January 2022 - Wonderful News!
Warmest greetings in the precious Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! I pray you and your family will have a happy and blessed New Year!
I have some exciting news to share with you, but before I do, on behalf of the Light For All Nations ministry, I want to thank you for helping us to end 2021 victoriously! In December we had a wonderful outreach in Syria! Many hundreds came to the Lord and so many children were thrilled with the Christmas gifts they received. You helped us bless many families with food and heating fuel and the Name of the Lord was glorified!
The wonderful news is that Light For All Nations is purchasing a small office/studio building (1,950 Sq. Ft.) on the Hamilton Mountain and on March 1st we will close on the facility! This is an exciting step of moving forward for the ministry. We have always rented space, firstly from the Crossroads Centre in Burlington, Ontario, and then when they sold the building we had to reduce our space to less than half because the rental costs from the new owner were too high. Ellen and I have been working from inside our studio area. My studio set desk has become my work desk, and the other staff have mostly been working from home, which was also prompted by the pandemic. We have had to put a lot of things in storage so it will be so good to finally have a building as our ministry base.
The building we now rent from, the former Crossroads Centre, is up for sale and has gone into receivership and things are very uncertain, so here again, it is so good that we will be moving and that God has provided for us. I want to thank you for the support you have given to Light For All Nations. We raised $60,000 a couple years ago for our Capital Campaign and this money is being used toward our down payment on the new building but we require a total down payment of $150,000. The building itself is costing $580,000 and we will need an additional $100,000 for renovations including the new studio. We will have space for a couple offices and hopefully be able to have three different sets for various productions. I know the Lord will provide and enable us to handle the mortgage and still be able to do more productions and to bless other ministries with the facility and studio. Our goal is to help in every way possible to reach the lost with the salvation message. This is our never changing mandate from God!
Again, I want to thank you! I know that 2022 will be a great year and that God is still in control. If you want to donate to help financially toward our new building, please put in the memo of your cheque “Capital Campaign.”
I pray 2022 will be a wonderful and blessed year for you. We need not fear the uncertainly of the future for our God is so good and He is in control. I am reminded of the promise: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) May you also take comfort in this Scripture.
I pray the Lord will bless you and keep you healthy in body and soul.
Your brother in the Lord,
Nizar Shaheen
See below the picture of what will be the new Light For All Nations facility.
