Egypt

"Gerges is one of the most fearless village missionaries we know. Wherever he goes, a spiritual fire starts," writes Swiss missions agency SMG in its newsletter "Ziel 19" (Target 19). Gerges visits remote villages in Egypt, often without even basic infrastructure such as roads or electricity. He rides his old motorcycle, once even without air in his tires because a knife wanted it that way...

Guerilla for Jesus
"Wherever the simple Gospel goes, it angers the mighty. It's always been that way. It's really the invisible powers behind the visibly powerful that do not want the Gospel," he says, referring to Ephesians 6:12-18. But that doesn't stop him. He teaches the people songs, distributes tracts, cassettes and Bibles, and then disappears quickly. 'Hit and run,' he calls it, and sees himself as a sort of guerilla for Jesus. "A knife in my tires isn't that bad. Once, someone tried to knife me in the back, but the knife got caught in my jacket, and I was unharmed. I just managed to escape the fanatics who attacked me," he recalls. A few weeks later, he returned to the same village because there were people there hungry for the Gospel. "I was chased away, but not attacked with a knife. It gets better with every visit," he laughs. Gerges has started Bible and prayer groups in six of the 50 villages he has visited so far this year.
Source: Ziel 19, SMG, Josefstr. 206, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland

"That was too much for some of the travellers - pale and shocked, they stared at a young man who had just been delivered from a demon," reports missions agency Ziel 19 ('Target 19'). Mrs. F. W., an Egyptian evangelist, was travelling in bus, and noticed another passenger who made strange noises, rolled his eyes and occasionally writhed in his seat. The other passengers just looked away, until F.W. was overcome with a 'holy anger'. She turned to the man and said loudly "In the name of Jesus, leave him! And leave the bus!" To everyone's astonishment, the man grunted a little and shook himself, then looked around with bright eyes, saying "Hey! He's gone! I can feel it! Whatever you did with me, thank you!" He laughed and was clearly very pleased. The demon had left him and, obviously, the bus - nobody else was visibly affected. F.W. remained in the bus longer than she planned, telling about the Gospel and freedom in Christ, because the young man and a number of the other shocked passengers had many questions. And that despite the fact that it is unusual for a woman to speak to men in Egypt, particularly in a packed bus.

Source: Andrea Xandry, Ziel 19, Schweizerische Missionsgemeinde, Josefstrasse 206, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland

Every child needs vitamins, including the 450 orphans currently living at the Lillian Trasher Orphanage in Asuit, Southern Egypt. Even in a farming nation like Egypt, vitamin-rich fruit can at times be too expensive for average people. The orphanage's supporters prayed for miraculous provision, which they had already experienced a number of times. That very week, a man heard an inner voice telling him that he should help the orphans. "How?" he asked, and heard the answer "Buy 300 kg (around 650lb) of fruit, today!" He did so, and took the fruit to the children's village. 300 kilogrammes of juicy guavas, even though the intercessors had only prayed for 50kg...

Source: Andrea Xandry, Ziel 19, Schweizerische Missionsgemeinde, Josefstrasse 206, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland