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NOVEMBER – DECEMBER NEWS LETTER 2008

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Pastor Chuck & Arlyn
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Beloved Man and Brethren,

I am so glad because God gave me a chance to minister and also he gave me a good life. Recently I went out to minister in Mozambique starting from 13th November 2008 to 29th November 2008. I have seen God healing many people and serving multitude. 529 people were served in my own home village. The best thing is that my own mother also received Christ as her personal saviour on this day. On this trip I was with my friend from Germany, Eckhard Tiekoetter, who taught people about faith in Malawi and Mozambique. He also taught much about power of prayer. Many people loved Eckhard teachings. All these are clear Manestations that 2008 was really a year of God’s children. This is really fulfilling that I promised by God on 20th July 1996 that I will serve my God all days of my life. To Him be the glory

PRAYER

Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you because of your love upon your children. Thank you for the life we have in Jesus. Thank you because of the good things you do to us every day I may honour, glory be your name, amen.

Prayer is powerful. Our brother Eckhard Tiekoetter prayed for rains in Malawi and Mozambique and today we are living testimony that we have very good rains. Surely we shall have good crops this growing season. My question is do you trust power of prayer?

WHAT IS PRAYER?

Prayer is talking to God. This is when you can thank him or telling him about your problems. Prayer strengthens our relationship with God. Whenever you have issues you surely have some one to tell about it and this is God. Prayer makes you strong even in times of despair.

Paul and Silas sang songs of praise in prison, until the gates were open and the chains around their legs fell off. This shows power of prayer and faith. Paul and Silas knew that God was on their side. Love and be in prayer life and trust Jesus at all times Acts 16:10-18.

PROBLEMS

What are problems? Problems are things that make a person no to be stable and looses concentration. Devil is the one who brings problems, through fellow people i.e. spouses, Christians and others. The Devil always wants to find way to take you off track so that you are never on line with God. This causes you to loose God’s glory. However, Jesus say never let your heart troubled. John 14:1

Does God allow us to go into problems? Yes God does allow us to encounter problems so that he sees how much we love him. No child is promoted to a higher class before sitting for examinations. This is the same. When we meet trials and temptations, it only means we are just being examined so that we may go to another level of glory in our Lord. The bigger the trial the bigger the success.

Trust in God all times, no matter what you are going through. If you have been facing problems in your life, do not be despair, God will give you his hidden treasures and you will rejoice in the year 2009. This is only true to those that love truth and honest. Rejoice and be expectant of good things, many healings, sweet fellowship, a lot of wealth, may goodies, says the Lord.

PRAYER

Father in the name of Jesus I pray because of your children who love to be honest and trust your word. Open their eyes so that they see what you have prepared for them in the year 2009. Let them have faith to receive the year 2009 in Jesus name. Forgive us all our sins we committed in 2008. We promise to walk by word in the coming year of 2009 in Jesus name, Amen.

Do as God asks you to and receive the year 2009 with gratitude. May the favour of God be upon you in this year 2009.

CHURCH NEEDS

Why is a church important? A church is so important because this is where people go and get encouraged. A lot of churches in villages have no good roofs and this is a big problem, as we are in rainy season. It is important that we should find plastic papers to cover the roof so that the people are kept dry when it is raining during church services. Because of poverty churches can not buy the plastic papers. Currently we need 30 rolls of papers which got at $45 each. If God may speak to you about it please do not delay to help us this issue . We are also in need of Bibles especially to be distributed to church pastors and elders. The pastors are very poor and can not manage to get $8 to buy a bible.

Other pastors travel 150 kms a foot to preach the gospel. To help them, go further with the work of God, they need bicycles so that they travel easily and preach. Bicycles costs $100 each.

ORPHANAGE

Beloved Brothers in Christ, what is an orphanage?

This is a place where we keep children who lost their parents in different ways. These are children who do not have food, clothing but also have no one to take them to school. So God speaks to people to take the responsibility of such children . I am one of such people who was spoken by God to help such vulnerable children.

