(Bulgaria) Seminar in Turkish Villages, “Cleansed me and sanctified me.”

“My God, he has forgiven me and blest me.
God took the heavy load of sin, and washed me and sanctified me.
I am now a new man and a new creation. Life with the Lord is so beautiful.”
(Hymn of Pastor Isco)

Hymn of Pastor Isco

Pastor Isco was invited to the Sleeven village Bible conference so he attended from Cellopanicherevo.

After hearing the word he desperately pleaded that we come to his church the next day and preach, so we changed our schedule and went to his church, and before the sermon time as he gave his testimony we could not help but to give glory unto God.

Pastor Isco and his Wife

“There is something I want to say to you. I was actually quite tired. There were people abusing the church, there were people who came to church but made me feel greatly tired, therefore I had the heart of wanting to rest and wanting to disappear somewhere. But as I heard the word of the Korean Pastor in Sleeven my heart was completely changed. After I came home I couldn’t fall asleep. I stayed awake for the whole night and I went to the early morning service at 5:30am and because I was unable to bare this heart of thankfulness I made a hymn. I will sing this hymn to you and I want to say sorry to those who were troubled due to me.” (Pastor Isco/Bulgaria Cellopanicherevo)

Good News Mission Bulgaria Plovdiv Church

USA Cantata Tour, Craze about the Cantata in Participating Cities

Cities which are holding the Christmas Cantata establishing “Gracias Christmas Cantata Day.” “I, Richard T.Berry Mayor of City of Albuquerque, do hereby proclaim October 2, 2014 as “The Gracias Choir Christmas Cantata Day”

▲ The City of Albuquerque proclaimed 2nd of October as “Gracias Choir’s Christmas Cantata Day

LA and many other cities which are busy in preparation for the Christmas Cantata is already heating up with great expectations about the up coming performance. Especially the west coast cities which are participating in this Christmas Cantata Tour for the first time cooperated strongly with each city councils which established certain days as ‘Christmas Cantata Day,’ and helped greatly in promoting the event. Through this one could feel a different phase for the Gracias Choir.

▲ Albuquerque’s City Council’s letter of Appreciation

 Pastor Sung Deuk Park in Albuquerque, was very thankful as things which seemed so difficult was being solved one by one through God and, as he was receiving the unexpected letter of appreciation from the city council he was able to introduce about the Cantata and the Gracias Choir in front of 300 city council members. “Everyday after we hand out invitations to each house as we return home, we receive many calls. They say ‘I sincerely thank you for inviting us to this event,’ and also calls which ask ‘I want to invite more friends and family are you able to send more tickets?’ “Many people after having opened the envelope we sent out are unable to hide their joy and express their gratitude.” Pastor Sung Deuk Park (Albuquerque) “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” (John 14:14)

▲ San Antonio also has 5th of October established as Gracias Christmas Cantata Day It is not just Albuquerque. The mayor of San Antonio also proclaimed the performance date of 5th of October as ‘Gracias Christmas Cantata Day.’ Also the city of Cupertino officially sent their congratulatory message and gratitude for the performance happening on the 27th of September at Flint Center which is famous for the new release of Apple products. And separately they also sent a letter of appreciation to Pastor Ock Soo Park for his contribution to the city of Cupertino.  

▲ Letter of Appreciation from the city of Cupertino for the Gracias Choir

▲ Separate letter of appreciation for Pastor Ock Soo Park from the city of Cupertino 

Steven Cohen (Democrat, Tennessee) a member of the House of Representatives, sent a letter of appreciation stating, “I welcome with great joy the IYF and Gracias Choir’s Christmas Cantata happening in (Memphis) Canon Center.” and also expressed his gratitude about the great contribution to society.

▲ The letter of Steven Cohen, Democrat Member of the US House of Representatives 

The west coast of America as well as the east coast is busy in preparation for the Christmas Cantata. We are thankful as God works according to his great plans of wanting to preach the Gospel all over America through this Christmas Cantata. Now starting from the 26th of September in LA, we will be able to see the work of the Gospel which will happen in 20 different cities precisely with our eyes.

A Letter from Swaziland – Experience Learned From WCLW In Korea

A Letter from Swaziland

Dear Pastor Ock Soo Park

EXPERIENCE LEARNED FROM WCLW IN KOREA

Let me congratulate you and the entire church leadership together with its administration for a well prepared program for the 1st WCLW held in July 2014 at Busan city and at the Lincoln English village.

The program was prepared by the Almighty one indeed as his presence could be felt in the testimonies and in every word that was delivered. Through the items that were in the program I deduced that the Lord has called me to be present so that I could be strengthened in my faith and come to understand fully some things which had been hidden to me for a long time. It was good to hear the pastors speaking one language and having one mind on the everlasting kingdom. Our Saviour’s prayer was not in vain.

On Monday 21 July 2014 my mum came to my house to welcome me from Korea and I could not hold myself from telling her what the Lord told me in Korea. When I told her about the forgiveness of sin and being born again she could not believe me. She said there was no way she could be righteous like Christ because she was not a person who had not been good and had no good deeds. I then told her the story of the woman who had been caught in the act of adultery who had her sins forgiven without any good deeds. She was very surprised and told me that it is strange teaching and wondered why this had not been brought to her attention when she was young. I told her that her time was set by the Lord long time ago that she would hear of her forgiveness of sins on my return from Korea.

 I can’t wait to break the good news to those that the Lord has called. Thank you for being a loyal servant of the Lord, May the Lord bless you and Pastor Hun Mok Lee and all the other pastors too.

Pastor Mfomfo Nkhambule Swaziland