Faith.” Many were converted drug addicts and seemed to be very appreciative of the message and desirous to live “all out” for God. It was a memorable time together.
We left very early Sunday morning for a series of meetings in Cambodia (Mon-Wed). I found this time to be hard going, partly because I felt weak in faith, partly because of the heat, partly because of difficulties with the translator, and partly because I came down with a head cold that caused me to lose my voice on Tues and Wed. I was able by God’s grace to finish my messages, but was unsure just how much I had been able to “connect” with the people. Tim, however, was enabled to give powerful messages re. the Person of Christ, so I am hopeful that there will yet be eternal fruit from that conference. Wednesday afternoon (after the conference was finished) we visited a memorial for the millions killed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s. The memorial is housed at the notorious S-21 torture camp in Phnom Penh. It was sobering to see once again the unbelievable inhumanity of fallen men—an inhumanity that continues to this present day in torture camps throughout the world. Come Lord Jesus!
Our return trip home began on Thursday morning. At the airport in Phnom Penh, my name showed up as having booked a flight for the preceding day! Again, prayers were answered when I was able, in spite of this mix-up, to get on the flight out to Kuala Lumpur and then to rebook flights for the remainder of the trip.
In concluding this brief report, I am mindful again that more has been left unsaid than has been said. I am also mindful that the things I considered to be most important may have been the least important in God’s overall plan. I know also that whatever lasting fruit comes from this trip will be owing in large part to the prayers and faithful support of those who are reading this email. To God be the glory!
Charles Leiter
How can I express adequately my thanks to those of you who prayed for our recent trip to Indonesia and Cambodia? I can truly say that I was very conscious of your prayers on more than one occasion and of the Lord’s help as a result of them.
We arrived in Bandung, Indonesia on a Friday evening, February 19, after some 48 hours of travel. After a good night’s rest, I began teaching Saturday morning on the subjects of justification and regeneration. In spite of inadequate heart preparation, the Lord was gracious to grant me reality and utterance throughout the day. Sunday afternoon, I continued with two more messages on regeneration. These messages were videotaped for use on an Indonesian web site, where the Indonesian version of my book will also be posted, along with Indonesian translations of Tim Conway’s various Bible studies on the Person of Christ.
Two of the leaders from Papua, Indonesia (on the east side of Indonesia) were able to be present at these meetings and will hopefully be able to take the teachings concerning justification and regeneration back to their own people in the Mamberamo swamp region of Papua (an area about the size of Rhode Island inhabited by some 10,000 people). There seemed to be a special need for the truths concerning regeneration—that trees can be known by their fruit, that good trees always bear good fruit, etc. Three thousand copies of the Indonesian version of Justification & Regeneration are being printed at this time, with 1,000 copies already spoken for. How we thank God to have this part in ministering to His people in Indonesia!
The remainder of the week (Mon-Thurs), we spent with the believers of Asih Pamitran, visiting a village where quilting is done to support those who have been disowned by their Muslim families, and visiting a mountain village where only two families are Christian in an all-Muslim population. Tim Conway taught the believers of Asih Pamitran and in some of the villages we visited.
On Friday we started back to Jakarta. Tim and I taught a small group of leaders on Friday morning, then on Friday evening I spoke to a group of Christians gathered in a home in Jakarta. In both the morning and evening meetings, I felt great gratitude to the Lord for helping me to give the right word (unplanned by me) for the need of the hour. Saturday evening, both Tim and I spoke at separate youth meetings. I felt special help and great encouragement in speaking to about 100 young people on the subject of “Superficial Faith.” Many were converted drug addicts and seemed to be very appreciative of the message and desirous to live “all out” for God. It was a memorable time together.
We left very early Sunday morning for a series of meetings in Cambodia (Mon-Wed). I found this time to be hard going, partly because I felt weak in faith, partly because of the heat, partly because of difficulties with the translator, and partly because I came down with a head cold that caused me to lose my voice on Tues and Wed. I was able by God’s grace to finish my messages, but was unsure just how much I had been able to “connect” with the people. Tim, however, was enabled to give powerful messages re. the Person of Christ, so I am hopeful that there will yet be eternal fruit from that conference. Wednesday afternoon (after the conference was finished) we visited a memorial for the millions killed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s. The memorial is housed at the notorious S-21 torture camp in Phnom Penh. It was sobering to see once again the unbelievable inhumanity of fallen men—an inhumanity that continues to this present day in torture camps throughout the world. Come Lord Jesus!
Our return trip home began on Thursday morning. At the airport in Phnom Penh, my name showed up as having booked a flight for the preceding day! Again, prayers were answered when I was able, in spite of this mix-up, to get on the flight out to Kuala Lumpur and then to rebook flights for the remainder of the trip.
In concluding this brief report, I am mindful again that more has been left unsaid than has been said. I am also mindful that the things I considered to be most important may have been the least important in God’s overall plan. I know also that whatever lasting fruit comes from this trip will be owing in large part to the prayers and faithful support of those who are reading this email. To God be the glory!
Charles Leiter
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