Dear friends of our ministry from around the world,
this has been one fast going year. I can still remember well what I did in January and February. Is it possible that 12 months have gone by so quickly?
Last year around this time, the Lord spoke to me that if we ask, this will be a year in which He will give us wisdom like never before. Boy, did I need wisdom! I don't think I ever before have been so conscious of my need of a Saviour and His wisdom for my life and the apostolic mandate God has entrusted me with. I have to be honest with you, at times I feel overwhelmed. There's so much I want to see happen and there's such limited time and resource I can output in the process.
All in all, this has been a very hard year and yet it's been a year of advances. It seems like I've poured much effort into launching our ministry in cyberspace. We now operate close to 20 different web sites which are regularly read by literally thousands of people from around the world every month. And this is just a small beginning.
The work in Bulgaria is advancing to an even higher and deeper level. So many things are going on there. It's so hard to be away from there and yet we're so confident that we are where we're supposed to be by the word of the Lord.
Our apostolic access in Macedonia became a fact this year as well. Very significant and serious developments there. Much work to be done if we want to see progress in this nation.
A new beginning in Slovakia this year. And it has been awesome to watch the church there grow and the ministry to go forth.
In Vienna, Austria, it seems like pastor Peter's ministry has really taken off to a new level this year, while helping in a very practical way with the ministry and the development of the church there.
In London, the U.K. Kalin and Stanislava had their first baby (Emmanuel) and even though I wasn't able to travel there in December, the work there has come to a new level as well. New and quality people are getting saved and we're very excited about that.
At the end of the year the Lord surprised us with Belarus and our involvement with New Life Church in Minsk. It has been an incredible experience and privilege to be part of something like this.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2007?
One thing I really missed this year was not being able to go back to Sri Lanka. I can't tell you how many times I thought about this. I can only trust that pastor Jacob and his ministry are continuing to hold on to the covenant we have in the Lord. I'm very much looking forward to going back to Sri Lanka and impacting the Church there again.
While we continue to work in the nations where HBN is involved, there are new doors that I sense the Lord is opening and those are:
Spain
Zambia
Hungary
Wanda and I want to thank you for your friendship, covenant commitment and Kingdom obedience! We're blessed to be part of such apostolic family! Our kids are doing very well academically and in every other way. Thank you for all your prayers, faithful support and love for us. We're ordinary people called to do extraordinary things in God!
Yours for Kingdom breakthrough on all levels,
George P. Bakalov