On August 18 1998, God spoke to me to start taking care of orphans. After we had prayed about it we started the work and God has been faithful in helping us. We currently have 120 children at our orphanage. The orphanage is called Hope Children Center. The biggest challenges at this orphanage are, day-to-day food, school fees, feeding and clothing. God willing we are expecting to have at least 1000 orphans. We believe that of these kids have good education, we are going to have a better tomorrow.

In our country, 80% people live under poverty life. Most women sell their bodies to find money to help themselves. The end result is that they get HIV and AIDS which eventually kills them living their children as orphans. Therefore, there is a need that some one spoken by God must take this responsibility of taking care of these young ones in Jesus name so that with them we build a better nation. Because of seeing how important it is to take care of these needy children , three of us who are busy helping these young ones every day would like to travel to USA so that we share our vision, challenges to many people and organizations so that they may also take part in what we are doing. We expect to start our trip in the month of February 2009.

We have a very big faith that God shall speak to many people about this and will surely give us a hand in sustaining our vision.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

You can help by sending your material i.e. money, food and clothing to this orphanage. You can also help us by sparing your time and pray for the orphanage and members of staff. Remember, Abraham did not know that he was helping angels of the Lord until they promised him of Isaac. Mathews 25:30-40.

Be assured that if you help orphans and poor people you are investing in heaven to God. The Bible tells us not to get tired in doing good things. Glatians 6:9

Please remember to pray for orphans in Malawi and Mozambique. May good God fill you with his love and grace so that you start desiring to serve him by helping the needy.

GOOD WISHES

May the good God be with you as you are entering the New Year 2009. Have faith that you are going to prosper in this year in Jesus name.

Be prepared to receive by grace and love from his glory. Realize that this year 2009 has been given to you together with its goodies.

My advice is that you start thanking him after you read this newsletter. Join hands with your family members, and sing songs of praise to give honour and glory to him.

I wish you a very good 2009. Let it be a year of supernatural abundance full of surprises and grace. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

If you have any questions or comment or suggestions, please write back to me. I would be so grateful to heat from you.

Be fast in doing good things because Jesus is coming soon. The world shall pass away but the word of God shall remain forever. May God bless you all for spending your precious time reading this article, Amen.


Rev.Stephano.Z.Phiri


Rev. Stephano Z. Phiri
PRESIDENT/FOUNDER
JESUS IS COMING SOON MINISTRIES
MALAWI, AFRICA

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Dane’s Christmas Card

How I Long for You with Affection of Christ
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“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

I love you so very, very ,very very much!
I love you so deeply from my heart! I lay down my life for you in love! I care for you
and I have great, great, great, great compassion on you!
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

You are the most important thing on earth! And in all the universe!
You are so valuable proven by the fact that you cost the blood of Jesus!
YOU COST JESUS CHRIST!!!! YOU COST JESUS CHRIST! YOU COST JESUS CHRIST!!
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

How important are you? Jesus Christ’s blood! Jesus Christ’s life!!!!!!!!!!

You are worth EVERYTHING!!!! YOU HAVE THE GREATEST VALUE!!!
YOUR LIFE HAS SUCH MAJESTIC, MAJESTIC, MAJESTIC WORTH!
YOU ARE HIGHLY ESTEEMED!! YOU ARE HIGHLY ESTEEMED!!
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

God’s Son’s blood ran from his hands just for you!!
His blood ran from his feet for you!!
BLOOD and WATER BURST FROM HIS SIDE FOR YOU!!
“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

