Until the beginning of January, Leo and Leoleen Yazzi knew nothing about the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They live in a remote Navajo town in northeast Arizona called Mexican Water, about 90 minutes from the nearest church.
During the month of February, they received a handbill in the mail for a prophecy seminar in Chinle, Ariz., with evangelist Steve DeLong.
"We felt that our church wasnt teaching us the right way from Gods Word," they recalled. "We have tried other churches, but didnt feel that we were learning the Bible like we should. When the prophecy seminar brochure came in the mail, we decided to check it out."
The young family drove three hours, round-trip, with their four children to attend the meetings each evening and only missed three of the 21 nights. At the end of the Chinle series, they were baptized along with 33 other Native Americans who accepted Christ as their personal Savior and followed His example in baptism.
We are convinced that right now there is an immediate harvest just waiting for us on each of Arizonas reservations. We are helping them become grounded in the truth by providing each new group with a DVD player and the "New Beginnings" evangelistic programs.
As they read the scripts and show the pictures on their own TVs to their family and neighbors, they will grow spiritually and will be reaching out to their fields of harvest in a way that possibly nobody else could.
With Gods blessing, we are looking forward to the possibility of building three new churches among our Native Americans in Arizona.