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Attention: to protect the identity of God’s workers in dangerous places, we have told this true story in a graphic novel style.

PEACE WILL COME

One man’s miraculous story— reaching refugees with the JESUS Film

Dear Harvest Partners: John is a dear brother in Christ. His story is a testament to how big God is and how many exciting things are happening through JESUS Film Harvest Partners around the world today.

Please choose the ministry opportunities you want to support at the bottom of most pages of this graphic novel.

You are loved.

Brian Helstrom Executive Director

C H.1 J OH N: LO ST BO Y

I was 15 and was peacefully living in my African village with my parents & siblings.

Hi! I’m John.

My story begins with me running for my life.

...to fight and kill my own people.

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Table of Contents — ­ Giving Opportunities Pages 5-6 JESUS Film Ministry & Equipment Sets Pages 7-8 Orality Tools Pages 9-10 Disciple a New Believer & Plant a Preaching Point Pages 11-12 Team Support Pages 13-14 How to Give

One day, the Lord’s Resistance Army came Resistance Army and tried make me become a childa came andto tried to make me become soldier... child soldier...

My parents did not want this violent future for me. They told me to run.

So I ran....

...for days!

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C H.2 J OH N: D IVIN E CAL L IN G I ran until I reached a refugee camp in the neighboring country.

I lived in that camp for 13 years.

Few refugees are offered the opportunity to leave a refugee camp & move to a better place.

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But then God told me,

“I don’t want you to go; I have another plan for you.”

I was so surprised and confused, but I knew I had to listen to God!

I turned down the opportunity, and God called me back to the refugee camp!

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Life was very difficult.

The food ration they gave me was too small to live on,

I was so excited because this was my way out!

to Welcome

so I traded firewood to get enough food to survive.

Paradise

However, one day I was offered the opportunity to resettle in Australia.

When I returned, God opened my eyes.

He said, “You see these people?

They do not have homes.

I want you to serve them.

I want you to preach to them— to give them hope in Jesus.”

That’s when I received a set of equipment to show the JESUS Film that would change my life forever...

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C H.3 J ESUS FILM MI N ISTR Y

Although I began preaching the gospel to people in the camps, the JESUS Film made telling people about Jesus much easier! It has been our tool to reach many people.

Many people have never heard Jesus talking in their own mother tongue.

It is a great surprise for them to hear for the first time.

God is still changing the lives of people every day. We cannot show the JESUS Film without people coming to know Christ.

Giving Opportunity: JESUS Film Ministry The JESUS Film has been translated into more than 1,400 languages and shown in 138 countries by JESUS Film Harvest Partners teams.

Your support enables more people to make decisions for Christ all across the world, creating an eternal impact with each gift given.

Your gift of any amount will support the JESUS Film ministry!

Click here to give.

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When I take the JESUS Film to a refugee camp, you cannot count the number of people in the audience.

There are often thousands.

From 2003 to 2013, we went from having 13 to 3,015 churches in one African country!

And all those 3,015 church plants were the results of the JESUS Film ministry.

Giving Opportunity: Equipment Sets Equipment sets are ultra-portable projection systems that allow hundreds of people to see and hear Jesus, often for the first time.

Play a part in making evangelism more effective— you change lives with each set delivered to the field!

Support equipment sets for $2,000.

Click here to give.

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C H.4 ORALITY TO O L S We received an orality tool called the Bible Story Cloth...

Those who could not read or write...

a great way to share the Bible through pictures.

The JESUS Film and Bible Story Cloth make an invaluable partnership because we can expand on the stories people have seen in the film.

Giving Opportunity: Orality Tools JESUS Film teams use the Bible Story Cloth and other orality tools like the EvangeCube, Audio Bible, and Evangelism Soccer Ball to present the simple truths of the gospel to oral learners around the world. By supporting orality tools, you are reaching the two-thirds of the world who cannot, will not, or do not read.

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could see and hear the stories of David, Moses, Daniel, Jesus, Paul...

and many others for the first time!

They get a deeper knowledge of the Bible from the pictures they see and stories we tell them.

