Update – Gil & Carol Harder – Africa
March 30, 2012 by Greg
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Gil & Carol Harder – Africa
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Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
March 28, 2012 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren
Dear Family and Friends,
Monday morning Pastor Sasha Kurmaev, Andrey (the boy who fell off a rock last summer in a coma for 2 months), Cip (my interpreter) and I drove to Pskov. Andrey is doing much better now. Praise the Lord
We are now winding up our ministry here in Pskov, Russia after about 2 days. We met with Yuri, the Courtyard Director, twice to decide on the summer ministry location. Had dinner and fellowship with 6 guys at a local village Rehab center followed by a church service in the village “House of Prayer” (the one that burned down last year.) All of this on Monday afternoon and evening. Today, the church planter, Alexander Hubeev, and the 4 of us talked for several hours about the state of the ministry here and what our program should be for the summer team. Besides children’s ministry, building, and painting, we will dedicate several hours after lunch for a youth sports ministry outreach. Sasha Kurmaev will coordinate this. I am thrilled because he has led the sports ministry with great results in the past. Tonight we participated in the Tues Prayer Meeting at the Pskov Baptist church. It was great to see Masha, one of our interpreters, who came to Christ at the Extreme Youth Camp last year. I have been Skyping with her since November studying the basics of our faith. I gave her a Russian study Bible and she was very happy. Pray for her continued growth in Christ.
Thank you for your continued prayer support. Pray our our journey back to St. Pete on Wed.
Many blessings,
Jim
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Looking beyond the return trip to St. Petersburg:
•Please pray for the meeting with Eugene, the church planter from Petrozavodsk, on Thursday 29th that Jim, Sasha and Cip may encourage him and help him plan for the continued ministry there.
•Pray for safety and good connections as Jim flies to Stockholm and Ciprian flies back to Moldova.
•Thank our Lord for the continued spiritual and leadership growth for both Pastor Sasha and Ciprian, and their practical assistance for Jim as he travels and plans.
P.R.A.Y.ing with you and thanking God for your support for Jim and the team.
IHS,
Peter
Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
March 27, 2012 by Greg
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Dear Family and Friends,
My interpreter (Ciprian) and I are now in St. Petersburg at the orphanage I normally stay at. Our last day in Saransk was great! We had 5 meetings the last of which was with a group of teens from several Russian cities. A couple of these teens from Saransk want to go to the Czech camp and Pskov this summer with our American teams. I hope it will work out. Of course, finances are always a challange for Russians. But, it would be a great boost to their spiritual life and be more motivation to be intentional evangelists.
In St. Pete Cip and I were met at the airport by Pastor Sasha Kurmaev of Camfort Baptist church. You might remember that Pastor Gennady and I spoke at the 10th anniversary of this church last Oct.
I will share at his church service tomorrow and Cip will speak at the youth gathering after church. Monday we drive to Pskov for 2 days of summer team planning. I already see the hand of God working in and thru Pastor Sasha. Such great vision and energy!!! Wish I were 30 again!
Thank you for your prayers. These meetings are uplifting and inspiring. Please pray for my energy and the ability to get a better nights sleep.
Blessed to be a blessing,
Jim
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What a joy it is to get a good report from a trip like this. So often we get to pray about logistics problems and physical illnesses, but today we get to P.R.A.Y. with thanksgiving and enthusiastic appreciation for our God’s journeying mercies and fruitful blessing of the work.
I’m excited in particular about the young people in Saransk wanting to participate in the summer missions activities. I certain this will be a boost for the pastors and churches in Saransk as these young saints get energized and trained to be evangelists in their own milieu. Pray for their continued commitment and success at raising the needed funds. Perhaps some of us could prime the pump by offering matching funds up to 50%. (return email me if you would like to participate)
May you be richly blessed by your time in prayer and Sunday worship today. Thank you again for your bended knee support and encouragement for Jim and the Slavic church planters.
