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Thank you for your part in what God is doing through ROCK’s media ministry worldwide. We are blessed to receive regular stories of individuals and families being touched and transformed as they come into a clear understanding of the gospel. A worker in Nairobi, Kenya wrote to us a few days ago telling us that the Swahili version of KING of GLORY is being shown on television. They receive a lot of feedback. A man named Musa said that he and his sisters are able to relate to the stories because of what they were taught in the madrasa (Islamic school). A newly converted couple told how they watched the movie together with their two small children. They loved it so much and it made them understand the Bible. Another man commented that the Bible is answering their questions as they watch KING of GLORY on television and their children are very excited. He wants to introduce his Muslim friend to it. During COVID, Christians have been giving out food parcels along with SC cards and thumb drives with the movie on it. One who received a parcel wrote: “I was continuously listening to the King of Glory movie on the SD Card. My three siblings thank you for it. It’s so interesting. Those I gave the SD cards too are really enjoying it and saying ‘Thanks-a-lot.’” This week we received requests from workers in 3 language groups that want to produce the movie in their languages.

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Thank you too for your continued prayers and support for what God is doing in Senegal, Niger, and Tanzania. Concerning the New Hope Girls’ Secondary School on the island of Ukerewe on Lake Victoria, the construction of the dining hall and kitchen are close to complete. The government required science rooms will be next as the Lord provides. Thank you for your prayers for God’s provision and for wisdom in putting together the staff of Christian ladies who will invest themselves into this ministry to girls at risk. Amid the chaos, God is at work.

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Thank you for your continued prayers and support for what God is doing in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania. Dr. Rachel Hagues, ROCK board member and liaison with the believers in Tanzania writes, “Progress on the building of the Girls’ School is being made as the dining hall and kitchen are nearly complete. Thank you for your part in moving it towards completion. This is a build-as-funds-come-in project and 100% of donations go directly to the construction. Please also pray for the ways in which COVID-19 is taking its toll on families around the world and that the LORD would use ROCK to minister to people during this difficult season wherever He sees fit.” In Senegal, quarantine laws have brought great hardships on the people and great opportunities for the church to show Christ’s love. Prayerfully and intentionally, Senegalese believers have distributed rice and cooking oil along with sanitation kits and government-required masks (made by the girls of the vocational school). Hundreds of Muslim families have been prayed with and relationships strengthened. We pray that through these tangible acts of compassion, hearts will be opened to the hope found in the gospel.

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Due to the diligent work of coworkers, the KING of GLORY movie is being segmented into 70 short scenes in many languages to make it more social-media-friendly. Multitudes in closed countries are being reached via YouTube and Facebook. We praise God for the many ministries worldwide that are requesting to use ROCK’s resources. We pray that in this difficult time of isolation, hurting souls will seek and find the true and living God. Pray for the Muslim world. A brother working in Central Asia recently wrote, “Muslims are exceptionally open right now it seems. Many are no longer arguing, they are just listening and asking questions.”

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Thank you for your prayers and part in what God is doing through ROCK International. Last month, in one of the stan countries in Central Asia, amid strong opposition, God opened the way for the entire KING of GLORY movie to be broadcast twice on national TV. Individuals and communities are being impacted as the film captures their attention and communicates to them in their heart language God’s story and message revealed in the Scriptures of the prophets. One of the believers wrote: I've been rejoicing all day. During this time of quarantine, Muslims are exceptionally open right now it seems. Those with whom I am dialoging (on social media) haven't even been arguing, just listening and asking questions.

Please join us in looking to the Lord to touch minds and hearts worldwide during this year’s Ramadan (April 23 – May 23), which is like no other in history due to the imposition of social distancing. Typically, after breaking the day’s fast, Muslims spend evenings going to the mosque and socializing in their neighborhoods or in town, but not this year. Here’s another report from Central Asia: Though the world remains in quarantine, the gospel is not bound. The country is severely locked down, nobody is on the streets, so even the believers’ already outlawed underground church services are impossible. Yet, praise God for the trials, although no one can be out, we have found ways to continue meeting and evangelizing on almost a nightly basis. Over the last two weeks we have seen six Muslims come to Christ. Thank you for your prayers. God is being magnified.

