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From: benjamin haastrup <benhaastrup73@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DONATION
Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the truth have set me free. Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and
in the sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my life.
I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, I am Barrister Benjamin Haastrup, the legal adviser to late Mr.Milton Brain,an American man that lived in my Country Nigeria for over 22 years before his died in an auto accident in the year 2003.
This man was a good Christian, He was so dedicated to God but because he has no wife non child he decided to invest his life properties and money for Gods work.Throughout his stay in my country,he acquired a lot of properties like lands, houses and properties.
As his legal adviser, before his death, Mr.Milton Brain instructed me to write his WILL by dedicating his wealth to God.According to the WILL, the properties have to be sold and the money be given out to a foreign ministry for the work of God. As his legal adviser, all the documents for the properties were in my care. He gave me the authority to sell the properties and give out the fund to a foriegn Ministry for the propagation of the gospel and to help the less priveledge in the society.
I sold all the properties after his death, as instructed by Mr.Milton Brain,before hiS death. And as a matter of fact, after I sold all his properties, I realized more than US$4million plus, and what supposed to be the percentage interest of my right legal fee was firstly deducted by me out of the total amount realized from the sold properties, this was base on the initial agreement between me and the owner of the properties before his death. Therefore the total amount left to be invested into God‘s work as instructed by the owner,is US$4million.I was afraid of putting the fund in the Bank,because I have to give account to the bank on how I got the money.I then packaged and sealed the fund in a consignment and deposited it with a security company and i registered it as family treasure.
Meanwhile,due to human beings greed,i was still contemplating of converting this money for my personnal use when I had encounter with Christ through preaching on the television concerning Ananias and Saphira in the bible,how they eat up the money that belong to God.After hearing the sermon,I gave my life to Christ and became a born again Christian. As a born again Christian, I started reading my bible regularlyand one day,God opened my eyes to Ezekiel 33: 18 and 19 which says:"That When the righteous turns from his ways and commit iniquity, he shall die.But if the wicked turn from his wickedness,and do that which is right, he shall live". From this scripture, I discovered that the only way I could have peace of mind is to do the right thing by giving out the fund as instructed for the work of God by the deseased.
I have asked God for forgiveness and I know that God have forgiven me. But I have to do what is right in the sight of God by giving out the fund to the chosen ministry for the purpose of God‘s work as instructed by the owner before his death.
After my prayers, I asked God to direct me to a honest Christian or the chosen ministry that deserves this fund
by his Grace. I then came across your address on the Internet as I was browsing through a Christian site, and as a matter of fact, it is not only you or your ministry that I picked on the Christian site initially,but after
my fervent prayer over it, then you were nominated to me through divine revelation from God,so this is how I got the divine revelation from God to go ahead to contact you for the fund to be used wisely for things that will glorify the name of God.
I have notified the Security Company where I deposited the consignment that contained the fund,that I am moving the consignment abroad and the security company has since been waiting for my authority for the consignment to leave my country to abroad.
So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for things that will glorify God‘s name, You should forward to me your contact address where this consignment will be delivered to you, also your phone
for easy communication.
Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours in Christ.
Thanks
Barrister Benjamin Haastrup.
Private email:(benhaastrup@myway.com)
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