IHS,
Peter
Update – The Steiger’s – Prague
March 27, 2012 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Prague
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Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
March 23, 2012 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren – Russia
Dear Praying Friends,
Sorry for the delay in gettting news to you all. The trip is going well so far.
First, the flight to Moscow and connection made completed better than expected:
Dear Family and Friends,
I arrived in Moscow at 11am today (your time in LA – midnight). Went to the passport control line and there was Ciprian, my Moldovan interpreter. I prayed that I would make immediate contact with him but didn’t know that God would bless in this way. We picked up Marina, our travel agent, along the way to Moscow and stopped at the Baptist Union to pick up some Russian Bibles.Saw Ruvim Voloshin, VP of Church Planting, and will have a meeting with him in St. Petersburg next Sat. Cip, Marina, and I in blinding snow and wind walked briskly thru Red Square since Cip has never been to Russia before. Extremely cold for my CA bones!!!
Now we are waiting for the 9:30 pm overnight train to Saransk. Your prayers are making a big difference already! Slava Bogu!
Much love to all,
Jeem
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Second, the activities in Saransk are progressing well:
Dear Family and Friends,
We are having a very productive time here in Saransk with 10 appointments over the past 2 days with one day remaining. I have done counseling, mentoring, witnessing and planning for next summer’s Reunion Team. It was decided tonight that the Saransk summer team will participate in the 15th anniversary of New Life Church while the team is here. It is God’s timing that we will have these team members here with 3 out of the 7 on the first two teams back in 1996 and 1997. This will be great blessing, I believe! Tomorrow, 4 or 5 more appointments before we depart by train to Moscow. Our relationships here run deep and sweet! What a joy to reconnect!
Please pray for people we have shared the Lord with and for safe travel to Moscow and the flight to St. Petersburg.
Love to all,
Jim
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As I write to you Jim and Ciprian should be getting ready to board the overnight train to Moscow. The near term itinerary is:
Fri, March 23 – Night train to Moscow
Sat. March 24 – Fly to St. Pete
Sun. March 25 – Attend Comfort Baptist Church, Pastor Sasha Kurmaev
Thank you all for your faithful P.R.A.Y.er support. Rejoice with us that God is blessing this trip and continue to pray for divine appointments as the team travels.
IHS,
Peter
Update – The Young’s – Thailand
March 22, 2012 by Greg
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Hi Mark,
Hello from the land of smiles. Many of you take time out of your busy day to pray for us; we thank you for that. Here are some specific prayer requests that you could be talking to God about on our behalf. As always we appreciate your prayers and support.
~Jared & Jessica Young
Dear friends,
We have now been in Chiang Mai for about 3 weeks. The time has gone quickly and yet I feel as though it’s been forever since we left California. We’re enjoying our new home and have seen the Lord providing what we’ve needed while we’ve been here, whether physical, emotional or spiritual.
There are a few things that we are thinking through and praying about that I wanted to share with you all. We hope that you will join us in prayer when you think of us.
Car: We are currently using a friend’s vehicle who is away for the time being. It has been such a blessing to be able to get around on our own! We will need to buy our own vehicle sometime in the next few months. One has just become available through a co-worker who is moving and we are praying about whether we should buy it or not. We would like a 4 door car with working seat belts At about 12 years old, the car we are looking at will cost about $7,700. Resell prices here are very high, but the good side of that is the vehicle is in excellent condition.
Kids: The boys are adjusting more and more each day. We are grateful that in the houses immediately surrounding us there are 2 kids around Jackson’s age. We’ve already played together and splashed in a neighbor’s kiddie pool a few times. There aren’t as many options for Boston. Recently I discovered that on the next street over in our neighborhood there is a nursery school/kindergarden which takes care of children up to age 6. We plan to check it out more with a Thai speaking friend. We’re praying about having the kids go there a few mornings a week to give them time with kids and also to give Jess time to study the Thai language.