You are valuable! You are important! You are loved! Your life is so meaningful! You are cherished! You are significant!
There is no one like you, You are valuable! You are dearly loved! You are beautiful! You are dreamed of! You are loved! You are valuable!
You are very, very important! You are very, very loved! You are precious! You are precious! You are highly valued!
You are not an accident! You are loved! You are loved! You are valuable! You are loved with a “forever love.” No on can take your place! You are warmed with tender love and gentle care! You are valuable!
You are worth the whole world! You cost everything! Someone is madly in love with you! You are greatly adored!
You are valuable! You cost the highest possible price! Someone longs for you!
Someone desires your company! Someone desires you! You are loved, loved, love…LOVED! You are loved to death!
You are valuable! You are valuable! You are important! Someone has a very, very, very high opinion of you! Your worth is greater than silver and gold!
You are worth the greatest value! You are loved so wide! You are loved so long! You are l.loved so high! You are loved so deep!
You are valuable! Death, nor life. Angels, nor demons, The present, nor the future, nor any powers.
Height, nor depth, nor ANYTHING in ALL CREATION can separate you from some one’s love! You are valuable! You cost some one’s blood! You cost some one’s life! You are valuable! You are valuable!
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THE WORD SAYS,” YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE” {1 Cor.6:20}!! You COST the “PRECIOUS BLOOD of CHRIST” {1 Pet.1:19}

This word precious means dear, precious valuable, costly, high priced! And that is what you cost! So that is your price and value!

Therefore YOU ARE DEAR, PRECIOUS, VALUABLE, COSTLY, HIGH PRICED!!!!! YOU ARE DEAR!! YOU ARE PRECIOUS!! YOU ARE VALUABLE!!

YOU ARE COSTLY!! YOU ARE HIGH PRICED!! YOU COST JESUS!!!!!!!!! YOU COST GOD!!!!!!!! YOU COST THE BLOOD!!!!!

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VALUABLE!!!! JESUS WAS SCREAMING ON NAILS OVER YOU!!!!

He LOVED YOU TO DEATH!! YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

YOU COST JESUS!!!!! YOU COST JESUS!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VERY PRECIOUS!!!!

YOUR LIFE HAS SO MUCH MEANING!! YOU ARE VALUABLE!! YOU ARE VALUABLE!! YOU ARE VALUABLE!!

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……………………..YOU COST JESUS!!

“God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:8

-Dane’s Christmas Card-

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January 2009 – Newsletter from Prison Fellowship Uganda Eastern Region

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

A very Happy New Year to you from PFU in Mbale, Eastern Uganda!

Please forgive me for writing to you like this but I felt that you might like to hear a little bit about what is happening with this much needed ministry in eastern Uganda.

As you may be aware, the number of men and women held in prisons in Uganda has continued to grow in recent years. In addition, nearly sixty per cent
of these inmates, who are mostly young men, are simply on remand or awaiting trial.

Laos mapThese young men have frequently lost hope and are quite desperate as they reflect on their ruined lives. As a result, they are often very open and
receptive to the gospel of Jesus Christ who we know wants to provide them with a fresh start and a new meaning and purpose to their lives.

However, this ministry is not easy and few local people are willing or able to follow Jesus’ command in the great commission in this particular field
or to take heed of His teaching in Matthew 25:36 – ‘I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

For many years, this challenging ministry has been spearheaded in Eastern Uganda by Mary Eteu, often under extremely difficult circumstances. Mary
is a widow bringing up her children alone. Just this last year, her landlord forced her to close her business for some months leaving her without a regular source
of income. However, at the same time, she continued to faithfully carry on this ministry, totally reliant on outside support and donations to enable her to visit the many prisons in eastern Uganda.

My name is Martin Hayter. I am a missionary from the UK who has been living and working in Uganda for nearly two years. I have been called by God to
support and bless the work that He is doing through many local people here. I have the complete support of and am fully accountable to my church in Canterbury, England.

I believe that this is an extremely valuable and fruitful ministry. Over the last two years, I have accompanied Mary into a number of different prisons and
have seen God mightily at work and, as a result, many have come to faith in Jesus Christ.

Just over the last couple of months, I have had the privilege of visiting three prisons with Mary. It has been very exciting to see the gospel fruitfully
preached
to the unsaved and discipleship lessons being carried out with the believers, many of whom have come to faith whilst in prison.

