In Good initial response to the call we have each received to take the gospel into all the world, several of us have been expanding work into Greenland and Iceland.
Replies from Iceland to advertising have been excellent — we now have around 50 contacts there studying Bible Basics. Seeing the population is only about 250,000, we found the response quite amazing. Spurred on by this, we have sought to advertise on web sites in Greenland, where the population is even smaller. We’ve found that the internet is only just taking off there, and, of course, people have never had free offers of Bible literature put to them there before. Some internet cafes are opening and we’re in touch with them about advertising.
A surprising opportunity
Further, the small population is very closely connected with each other and we found a listing of all 30 home pages of Greenlanders. So we’ve written to the people and asked if they’d like a pen pal with whom to discuss the Bible, and whether they’d like us to send them a copy of Bible Basics. Our working team has also discovered that the University of Greenland has a theology faculty — with one lecturer and four students! The way things are going, most people in Greenland and Iceland who are online and know some English will have been approached by us with the offer of the truth.
We’ve also learned that there’s a major alcohol problem in these areas, and we are seeking to get our material about “Living with alcoholism: A Christian Response” (see www.carelinks.net/alcohol.html ) translated into Danish, Icelandic and the Greenland language.
We find this response really encouraging. We ask for your prayers for the work, that some might respond, and there may be people who are ready to rise and meet the Lord in truth when He returns. We feel it’s a great honor to be able to spread the message of our Lord Jesus Christ into such distant areas and we thank the Father for this blessing.
Anyone who knows anything about these areas can please contact us at info@carelinks.net.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One