Work: We ended up coming to Thailand through a foundation called Sure Foundations. We are still members of NTM, but we are functioning under this Thai foundation. During our time in this city, we will be studying the Thai language and culture and we will also be involved in projects as assigned by our foundation. Currently, we are going to be teaching English weekly at our local fellowship of believers. We are looking into opportunities to be involved in our city through other avenues and possibly other organizations. We are looking to the Lord for direction for what we should be getting involved in while we are studying language and culture.
Thank you for praying for us, we have seen God work in numerous ways already, continue in being vigilant about praying for us.
Update – The Losch’s – The Losch Cause
March 14, 2012 by Greg
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The Losch’s
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Update – The Young’s – Thailand
March 13, 2012 by Greg
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The Young’s – Thailand
We have officially moved to Thailand and are settling in. We moved into our today and are getting things like bedding, furniture, food, decorations, etc. to make it a home. The transition has been challenging because of the jet lag in us and our kids. Pray our tempers stay in check and that we stay focused on the Lord and make time to study His Word has our lives are becoming busy. Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theyoungsplace for the daily updates on our life in Thailand.
~Jared & Jessica Young
The Big Step
Mar 05, 2012 08:38 am
Ever move to Thailand with a family of four?
• As of today I can officially check that one off my bucket list.
Ever experience such a life changing event in life that caused you to step out in faith without knowing what God had next for you?
• About 14 hours into our flight, the finality of leaving home hit me and I sobbed nearly uncontrollably in the airplane lavatory. I don’t know if I wept because I left home, friends, and family. Or if it was Boston saying, “Daddy, I want to go home and be done with the plane.” Or if it was the absolute fear of God in me and my total disbelief that by God’s grace we actually left for Thailand. Or if it was the inevitable doubt of moving your family far from comfort that Satan casts on you when you are most vulnerable. Either way I sat in that tiny dimly lit, awkward smelling room and praised God. Prayed to God. Worshiped God. Because without Him, without His Son’s provision on the cross, without the indwelling of His Holy Spirit in me…none (I mean absolutely none) of this matters or could even be accomplished.
• In the midst of the snot and tears a simple song lyric came to my mind that gave me peace, rest and a big picture understanding. “Where You go I’ll go. Where You stay I’ll stay. When You move I’ll move. I will follow You.” That could only be of God, reassuring me in my role(s) that this is the right move, the right decision.
Prayer goes beyond what we can comprehend sometimes.
• Whoever prayed for us to have a smooth and completely easy check in, God answered your prayers. Whoever prayed for our kids to do great on the plane, God answered your prayers. Whoever prayed that my back would hold out through the trip, God answered your prayers. Whoever prayed that all of our stuff would arrive without blemish, God answered your prayers. Whoever prayed that they would have cologne in the restrooms on the airplane (you know who you are), God answered your prayers.
• Whoever prayed period, thank you. You have been instrumental in preparing the way for us to move to Thailand without hardly any hitches in the transition. It nearly brings me to tears (of joy) just thinking of the network God has allowed us to build over the last 20 months we were in Fresno/Clovis, CA (and some in Richardson, TX). We are so grateful for our team.
This entire period leading up to our departure has been truly in God’s timing. We were delayed last August because God was not done raising up supporters, friends, and other instrumental relationships that would not have been as deep, as developed or as existent as the ones He allowed us to have. Besides the relationship aspect, there is a housing and financial aspect that we hadn’t foreseen either.
• By God’s grace we are blessed with a wonderful house in Thailand. This house was able to be selected the week before we even arrived because of the strategic intentionality our co-workers in Thailand took to house hunt for us. We were sent three options to choose from and prayed about and landed on a gorgeous 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom house with a small front yard! See pictures in our gallery.
• From a financial side of things, we were at around 25% last August when we planned to leave. When we departed God had raised our consistent monthly support to 65%! And of course God isn’t done because He has called 4-7 more pledged financial supporters to start within the next month or two. Praise God for the continuous provisions He is constantly supplying us with to sustain us in Thailand so we can accomplish the work we are setting out to do. If you would like to be involved in our financial team visit our Give Page HERE.
