![]() ![]() Greetings in the Precious Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! About 350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third year the town government planned to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness. In the fourth year the people tried to impeach their town government because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness. Who needed to go there anyway? Here were people who had the vision to see three thousand miles across an ocean and overcome great obstacles to get there. But in just a few years they were not able to see even five miles out of town. They had lost their pioneering vision. (Lynn Anderson) |
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How important it is to be a visionary and even more important to live with godly vision. A godly vision is timely and for the people. It promotes faith and removes fear. It requires taking risk. The main goal of godly vision is glorify God. It is pathetic when people don’t pursue with their vision and give it up so easily. It is my prayer that we would live with godly vision that would affect our lives, families, churches and the people around us and that it would glorify God in every dimension and aspect of life. “……………… write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that read it” (Habakkuk 2:2).
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It has been our vision to start Christian schools in Pakistan for many years. The vision started with the need we saw that is really great.
Many parents are very poor who can not afford to send their children to school, but even they could afford, the children are discriminated,
humiliated and even they are forced to embrace Islam in the Public schools. Because of fear of discrimination and humiliation, many children do not
want to go to schools. Many of those children end up using drugs in their early tender age and also become the victim of child labor. Since they have
no education, the only job is left for them is “the cleaning job” which brings more humiliation and discriminated for them in the society.
They are considered *unclean* in the society.
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In March, we are laying the foundation of our first school. My vision is to start Christian schools all over the country where children could get
their education with dignity and respect. We want to keep tuition fee very affordable for the poor community and pray that all the financial needs
of the school (s) be met by God’s mighty provision. Right now, the furniture for the school and some other basic needs are the most urgent needs.
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During this trip (March 9 through 29), I am planning to:
Please consider of lending us your hands in partnership with us with your prayers and practical help that would help us to do more work for God’s glory and for the furtherance of His Kingdom. May God bless you richly and help you see your godly vision becoming reality. Yours in Fulfilling the Great Commission
Charles F. Shaheen
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14 Magnolia Ave., North Plainfield, NJ 07060 USA
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