I hope this finds you well and with peace in our Lord Jesus Christ. We pray for a prosperous new year, 2021, for you and that our Lord is with with you and blesses you from the beginning till the end of the year.

We have a wonderful, mighty Lord. Though we are in the midst of trials and temptations, our Lord God Jesus allows us not to be ashamed before unbelievers. We trust in Him forever and ever.

Pastor Masood, almost recovered from the recent brutal attack on himself and his church, has begun our Lord's ministry again. [You can read our earlier ‘update’ on the attack here, when Pastor Masood was still in intensive care after having had to undergo brain surgery] Fifteen youngsters who had been among his attackers came to regret their actions, confessed their sins and each has accepted the Lord Jesus as their personal savior! All now former Muslims, they accompany Pastor Masood as he visits homes and individuals to  share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Last Sunday morning, all were baptized.

They wanted to distribute 10,000 Urdu Bibles in the northern part of Bangladesh. By God's grace we have provided them with 1,500 Bibles as a New Year’s gift possible only by your help and prayers. We thank you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ for your support. Pastor Masood has asked us for another 8,500 to distribute there this month. We hope you will join with us in praying for the fulfilment of their vision for our Lord's Kingdom.

One ALG Church in Africa, led by Pastor Mustafa, was threatened by some Muslims as they planned a New Year’s worship service in Somalia. Terrorists promised to burn down the church unless they closed it and stop all ministry.  Please pray for them.

Pastor Kumar and his church are praying and fasting to have a cemetery of their own. When they recently tried to bury the dead body of a believer, they faced many difficulties until at last they got a vault from another far-distant church and buried him there. So they urgently need a cemetery.

Our editor and chief communicator Susanna Perry-Ettel is back home after unexpected open heart surgery. While the surgery itself went well, she suffered complications afterward and has been in many ways herself through the valley of death. But by God's grace and with your prayers she came back to life. She is still however very weak and needs more prayers. [NOTE from Susanna: As a privileged, pampered Westerner I can honestly say I feel honored to have gone through this—totally helpless and utterly reliant on the goodness and graciousness of God and the prayers of His people. Privileged now to have personally shared in a small portion of the sufferings, trials and tribulations—and ultimate redemption—I share here so often with you through other people’s stories.]

Once again, thank you all for your prayers and support. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of the Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and forever. Amen.

With love and prayers,
Yours in His service
Pastor Peter Haneef, President, The Assembly of Loving God Church

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