From the bottom our hearts, thank you. Thank you for your support, for your prayers, for your encouragement, for reading and being involved in our lives and ministry. We would love to hear how your lives are going, from the extraordinary things God is doing to the seemingly mundane. There will be more updates soon once we get settled into our house and get our schedules maintained. Hope to hear from you soon.
–Jared
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
March 13, 2012 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – The Philippines
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Update – The Payne’s – Panama
March 13, 2012 by Greg
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The Payne’s – Panama
Click here to read the February Update from the Payne’s in Panama
Update – The Steiger’s – Prague
February 21, 2012 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Prague
Click here to read the February 2012 update from The Steiger’s
Update – The Laird’s – Africa
February 21, 2012 by Greg
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The Laird’s – Africa
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Update – Jim Liljegren
February 17, 2012 by Greg
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Dear praying friends of Missions,
Pastor “Jeem” and I agreed it was a good time to update you on the prayer requests we sent 24th January.
But before those updates, we want to invite all of you in the LA area to come to Agoura Bible Fellowship on Sunday, 4th March, to meet Pastor Igor Grytsyk from Czech Republic. Pastor Igor will be giving a ministry update Sunday, March 4th from 9-10am in room 203 (Multi-Purpose Building). Pastor Igor is a ministry partner with us as Co-Director of the annual Czech Family Camp that our summer teams help staff. Don’t miss this exciting media update and see what God is doing among Russian speaking people in the Czech Republic and other parts Europe!
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Summer Missions Team Recruitment: Czech, Pskov and Saransk
Our Team Recruiting started slower than expected but we now have 20 people on 4 teams: Czech, Pskov, and Saransk (2 teams). Slava bogu! The first training for all teams is set for Saturday, 25th February and the materials are being printed now…all materials have been ordered.
Please pray for these needs:
All materials to be printed and ready for the training locations.
Our hearts to focus on being all that God wants us to be and to look for witnessing opportunities now.
The hearts of people that God wants us to talk to here and overseas.
Coordination of the travel logistics, visas, and ministry plans at each location
Many opportunities to tell the world about salvation in Jesus Christ, who is the only way to God!
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Pastor Gennady Healing Progress
Regarding Pastor Gennady’s fingers being reattached, we have news that his left thumb is growing back well and function should be restored. He has lost the top portion of his pointer finger (left hand). Please continue to pray for healing and continued energy to encourage and lead the church planters in Czech and other Russian emigrant areas.
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Darya Klueva, new mom in Czech Republic. Postpartum Psychosis healing progress
Darya’s mother has come from Kazakhstan to help care for the baby and now Darya is out of the hospital living with her mother. They are attending a Czech Baptist church in Prague but not believers yet. Darya is much better. Slava Bogu !!
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Big need of Olga Balanovskaya
Sorry we do not have an update on Olga’s fight with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at this time.
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Pastor Jeem Healing from Eye Surgery
Jim reports “My eyes…they are fantastic. Will get a new prescription this week. I see very well for distance but need glasses to read. No complaints!” Thank You Lord. Amen.
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Now for some new requests:
Fund raising for Jim’s Spring Planning Trip
The estimated cost is $4500 and we have now received about $3600. We need all of the funds in by 15th March. Thank the Lord for his provision so far and ask that the full need be met.
Success in finding a new home for Jim and Barbara
The Lord blessed with the sale of their current home but as yet they have not found their new abode. Please pray that God will bring to the market a suitable place, of his choice, to the market within their price range.
Continued healing for Andrey in St. Petersburg
Andrey sustained a brain injury due to a rock climbing fall. He was in a coma for several months as we reported in earlier prayer requests. He is now out of the coma and is making slow progress to recover both brain and physical function. This month he has been sent to a special hospital for rehabilitation. Please pray that he recovers and can be fully functional in his faith and service to the Lord with youth at Comfort Baptist in St. Petersburg.