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Thanks too for praying for Niger, Senegal and Tanzania, where believers face like challenges and opportunities.
Pray too for the ROCK team members who have had to make quick and difficult decisions to return to their
homelands for a time. As one wrote, “We trust in the Lord’s sovereignty and His perfect peace….”

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Thank you for your prayers and part in the continuing ministries of ROCK International – for the spread of a clearly understood gospel worldwide “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). While the coronavirus pandemic (a divinely ordered “time-out” for the world) has forced upon us the unique and uncomfortable practice of social distancing, with it also comes unique opportunities to connect and communicate God’s story and message to anxious, seeking souls via social media. Please join us in prayer:

1. that each of us will have the wisdom and readiness to seize the opportunities to spread the hope of the gospel in a contagious kind of way.
2. for God’s good news to spread like never before throughout the Muslim world and beyond. God is at work. One worker wrote recently of Muslims “who were very open to receiving prayer and responding to the gospel.”

3. for the Lord’s people to know His peace, protection, and provision, and for the growth of the church worldwide spiritually and numerically. Thanks for remembering ROCK-project connected workers in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania during this hard time of social distancing in community/event-oriented societies.
4. that the Lord will guide the ROCK team as we seek to develop and implement a social media strategy that will help God’s people worldwide multiply their use of ROCK’s multi-language gospel resources to reach into communities and countries – to impact hearts and homes for time and eternity.

Thanks again for your faithful part in what God is doing. Take courage in these facts and promises from Him:
The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth… “For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a
thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and its fullness are mine. … Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
(Psalm 50:1,10-12,15 ESV)

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KING of GLORY languages #36 (Dari of Afghanistan) and #37 (Telugu of India) were released last month.
Here’s some early feedback from one of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries: “Got to watch KoG in Dari with
the team and a few Afghani friends today. What a time! They are very excited about it.” And posted on
YouTube by a Telugu viewer: “Thank you! This is a much-awaited film!!”
If you like statistics, here are a few: •To produce the movie in a new language (translate, record, dub, and
field test) takes many teams 1 to 2 years, but since numerous KoG teams are working concurrently on such
projects, on the average, a new language is completed and released every 6 weeks. •In the month of January,
the KING of GLORY movie in its 35 languages had nearly 30,000 views with each person watching it for an
average of 12 minutes and 15 seconds each. •Since its release in 2016, the Swahili KoG Movie has had more
than 600,000 views for a total of 73,000 hours of watch time. 420,000 of those views have been in Tanzania.

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Thank you for your part and prayers for the New Hope Girls’ Secondary School in Tanzania, which is about to
resume construction after working through a variety of challenges. Thanks too for praying for the team in Niger as
they press on in many realms. The new print-on-demand press at the Youth Development Center is a blessing to
the servants of God in that land for the growth of the church and the spread of the gospel. In Senegal, the radio
and movie media ministries, youth work, and girls’ vocational school continue to bless many for time and eternity.
The ROCK Idaho office team has launched a new Facebook page called ROCKin Homeschool, which features the
KING of GLORY Curriculum (KoG picture book, movie, study guide and coloring book). Share it!
https://www.facebook.com/rockinhomeschool

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Due to the many multi-language media gospel tools being produced and/or disseminated simultaneously, it is challenging to know what to mention in these short updates. This month we focus on one resource: The WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS Radio programs in one great language: Chinese Mandarin—being produced in a dialect intended to reach and bless the largest Muslim-majority ethnic group in China. This TWOR series will be good for the rest of China as well, but for a number of reasons this project has dragged on for more than two years. Please pray. The cost is $20K. The translation and editing of the 100 programs are nearly complete and, Lord willing, the recording will soon begin. We recently received this note from the translation team in China:

We would like to thank ROCK International for the opportunity to work on this project. For the last 24 months, we have seen a much-tightened situation in China. It has taken much time in working not only on the scripts, but also in finding the right voice, to ensure that the presentation will be highly acceptable to the [people group it is designed to reach]. Our local friends commented that they were very glad to know that their people group is not being left out and that churches and [believers connected with] ROCK International are helping them to develop this radio series. … We understand that [such] resources for both believers and non-believers [in our people group] are very limited. Hence, we really look forward to the fruition of this production project and, God willing, the ground distribution of the programs afterwards. … As the situation in China gets more bleak over time (and now with the Wuhan coronavirus), we feel the urgency for the production work to be done. Our team hopes to start the recording soon.

