Date:                March 29, 2007

In Tajikistan, harsh religion laws have now been in place for one year. However, Sammy Tippit Ministries held a leadership conference at the end of last year, and Christian leaders are asking for more. They're wanting us to come back quickly and do a broader one with all of the surrounding countries because it went so well, and they've had, as a result of the conference, the Lord has been blessing the evangelistic outreach of the leaders who were there with us. Since then, one leader's father-in-law has opened up to the Gospel. Because of the religion laws the ministry has a simple strategy. We did it very privately. Normally when we go into Muslim areas and Muslim countries we try to do our leadership training in a very quiet way, and not something where we make a lot of noise. The focuse was personal prayer, and Pray for Tajik Christians who face constant oppression due to the religion law.

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