UPDATE: JOSHUA FUND FINANCES 50 TONS OF FOOD FOR ISRAEL AND PREPARES TO SHIP AID TO IRAQ AND SUDAN

Thank you so much for your prayers and generous giving regarding the year-end projects that I described in a December email. The Lord has been very gracious and provided above and beyond what we and our team were asking of Him:

* The Joshua Fund was able to fund 50 tons of food -- not 25 tons -- for Bridges For Peace to distribute to poor and needy Israelis in the first quarter of 2008 (total cost: $110,000).

* TJF was able to fund two trucks -- not just one -- filled with a total of some $300,000 worth of humanitarian relief supplies into Iraq, that will soon be distributed through Iraqi evangelical Christians (total cost: $24,000).

* TJF was able to fund not two 40-foot containers -- not just one -- of desperately-needed food aid for the suffering people of Sudan who are experiencing civil war and genocide. Each container holds 44,000 pounds of food, or about 270,000 servings. Thus, we will soon be sending in 570,000 meals at a cost of only 8 cents per meal. (total cost: $46,000)

* Finally, TJF was able to raise the final $25,000 needed for the Joshua Fund "Epicenter" conference in Jerusalem April 10, 2008. More details of the conference will be released soon. Please pray as we finalize the speaking schedule. We are planning to do a live global webcast of the entire event, a live radio program of the event through hundreds of radio stations throughout the U.S., and a satellite television broadcast of the event to churches throughout North America. The purpose of all this: to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the dramatic rebirth of Israel; to help evangelical Christians around the world better understand the threats and needs in the region; and to mobilize Christians to pray knowledgably, faithfully and consistently for the peace of Jerusalem.

Once this food and these supplies are distributed I will update you further. But thank you again so much for helping make this happen.