Boots on the Ground - Gideon Rescue Company

[JimB]

I first ran into this ministry about a year ago and it really caught my attention because while although not exactly the same I have very similar interests. This group goes where God leads them and then trusts the Lord to supply their needs. Have you ever needed a US military Blackhawk helicopter or a French Navy ship, or a pilot with his own plane to fly you wherever you need to go, to assist giving aid to those after a hurricane, earthquake or on the front lines of the Ukraine/Russian war and Isreal/Gaza conflict? The Lord who owns the cattle on a thousand hills has supplied these things and more so that they could render aid to those suffering. Aid often takes the form of hard manual labor but also includes simply giving someone a hug or a piece of literature that gives hope when it seems there is none. Check them out.

https://gideonrescue.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDisFZv-h-A  Adventist World Radio - Frontlines of Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJ5fyUnsmA Ever wonder if God can give you access to secured military areas to witness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec0BOme4CUA Lessons from Turkey and a Plea for more workers

[rahab]

Thank you for sharing this Jim

[JimB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXz4wxaZFN4  Where is your Treasure?

[JimB]

3 members of the European Gideon team have flown to Thailand to help render aid in the flooding that they've recently experienced.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg97wx144jo

Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.

The deluge has hit 10 provinces across the country's south over the past week, with the city of Hat Yai, a business hub bordering Malaysia, recording its heaviest rainfall in 300 years - 335mm in a single day.

[JimB]

A team of 7 on are their way to Sri Lanka to help with the devastation left by the cyclone.

Cyclone Ditwah lashed the country last week, bringing catastrophic floods and landslides that killed more than 460 people, left hundreds missing and damaged some 30,000 homes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c058n10727po

BTW: Both Trump's and Putin's administrative teams have received a copy of the Great Controversy because of these young men. They were at the Kremlin on their way home from Russia and decided that Putin needed a copy so they went directly to the Presidential offices and as soon as they walked through the doors a man walked up to them and asked them if they had a gift for the president. They said yes and the requirement was that they had to write a letter explaining why the gift was important. The man read the letter and said he would put on the president's desk.

[rahab]

That’s amazing!! 

[Curt]

BTW: Both Trump's and Putin's administrative teams have received a copy of the Great Controversy because of these young men. They were at the Kremlin on their way home from Russia and decided that Putin needed a copy so they went directly to the Presidential offices and as soon as they walked through the doors a man walked up to them and asked them if they had a gift for the president. They said yes and the requirement was that they had to write a letter explaining why the gift was important. The man read the letter and said he would put on the president's desk.

Praise The Lord who would have thought it would be so easy to access the President.

[JimB]

Praise The Lord who would have thought it would be so easy to access the President.

If you'd like to hear the story directly. Use this link. I think it will take to minute 59 where the testimony starts.


https://www.youtube.com/live/ten4ifcYD8s?t=3540s

[JimB]

If you back up and listen to the whole story on their trip to Russia they were stopped by the FSB (KGB - rebranded) twice and the local the police a few times. Once they were forced into a van and taken to a police station. But all they did was witness to them the 3 angels' messages every time and one time they pulled out a handmade prophecy chart. After hearing this they were released every time even though handing out literature is illegal there.

Before going they decided together that they would not hide anything an tell the truth to anyone who asked why they were there. In line going through the customs control their backpacks were full of literature in Russian and just as they were placing their bags onto the belt for inspection a guy came up to them and waved them around and they simply walked past the line and out into the airport.

As I type this they have a team on the ground in Sri Lanka and man stopped them and talked with them. From that this man has asked them to come speak to the congregation of his Lutheran Church tomorrow.

This isn't the only time they were given access to a whole church. Once while helping with the cleanup of a tornado in the midwest. A baptist preacher saw what they were doing and they gave him a GC. He was so impressed that they he asked them for enough copies to give to his congregation and the speak at his church. When we put self aside and the let the Lord direct He does the impossible.

Currently they are trying to assemble a team to go to Washington state to help with the flooding.

[Richard Myers]

Amen. We are not alone when doing His work. It is His power that connects with our efforts when we are filled with the Holy Spirit. It is such a joy to be able to work with the God of the universe!!! We indeed are privileged. But, so may all who love the Lord our God with the whole heart!!

[Curt]

We are not alone .....