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JOHN BRADSHAW
October 2023
Dear Partner in ministry, I wonder, sometimes, what would happen if we did not go. If we hadn’t gone to Idaho, or Ethiopia, or the Dominican Republic, or California, or Argentina, or Chile? Or if we hadn’t made the decision to launch our full-time channel, It Is Written TV?
Carlos felt he could not ignore the voice of God.
It Is Written has chosen to answer God’s call to go. And God is doing big things. Last year, It Is Written conducted Escrito Está evangelistic meetings in the city of Pasto, in southern Colombia, less than 40 miles from the border with Ecuador. At the time, there were only 300 church members in this city of 400,000 people. After much preparatory work, the meetings, led by Pastor Robert Costa, attracted a crowd of over 1,000 people. Eventually two evangelistic meetings were held, and, in total, 500 people were baptized. Among them was a man I’ll call Carlos, the pastor of a Protestant church. Carlos recognized that what he was learning was the message of the Bible. And although his employment would be jeopardized, although he would be making a huge change in his life, although he would be stepping away from everything familiar to him, Carlos felt he could not ignore the voice of God. Carlos was baptized, and today is a military chaplain serving in a combat zone. As we look to the future, we know there are many more people like Carlos who will hear and respond to the three angels’ messages and will go on to be a huge influence for God in this world. Every conversion story is a miracle story. And it is your support of It Is Written—combined with the power of God—that makes miracle stories possible. If we don’t go, there are people who simply won’t be reached.