Laos mapIn addition, through the wise use of donated money, we have been able to show the love of Christ in practical ways through the donation of sleeping mats for the prisoners, soap and washing basins for them to use and even medicines for the sick.

In accordance with my calling, I have sought to help Mary with this ministry. By qualification, I am a professional administrator and, in recent years, have
worked as an accountant for a Christian charity. Over the last few weeks, Mary and I have worked together to produce (for the first time ever!) an annual
budget
for this ministry. We hope and believe that the introduction of some financial management will improve the running of this ministry and will give confidence
to donors
that their money is indeed being wisely used.

To put it very candidly, this highly commendable ministry is being restrained and hampered by a lack of financial resources. According to the
prepared budget, for less than £200 a month, this ministry, which is serving thousands of prisoners over the whole of Eastern Uganda, could be put on a much
firmer foundation.

I would like to let you know that this letter is not a general circular. If you have received this letter, it is because you are one of a relatively small
number
of people who have either supported this ministry in the past or have had some other contact with Mary. I will not use your contact details for any other purpose.

I would very humbly like to ask you whether you would prayerfully consider whether you are being called to financially support this ministry,
either through a one-off gift or, preferably, by a regular monthly donation. Should you feel called to support this ministry in this way then please let me know and
I can forward the details of a UK bank account, operated by a Christian charity called ‘Stewardship’, which could receive your donation in a very accountable manner.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter. My prayer for all of us is that 2009 will be a year when we come to know and experience the love
of Jesus
in a new and even deeper way. I look forward to hearing from you.

God bless you,

Martin

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Kim’s November-December 2008 Update!

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Hey there, it’s a little lengthy but exciting! Do hope you are encouraged!

I thank God for a great month!

In November I went to Trinidad and spoke for the week in the YWAM Discipleship Training School. I also met with some pastors I hadn’t seen for many years and had some wonderful fellowship with them. I spoke in different churches and challenged one church to reach out to the Seven Sphere’s of Society, giving a plan of action which later they said they were incorporating into their New Years plan for their church. I left Trinidad very tired but just in time to finish setting up for the up and coming trip into Chinoweing and Imbaimadai. We also are working on our new building. Oh I can only thank God for His wonderful and awesome financial provision that pushed us way ahead in our construction. A YWAM Ministry in Germany led by Dr.Carsten and Christine had visited us many years ago, got a hold of me and said they wanted to bless us. I can’t tell you how surprised, blessed, thankful we were at this unexpected blessing. We finished the floor of the building and then proceeded to build two of the rooms. I can’t wait, as the office presently is in my bedroom and we really need to get something more adequate! (at least I don’t have far to travel!)

LOOK WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN CHINOWEING AND IMBAIMADAI!!!

“100 years ago it was prophesized that missionaries would come with the Word of God to the village of Chinoweing. When these people come, we are to receive them and
listen to them.”
These were the words of an Akawioh Indian in the village of Chinoweing when we arrived. It is such an honor and privilege to be a part of this prophetic fulfillment and practically the only ones to be reaching into this remote village.

Our journey began with a team of 10, six from the USA, two from YWAM and two Akawioh Indians who would serve as our translators. We flew over this vast virgin jungle for an hour and landed on top of Chi -Chi mountain where our four hour walk into the village began. It was a lesson in endurance! Once in the village we held an evening service even in spite of our apparent tiredness! One of the team members asked where the church was where we would be ministering and I pointed across the savannah and we could only laugh, realizing it was approximately a ½ mile walk away! We went and God used us in spite of our weakened state. Isn’t that what He usually does??

We ministered for the next two nights in Chinoweing and visited different homes across this vast savannah region. People were happy to receive us and have us pray for them. Our team also preformed a marriage ceremony for a young couple and dedicated three babies to Jesus! One young girl from this village desires to take our Discipleship Training School in January, requiring a BIG step of faith but if we can disciple a handful of people from Chinoweing, I believe God is going to do something amazing in this village. Sherry has literally no funds to do the school but after prayer and seeking God concerning this, we felt to go ahead and take her.