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In Senegal and Niger, God continues to do His work in lives through the faithful everyday witness of His servants. The New Hope Secondary School for Girls construction project in Tanzania has come to a standstill for the moment due to some unforeseen challenges that the local believers are working through. Pray for wisdom and the Lord’s provision to see this project to its finish line—and to its starting line, so the school can open. Thank you for your part and prayers in what God is doing through this channel of blessing called ROCK International.

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At the start of a new decade, we ask you to continue in prayer that the production and dissemination of ROCK’s multi-language multi-media films, radio broadcasts, and books will be used of God in even greater ways to open blinded minds and hearts, and to encourage and equip believers around the world “to make the gospel clear as [they] ought” (Col 4:4). To the glory of God, here is some recent feedback:

• “Your book has been a great blessing to many Muslims and others.”
  – Chaplain who has distributed about 3000 copies of ONE GOD ONE MESSAGE in detention centers and prisons in the USA
• “The Turkmen version of TWOR radio series will be going on the air in Central Asia starting in January!”
  – TransWorld Radio, broadcasting The WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS in some 20 languages worldwide
• “The King of Glory movie in Turkmen is in the lineup for airing this week on our Satellite stations. Praying it has a huge impact on the dear people in this very closed country.”
  – Russian/Ukrainian TV ministry partner that broadcasts KING of GLORY in various languages

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Thank you for your part in the ongoing ministries in Senegal, Niger and the Girls’ Secondary School construction project in Tanzania. Will 2020 be the year the school is completed? While ROCK is a channel for projects, the workers connected to the projects are the ones who daily represent Christ in unique and daily ways. Here’s a recent story from Niger: “An older Tuareg woman who lives near us has been seeing things as blurry blobs with ongoing pain in her eyes and back. We prayed for her. To her surprise and joy, God opened her eyes to be able to see everything clearly. The next day she exclaimed how she never once woke up in the night from back pain. I reminded her that God loves her, and that Jesus has power to heal and to save. Please join us in prayer that God would open her spiritual eyes to know that the message she has heard is truth. Today we began listening to the audio Bible in her language. Pray for a continued desire to hear God’s Word.”

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At the close of another year, to the glory of God, as a result of your share in this worldwide media ministry, it can be “said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad!” (Psalm 126:2-3) Last month we received this feedback from a listener in Tanzania who follows our 100-program chronological series broadcast by TransWorld Radio: “I need to thank you for this program, The Way of Righteousness in Kirundi language. It is rich in information with different stories we find in the Bible. Here in our country we receive this program perfectly and we are really happy to hear it.” Another wrote: “I heard someone saying that it is a program to evangelize Muslims, but I see that it is helpful to all people who need the Word of God.” Through your part with us in 2019, the KING of GLORY movie has been completed in 8 new languages, the KING of GLORY Coloring Book should be in stock by mid-December, and The Way of Righteousness English book has been revised and is going to the printer for a January release.

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Also, in 2019, God has brought about some wonderful victories in Tanzania, Niger, and Senegal. In Tanzania where the secondary school for girls is being built, the Lord has helped the local believers overseeing the project work through some challenges, during which time, through your gifts, sufficient funds have come in to construct the next building. In Niger, we thank the Lord for last month’s arrival of another worker, a godly sister who brings many gifts and abilities to the team. In northern Senegal, the Senegalese couple and their three boys who moved into the village in August continue to put roots down, build relationships, and, in fellowship and collaboration with the church in the nearby city, are believing the Lord to do great things in this community and beyond.

