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TEN April News - Press On Towards Our Goal!

Happy Easter! We hope that you have been particularly encouraged this weekend as we've celebrated the truth of Christ's resurrection and what it means for us. Thank you for opening this email. May it be a blessing to you.

Here's what's coming up in our April news:

Spring Appeal - Watch our short animation to discover our goal.
Easter in North Macedonia - Find out how Christians in Struga remain committed to the gospel despite setbacks.
Supporter Conference Highlights - Photos from our Supporter weekend!

Banner Photo: Struga, North Macedonia

Spring Appeal

Along with our latest edition of Connect Magazine, and in honour of our 60th year, we've launched our Spring Appeal. Our appeal is focused on working with our existing partners to identify and support the next generation of Christian leaders who will continue God's story. Take a look at our short animation to learn more.

Spring Appeal - Support the Next Generation

To support our Spring Appeal, click the button below!

Spring Appeal

If you would like to support this work over a longer term, get in touch with James Vaughton to explore what's possible. Thank you.

Contact James james.vaughton a_t ten-uk d_o_t org

Easter in Struga

If you pray through our quarterly Prayer Diary, you will have read Emil and Vesna Puzderlievi's prayer request for Easter outreach. Unusually, this year, Easter according to Western calendars fell on the same date as the Orthodox calendar.

However, Vesna shared that the spiritual atmosphere has been 'supercharged' due to the local Orthodox Church carrying out many activities over Easter week. In Orthodox countries, evangelicals and protestants are a minority, often viewed with suspicion and considered a sect because they do not follow the traditional Church. As the place where believers from Struga Evangelical Church hoped to share the gospel is opposite the Orthodox church, they felt it would be spiritually unwise to hold outreach events while Orthodox churches were holding their own events. Vesna explained, '...it would have been perceived as an open provocation.'

Still, the church had prepared some Christian resources to distribute, so people from the church took those with the hope of sharing them informally. One man who has dialysis three times a week chose to share resources and his faith with other patients while he received treatment. Praise God for his faithfulness, and ask that through these individual acts of boldness, many people will receive the Lord Jesus.

Please pray for Emil, Vesna and all the believers at Struga Evangelical Church as they work to share the Good News with many who do not yet know Christ.

About Emil & Vesna

About North Macedonia

Supporter Conference Highlights

We had such an encouraging time at our Supporter Conference last month. Here are some photos of our time together.

If you were not able to come, and you didn't catch our live stream, we've recorded the whole thing - just click the button below. The runtime is over seven hours, so you may want to watch in stages!

Supporter Conference Recording