While in Chinoweing I felt I needed to give a word for the village. I’ve always felt that the people were spiritually blind and God wanted to open their eyes. I spoke
through Nursey (Renete Austin) to the people and wept as I shared the hard Word God had put on my heart. Afterwards, a leader from one of the churches came up to me and
told me that the Word was for her and the village. She’s been so blind spiritually and now God was opening her eyes. She believed that 2009 would be a good year for the
village when God would move. It affirmed the scripture that was on my heart in 1 Corinthians 2:9 “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which
have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

The team were such troupers and each brought unique gifts that made a well rounded ministry team. We then headed to Imbaimadai, taking five hours to walk across the Savannah and then down a mountain where Pastor Orin and a friend met us with the boat to take us on the two hour trip down river. I thank God for cloud cover during our walk that helped shelter us from the hot sun. We were exhausted upon arrival in Imbaimadai but still committed ourselves to have a service. This was exciting as a Rum shop owner known for bringing in prostitutes and strip tease on the landing opened up his shop doors for us to have an open air meeting. Pastor/Evangelist Norman Walker preached that night and we amazed at the newness of strength God gave him and the powerful message proclaimed to the miners and prostitutes. One young girl sat outside weeping and our team was able to minister to her along with some of the men. The next night we went to another rum shop, Mr Medonza’s palce and Pastor Charlie gave a clear message of God’s love and forgiveness in a packed shop. We believe God is breaking up the fallow ground in this place and know fruit is soon to grow!

Once back in Parika, construction was still under way and we began to plan for our Christmas parties! Two financial donations made it possible to be a blessing to the unfortunate this Christmas. Sharon and her husband in Bermuda (former AIDS/HIV volunteers from Guyana) have financially blessed us so we can continue the AIDS ministry. We also will be having a big party at the hospital. Our volunteers will also go into the Children’s ward and have fun with these kids and make their day a little brighter.

Through the financial blessings of Dr Kami Kandola in NWT, we were able to hold a party for the boys at Bethel Boys home and have some fun with them. We also are planning a big community party for those around us and will work with one of the local churches to make this happen.

So much to say, so much to give thanks for this season. We felt that we as a mission wanted to encourage the teachers at the primary school down the road so we made them a nice hot meal and just wanted to give them words of encouragement. They told us no one has ever done this before for them and we felt more blessed just seeing their appreciation.

On December 17th I will be heading home to the great white north (Canada) for Christmas this year. It will be so good to see my family and have some ‘down’ time. This girl is tired and stepping out will give me a little break. Thanks for your prayers. I do need prayer for my work permit as it expires in January and I was told they may not renew it again. Even with this word, I continue to move forward in the plans God has given us and we are preparing for our January 12th DTS. I cannot worry, only put this in the Hands of the One who says in Genesis 18:14 “is anything too difficult for the Lord?” No, in this season we remember Him who came to earth for us and still does the impossible. What a great God we serve who still his changing hearts and drawing men unto Him. May you draw near to Him this season.

Blessings ‘n love

Kim

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Sept – Oct 2008: W A R A M A D O N G U P D A T E

Dear Friends,

Hey there, thanks for praying for me and our small team on this last trip into the village of Waramadong.
Wow, it was an adventure.

Farida Austin (the nurse from Imbaimadai’s daughter) and I landed in Imbaimadai on Friday Sept 26th.
The next day, Nurse Renete Austin, Farida and I headed on our 5 hour boat ride down the Mazaruni River to Waramadong. Here’s a little recap for those who may have forgotten.

Making a presentation to the school before the 400 studentsThere is only ONE secondary school in Region 7 that serves the Akawioh Indians from villages all over the interior. The school houses 400 students and they were to arrive on the MONDAY. 15 students arrived on the Sunday and were put into a dormitory for the night.