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Twenty-seven years ago, on November 2, 1992, the first Yoonu Njub (Way of Righteousness) chronological, creation-to-Christ-to-new-creation radio program was broadcast in the Wolof language of Senegal, West Africa. Here is a sampling of feedback received from Senegalese in the first three months of those broadcasts:

• “I’ve never heard anything so profound.” —University student
• “The words are so clear; we have no choice but to listen.” —Young man
• “It makes my heart very cold (happy) to hear such pure Wolof.” — Older man
• “The men are gathering at the mosque to hear and discuss Yoonu Njub.” —Neighbor
• “I gather my children around the radio every Monday evening. Everybody listens well.” —Mother

Today this 100-program series in Wolof continues to be aired on 9 stations across Senegal—and in many other languages worldwide. It is through the prayers and gifts of God’s people that His message of hope is being proclaimed to those who have been taught an anti-gospel from their youth. TransWorld Radio, presently broadcasting it in 20 languages says: “’The Way of Righteousness’ is a radio program that is expanding rapidly around the TWR world because of its proven ability to explain the Scriptures to Muslims. Airing across the regions, it generates great feedback from listeners including a remarkable number deciding to follow Jesus.”

ROCKids

Thank you for your prayers and participation in ongoing projects designed to bless youth and their families in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania. You will find fuel for prayer related to these projects at www.rockintl.org. Also, we praise God that after two years of work, by this time next month the KING of GLORY Coloring Book (a companion tool for the KoG movie, book, and study guide) should be in print. Another way to introduce kids to Jesus!

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God is at work in lives. Here are two recent comments. From a young man in South Africa: “I watched the whole movie. Absolutely brilliant! it’s really life-changing. Exactly what I needed. I showed my friends and they think it’s amazing.” From a dad in Zambia: “Thank you much for this wonderful narration of the word of God as we gather as a family to listen.” Thank YOU for your part in making the chronological gospel available and clear to individuals, families, communities, and nations devoid of the true word of God. ROCK has many projects going on right now such as THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS radio series being produced in Mandarin for China’s 1.1 billion people, an audiobook of ONE GOD ONE MESSAGE in Bengali for Bangladesh and West India’s 200 million Muslims, and the movie KING of GLORY already in 35 languages, with a dozen more in production. We also hope to soon publish the KING of GLORY coloring book for kids around the world—all for the furtherance of the gospel and the glory of our wonderful Lord.

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Thank you too for your prayers and participation in projects in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania. In Senegal, we praise God for how He has recently led a young couple with 3 boys to leave a good job in the capital city and settle in the north of Senegal, in the village where ROCK’s medical clinic is located. After a little more than a month, solid relationships are being established. In fellowship with the believers in the nearby city, this couple’s passion and vision is to use sports, information technology, ladies’ gatherings, community events, film showings, medical services, etc. to see the younger generation and their communities blessed for time and eternity—through the gospel. ROCK is a critical channel for some of those developing ministries. Thanks for your part and prayers in what God will do in this spiritually dark region.

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We thank God for all who partner with us in this multi-language multi-media ministry to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Because of your prayers and gifts, the good news is going into the most unlikely of places. Last month, following 3½ years of opposition, the KING of GLORY movie was finally completed in Turkmen. Praise God! To give an idea the challenges, here’s an email excerpt from two years ago from the overseer of the project. “Please be in prayer about this. Opposition is incredible. Our guys there are currently under unofficial house arrest. All their Bibles were confiscated. They are looking at possibly 15 days in jail to begin with.” This same brother wrote, “It is increasingly difficult to operate in the traditional sense of missions. Doors may be more difficult to go through, but they are not welded shut. God is still being glorified, souls are still being saved, disciples are still being made and churches are still being born. God has given us an opportunity to seize the moment. We are storming the very gates of Hell; please join with us through your ministry of prayer to see the darkness of man’s religion shattered by the Light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

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Thank you too for your prayers and participation in projects in Senegal, Tanzania, and Niger. Last month, one of the Niger team members had a motorcycle accident the night before he and his family were scheduled to fly back to the country after a visit to the USA. He has since undergone surgery and the family plans to return later this month. Also in Niger a new believer was baptized, and the on-demand printing press arrived and has been set up in the Youth Development center. This will be used to produce materials in Zarma and other languages. Good things are also happening in the expanding soccer ministry, giving youth exposure to God’s love and truth. “It has been encouraging to us to see their excitement about God’s word.”