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We are blessed to be cared for in prayer by this team. Please continue to beseech the Lord of the Harvest for faithful laborers and the resources they need to be where He wants them and to be equipped to share the Good News of Great Joy: Jesus our Redeemer.
Update – The Young’s – Thailand
February 17, 2012 by Greg
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Our time in states is dwindling. We leave for Thailand very soon. Please pray that our transition will be God-honoring and full of learning experiences for us and our kids. We are having a dessert night February 24 at The Well Community Church – Fig Campus (Palm & Gettysburg in Fresno, CA) at 7pm. This will be a time to hear about our story, ask some questions, eat some dessert, spend some time in prayer and say goodbye.
Our life is an adventure. Our perspective on life and our choices will determine whether we enjoy that adventure or not. Recently we had the opportunity to put that choice into practice.
We had one final step in completing our paperwork for our move to Thailand. We had to go to the Thai Consulate in Los Angeles and get our passports stamped with our visas. The catch was, all four of us had to be there in person to verify we exist. So our plan was to drive down early on a Thursday morning, turn in our papers and essentially hang out until the next day when our passports would be ready to pick up.
We were thrown a curveball the day before we left. We were given the opportunity to go to Disneyland and enjoy some family time while we were in L.A. I accepted this gift and took the opportunity to exhaust my family with the enjoyment of being at Disney.
Once we finished at the Consulate, we drove to our hotel to see if we could get an early check-in. They did not have a room ready so we stowed our car in the parking garage, bought a tram ticket and jumped aboard a seatbelt-less van with our two boys and headed to the magical kingdom. We arrived with anticipation, had a great lunch in Tomorrowland, and started tackling the rides.
First, Boston and I shot down the aliens on the Buzz Lightyear ride. Then we went to the depths of the ocean on the Nemo ride. Then Jess and Boston, drove on the Autopia. Then Peter Pan. Then ice cream. Then borderline meltdown.
At this point I decided to take Jackson back to the hotel for a nap. On the way back to the tram, Jack fell asleep in the stroller. I found my way to Tram #7 to head back to hotel, get checked in and lay Jackson down. As the tram rolled up I was not allowed to bring the unfolded stroller aboard, so I had to get the sleeping baby out and fold down the stroller without help from the onlookers. Once I got on the bus it was a short ride back the hotel. The only problem was, we passed the hotel I was intending to stay in for the night. We passed it by about half of a city block. I was then informed I should have taken Tram #8, not #7. So, I trekked back to the hotel with sleepy, groggy, fussy baby and got checked in.
Now is where the calamity ensues. I get up to the room and throw my belongings on the table and head back down to get our stuff out of the car, so I can change Jackson and get him to sleep. I board the elevator and make it through the lobby and realized I DO NOT HAVE THE CAR KEYS. So I go back up to the room, defeated by my own exhaustion and ask Jess to make her way back to hotel so I can get Jack into a clean diaper. Sometime later she arrives to save the day. We turn around grab dinner and Jess and Boston then enjoy the evening at Disney for the parade and Rocket Ride.
The next day: We head to the consulate and grab our passports without any delay or frustration. Praise God that went so smoothly. I was high on excitement and headed around the corner to share the news with my family. Then Boston promptly trips on the sidewalk, scraping his ankle and dirtying his hands and knees. He is now hysterical.
Then we head to IKEA for lunch and to replace Jessica’s makeup bag she ruined a week before by accurately dropping our mexican food leftovers into. Another crazy story for another time. We got what we came for then get on the road to head home.
The trip home was fairly uneventful minus one tiny detail. A bloody eyebrow. The bloody eyebrow doesn’t carry that much weight unless I back up and tell you of the bloody lip from the night before. Right before we were headed out of the door for dinner, Jackson decided to attempt the Mt. Everest climb into the bathtub, slipped and bust his lip open. Then the tears, blood and cries ensued. I tell you that to tell you this; Jackson is wobbly.