One young girl, Chelsea, 12 yrs old (from Imbaimadai) lit a candle before bed after being asked to by another young girl Belkeze to light it. Both girls fell asleep and a pillow caught fire which quickly spread to the mattress resulting in the whole dorm burning down killing three young girls. The burned dormitory in Waramadong
The 15 girls and the dorm mother lost everything they owned and many other girls who had not yet arrived lost all they had stored at the dorm, like buckets, sheets and other personal belongings.
As one man stated to me upon our arrival “Sister Kim, this is our 9/11″ as nothing like this has ever happened in an interior village.

When we arrived in Waramadong we were housed in the clinic, provided with beds, had solar powered lights and fresh rain water. We were spoiled as we carried our hammocks thinking this is what we would sleep in. We also were allowed to eat with the kids therefore had all our meals provided. The community was still grieving and everyone had a story to tell. The local pastor organized for us to address the school to encourage the students to move forward and to forgive. We also presented the Dorm mother Susanna with a bucket full of gifts to help replace what she lost. Teri Hellewell in Canada had just sent a barrel to Guyana filled with school supplies etc and we were able to use some of that to give to the school which was a God send! 30 buckets, 30 sheets, School text books were all donated and the people were impressed with the quality of the gifts, I thank God for those who gave to help make this trip possible as it was a financial stretch. Paulette Gienow paid for my airfare to Imbaimadai and others from my church gave financial gifts, all which helped to make this trip a success.

We ministered to the dorm mother who wept as she shared the ordeal. She indeed hurts deeply as she tried hard to get the girls out of the fire and yet has been blamed for so much.

We ministered to two of the girls who were in the fire including Chelsea who lit the candle. Out of the 15 girls, 3 died, 2 were back at school and the other 10 had not yet returned. We wept with the hurting ones and prayed with them. My only regret was that we were not able to minister to Belkeze, the young girl from Imbaimadai who is being held responsible for the fire. (to me this doesn’t make sense as she did not light the candle.)

It was a fruitful time in Waramadong although many people were questioning our motives for really being there as it is a sensitive Akawioh area. Not many visitors travel to this remote area.

We headed back to Imbaimadai and I spent a few more days there. On my final day in Imbaimadai, I received word that Belkeze and her mother Violet were IN Imbaimadai. I was surprised BUT news was that they had been badly beaten. The community where Violet is living lost three of the girls in the fire and were in deep grief. The family of one of the girls decided to take justice into her own hands and ganged up on Violet and Belkeze and violently beat them with intent to kill. My heart broke as I visited Violet who was covered with bruises from head to toe and swollen. She wept as she recounted the story and I could only hold her and pray with her. I then turned to Belkeze who carries the whole blame and she was silent. She was not beaten as bad but her stomach wasn’t right. I affirmed her and told her she was NOT to blame, it was an accident, she was forgiven. This poor young 13 year old had tears in her eyes and looked at me and said “Sister Kim I do not want to go back there.” I assured her she did not have to. Both mother and daughter flew out with us back to Georgetown along with another sick patient. An ambulance was waiting for them on the airstrip upon our arrival which carried them to the public hospital. I’ve seen them since and they are doing much better and healing up. We are trying to transfer Belkeze to a different school up river (Bartica) from us.

My heart really was overwhelmed by the situation, the cruelty of man, the immense need represented, both physically and spiritually. I thank God there is a God who hears and moves on our behalf. I thank you for your prayer covering as there is a lot of spiritual darkness and witchcraft in these areas.

This is the little recap, a good trip and nice to make representation from the church to encourage the hurting and let them know we care. The Regional Executive Officer for the area really encouraged us to go and told me “even if you just give one pencil to each student, you being there will make a tremendous difference and make a statement.

Thanks again for your prayers and support.