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This update just came in from the team in Niger: “The Youth Development Center has had a lot of excitement over the last months. New believers have been coming to the center for Bible study and encouragement for some time but have now started meeting there on Sundays as the early formation of a church. They have gone out several times into the community for evangelism and talked with many neighbors, boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus. We were able to get a piano for the music center as music classes continue. The soccer team has outgrown the center’s courtyard they play in. We are working to prepare a regulation-size field for them. We were also able to finish the automotive shop and the tech school should start back in the next few weeks. We pray for open hearts and minds as well as open doors to see lives transformed here by the gospel.” Thank you too for your continued prayers for all that is needed to complete the buildings for the New Hope Secondary School in Tanzania. We are thrilled that local partners there were able to get funding for a deep well and that the government has agreed to subsidize the running of pipes. In Senegal, a Senegalese couple with three young boys are taking a step of faith this month by moving from Dakar to a village in the north with the vision to do youth and media ministry in fellowship with the church in Saint Louis and with ROCK International.

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Last month KING of GLORY’s 32nd and 33rd languages were released, Russian and Iraqi Arabic. We receive comments of all kinds. A YouTube viewer in Russia wrote, “There was no king of glory.” And in Afghanistan, “The movie was amazing.” From Iraq, “Respect the majority [religion] and don’t go astray [with] fictional writings.” And in Indonesia, “It’s a very beautiful video. You make me realize how great God is. Thanks!” Keep praying for the dozens of ongoing projects and productions with ROCK’s multi-language multi-media tools.

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God is at work in lives worldwide through ROCK’s multi-language multi-media tools—via radio, printed page, internet, and video. A few days ago, KING of GLORY’s 31st language was completed ( Kazakh ), with at least five more languages nearing their finish lines (Egyptian, Iraqi, and Mauritanian Arabic, along with Russian and Telugu). Other projects, such as KoG in Vietnamese and OGOM audio book in Muslimi Bengali, await their start lines—as funds become available. As for THE WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS radio series, twelve new languages have been released in recent times. “This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes!” (Psalm 118:23)

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Following a season of hindrances, we rejoice to report that Saturday Kids’ Club has started back at the Youth Development Center in Niger.

Last month, Dr. Rachel Hagues (ROCK board member and Girl’s school visionary) spent 2+ weeks in Tanzania. Here is her fresh report: The Kazilankanda village is beginning to be excited about the establishment of Tumaini Jipya (New Hope) Secondary School and are anxious to know when it will open. We thank God for continuing to provide funds in His timing – some of those funds through many of you. In a recent visit to the village, girls expressed their desires to one day become teachers, doctors, nurses, seamstresses, the list goes on. Lord willing, many of these same girls will complete secondary school at Tumaini Jipya, putting them on track to fulfill these dreams. Soon a headmistress for the school will need to be hired. Please join with us in praying for the person who will fill that position even now. We also are so thankful to the Lord for godly on-the-ground oversight provided by the Africa Inland Church in the Mara (mainland) & Ukerewe (island) districts.

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In addition to the already completed Modern Standard Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, and Moroccan Arabic, the KING of GLORY movie is being produced in several other Arabic dialects, including Yemeni Arabic which is presently in translation. We praise God that the recording of Egyptian Arabic was recently completed and is ready to be dubbed. Pray for wisdom and diligence for the teams working on these productions and for the distribution of ROCK’s many multi-language chronological gospel tools. Recently, a church leader in Uganda wrote, “This is my favourite Christian movie. I use it to train others and through it many have come to really understand the Word of God. My family and children like to watch it almost every day.” The WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS radio programs continue to be produced and aired in new languages. Here are the latest additions: Kirundi (Congo, Tanzania, Uganda), Tigrinya (Eritrea and Ethiopia), and Kotokoli (West Africa). These programs are being broadcast into these regions by TransWorld Radio. Thank you for your prayers and part in the production of such resources.

