An update from our cross-cultural workers...

Eight years ago, Eric and I began the preparations for church planting among the Turks - not knowing that we would change countries, expand our vision, and meet people who called us to be more creative and more strategic.  One such man is Eno.  
 
Among the 60 different Turkic people groups, Eno, a Turkish man, was called by God to raise his own people to be church planters (CP) and make disciples of as many as possible.  As we prepare for more strategic prayer and CP work among the villages in Macedonia, we had a call with Eno whose training center is five hours away from us and who uses DMM (the same strategy as us).  At the training center, new Turkish church planters are trained for two months and at the end of their time, they return to Uzbekistan, or the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kosovo and more, to put their training to work.  
 
Their first assignment is Luke 10 missions into cities and villages with no known believers. They go out two by two with no money and no change of clothes to prayer walk, look for people of peace, bless the town, and heal the sick.  
 
Eno has brought prayer teams into Macedonia for 20 years. Many years ago, Eno and his two friends were walking up a hill into a village here and a Yoruk Turk, came running up to him and said, “come into my house right now”.  In Muslim culture, men do not run, and the expectation before any business talk is tea.  This man didn’t even begin to prepare the tea but said, “last night in my dream, three men came walking up a hill to see me and they had a book for me”.  Eno and his friends told the man, yes, we are here to bring peace to your house and we have brought you a book.  Unfortunately, the man didn’t remain with Christ but Jesus prepared him to hear from this team. 
 
While we were on the call, we told Eno that our church in Las Vegas (you all), was preparing to arrive in three weeks, as a Luke 10 team to prayer walk through the city and surroundings of Gostivar.  He couldn’t believe it.  He told us that there have been prayers for 20 years that long term workers would come and reach the Turks of Macedonia.  
 
As you send Pastor John and Angela, Steven and Danica, Tricia, Tiffany, and Michael, they will be asking many of you to join their “Prayer Shied”.  Each person coming to Macedonia has been asked to try to raise up 10 people who will commit to praying daily for them and for their Luke 10 mission.  That means that at least 70 people will be praying daily!  Will you pray that people in Gostivar would begin to have dreams about this Luke 10 team coming to bless them?  
 
If you know anything about us, you know that we believe prayer is the most important work of any ministry, strategy, and vision.  Your friends are coming with Christ’s battle cry to begin to take back this land and its souls for Jesus.  Send up your battle cry, SRC!  Cry out to the Lord of the Harvest to make His glory known among the Muslims in Macedonia.

~ Laura