At a rest stop to gas up, stretch our legs and hit the final stretch, Jackson wobbled again. I had both boys with me on this patch of grass that had a picnic table that was made of those rough-cut 2×6 pieces of lumber. Well Jackson rolled his ankle off of a rock and smacked his eye on the end of the bench where the sharpest wood lay waiting to cut a baby’s eyebrow open. Then the tears, blood, and cries ensued.
I scoop up Jackson, grab Boston by the wrist and head for the restroom to clean up the mess. Boston is limping (because of his ankle injury), and I’m attempting to keep Jackson from smearing blood from his eye onto my white shirt. Then we get to the bathroom and I have to use those brown paper towels that just spread liquid and don’t absorb. They are more like 1-ply cardboard than anything else. So I am inadvertently sponge-painting Jackson’s face and not stopping the bleeding. I finally get control of the situation with pressure and prayer. By God’s grace there are band-aids in the car we are borrowing and we jump back in the car and head home. All is well; the end.
God has a sense of humor, if you are willing to laugh. Even if that laughter is at yourself. Besides all the crazy stories from our weekend, we really enjoyed our time as a family at Disneyland. We are so grateful for all your prayers in terms of our paperwork going so incredibly smooth and no hang-ups whatsoever. God has been so incredibly faithful through this entire experience of leading us up to leaving for Thailand. There have been highs, there have been lows, but through it all God has not changed and is still leading our family to Thailand. We could have easily hated our time down in LA when our kids got hurt, and our exhaustion got the best of us, and our stress rose through the roof. But we chose to enjoy our family and rest in the fact that God has bigger plans for us than we can ever dream of.
Our lives are changing drastically in a week. Our Creator God will not. We rest in that fact to keep our hearts and minds at ease. Praise God we have such a solid foundation to place our faith in, because if our faith and hope were placed upon our emotions and circumstances then failure would be inevitable.
Update – The Young’s – Thailand
February 9, 2012 by Greg
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The Young’s – Thailand
We have a lot of exciting news to share! Thank you for continuing to pray for our family and our move to Thailand. God has been preparing the way, please join us in praising Him for His timing!
Recap:
In January, we met with the missions team at Grace Community Church in Madera and were able to share about our ministry in Thailand. The team decided to begin supporting us financially! Praise the Lord for the 3 churches we now have behind us.
We were able to be introduced to the church members on Jan 29 at Grace. We explained for a few minutes about our family and ministry and then the elders of the church prayed over us. It was a very encouraging time!
Recent developments:
Our visas to enter the country of Thailand were taking too long (we applied Jan 2011!) so our leadership decided to have us enter the country through a foundation they have set up. We will be a part of this foundation, which will allow us to work in Thailand.
We received our letter of invitation from the foundation and now will be applying for visas in person at the Thai Consulate this week.
Our plane tickets are purchased! Once the visa change was made and our paperwork was sent, we were cleared to plan our departure. We are leaving for Thailand on Feb 28, 3 weeks away!
Next week we have our last planned ministry presentation. It is with another missions team from a local church, New Harvest. Please pray that we glorify the Lord, not to embellish, and to encourage this church in the ministry God has for them.
Update – The Laird’s – Headed to Togo, West Africa
January 26, 2012 by Greg
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The Laird’s – Togo, West Africa
Click here to read the January update from The Laird’s who are headed to Togo, West Africa
Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
January 17, 2012 by Greg
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“I just received word that Pastor Gennady in Prague is in the hospital because of a building accident. He accidentally sawed off 1 or 2 fingers of his right hand and the doctors are trying to put them back on. Please pray for him and the doctors.”
We have since received this update from Alex in Prague, who talked to Andrey, Gennady’s son: “Jim, the surgery has finished, 2 fingers were replaced back on Gennady’s request, on his own risk, because of the infection possibility. So, let’s pray now that there won’t be any infection and both fingers grow together well with the palm! (left hand not right).”
Thank you all for your concern and prayers for our dear brother and partner in church planting. I will send an update when we receive more news.