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In Tanzania, construction on the secondary school for high-risk girls continues as the Lord supplies through His people. In Jesus’ name, we thank each of you who have given recently. The Niger team is restarting the kids’ club at the youth center. Pray for God’s mighty working in lives. In Senegal, a believer is planning to move his family from the capital to the northern region of the country to establish a business so that he and his family can minister to village youth and their families in years to come. Pray for provision, strength, wisdom, and courage for the Lord’s servants in these three nations.

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The most recent language into which KING of GLORY has been dubbed is Mongolian. This is the 30th KoG language to be released, with many more in progress. Last month, two team members worked hard to improve Search Engine Optimization for the hundreds of KING of GLORY multi-language videos on YouTube, but ultimately our dependence for reaching a confused world is not in SEO, but in God working through your prayers. He is at work! A few days ago, we received this report from a ministry partner that has been broadcasting (for well over a decade) ROCK’s “Way of Righteousness” chronological radio programs in West Africa in a dialect spoken by 7 million. The overseer of these broadcasts wrote of this language group, “about 100 people have formed a church with 10 other cell groups which are becoming churches as well” and “in [another nation] 7 groups/churches started through listening to the radio programs” and “in [yet another country], coffee and cocoa plantation workers are turning to Christ and a church group has been created.” Please pray for these new believers, that they will be firmly established in the Word of God.

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Thank you for your part in ROCK projects in Tanzania, Niger, and Senegal. Continue to pray for all that is needed to complete the Girls’ School in Tanzania (See: https://vimeo.com/327816868). ROCK-connected workers who just returned to Niger, wrote: Please pray for us as we transition back into life in West Africa in the extreme heat. We appreciate you for keeping up with us and surrounding us in prayer. How great is our God! What a mighty work He is doing. May He be glorified among the nations and in the hearts of many in [West Africa]!” Amen. “Brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1).

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God is at work (and sometimes we get to hear of it)! Here are 2 reports from the first and last days of March:

• March 1: A believer in Central Asia called via WhatsApp to tell of a Muslim lady who, with her young son, had checked into their women’s center, a hideaway for hurting, abused women. On the second day of her stay, she watched the entire KING of GLORY movie in her heart language. She then returned to her room where she wept for hours. Later, when the staff asked her why she had been crying, she said, “This film gave me the answers I’ve been searching for for most of my life.” As the women spoke to her of God’s way of forgiveness, her child came saying, “Mommy, don’t listen to these people, they are telling you lies! Don’t listen to them, they lie!” But she sent her boy out of the room, fell to her knees and called on the name of the Lord Jesus to save her. After this, the believers said, “It was like an evil spirit had left the area.” Before coming to the refuge, in her hopelessness, this dear lady had tried to kill herself several times. But by the love shown to her through His people and by the power of the gospel, she is now a new creation in Christ.
• March 31: A Senegalese elder wrote to tell of a young Muslim lady who has been listening to The Way of Righteousness Wolof broadcasts over a long period of time. On Sunday, she attended the church meeting in northern Senegal to declare her faith in Christ. Pray for her spiritual growth and boldness in the gospel.

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Thank you for your part in ROCK projects in Tanzania, Niger, and Senegal. Please pray the provision of all that is needed to complete the Girls’ School in Tanzania (See: https://vimeo.com/327816868), for God’s guidance and blessing on the youth work in Niger, and for the 100 girls attending the Girl’s Training Center in Senegal.

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Glory to God, the 16-language KING of GLORY DVD Edition 3 is finished with 20,000 copies en route to 14 locations. And since two of those languages are French and Wolof, one of those locations is Senegal, West Africa. Pray that minds and hearts would be opened to understand and believe the gospel as they watch and listen to God’s story and message in their heart language. Pray also for those watching it on YouTube (in 29 languages). In the month of January, nearly 33,000 people clicked on the movie to watch it for a combined total of 4233 hours. On a daily basis, we also hear from those watching it on TWR360, TransWorld Radio’s website. Here’s a bit of feedback from the last two weeks: India: “I want to know God more and teach my kids about the Lord.” Iran: “It’s very good. Thank you.” United Arab Emirates: “[Thank you for this] knowledge about how to teach children the words of God.” Liberia: “The program is rewarding.” Kenya: “I love the teachings in the animation.” Uganda: “It’s such a great program.” South Africa: “What a wonderful way to meet God and the plan He has for us. Amen” USA: “I enjoyed the program! Hi from Knoxville, TN!”

