Every day trawlers of varying size head off to sea from the fishing ports around the coast of the UK.  For many years the Fishermen’s Mission has provided practical and spiritual support to the men and women who skipper and crew these boats and their families.  The Gideons International in the British Isles is now pleased to be able to support the work of the Fishermen’s Mission by providing them with Testaments with their own emblem on the cover.

The first of these Testaments were handed over to David Dickens the Chief Executive of the Fishermen’s Mission and Supt. Steve Murray, Mission Officer for the port of Peterhead on 12 August.  Following the presentation at the Mission Centre, Supt. Steve Murray, David Andrew Zone 1 Trustee and Tony Lovering, Scripture Manager went aboard the Favonius to present Testaments to the crew.  This trawler fishes out of Peterhead and heads out into the North Sea for around 8 days at a time.  Please pray that as the men and women of the Fishermen’s Mission share these Testaments with those involved in the fishing industry over the coming months that they will be willingly accepted and read.

In late August, The Gideons International conducted a one-week International Scripture Blitz in Argentina.

As a team of Gideons distributed Scriptures at a college campus in Cordoba, a gentleman walked up and introduced himself. He then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a worn, blue New Testament. He told them he received it from Gideons back when he was in college. He read it and gave his life to the Lord 32 years ago. Today he is a local attorney and still carries that New Testament.

We praise the Lord for this testimony. God’s Word changes lives. And we pray right now it’s changing the lives of others in Argentina and beyond.

Yesterday we received the following encouragement from a member of the public:

“Just had to say a huge thank you for your continued work. The Bible on the left was presented to me in my first year at Grammar School and today 31 years later our daughter has been presented with hers. Such a special moment and so delighted that the ‘Where to find help’ is still there and updated. This guided me through my teenage years and beyond”

If you have a story or testimony that you would like to share with us we would love to hear from you. You can email us at hq@gideons.org.uk

The Gideons International has one simple and clearly defined aim: to win
men, women and young people for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gideons place and present Bibles and Testaments in many areas of everyday life, and engage in personal witnessing – that others will come to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Presently over 300,000 Gideon members are placing and presenting 80 million copies of the precious Word of God in 200 countries around the world.

Through the distribution of Bibles and/or Testaments in many different walks of life – Schools, Hotels, Hospitals, Universities, Colleges, Prisons, to name just a few examples – The Gideons provide a Book which provides an ethical and moral code for society, which gives guidance in life, offers comfort in times of sorrow and loss, inspiration, and deals with many of the issues that people of all ages, nationalities, ethnic and social backgrounds face on a day to day basis.

In placing and presenting Bibles and/or Testaments, the achievement of the object of the Association, as stated in its Constitution, which is to win men and women for the Lord Jesus Christ, is often evidenced as being achieved through the many letters, emails, and telephone calls of testimony received in National Office, by individual Gideon and Auxiliary members and by branches. Many of these testimonies are regularly printed in Gideon News, the official publication of The Gideons International in the British Isles and posted on the Association’s website http://www.gideons.org.uk.