News from Mark Logan!

Hello from Dubai:

It is Sunday here and a regular work day in the Muslim world. I have had great opportunities as we have had our services in the labour camps Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The labor camps have moved mainly to Abu Dhabi so that's where we have the groups of believers, one only 70 miles from the SAUDI BORDER!! On Friday night we had about 30 men after having meetings during the day with several as well. This is the day of worship here and the only day these laborers have off from working on the tall buildings here. Hebron, the church planter I brought over from Pakistan 2 years ago has won between 10 and 20 Sikhs and Hindus just in the last several months. I have met and briefly spoken to each one as they have welcomed me and hung on every word. I have spoken 3 different nights to groups in different labor camps of between 10 and 30 men squeezed in a bunkhouse room sitting on beds and all over the floor for 2 and 3 hours listening to the Word of God and singing. Last night a Muslim young man sat in on the meeting and heard every word. He was our driver and heard us discussing many things about the Lord on the way and return trip. Another time 2 Muslims, brothers who were getting married next month back in Pakistan (arranged by family ) invited us into their bunkhouse with some other Muslim men to talk. TODAY, A DOCTOR, ALI, FROM IRAN JOINED ME AT THE TABLE FOR BREAKFAST AND WE TALKED FOR AN HOUR, MOSTLY ABOUT GOD AND THE DIFFERENCES IN HIS god, allah and JEHOVAH. After we parted and had discussed what we believed, I asked him if he would accept a Farsi Bible, one of 5 I brought over and he did gladly and said he would read it.Then just awhile ago, I was on the brand new metro taking pictures and I sat with a young professional man from Bangladesh. Again, I shared the differences in who God is and how Jesus was God in the flesh and provided salvation and rose again. He had never heard about this Jesus, only the Muslim Jesus who was born of Miriam and died a martyr. He listened eagerly and said he would think about it. You cannot get much farther than that with a Muslim who has never heard about the Biblical Jesus and assumed what the Koran says about him is what is true. I cannot describe how wonderful it is to talk with Muslims who do not have their guard up but just want to know what I believe as a Christian. Please pray as I go to Jordan tomorrow and on to Myanmar for 2 weeks. I will write more when I return. I find it exciting that I am in the same city (Abu Dhabi) with Hillary Clinton and Christianne Amanpour of CNN reporting on all kinds of news concerning Afghanistan and the Israel Palestine peace agreement. BUT I AM ON THE KING'S BUSINESS WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT??? God bless you.

Love, in Christ,

Mark Logan