Veterans Day (USA)

November 11th

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget

that the highest appreciate is not to utter words,

but to live by them. -- John F. Kennedy

The amazing story of one Japanese diplomat who defied orders and saved 6,000 Jews from the Holocaust is at this link. Although ordered not to issue any travel visas, this hero and his wife signed up to 300 visas a day, not stopping for lunch and working well into the night. He was ordered to leave the country, but continued signing visas as his train was leaving. In 1985 Sugihara was awarded Israel's highest honor -- Righteous Among the Nations.

With the Lord

Paul Pettijohn, CCC Military Ministry associate director and former Officers' Christian Fellowship director, died early this morning following a brain aneurism. Please pray for his family, and give thanks for his devotion to military ministry through the years.

ACCTS staff member Linda Dunlap had her arm and shoulder amputated yesterday due to cancer and radiation damage. Praise God that she is on the road to recovery, and for Linda and Cal's remarkable, faith-filled example of perseverance during difficulties.

Military History: An amazing number of poignant Soviet war paintings can be found at this link.

Jodie Wang just returned from an ACCTS medical mission trip to China and reports that the three doctors who went with her treated 157 patients in one day alone! More news will follow.

Excellent sermons by Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church are available at this link.

Are social media sites like Facebook part of a fad, or a social revolution? If they're part of a social revolution, how can Christians be a part of this revolution? These are questions that came to my mind after watching this amazing video [link].

This link tells this photo's story about a little girl who did not want her daddy to go to war.

6 October is Armed Forces Day in Egypt. Please pray that military Christians in Egypt will be able to fellowship together and share Christ's hope with their co-workers.

Check out this video tribute to a soldier's life: [link].

"The more I study nature,
the more I am amazed at the Creator."
-- Louis Pasteur







Photo: Tammi Rau Mether

Three new vice presidents were commissioned at the recent AMCF leadership meeting: Chaplain Eric Burton of Australia for the South Pacific, BGen David Wakaalo of Uganda for East Africa, and LtGen Lee, Kap Jin of Korea for East Asia. Please pray for these men as they help forward God's work among the military in their regions.

ACCTS staff members Bob and B.J. Reifsnyder report in from the Seoul Council: "It is a beautiful day here in Korea and the Lord has given us all a blessed day!" ACCTS' deputy director, Don Martin, presented the ACCTS vision and mentioned ACCTS' Interaction leadership program. The Reifsnyders write, "Just out of curiosity, we asked how many Interaction graduates were here - either as staff in one of the AMCF support organizations or as part of the Presidential Bench and 28 people raised their hands! Thank you Lord for the impact that Interaction has had in the family of AMCF and for their ongoing support around the world. It was like welcoming family back home!"

"It is amazing what has been accomplished in just two and a half days. By noon today we had received reports from all 14 AMCF Vice Presidents, vision statements for the next five years from the AMCF, ACCTS, AcctsMMI and MSO, a total of 24 papers from those organizations, and testimonies by two of the departing Vice Presidents."

Bob and B.J. Reifsnyder report from the AMCF leadership meeting, Seoul Council in Korea, that regional reports show God's hand at work among the world's military Christian fellowships. Discussions have also focused on how military personnel can share Christ in areas where only they can go.

Photo: AMCF Vice President Mwaniki and wife in prayer at Seoul Council.