REAP Indonesia Update January - June 2025

Dear Partners in the Harvest,

Shalom and greetings in Jesus’ matchless and mighty name. I trust you are experiencing God’s goodness and grace as you serve and honour Him. Thank you for your faithful support and prayers for the gospel outreach in rural Indonesia.

The collective labour of 17 evangelists in Indonesia saw:
Over 66,454 gospel tracts distributed,                                                 
Over 123,937 verbally given the gospel,                                                 
Over 8,501 conversions to Christ,                                                     
Over 2,253 baptised, and                                                                     
26 new rural churches planted.

We give the glory to God and thank you for your faithful sowing and prayers in gospel partnership. (Phil. 1: 3 – 5, 2 Cor. 9: 6)

Below are the reports of your REAP Indonesia for your prayers and thanksgiving.

M

M is a 56-year-old male who is married and has four children.  

Ministry report Jan - June 2025
Number of tracts distributed - 0 (verbal evangelism)
Number of people evangelised - 33
Number of conversions - 19
Number of people baptised - 19

Prayer Requests
Pray for:
1) Me and my family and the congregation with good health.
2) My ministry at school and church to flourish and grow in God's speed. 
3) Unbelievers gradually come to faith in God through my teaching and evangelism. Thanks be to God!
4) The renovation work on our church building to run smoothly without any hiccups. 
5) All churches in West K, that they will continue to serve God and to have a proper building to worship. 

Praise God, there are two young people who were saved because they believed and accepted Jesus as their Saviour. Formerly these two young people were drug addicts for many years, they were not able to let go of it. We met and counselled them since January 2025. After several months of counselling and struggling with them to overcome this drug habit, God set them free after the fifth month. Now they are free and please pray with us that they will not go back to it again. That God will protect them. 

AS

A is a 42-year-old male who is married with three children. 

Ministry report Jan - June 2025
Number of tracts distributed - 0 (verbal evangelism)
Number of people evangelised - 21
Number of conversions - 14
Number of people baptised - 14

Prayer Requests
Pray for:
1) My children as my first child has entered high school, may he be a blessing to the students there with God's gospel. 
2) The development of the gospel message in K village, may their hearts be softened and open to the gospel. 
3) All the churches that I minister to, may their faith grow and be able to influence the unbelievers. 
4) Me, being a farmer, I pray for a good yield and harvest for my rice crops. 
5) Unity in all churches I minister especially among the members, leaders and pastors for God's glory. 

There are burdens in life, but God provides solutions to those problems. In my large family, there are many who praise God that I recovered from the nagging pain that I was suffering from for the last four months. For four months, the pain was so unbearable, and I cried to the Lord to remove it. Thanks be to God, now I have been healed. 

M 

M is a 47-year-old male who is married with one child. 

Ministry report Jan - June 2025
Number of tracts distributed - 0 (verbal evangelism)
Number of people evangelised - 356
Number of conversions - 4
Number of people baptised - 0

Prayer Requests
Pray for:
1) My ministry and my congregation. 
2) My wife to be supportive towards the work that I am doing for the Lord. 
3) Me and my family for good health and protection. 
4) Problems within my family will be settled amicably through discussion and resolution. 
5) My children to be faithful to God. 

I want to share a personal testimony about how the Lord Jesus has miraculously performed miracles and answered prayers in my life. A few years ago, I faced a very difficult time with family problems. This situation left me feeling utterly hopeless and at a loss. In the midst of despair, I remembered the promise of God's Word which says, "Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7). I decided to surrender completely to God. Every day I knelt in prayer, pouring out my heart to Him, asking for His mercy and help. I prayed not only for deliverance for my problems but also for the strength of faith to accept whatever His will was. My congregation and fellow ministers also prayed tirelessly for me. Their prayer support greatly strengthened me. Thanks be to God!

S

S is a 48-year-old male who is a widower with one child. 

Ministry report Jan - June 2025
Number of tracts distributed - 0 (verbal evangelism)
Number of people evangelised - 13
Number of conversions - 13
Number of people baptised - 13

Prayer Requests
Pray for:
1) The faith of the congregation to grow well and strong.
2) The ministry of the Sunday School Children's Committee, the Youth and Youth Commission, and Sunday worship service. 
3) The farmers, labourers, planters and fishermen in my congregation for good harvest and profit. 
4) The children of our church, that they excel in their education and bring glory to God's name through their testimony. 
5) My family to be given strength and patience in all the challenges of life in ministry as our current ministry is among the various ethnic groups which is a hard ground to share the gospel. 

I truly feel blessed that in mid-2025 I experienced God's blessings. I lived with gratitude, patience, and perseverance in all things. There was power and help from God even in the midst of difficulties amidst various ethnic groups, races, and religious beliefs. I thanked God that there were no complications or confusion in my ministry work among them. Most of them received the gospel in a peaceful way. Pray that God will touch the hearts of those that are still not able to make any decision. 

TA

T is a 50-year-old male who is married with three children. 

Ministry report Jan - June 2025
Number of tracts distributed - 0 (verbal evangelism)
Number of people evangelised - 30
Number of conversions - 18
Number of people baptised - 16

Prayer Requests
Pray for:
1) The ministry in P, that I will continue to be a blessing to them and that their faith in the Lord will continue to grow. 
2) The struggles in ministry, that God will continue to intervene in the facilities and infrastructure for ministry. Pray for a new sound system as the old one is damaged. 
3) My health and of my family, that God will continue to bless my extended family and my children who are far from us. 
4) The evangelism work that I am doing in a new village. There are still many unbelievers. 
5) The construction of access roads in my village. This access is crucial for the community's transportation route. The old road is badly damaged and yet to be repaired. 

At the beginning of 2025, I began ministering to new people who have not heard the gospel at all. Initially, it was difficult because they did not receive our team in the first place. We prayed for God's intervention, then they slowly opened up and allowed us to share. One of them told us that he always dreamed of someone in white who told him to change and follow him. He was the first one to accept Christ in that place. Pray that more will dream or see visions of Jesus. Amen.