Jack’s Journal Vol. II
Posted by Robert Jimenez on November 12, 2007
Jack’s Journal Vol. II
Christ, Al Qaida is being defeated, Iraq is stabilizing
and we continue to have great favor.
Our First Muslims Come To Christ
12th November, 2007
Our first Muslims to come to The Lord here in Kurdistan have come through the outstanding work of our Medical team from Pennsylvania. Dr. Robert Doe and the group of medical professionals working with him have been teaching at the Ministry of Health in Duhok, the capitol of Duhok Governate here in Kurdistan of Iraq. These folks have been teaching and boldly sharing their faith and testimonies. They have been warmly received and a number of people, medical professionals themselves, have through their testimonies come to know Christ.
People have come to them for prayer, and counseling, others have shared that that Jesus has been speaking to them in their dreams, there have been testimonies of healing as they have prayed for folks and … we here, are beside ourselves with joy over the breakthroughs that God is giving us. Conversion is still a sensitive issue here and I don’t want to give the impression that these efforts have been easy or that there are not forces out there that would oppose this progress; this aside, we have a genuine spiritual break through and continued favor. Our East Coast brethren will depart today for home having done an outstanding job. We praise God for them.
IDP Project Blockage Removed
Upon my return, I discovered that our village reconstruction project had been blocked by a new Mayor in Amedia. This was not out of hostility, more like a planning and zoning issue. Yesterday, while many of you were praying for us, I met with the Governor of Duhok and the blockage was removed and we continue to have great favor. The government here is skeptical that we can build decent homes for IDPs for the low cost we have claimed, I have explained that what we are doing is to be a model for them to see for the cost effective construction of self-sustaining villages that have their own independent power source and many other ecologically sound innovations to make village life more appealing. I will meet with the new Mayor of Amedia today, then I and the men who have come to work on the project with me from Grace Fellowship Church in Flagstaff, AZ will go on to meet with the villagers in Passe. Incidentally, it’s still raining here.
Al Qaida Being Defeated In Iraq
The team and I attended a dinner for us at the invitation of General Azziz and my friend Col. Corzan of the Kurdish Security forces, it was a great honor to be invited by these brave men who by their willingness to sacrifice are the shield and protection of the Kurdish Region. Mohammed, our intrepid interpreter who is plugged into the politics of the region and well informed has reported to me that Al Qaida is being defeated throughout Iraq, that the people down south have turned against them and are driving them out of their areas. The Iraqi Military and Police are gaining the upper hand in the troubled areas and Iraq’s infrastructure is quickly recovering. Sorry, Senator, but it looks like we didn’t lose the war after all. Mohammed predicts that by next year all of Iraq will have stabilized. God grant that it be so.
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