Heat In The Midst Of Coldness

I was reading over an email from Jake Turnbow who is a missionary to Estonia. It's very exciting to hear what's going on over there. He's been on the field for 11yr. now, and has been persevering through the many obstacles that come up. One of the things he still is trying to work on is learning the language. In Estonia, they speak both Estonian and Russian; can you imagine living in a country where one language is as dominant as the other? There are also two main religions, Lutheran and Russian Orthodoxy.

Though the people are very cold to the Gospel, Jake has some great ministry opportunities throughout the week. There's Bible studies, playing basketball with teens, and teaching English in the schools. The basketball games are a great outreach, from personal experience there's nothing like getting down to earth with people, and in return them opening up to you. The way they're doing the English classes is fantastic; they're using the Bible as their text, and people are actually responding to their advertisements. A new door has opened up for them to go to a children's home weekly for the sole purpose of ministering to the children.

People may be rejecting God's Word, but there are still some who are curious and ask questions. The Holy Spirit is powerful, and no one can reject it's moving in their life. Praise God for those who are seeing the error of their ways, and turning to Christ for salvation. Estonia is a country without God, and Jake is there boldly proclaiming the Gospel. Take time to pray for him and his wife Donna that they would be steadfast in their work, and that fruit would be seen in their ministries.

If you'd like to get in touch with the Turnbows you can email me at atcministries@gmail.com.