SPRING 2005

Dear Friends,

We rejoice in the mercy of God who rescued Mary from indoctrination into the Watchtower organization. Questioning her Catholic faith, Mary was attracted to the Jehovah’s Witnesses by their offer of a free home Bible study. She was on the verge of making the decision to convert when her husband David told her that he did not agree with the Jehovah’s Witness religion and would never join them. Deterred by the thought of religious division in her family, Mary decided to investigate the protestant Christian faith before making her final decision.

“It all hinges on whether God is a Trinity,” Mary explained as we met one Sunday afternoon. “If the Jehovah’s Witness’ view of God is wrong, how can I put my confidence in anything they teach?” Three hours later, after examining numerous cases in which the Watchtower misrepresents the biblical basis and history of the doctrine, Mary exclaimed, “I now see the deception! Unless Jenny (my Jehovah’s Witness friend) has a good answer for the lies you’ve shown me in their literature, I don’t see any reason to continue studying with her.” We met weekly for a month, discussing Jenny’s arguments from Scripture and her lack of rebuttal for our research on Watchtower deception. On February 24th, Mary’s spiritual quest came to an end when she surrendered her heart to Jesus. Now engaging her faith at a solid, bible-believing church, Mary is attending Christian discipleship classes for new believers and is consistently reading the Bible on her own.

You may remember Mitch whose wife Susan left Mormonism last Fall and accepted Christ. We rejoice to report that their son Geoffrey accepted Christ last month, and we trust his younger sister Magen will be ready to accept Christ soon as well. God is good!

We are reaching out to Heather, a young Christian lady who is vacillating over her dating relationship with Jacob, a Mormon missionary who recently returned from his mission for the LDS Church. Ron and Debbie (Heather’s parents) are heart-broken over her consideration to leave the Christian faith to court Jacob. Susan and I have spent extensive time with Heather, and she is confused about the lies of Mormonism and her feelings for Jacob. Your prayers are appreciated!

MINISTRY NEEDS:

Your generous support has been a great blessing to us. We are handling the monthly bills and looking into special projects to increase the outreach of this ministry. Although a few of our monthly supporters were not able to carry over their commitment to the new year, those of you who have —along with new donors joining the monthly support team— brought us to 80% of our budget in monthly pledge support. Your financial partnership as led by the Lord is truly making a difference. Thank you!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Mary’s new walk with Christ and salvation for her family and JW Jenny
2. Christian growth for Ex-LDS Mitch and Susan and their son Geoffrey and salvation for Magen and extended LDS family members.
3. Ron and Debbie’s daughter Heather dating returned LDS missionary Jacob.
4. Christian Sabrina’s JW husband Jared’s salvation and preservation of the marriage.
5. Salvation of Dave’s JW wife Diane and their children Katia and Daniel.
   

In His Grace,

Christy Harvey
Director of Witnesses for Jesus Inc.

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