It is with great joy that I am able to share the following letter from a North Korean Christian woman named Euni that was written for you. Euni crossed the dangerous border area to visit a Heaven's Family-supported safe house in China, where she received both spiritual and physical food to bring back to her family in Christ inside North Korea. Her story is powerful and we pray it serves as an encouragement to you.

Have we been forgotten? This frightening but all-too-common sentiment resonates among seven million people—displaced by war and ISIS terrorists—who remain trapped inside Syria. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are among those who have fled for their lives.

In January, each of Heaven's Family's 21 Focused Ministry Directors gave a short, 10-minute presentation about their accomplishments in 2015 and their upcoming goals for 2016. We're excited about what the Lord has done, and what He has in store for the remainder of this year!

Shuddin discovered firsthand the repercussions for leaving Islam for Jesus, then becoming a pastor and leading others Muslims out of darkness and into the light of Christ. That's when the persecution started—beginning from his Muslim parents and brother. Shuddin, along with his wife and children, were cast out of their village in India, forced to leave everything they'd known behind.

In January, each of Heaven's Family's 21 Focused Ministry Directors gave a short, 10-minute presentation about their accomplishments in 2015 and their upcoming goals for 2016. We're excited about what the Lord has done, and what He has in store for the remainder of this year!

Where the greatest needs exist, so exists the greatest opportunity for the body of Christ to shine His light. You provided some of that light—and hope—when you helped us send North Korean emergency food, safe water and other supplies to flood victims last year. Many families lost everything.

For many of us, 2016 has already begun to overwhelm—it has for me! If that's you, too, join with me for a moment to take a deep breath and remember all that the Lord has done over the past year. As you're doing that, I want to help you recall that your generous partnership with the North Korean Christians Ministry has given us many reasons to celebrate!

Take a moment to read the pictograph I put together below, then celebrate with me the amazing ways the Lord invited us into His great rescue plan over the last year. It was filled with stories of light overcoming darkness, and you were a part of it!