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Missions
For His Fame
Among the Nations
Daniel, Kathleen and Ava Harrison are missionaries in
Austria where they minister to Austrians and refugees
from Muslim countries. Following is an update ontheir
activity organized by the refugees’ country of origin.
Syria
While ministry to the Muslim can
be complex and challenging, we
continue to share the simple truth
of the unfailing, unconditional love
of the Father. In doing so we are
planting seeds of love and accep-
tance for individuals, nurturing and
caring for them and as always pray-
ing unceasingly, trusting the Lord
for the harvest. It is in these some-
times simple acts of
love that these simple
seeds fall deep into a
heart and take root.
As Daniel drove a
van load of refugees to
Armenia
Two years ago we set out on a quest
for a Bible. Simple, we thought...
Bibles are everywhere and easy to
find. Little did we know how diffi-
cult it would be to locate a modern
translation of an Armenian Bible.
The problem we soon discovered
is that Armenia, although listed as
the first country to call themselves
a Christian nation, are not Bible
readers. In fact, Bible reading is
very rare in this culturally Chris-
tian nation which made our quest
an interesting challenge! However.
Vienna, to meet loved ones arriv-
ing from Syria, he began seeing
just how these seeds were growing.
In a previous conversation with
Abdull, Daniel shared how one
day, this dark time he was having
would all be forgotten and that he
(Daniel) would be earnestly praying
for him. Abdull reminded him of
this conversation and said the day
had come. It was this day that his
prayers had been answered! Abdull
overflowed with thankfulness for
Daniel, but Daniel quickly remind-
ed him that it the Lord who had
made this day possible.
just recently a new modern trans-
lation of the New Testament and
the Psalms has been released and
we were blessed to be able to obtain
one for our refugee friends from
Armenia!
When we delivered the gift, our
friends were overjoyed! Having left
theirs behind in their hasty depar-
ture from Armenia over two years
ago, they were eager to begin read-
ing. They were equally surprised
as they began to read words they
could easily understand. Their
Following this trip as we visited
Abdull and Souatt, Abdull intro-
duced Ava to Souatt and said, “She
has been praying for you every day,
for your safety and for your arrival
from Syria. The whole family has
been praying for you! And now
you are here!”
For some, it might not sound
like much of a "root," but we know
the Holy Spirit works in deep and
mysterious ways. Abdull's eyes are
open and he is seeing and experi-
encing the faithfulness of our God
in answering prayers!
version left behind
was in an ancient,
complicated text
which was very dif-
ficult to understand
and at times unread-
able.
Please pray for our friends, Saam,
Nadja and Mellie as they begin to
read and understand, perhaps for
the first time, God's love letter to
them. May they truly discover the
lover of their souls on the printed
pages they now hold in their hands.
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