With love,

KIM

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Newsletter from Guyana – Please pray for our outreach

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Dear friends,

five of us from YWAM Guyana, Winston, Vidya, Emese, Karen and I are heading deep into Guyana’s interior tomorrow, Saturday July 26th until August 3rd. We’d appreciate your prayers as we hold Vacation Bible School for all the kids in Imbaimadai, could be up to 70 kids. We will head down river for two or three afternoons to another village called Kambaru and hold a small VBS for the kids there (translated into Akawioh). In the evenings we’ll hold meetings for the church, focusing on discipleship.

Some of the gold miners wives who are Godly women are coming to join us too to minister with us.
Pray for the kids as we minister to them.

Please pray for our community of Parika as there have been two suicides in our village this week. A 16 year old young man (the funeral is today) and another young man in his 20’s. Our desire is to bring hope and healing to our Community as suicide is so common here. (a stronghold) We’d appreciate your prayers for this.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

with love

KIM

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CVIM – News From Liberia

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your many prayers and financial support to assist with the mission work in Liberia. This summer has been challenging, rewarding, frustrating and fruitful. But, the Lord is always faithful to complete the work that He has begun in His people to build His church.

As many of you remember, in early June we hosted a team from First Baptist Palmetto, Florida who conducted Leadership training and Vacation Bible School in Monrovia. The ministry time exciting and dynamic, and was very rewarding for the Liberians and for the members of the U.S.A. team.

Less than a week after our team left Liberia, another team arrived to spend a week ministering to the children at our orphanage. This group of young folks (high school, college, and other young adults) with Kingdom Builders International came with the sole purpose of serving the children the orphanage and doing whatever work is needed. With twenty-nine children who are 3 ½ – 15 years old, there is always too much work that needs to be done.

As the church, sometimes have to be reminded that the children are the future leaders of the church and the country. Our children at the Children of Hope Orphanage (COHO) were so surprised to see this group of American kids who were there to serve them. The group form Kingdom Builder’s International came prepared for the task. They cleaned, cooked, washed clothes, played soccer and had lots of fun ministering to the children. (Please see the attached file.)

Jesus said that whatever you have done to the least of these, you have done it unto me. The children experienced the love of Jesus in a very special way, and we can see that they were surprised and amazed. Please pray that the Lord will use this lesson of humility to help the children see how special they are in the eyes of the Lord. The scriptures tell us that Jesus had compassion on the people, and in the same way we are to have compassion on those in need and demonstrate the great love that we have received from our Lord.

Liberians are celebrating the 161st anniversary of the country on July 26th. May this be a special time of reflection as Liberians realize that our Lord Jesus Christ wants to use them to impact and change the country, Africa and the world. Pray especially for the children that they will know and understand the love that our Lord has for them. The attached file contains some photo of the ministry team from Kingdom Builders Int’l and our children.)

David is scheduled to be in Liberia for another couple of weeks. However, there are still some uncompleted tasks. The container with the truck that we shipped has been held at the port for almost 2 months because the shippers completed most of the paperwork wrong and have not paid the fees. We have paid all the fees necessary for our vehicle, but must wait until the problems with the container are resolved. Please pray the Lord delivers the truck to us before David leaves Liberia. Also pray for the orphanage as we are trying to transition the personnel, and also enroll the children in a different school before school starts at the end of August. Also pray for Pastor Nathaniel Wilson as he is visiting with his family for the summer, and returns to the U.S. in August to continue his training at Moody Bible Institute. We also ask your prayers for wisdom as we lead and direct the many facets of the ministry.

Thanks again for helping us to complete the assignment that the Lord has given us in Liberia. We cannot do the work alone, but need to prayers, love, encouragement and financial support of others in the body of Christ. If any of you are in the Tampa Bay area and are interested in attending activities for the Liberian Independence Celebration, please let us know.

May the Lord richly bless you and your families.

