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The Silas Project

Silas News - Autumn 2008

This is our regular newsletter, keeping you up to date with what is happening with the Silas Project, and with its supported workers in Turkey. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the link at the bottom of the email. Please pray particularly that all those ministering in Turkey be given humble spirits that keep them listening to God's voice daily as they grow in their faith. Pray too for the team organising the SE Turkey Ladies Seminar in Diyarbakir next May - they hope for an attendance of 150. Also, give praise to the Kurdish fellowship in North London that is growing at Wilton Chapel, with help from Rod and Enedina Harbottle.

Local Prayer Points

- For Diyarbakir Church (led by Ahmet) in south-east Turkey near Syria: praise for a full and encouraging summer - with a good many visitors and a successful Family Camp, that we have been able to buy the lot next to the church, prayer for our current Discipleship Course, for our outreach to Batman, Erzurum, and Siirt, for a passion in all our members for evangelism, for our week-end book stand, for effective follow-up of interested people, for a lady with breast cancer, for youth members going off on military service, for the newly opened church in Altinozu.

- For Antioch Church (led by Hamdullah), also in south east Turkey near the Mediterranean Sea: praise for a recent believing couple's marriage, prayer for their witness in Ankara, for youth moving away to university and for students starting again at school that they might be good witnesses there, for several recently baptised believers, for several brothers looking for work, for guidance needed by a recently retired brother, for the establishment of churches in nearby Iskenderun and Samandag, for a church building for our fellowship and a van, for a full recovery by Elmas from an operation to her spine.

- For Besiktas Church in Istanbul (led by Kaan): praise for the forthcoming baptism of a brother D... prayer for his strengthening in faith and dedication, for boldness and opening doors from the Lord for our evangelism, for four new and sincere seekers (Y.., S.., M.., and A..) that the Lord may touch their hearts and give them understanding, for a special Jesus film session for ladies that many will come and be challenged, for H... a believing lady under difficult radiation treatments for cancer and for her testimony to be a challenge to family, neighbours, and friends who also need Jesus, for our ministry training program that God will bless and guide those thinking of serving, for wisdom for some of our members in financial difficulties, for Kaan as he witnesses to his elderly mother and aunt, for Alexandra as she shares with local ladies.

- For Internet outreach work (facilitated by Gul in Izmir): praise for the joy that God gives when the Spirit is at work in the lives of people we love, prayer for E... who was an alcoholic, came to faith in Jesus, now terminally ill with cancer and in pain, for M... who was formerly a great help with outreach work in Izmir and now suffers from Parkinson's Disease, for reconciliation between Gul's three sons and their families and herself - and that they might come to know Jesus.

- For the Church of Altintepe in Istanbul - (led by Fatih): praise for our successful summer youth camp, prayer for our follow-up of summer evangelism, for seven believers preparing to be baptised, for good fruit to come from our September family retreat, for Ahu who is expecting her first baby in early 2009, for Fatih that he would reflect Jesus in his ministry and everyday life.

Silas News

We have been busy updating the site recently - use the 'Silas Website' link at the bottom of this email to view the changes. We have created a sister site for the publishing work of Firm Foundation Trust - use the 'FFT Website' link below to view this new site.

We are now supporting six workers in Turkey in total and we are preparing a downloadable 'DVD' that will give you an introduction to them. This 'DVD' will also be suitable for showing at church and other group 'Turkish Evenings'.

In the last few days we have given a Silas presentation to a combined meeting of several churches in Seattle, US, and were greatly encouraged by the response.

Yours in our King and Saviour,

Roger & Yvonne Malstead