Pastor
Max Solbrekken is currently holding crusades in the PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS. Please pray for him and the work he is
doing there for Christ.
April
18,
2008
Dear
Partner
in
the
Gospel:
Greetings
in
Jesus’
precious
name
from
the
Phillippine
Islands!
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
letters,
gifts
and
prayers!
Our three week 'Campaign
for Christ' in this part of the world is BLESSED by our
Lord as His power and presence is seen and felt by
thousands of preachers, workers and people!
I had the privilege of
giving the Commencement message at the Graduation of the
"MESSENGERS OF THE CROSS
BIBLE COLLEGE' and delivered some powerful
messages at the 75th Anniversary of the 'ASSEMBLIES
OF THE FIRST BORN INTERNATIONAL'.
Our
next
large
Miracle
Crusade
in
Alaminas,
Pangasinas
will
involve
many
dozens
of
churches
and
reaching
out
to
a
large
area
with
the
Gospel
of
Christ.
Land
has been purchased and skilled workers stand ready to
erect a Church Building in a prominent location
immediately after our large crusade there, in order to
preserve the many new converts who we are expecting to
come to Christ!
I
was greatly blessed to meet RUTH MANUEL and her husband
EMIL who had driven from their home in Bagio City to
meet with me personally. RUTH came to our
ORPHANAGE among the headhunters of Kalinga Apio in 1967,
which we had established under Pepe Mayyam in 1966.
We
supported RUTH through her teenage years as well as
through COLLEGE. She graduated with a degree in Psychology
and Psychiatric counseling and is serving the Lord in a
Christian College. EMIL is a Christian who has a
degree in Agriculture and is an expert in Dairy
Management, Breeding and Insemination and works in the
United Arab Emirates. They have a 17 year old
daughter!
Helen
Webb (who is now with the Lord) and Dorothy Tanasiuk
from Edmonton, were the donors who helped up salvage
this ORPHAN GIRL so many years ago! She and Emil
wept as they testified of their love for the SOLBREKKEN
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION OF CANADA and for Jesus Christ,
Who motivated us to build the ORPHANAGE in the
headhunter area of Northern Luzon.
I
have be STIRRED afresh to get more involved in MISSIONS
in the Philippines. God touched my heart to PLEDGE
financial help to put in a concrete floor as well as
windows and doors in a beautiful new Church in Pang-awaoan
which has been erected in the mountain area outside of
Caba, La Union!
God
spoke to my heart to also SPONSOR Peter, a 24 year old
man from the province of Oriental Mindora who is a
minority MANGYAN, to attend the MESSENGERS OF THE CROSS
BIBLE COLLEGE. His burning desire is to preach the
Gospel to his people who have been greatly neglected
because of their unique dialect which is known by very
few Filipinos. Finding a young man with such a
desire has amazed many pastors here and are believing
that he could be the key to reach that minority province
with the GOOD NEWS!
My
dear friend and partner, if you could help us at this
time with these two VERY WORTHY PROJECTS, please do
so. Go will reward you, is all I can promise.
Please
write
for
a
prayer
cloth
for
yourself
or
a
loved
one!
Your
servant
for
Jesus’
sake,
Pastor
Max
Solbrekken
2
Corinthians
4:
5
IRVIN
REICH'S
TRAGIC
ACCIDENT
&
DEATH:
A
TERRIBLE
LOSS!
The
accidental death of Irvin Reich on Jan. 27, 2008 is a
terrible loss to Selma and their children Barry, Lori,
Marcey, Bob and families!
Pastor
Irvin Reich was a close personal friend and colleague of
mine for many years at the Edmonton Revival Centre and
Faith Cathedral in Edmonton.
His
labour of love at Brightwood Youth Ranch brought the
Gospel to hundreds of young people over several decades.
Irvin Reich's death is
a tragic loss to the Church!
Donna
and I and our family send our deep condolences and love
to Selma and the Reich family in Jesus' precious
name!
Many
years ago, Oral Roberts' daughter and son-in-law
perished in an airplane accident, making their children
orphans.
He
cried out: "Why did this happen?" The Lord
replied: "I know something about this that you
don't know!" That
calmed the hearts of Oral and Evelyn Roberts!
Ultimately,
we must leave everything in God's hands realizing that
He does all things well, and that all things work out to
the good to those that love the Lord!
Our
only recourse in times like this, is to do what the
disciples of John the Baptist did after his tragic
death. They buried their leader and then went
directly to Jesus and told Him all about it!
-
Pastor Max Solbrekken
