Muslims Attack In Jesus’ Name Ministries Leader Pastor Joshua Atieno

Please be in prayer with us for our primary contact in Kenya.  Joshua was in Tanzania in a ministry outreach to widows when he was attacked, beaten, robbed, striped of his clothing, and kicked repeatedly in a way meant to kill him. He survived the attack but had to have surgery. He is now recuperating at home. Thank you for the help some of you have already sent for our brother.  Following is an email we recently received  from our brother Joshua:

My brother in the Lord, Court Wood, and all the saints in the Lords vineyard,

Receive my greetings from the battlefield. I want to relay my sincere thanks to all friends and supporters who have been praying for me. The enemy came and wanted to "rob, kill, and destroy" but the lord was on my side. What the enemy could do is kick me to injure my body, take the materials I  had, including my clothes, but they could not find my soul. Even if I would have died, he could not have

gotten my soul.
 
My missionary trip to the neighboring nation of Tanzania turned to be a real battlefield with the enemy. I felt so much called, and I confirmed the voice of the lord that He wanted me to go to Tanzania. I visited home by home and found that there is a lot of need in that country. Many go to church but they don't know the man called Jesus Christ , the strong tower. The more I learned, the more energy I gathered to share Christ with the people. 20 souls were saved. The Muslims became so much concerned with me and the Lord told me something was going to happen to me but I had no idea what it was. It was about 7 PM when the enemy struck. I saw some people ahead of me and some were behind, and what scared me was the Islamic dress some of them had on. The pastor and some widows who were with me ran away, and there I was in the midst of the enemy. They did what they could to me, and took my clothes off and left me shameless with no clothes. The Islam guy kicked me in the stomach area so severely injuring me, I needed surgery. I was released a couple days ago after I received money through In Jesus’ Name Ministries for the treatment. I need your prayers for the Lord to carry me through this new face of attack.
 
Thanks a lot for the prayers of the saints. We are strong and my wife is very strong in the lord. 

We love you. Pastor Joshua Atieno, Kenya

 

Please pray for our brother and his wife Abigail, that this will not discourage them, but rather strengthen them in the Lord. Our sacrificial help, as well as our prayers, at this time, is the best way we can encourage them forward in their extraordinary work for the Lord in Kenya and the surrounding nations. Please pray, and if you can, please send a gift to In Jesus' Name Ministries, designated for "Joshua Atieno." We would like to see a flow of blessings come in for our brother, exceedingly, abundantly above his needs.  We do not want Satan to succeed in discouraging our brother. Indeed, we need to strengthen him through this trial to even greater dedication and commitment.

    Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephes. 3:20

Court recently returned from Kenya.  The needs are so great.  Kenya is an extremely poor and impoverished area of Africa.  In Kenya, Pastor Joshua, and his precious wife Abigail, care for so many orphans, widows, and other needy people with the help of our American families in Jesus Christ.

Please pray about giving to help our brethren in Kenya. The people Pastor Joshua and Sister Abigail minister to live in absolute poverty, not because they are lazy, but because of the devastated economies of Africa. There are no factories, no businesses, and few jobs. Most of the Christian community lives by subsistence farming on a day to day basis. Because of those of you who are giving and praying, we are seeing changes in their quality of living, and some of the young people are receiving an education which will give them more opportunities for better paying jobs when they are older.  But there is still great need.

Kenya has one of the highest malaria and HIV rates in the world.

Thank you so much for giving and for praying.  Apart from you, the reality of our love would be empty.  Because of your prayers and your giving, and our joining our hearts and hands together with our “family,”  our love for our brethren becomes the deepest possible expression of our love for our Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, when we help our brethren, we are helping Him, for CHRIST IN US IS THE HOPE OF GLORY.

"But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.  I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'" Luke 18:16-17

 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."  Jesus Christ  Luke 12:32-34

Below is a beautiful young Christian girl who is a high school student. Most of the students at St. Luke’s ministry are orphans. These are our family in Christ and need our love and help.  Without an education, these children will never be able to find a decent job to support themselves and their future families.  They will remain in the generations of poverty that their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents have lived in without our help.  The children are bright young students, willing to work hard for an education.  Please, do what you can to help continue their education.
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Pastor Joshua and Sister Abigail’s

“praying widows”

joyfully planting rice in the field.

Pastor Joshua with his very happy orphan children.

Pastor Joshua and Sister Abigail

A precious orphan cared for by Pastor Joshua and Sister Abigail. Many of the “orphans” have no parents, or may have one living parent who is too poor or sick to care for their child. The orphan may have grandparents or other relatives, but they also are unable to care for and educate these children. At Pastor Joshua’s orphanage, the precious children are loved, given good food, medical attention when needed, and most important, are nourished in the love and faith of Jesus Christ their Savior.

Pastor Joshua with his wife Abigail in the hospital after his attack.

The hut in the background belongs to a Christian couple standing with Pastor George, our India director, in rural Kenya.  Below that photo, the couple is sitting inside their one room home with the wife sitting on the edge of their bed. Look closely at the ropes holding up the blankets, it would be like sleeping in a short and narrow hammock.  The next photo is their cooking stove inside their dirt floor small hut. 

This couple needs our help.

Above, a widow prays to the Lord Jesus Christ.  This ministry has many “praying widows.”  The widows have very little in earthly goods, but they have an extremely close relationship with their Saviour.  Very early in the mornings, they meet together and begin to pray out loud for the needs of the Body of Christ.  Then they joyously begin to sing to the One Who sustains them through each and every day.  Whenever Pastor Joshua hears of a need, both here in the US, or in his own country, he shares it with the widows, and they pray!

 

 

 

 

Pastor Cherryotte, Kenya 

Godly Kenyan Pastor Cherryotte 

Above two photos: Pastor Cherryotte, (working with Pastor Joshua Atieno) ministering to these very poor brethren. As you can imagine the extremely poor people who come to Pastor Cherryotte's church can do very little to help him and his wife financially as they seek to lead them to faith in Jesus Christ, and strengthen them in their Christian life. Pastor Cherryotte would be so thankful to God, and so wonderfully strengthened by the love, prayers, and help from an American brother or sister, church, or family. He would be able to write back personally to thank you.

If we in the prosperous Western churches do nothing to help our brethren, Islam will continue to strengthen in Africa. If we embrace our brethren, and stand with them, God will raise up from among the Christians community Godly Christian leaders urgently needed in the African nations. Godly men like Pastor Cherryotte are the kind of example so needed. The Lord knows very well that we also need godly men like Brother Cherryotte here in America. May we open our eyes and hearts to learn from men like Brother Cherryotte, as we help them.

 

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27 

 

Below, a widow in Miwani, Kenya at Saint Luke's Ministry praying to the Lord Jesus Christ, and a young Christian girl who is a high school student at Saint Luke's Ministries in Miwani. Most of these students are orphans. Our family in Christ needs our love and help, and we need their love and help in Jesus Christ.

Widow in Kenya praying

Christian High school student at St. Luke's 

 

Thank you so much for giving and for praying. Apart from you the reality of our love would be empty. Because of your prayers and your giving, and our joining our hearts and hands together with our family in Jesus Christ, our love for our brethren becomes the deepest possible expression of our love for our Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed when we help our brethren, we are helping Him, for CHRIST IN US IS THE HOPE OF GLORY. 

 

"And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints." The Apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 8:1-4 

 

100% of Gifts sent to In Jesus' Name Ministries, designated to help our brethren in any country we are presently working in, are delivered directly to our brethren. All designated gifts are given in full to the churches and to the Body of Christ.