Dear Praying Friends

“Take heed, and be quiet; do not fear or be faintheart-

ed” (Isaiah 7:4)،

“...He makes me lie down in green pastures..” (Psalm

23:2). Robert J. Morgan writes in his book The Lord

is my Shepherd “The word contentment comes from

two Latin words: con and tenio. It means “to hold

together”, which is the opposite of falling to pieces.

Contentment is saying, ‘The world may be coming

apart at the seams, but I’m holding together because

of Jesus. Though sometimes confused and occasional-

ly confounded, I have a basis for blessed contentment

in His compassion and power’. Contentment is the

opposite of distress and greed.”

As we see the world literally falling apart with the

Corona virus crisis, what a privilege it is to know true

contentment and peace through Christ. All the world’s

self-confidence in business, finance, science and con-

trol of its own destiny has taken a severe knock. May

the Lord use this unique situation to bring us and the

world to our knees before Him.

Some believers in Bethlehem area have contracted

the virus and one of them has put out a youtube video

as a witness to people not to fear, but rather assur-

ing that God is in control and that they have complete

peace and trust in His healing.

In Israel there are presently just about 1500 con-

firmed cases and one death so far, but the government

restrictions have been stringent and likely to increase.

We are not able to function in the office but I can work

on editing books from home.

The crisis has of course affected us practically in

many aspects of the ministry.

The bad news: Tourism has shut down complete-

ly and so consequently the income from the sale of

Bibles to local gift shops, which helps to support the

ministry, has ceased since mid February. Schools

are closed and all gatherings of more than ten peo-

ple banned, so this affects our church meetings and

means we won’t be able to hold an Easter Kid’s camp.

Our administration and book work secretaries have

had to stay home for their children, who are in quar-

antine.

The good news however, is that the Brass Tacks team

from the UK, who came to help with our building

project, arrived before the restrictions were in place

and have been able to complete 60% of the tiling.

They have been a such an encouragement to us and

we greatly appreciated their hard work and positive

attitude. On the weekends, we were able to take them

to do some sightseeing before the sights shut down.

Emmaus Bible School - Nazareth

March 2020 update

We hope for another team to come out to help us in

the near future after the corona crisis has passed. It is

great to see the building taking shape although there

is still much work to do and we are trusting the Lord

to provide the finances.

The work still needing to be done is: to build 2 shel-

ter rooms to enable us to finish the tiling; dividing

plaster walls; electricity; doors; windows; bathrooms;

fire detectors and sprinklers; decoration; kitchen; el-

evator; staircase; furnishings; storage etc. and more.

More good news is that we have found two printing

presses to supply us with French and Spanish Bibles

and they are now in the printing process trusting the

Lord will provide.

Brother I. from Jordan was able to visit and speak in

assemblies and conferences in Egypt in February to

teach and encourage the believers there.

The permit to ship the courses from Egypt to Jordan

has come through but the ports are now not function-

ing properly because of the lockdown.

Now that so many people are confined to their

homes, we pray that they will use their time to study

the courses online - a perfect opportunity to get

deeper into God’s Word!

Plenty of items for your prayers:

1. Pray for believers in Nazareth and all over the Mid-

dle East to be a witness to the peace and content-

ment that He gives us, in this climate of fear and

uncertainty.

2. Pray for the orders and shipments of Bibles and

courses to proceed and not be delayed by the crisis.

3. Pray for South Sudan, Brother Ben writes “It has

been a challenging month. All the Bibles and

courses are still in Juba, South Sudan because the

dirt roads are not yet dried. The only trucking com-

pany that runs the route from Juba to Nuba Mtns

is so back logged right now. We are praying they

will be able to take all the materials in the next few

weeks when the roads dry up.”

4. Pray for the gathering of believers in Jordan, Israel

Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon who are not able to

meet because of the restrictions and for comfort for

sister L. and her family from Jordan, whose father

passed away last week.

5. Pray that the home visits may still be able to con-

tinue at least by phone as Jordan is now on 24/7

lockdown.

6. Pray for more people to start studying the courses

online as they are confined to their homes.

7. Pray that the work and permit for the exterior work

on the building would not be delayed further by the

Corona restrictions and for the Lord to provide for

it’s completion.

8. Pray for the Lord to bring physical and spiritual

healing to this broken world and protection on His

children, not only health-wise but also from fear-

fulness.

“The work of righteousness will be peace, and the ef-

fect of righteousness and quietness, and assurance

forever” Isaiah 32:17

May the Lord keep you safe and well and in His per-

fect peace.

George & Ros Khalil

We were not able to mail out printed copies of this letter owing to the Corona restrictions

and so feel free to share this newsletter with members of your congregation.

Emmaus Bible Ministry, P.O.Box 51240, Nazareth 1616801, Israel. Phone: 972-544 548569

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