Within just a couple of days, they will share the history in the Bible with others, involving people in disciple-making.

They will say, “I know God did this” because of the pictures they see.

Your support brings the Good News to their ears...

• EvangeCube — $8 • Evangelism Soccer Ball — $15 • Bible Story Cloth — $35 • Audio Bible — $75 Click here to give.

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C H.5 DISCIPLE SH IP & CHU R CHES We see people come to know Christ, but we also want to see them grow. We want to see disciples live out the gospel and become disciplemakers.

By discipling people, we are training and equipping leaders—leaders of families, churches, communities, and even countries.

A church is not defined by a building, but by the people within it.

Sometimes churches will meet under a tree.

...we then leave a mature disciple in the community to establish the roots for a new church.

Giving Opportunity: Disciple a New Believer Since 1997, JESUS Film teams have discipled over 6.6 million new believers; an average of 72 discipleship follow-ups per team each month.

Your support creates a ripple effect that can bring communities to Christ!

How many new believers will you support?

1 for $10, 5 for $50, 10 for $100, or whatever quantity God leads.

Click here to give.

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Many of these refugees will eventually go back to their home countries. If they believe in Jesus now and have been discipled, how great could their impact be when they return?

After we have shown the JESUS Film and ministered with orality tools...

Our churches are filled with worship and praise songs. The lyrics of one of our favorites is,

ank u, th you o y k k n “Tha sus, than art.� e e J h you s in my Jesu

Giving Opportunity: Plant a Preaching Point JESUS Film teams have started over 63,000 Preaching Points (baby churches) to date. Each team aims to start at least ten new churches every year.

Your support provides believers a place to meet, grow, and ultimately give back to their community in service and outreach.

You can help plant a Preaching Point for just $127.

Click here to give.

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C H.6 C HURCH E S & TEA M S In the midst of refugee hardships, we worship in joy.

This stark contrast has brought those who have seen our transformed lives to request, “We need to see that God.”

In South America...

JESUS Film teams are using the film and tools to reach people all around the world! So many are still waiting to hear and respond to the Good News.

Evangelism Soccer Ball

Giving Opportunity: Team Support JESUS Film team members sacrifice much to bring the Good News to hard-to-reach places. You’ve seen the many fruits of their service—from JESUS Film showings to discipleship—but they need your sustaining generosity to continue to grow the Kingdom.

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My goal is to put the JESUS Film

The church becomes a home for refugees.

A place where they can worship God in their own language... and learn to walk in His ways.

in every refugee camp.

A place for hope and peace.

To Next Village

In Eurasia...

Equipment Set Projector for JESUS Film Showing

In Mesoamerica and Asia-Pacific...

We have workers ready‌

EvangeCube

You can support JESUS Film teams at any of the following levels: $500 // $1,000 // $2,000

Click here to give.

$5,000 // $7,500 // $15,000

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CH.7 C R OS S I N G PAT HS The Bible is a book full of refugees.

Adam, Joseph, Abraham, and even Jesus were all refugees. If you know Jesus, then you know‌

All of us are refugees...

We are all just passing by.

Even though we may not all be forced from our homes or persecuted for our faith, we are all refugees in a broken world—in need of a Savior.

When you give...

People hear & come to Christ

Disciples are made Churches are started

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Y ou C a n M a ke a Dif f erence You’ve read John’s story and you’ve seen the various ministry opportunities you can support, from orality tools to discipling new believers. Now is the time to respond!

The people JESUS Film teams minister to don’t know when peace is going to come. Yet they say to them, “I think we need to know the God who gives hope, even when there is no hope.”

These people can’t wait for peace. John concludes...

”They need Jesus now, not tomorrow!”

Ways to Give Call: 913-663-5700 Give Online: Click here to give.

JESUS Film Harvest Partners 15055 W. 116th Street, Olathe, KS 66062 U.S.A.

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reaching refugees with the JESUS Film

One man’s miraculous story—

PEACE WILL COME

15055 W. 116th Street Olathe, KS 66062