In the Lord’s Service,

Annette & David

David & Annette Dann
Pastor David D. & Mrs. Annette M. Dann
Christ’s Victory International Mission of Liberia
514 44th Street Court East
Bradenton, Florida 34208
Website: Christsvictory.org

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Our Update and Prayer Need-Muthu & Kavitha, YWAM

We really want to thank you for continually praying for us. We are doing
well by God’s grace.

Princy is going to UKG. She is enjoying her school and speaks so much. She
is learning A.B.C¡¦Z and 1, 2¡¦50! She is having a hard time writing them.
Everyday we have to sit with her and correct her notes. She wants to be a
doctor so that she can inject people! By the grace of God her seizures
stopped about a year back. She is taking medicines continually. Next week,
we will be seeing a neurologist to see whether she needs to continue or stop
the medicines. Please pray for complete healing and there will be any
complications.

Prince is growing and enjoys going everyday to drop Princy in her school on
our Two-wheeler. He has got more teeth now, still more need to come. He
talks a lot, but we can understand only few words.

Kavitha is busy with home and learned new skills. She can make some nice ear
rings, necklaces and cards. She is also teaching these skills to fellow
missionary girls in our training center. Kavitha is also busy with talking
and encouraging there missionary girls.

Muthu went to teach on Pioneering for 4 days in the School of Apostolic
Pioneering in Kanpur, North India. He also taught on Hearing the Voice of
God in Discipleship Camp for two days. The Lord used him to bless others. On
the way to Kanpur in the train he met an old man who was suffering with
stomach problem in the night, along with another Christian were able to pray
for him, in the morning he was fine. The Lord touched him and healed him.
This old man was a Hindu. On the way he met an Army man named Murugesan, who
met with an accident and could not walk. Muthu was able to share the Gospel
and he received prayers. He asked questions on prayer and church. Please
pray for Murugesan’s healing and also for his commitment to follow Jesus.

*Our Prayer Needs*
In our training facility, we are having a 20 days Discipleship Camp for
Youth. There are 11 Youth now, last week there was graduation for another
Discipleship Camp which had 16 Youth. The Lord is transforming these dear
people. Please pray that these people will stand for God and walk with him.

Our training center is run in a rented property. The land owner asked us to
move in November. We are praying about where to move. The rental prices have
tripled in the last 1 year. Finding the right facility with cheaper rent is
almost impossible in Chennai city now. The inflation is gone up to 12%. But
we want to continue training missionaries and send them needy places in
India and beyond. Will you please pray for s good training facility in
strategic place in Chennai?

As a family, we are living in one room for the last 6 years. By the grace of
God, we received some money towards house deposit. We would love to move in
a bigger house soon. Please pray for the right house with cheaper rent. Only
God can do this in Chennai!

We really want to thank you for loving and praying. We would love to hear
from you how you are doing, we are praying for you, if you have any prayer
needs please email us.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Love

Muthu & Kavitha
Princy and Prince
YWAM, India.

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Israel Update

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From The Heart Of Missions

I am aware that many of you have heard about Ami Ortiz during the Purim holiday in March. A package filled with explosives blew up in his face. Thank God Ami’s life was spared even though he had to undergo several surgeries. As you know Ami is Jewish and one of my colleagues is an Arab, who I will refer to as Brother A. Brother A lives in poverty and has no money to give to help the Ortiz family with medical expenses for Ami. Brother A contacted me and asked me to offer the Ortiz family the only thing that he had. He said to me “I don’t have money to give but I can give what I have such as blood, or any internal organ which Ami might need. This suddenly reminds me of the scripture in John 15:13 “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”. Remember that Arabs and Jews are supposed to be political enemies, however the love of Christ supersedes all politics only by the blood of Jesus.

Your Brother,

Isa

Note:
* “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and also pray for Ami’s recovery and this
brother willing to give his own body”.
* Isa will be one of our guest speakers at our 6th annual anniversary missions conference this september, plan to attend!
(Visit ficc’s 5th annual anniversary missions conference)

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