WORLD Spring 2024
Missionary and departmental updates from PCG Global Missions.
Missionary and departmental updates from PCG Global Missions.
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The Pickett Family<br />
Bible Shipping - We continue to "ship" Bibles to the persecuted<br />
and underground church in Ir@n. To date we have shipped<br />
360,000 Bibles. Lord willing we will go well over 400,000 this<br />
year. Pray that every load safely makes it to the hands of all the<br />
new believers who need them. How exciting it is to receive your<br />
first and very own Bible. Pray that this door stays open as it<br />
seems to be getting harder and harder. We had a rough couple<br />
of months but it eventually all worked out.<br />
Family picture in Hakkari Eastern Turkey. Near Noah's Ark. We<br />
took a family road trip from Iraq to Eastern Turkey this year.<br />
We found a small ski area with $8 ski rentals and free lifts<br />
during the week! In these mountains of eastern Turkey Noah's<br />
Ark came to rest. For 1900 years these mountains were filled<br />
with Christians and stone churches. Apart from the Armenian<br />
genocide, there was also the Safo Genocide 100 years ago. In<br />
this town where we skied 10,000 Christians were murdered. It<br />
happened in all these mountain villages. In a strange way it<br />
seems their blood still calls out to us. Ironically, the people<br />
living here now are very kind and hospitable to us. Those who<br />
fled and survived became the families who are now our<br />
neighbors in N. Iraq. It happened because demographics<br />
changed. A well-established Christian majority slowly became<br />
the hated minority when aggressive Islamic foreigners began<br />
flooding into their beautiful country. Sound familiar?<br />
Camp Master Plan - Many churches and denominations have<br />
campgrounds in the US. Here in Iraq that has never<br />
happened. We are some of the first missionaries to ever buy<br />
land in Iraq. I feel like God is leading us to develop this land<br />
into a multipurpose camp. With this camp, we develop our<br />
own economy hosting family camps, children's camps, English<br />
camps, weddings, river rafting, agricultural projects, events,<br />
picnics, and conferences. When churches aren't using the<br />
camp it will be open to the public. With this, we can host<br />
more interns and mission teams. Account #1105<br />
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