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Thank you too for your part in ROCK projects in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania. Please continue to pray for the completion of the Tanzania girls’ school on the Island on Lake Victoria. The goal is still to open in January 2020, but much construction must be completed before that can happen. As you pray for this school destined to offer at-risk girls a safe and Christ-centered learning environment, it may interest you to know that it was the local believers who gave the land and who are now providing the on-the-ground oversight. Once the school is built, they will also have the major role of hiring the teachers, selecting students, etc. Meanwhile in Niger, praise God, at last, the team has in hand the revised, legal paperwork which will open the way for various ministries. Pray for two of the couples as they will soon return to the work, each with a new baby in arms!

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Just one month into 2019, we have been blessed to see God work in so many ways. Here’s a sampling from January: A hospital team in Togo, West Africa, which uses ROCK’s resources, writes of their desire to translate them into some of the 8 local languages. A team of evangelists in Haiti has been showing a field-test version of the KING of GLORY movie in Creole to reach remote mountain villages. One of the team-members wrote: “I’ve never seen a response like this! We showed the Jesus film in some places before and it was good. But now they are seeing the gospel from Genesis to Revelation. All we’ve been trying to communicate is wrapped up in this film!” In Kyrgyzstan, the movie was shown twice on a major TV network. Also, KING of GLORY will be released in both Creole and Malayalam this month. And 20,000 copies of a new 16-language KoG DVD are scheduled to be replicated and sent around the world. Thank you for your prayers and part in what God is doing.

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Thank you too for your share in ROCK projects in Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania. Please continue to pray for the completion of the construction of the Tanzania girls’ school. The goal is to open in January 2020. Many of the stories we receive have to do with the daily relational opportunities. A ROCK-connected couple in Niger recently wrote: “Tech classes continue…. We continue to use the King of Glory movie in many contexts…. Sometimes there are frustrations. A couple months ago R. visited a family whose little boy had a broken leg. They showed her an X-ray of his misaligned broken bones. Sadly, they had opted to use traditional medicine wrapping his leg with a small bamboo splint. R. asked them several times to please allow her to take him to the hospital for a proper cast which we would pay for. They refused possibly out of fear of the local witch doctor. So now the little boy walks with a limp and now they are willing for him to be taken to a real doctor. This month we will be trying to find out if he can be helped. We know that God can use even this frustrating situation for good.”

ROCK International is a channel; a conduit with a two-fold purpose:

• to reach into neglected nations with projects thatdemonstrate God’s love (ROCKids).
• to produce and propagate resources that declare God’s truth(ROCK Resources).

By God’s faithfulness, for a dozen years ROCK has been a conduit. But a conduit is nothing by itself. Webster defines conduit as “a natural or artificial channel through which something is conveyed; a means of transmitting or distributing.” It is by your sacrificial gifts that ROCK has been an effective channel through which God’s love and truth is being conveyed and transmitted to millions of people worldwide. We thank God for each of you who have partnered with us over the years. In all of its worldwide ministries, ROCK continues to operate on the principle of total commitment to God’s faithfulness to supply the financial needs connected with each project and all it involves. We thank Him for His faithfulness through you.

Speaking of conduits, we want to make you aware that, thanks to the diligent work of ROCK’s webteam, ROCK has a new online system (donorbox) for receiving contributions. ROCK’s contribute page now has 4 buttons:
1. ROCK Resources. 2. ROCKids. 3. Niger Ministries. 4. Tanzania Girls’ School.

It is important to understand that while the Niger and Tanzanian projects are a part of ROCKids, the ongoing projects in both Niger and Tanzania are financed primarily through funds designated specifically for them. Your designated gift can be given online on the contribute page or mailed to ROCK International’s P.O. Box.

NOTE: If you have set up your giving for automatic monthly contributions, at your convenience, please cancel that and sign up again on ROCK’s contribute page: https://www.rockintl.org/contribute-to-rock This will switch you over to the new system. Thank you! Also, if you do not receive ROCK International’s updates, you can sign up at: www.rockintl.org or write to: resources@rockintl.org