Bethany @bethany@dingdash.com

BTJ Prayer Bear making it's way out of Iraq.
BTJ Prayer Bears are handmade by women in Iraq that were hit hardest when ISIS invaded. Every bear has the name of the woman that made as a reminder for children and their parents to pray for the persecuted church.

Few even notice, but the negative impact on Christian missionaries from this new proposal is H-U-G-E.
https://backtojerusalem.com/us-to-launch-the-next-big-attack-on-missions/

Visiting brick factory workers (slaves) in Pakistan. Injustice is happening here at an unimaginable scale. Most of the slaves are Christians, but more and more Muslims fall into the trap of lawless debts and finally land in the factories for a lifetime. This is a huge picture with many details. It is also an opportunity to reach Muslim community in the brick factories with the delivering message of the Gospel. We are praying to hear from God, how to address those two needs (need for Gospel and need for social justice) in a practical and effective way.

There are so many things I can do in my life that are pleasing to my soul. But when I please the Lord it is my spirit that is satisfied.

Has the Taliban mistakenly opened a back door for underground house church missionaries into Afghanistan? Perhaps so and this is how... https://backtojerusalem.com/has-the-taliban-unwittingly-opened-a-back-door-for-chinese-missionaries/

We have had a crazy couple of weeks here!

We were able to spend some time with a young person and give them a Bible. So exciting!

However here in China, it’s getting harder and harder all the time for us and our Chinese brothers and sisters.

One thing that has really irked me lately is how many Americans and Canadians are crying out “ our country is communist now”

And here were are in China shaking our heads saying “ ummm nope! Your nothing like here!”

Maybe things could head that way but for now it’s nothing like living in a country with millions of cameras tracking every move, guards everywhere, police everywhere, and a gov always watching, citizen credit scores, etc., social pressure that is absolutely intense, 99% conviction rate, and you can get life in prison for stealing a bike if they feel like it.

Just a few thoughts.
China is filled with beautiful people. Precious souls. They suffer here more than you know.

Blessings

How the Jason Borne movies inspired our pill size Bible.
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2020/4/17/how-the-jason-bourne-film-inspired-a-bible-the-size-of-a-vitamin-pill

THIS YEAR - The BTJ vision is 100 years old and the Communist Party is 100 years old.
Which one has been been a blessing to the nation of China? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCroYLSNPuw

Christians Persecuted #Genocide #Nigeria

@sinbach @Berrybunchfamily @MaryMamuzich @bethany

How can the life of one little girl touch so many people around the world?
Live interview with Ava Bright Lee's mother. An incredible story of hope, loss, pain, faith, but most of all - love.
https://backtojerusalem.com/podcast/episode-599-the-loss-of-beautiful-ava-bright-lee/

Every Chinese student learns stories from the Bible and they do NOT even know it!
https://vimeo.com/592176811

A new friend just moved in 😍

Finally! Some good news out of Afghanistan!
https://youtu.be/Be3siOWglLU

From our "on the ground" partner in Laos. Since January until now. Ready for this??
1. 24,361 have heard the gospel
2. 4,671 have been saved. (1 in 5 who heard)
3. 1,792 Baptized (2 in 5 saved get baptized)
4. 134 new discovery discipleship groups
5. 57 new house churches planted
6. 1689 leaders trained.
7. Jesus glorified.

Amen???!!!!!! Pray for Laos. Pray for AIM1040.COM AS we continue to focus on those who have never heard. Love you all.

This Sunday we want to thank God for preparations that He has made in Afghanistan.
Last year our Afghan partners told us that their electronic devices were being checked for Bible apps. BTJ hackers began working together on a solution for them and we were able to launch Operation Black Trumpet in Afghanistan.
Today the Taliban, in an event that few saw coming, is said to be going door-to-door looking at people's phones searching for Bible apps. If they have launched Operation Black Trumpet on their device, the Taliban would not be able to find the Bible on their phone. Not many Afghan Christians know about it, but it is spreading through the underground church.
Please keep them in your prayers.
https://backtojerusalem.com/taliban-going-door-to-door-looking-for-christians-with-bible-app-on-phone-but-btj-has-program-to-help/

China orders church bookstore to sell Mao's Little Red Book as demand for Bibles skyrocket.
https://backtojerusalem.com/china-orders-church-bookstore-to-sell-maos-little-red-book-instead-of-bible/

Just arrived in Pakistan, willing to share God's love and wisdom, praying to hear from Him with regard to our next steps that He wants us to make to impact this nation and train church to reach the unreached and unengaged here. ❤️ 🙏