In the photo taken in February 2025, people surrendering to God in numbers in Kasenge, Uganda.

Dear friend of Jesus’ Great Commission,

God has answered to you and our other friends, as they have prayed for the fulfillment of Jesus’ Great Commission regarding our mission trip to Eastern Uganda between the 2nd 13th of October, 2025! He is always faithful to His promises in the Word of God. David himself refers to His faithfulness in his prayer in Psalm 86:15: “O Lord, thou art a merciful and merciful God. You are long-suffering, and your mercy and faithfulness are great.”

When I was typing our latest newsletter, we still had a major financial obstacle preventing our next missionary trip to Uganda. At that time, we were still 14,000€ short of the total budget of 17,000€ for our mission trip.

However, God is always equally faithful to His own promises and He answered to your and our prayers so that in a short time we received donations of over 13,000€. Currently, we are only 700 € short of the total budget. With gratitude, we believe that even that missing part will be coming in before the trip. If you wish, you can donate to Ugandan mission trip by using this link with Reference 7773 (Ugandan missions).

Above all, we want to give all the glory and praise to our God alone, who is always faithful! At the same time, I would like to extend my gratitude to all of you who heard His voice and were able to be instrumental in this economic miracle! May God reward your prayers and support lavishly.

Now we can reach up to 40,000 people with the powerful gospel of Jesus Christ in Eastern Uganda through a major 5-days crusade. On the same days between the 6^th and 10^th of October, we will have a daily pastoral conference for 200 pastors coming from the surrounding area, where we will teach them the Word of God and equip them to disciple and follow-up thousands of people who will come to Christ  through this crusade.

In addition, we will preach the gospel to more than 1000 prisoners in the maximum security prison of  Jinja region. We also take the message of Jesus to two hospitals and three schools so that hundreds of people in these institutions can hear that Jesus loves them, because he died for them on the middle cross of Calvary and resurrected overcoming the death.

In the photo above, we visit in 2024 in a prison nearby Kyenjojo in Western Uganda. It was part of evangelist Arto Boa’s mission trip organized by Gospel First International in July 2024. Hundreds of prisoners heard the gospel and dozens of them gave their lives to Jesus. Glory to Jesus alone!

Our beloved home church, Harvest Church Vantaa has a dedicated orphanage in Kampala, Uganda called Wipe A Tear. There are 120 orphan kids who will also experience God’s love and receive their help delivered through the church. It is a great privilege that even the Senior Pastor Roberto Brandao himself will be part of our mission team consisting of seven members. They all serve together in unity cooperating with the Lord Himself. Thank you so much for remembering us in prayer regarding all these challenges ahead of us!

In the photo above, you’ll find Roberto Brandao, the Senior Pastor of Harvest Church Vantaa, Ari Talja and other team members from our church’s mission trip in February 2025. We visited the Wipe A Tear Foundation’s orphanage to bring God’s love and relief to 120 orphan children. If God allows, we will also visit there on our upcoming missionary trip in October.

Mission trip to Bangladesh 21.- 31.10.25

In the photo above, Ari Talja preaches the gospel at an open-air meeting in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on the mission trip of Gospel First International run by Arto Boa in September 2023. Bangladesh use to be called the former East Pakistan.

After spending time in the Lord’s presence daily basis, I have not been able to left behind the almost entirely unreached nation of Bangladesh. Of its population of 200 million, only 0.3% are evangelical Christians. Through a two-day crusade-type of outreach, we could reach up to 15,000 to 20,000 people with the gospel coming from a Muslim and Hindu background in southern Bangladesh.

We would organize this event in collaboration with our partner, Pastor Baroi and his Redeemed Church of God in addition with 60 other local churches. The Board of the Salvation To All Nations mission organization has decided that once the need for the mission in Eastern Uganda has been met, we will focus on the realization of this major event and mission trip in Bangladesh, as far as we can get the necessary funds for it.

We need a total of €14,000 to make this crusade possible for a two-day major outreach. We have only received €500 in donations for this purpose, but God can do the same miracle for Bangladesh as He did for the mission in Eastern Uganda. You can donate your gift directly to the Bangladesh mission trip by clicking this link with reference 1119 (Bangladesh Missions).

In any case, I will travel to Bangladesh to preach the gospel to the inhabitants of smaller villages, to get to know the local churches and their pastors, and to lay foundation for our future missionary ministry in this little gospel-gained country. We want to do His will in everything.

Can you still remember with prayers the mission trip to Bangladesh in particular, so that God’s will can be done there?

Join us with intercession and your valuable support so that the gospel reaches all these precious people for the first time with the love of Jesus!

Ari Talja
Salvation To All Nations

P.S. Thank you so much for your intercession and vital support! To give your gift to the missions in Eastern Uganda (ref. 7773) and Bangladesh  (ref. 1119) or our greatest need (1009), click here.

You can give your gift from the accounts of all banks or through different cards and MobilePay. If God encourages you, you can also choose to become our monthly donor by clicking here (in Finnish). By your monthly commitment, you can support hiring Ari Talja as a full-time missionary and thereby multiplying missionary work.