Reporting from Denmark

Dear brothers and sisters around the world: It is my privilege to write a few lines to you about the work I am involved in. I hope that this will be an encouragement to someone. The Three Angels’ Messages have to reach every human being. This involves so much work that it seems impossible to men, but with the Lord’s help this will happen. Maybe not in the ways which we expect, but somehow the Lord is going to use every humble instrument to finish this work. I am personally involved in many different things. First of all I have started a correspondence school here in Denmark. This has proved to be a big blessing.

A few people began the work here with distributing small tracts which we call “The Silent Messenger.” In these we write an article about a chosen topic. After we give out the tract we offer a free book and/or Bible studies by correspondence. We often cover the same area with different issues of the tracts. In this way we try to feed the people with spiritual food even if they choose not to contact us.

The last two years we have tried during the winter time to have a Prophecy Seminar. This has unfortunately not proven to be a success here in Denmark. People are very closed minded and seldom go out to religious meetings. We have found it to be easier to invite people to a correspondence course. This has made us focus more on the correspondence school. The number of students has been increasing. I praise the Lord that as the work has grown He has given me a sister-in-law who is very eager to help me to answer all the letters. It was a great joy to us, when one of our students chose this spring to be united with God’s people.

Besides Denmark, God has given us Romania as a special missionfield. It was under God’s special leading that I first went to Romania in connection with one of John Grosboll’s trips to Europe. There have been many trips since then. We have found a group of good and faithful Adventists, who are doing a large work of evangelism. But the people are poor and they are often in lack of means for evangelism. We have tried to supply them with literature which they can use in their evangelism. We have been printing “Somebody Cares” in their own language in large amounts. In addition to this we have bought Spirit of Prophecy books in Hungary and brought them to Romania.

We have also taken many trips to Romania supplying humanitarian help. We have brought food, clothes, shoes, blankets, and many other things to give to the most poor. This work has proven to be a great advantage for the local people in their evangelism. By first receiving humanitarian help, the people are much more open to the gospel when we arrange for evangelism in that city. When someone would come and give clothes away without charging anything, the people know that we are different and have something to offer. By God’s grace we have had the blessing of seeing people converted as a result of the help we have brought to them.

I thank the Lord that He has given me the privilege of having a part in His work. Wherever He sends me I want to be willing to go. May the Lord show you where your little vineyard is and give you grace and strength to work for Him.

The End