Update – The Payne’s – Panama
January 16, 2012 by Greg
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The Payne’s – Panama
Click here to read The Payne’s December 2011 update
Update – The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
January 12, 2012 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
Click here to read the January 2012 update from The Steigers
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
January 6, 2012 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – Philippines
Click here to read the January 2012 update from The Hardeman’s
Update – Stepan Staucean – Crimea
January 3, 2012 by Greg
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December 18, we had nice fellowship with Crimea Tatars. Attendence was 15 families. 8 families are Isa Mesih (Jesus Christ) belivers, 7 families not yet. Our prayer need is to pray for this fellowship, that is the first one. We hope it will grow,
Stepan
Church
Pray for Stepan as he oversees the outreach and fellowship of the Tartar people in Crimea
We are Ambassadors for Christ!
Mark Lacaze
Pastor of Outreach and Missions
Grace Community Church
Update – The Steiger’s – Prague
December 23, 2011 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Prague
Click here to read the December 2011 update from The Steiger’s in Prague
Update – Gil Harder – Africa
December 21, 2011 by Greg
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Gil Harder – Africa
Click here to read the December 2011 update from Gil & Carol Harder’s ministry in Africa
Update – The Gomez’s – Guatemala
December 16, 2011 by Greg
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The Gomez’s – Guatemala
Dear Prayer Fellows,
Blessings to you all from GCE and the CHE Meso-America Region!
To make it easier for you I am copying here our latest post on our website www.globalche.org under the tab “Prayer” but we would like to remind you to visit it.
Prayer update as of December 15, 2011.
Praises to the Lord:
1) For the week of November 13-20 the STM Women’s team from Mission Community Church Arizona who worked along the CHE women in the villages of Chirramos and Chicoz. By working spiritual lessons through handicrafts and home visits thrust was given to the micro-enterprise projects and the relationship built even more.
2) About the Water Wells and medical teams in a row which began on November 19. They came from Deer Creek Church and Littleton Bible Chapel in Colorado led by the Douglas brothers plus the Women’s team and Water team from Calvary Church Muscatine Iowa led by Jim and Jeanne Mott. These teams served both in Guatemala and Honduras in multiple villages. Gracefully by December 10 everyone went back home sharing the blessings they saw here working with the CHE teams as well as the blessings brought to the local people.
3) Regarding the CHE Woman Training of Trainers Seminar November 28–December 3 to CHEs from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Our Master CHE Woman Trainers from Nicaragua conducted the training. God provided in His timing through Mission Community Church. They gathered here in Quetzaltenango.
4) For Mario and Christa (our children attending school in Texas) will be able to come home for Christmas season.
5) About Miriam’s health continuing to see God’s Powerful Healing Hand.
Requests before the Throne:
1)For the new converts—including 2 former witch doctors– to be properly followed up and discipled by the local CHE teams in the CHE villages and Churches.
2) For the new CHE Woman Trainees which were together here for a first time ever in the CHE Mesoamerica Region November 28 through December 3 That they will increase commitment to the Lord and grow in ministry to reach countless women, families and communities for the Kingdom of God.
3) For the Board of Directors in Global CHE Enterprises about to appoint new Chairman and to re-structure the other duties to serve better.
4) For the Short Term Mission Team from Calvary Methodist Church Maryland led by Board Member Nelson Gardner to serve in the CHE Village of Monte Cristo January
5) For Tom and Diane Schieffer scheduled Jan 4-15 to do preparations for the Veterinarian STM to CHE Villages later in the year (May).
6) For the STM Team from Calvary Meth Church Annapolis coming January 14-22 to serve with the CHEs in Monte Cristo Guatemala.
7) For Mike and Peggy Elliot from Community United Meth Church Crofton MD coming in January to do preparations for STM team in the Summer.
Gal 6:2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Your fellow servants
Hugo and Miriam.
for the whole GCE CHE Mesoamerica Region.
Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
December 13, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren – Russia
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Update – Love INC – Madera, CA
December 13, 2011 by Greg
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Love Inc – Madera, CA
Click here to read the December 2011 update from Love INC – a local ministry we support
Update – The Payne’s – Panama
December 9, 2011 by Greg
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The Payne’s – Panama
Click here to read the November 2011 update from The Payne’s in Panama
Update – The Losch’s – CrossWorld
December 7, 2011 by Greg
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Click here to read The December 2011 update from The Losch’s with CrossWorld
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
December 1, 2011 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – Philippines
Click here to read the December 2011 update from The Hardeman’s in the Philippines
Update – The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
November 22, 2011 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
Click here to read the November update from The Steiger’s in the Czech Republic
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
November 22, 2011 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – Philippines
Click here to read the November update from The Hardeman’s in the Philippines
Update – The Payne’s – Panama
November 10, 2011 by Greg
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The Payne’s – Panama
Click here to read the October 2011 report from the Payne’s in Panama
Update 8 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
November 6, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren
Dear Family and Friends,
We are finishing up 2 good days here in Napoli or Naples, Italy. Gennady, Vova, and I arrived about the same time on Thursday as did Ilya the new church planter from Fresno. He will be here 5 weeks to find an apartment for his family and set up the ministry. We met with the local Italian Baptist pastor for his support. We have been going to different locations putting up posters and passing out fliers informing Russian speaking people of the first Bible Study meeting this Sunday at 2pm at the Italian Baptist Church. There are already 10 to 12 Russian speaking people who meet from time to time as a group. They just need a leader. Ilya is a very good evangelist and mature man of God. He is just perfect for this ministry. Pray that this group will catch a vision for reaching their Russian speaking community with the gospel and accept Ilya as pastor and leader. Thank God for the support of the Italian Baptist Church.
I want to bring an American team here as soon as I can which will probably be the summer of 2013. We need to wait until Ilya and family settle in sometime in 2012 and establish this ministry.
Sunday we will attend the Italian Baptist Church service and fly back to Prague. Barbara is now in Moscow. We will meet in Frankfurt and fly home together on Monday, Nov. 7th.
Thank you so much for your faithful prayers. This has been a long but productive trip…slava bogu!!!
Love to all,
Jim
Update 7 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
November 3, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren – Russia
Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you, again, for your faithful prayer support.
Barbara especially needs prayer as she is trying to coordinate plans to bring a lady with a large facial tumor to Moscow with her on the train this week. She was trying to get word from a doctor in Moscow that has seen the woman’s medical records and then get her train tickets. You can’t really wait to long to get these tickets. Pray that all of this can be coordinated and that Barbara will be able to get a cost of the operation and other details. Barbara continues with many daily appointments as many ladies want to meet with her before she leaves Saransk.
Here is Czech Republic: I met with Igor, one of the summer camp leaders and we evaluated this past summer’s camp. We both agreed that God blessed with 18 Americans and 125 Russians, and 6 people responded to the Gospel. Here are the dates of the Czech ministry for 2012 including our 7th annual English Family Camp: July 4 – 17. We will need 12-15 Americans to participate in this camp. Pray for those 6 who repented and for another fruitful camp next summer.
This morning Gennady and I met with Tony Peck who is the General Secretary of the European Baptist Union. Gennady is forming his own organization of Russian speaking churches in Europe. His organization will be an affiliate member of the EBU.
Then, this afternoon, Gennady, Alex (who came to Christ at the 2009 camp) and I went to a large Refugee Camp to encourage many who have attended our camps over the last few years. We also met several Muslims who attended our gathering. Pray for Adul from Moracco who is considering trusting Christ as his savior. He has my email address. Pray that he will communicate with me.
Tomorrow, Gennady, Vova (my interpreter), and I fly to Naples, Italy for 4 days. We will meet Ilya from Fresno who arrived there today to begin a 5 yr church planting venture with his family. I may bring a small evangelism team there this coming summer.
Blessed to be a blessing,
Jim and Barbara
Pray for safety and good connections on trains and planes and transfers between arrivals and departures.
Pray for good planning and execution, particularly recruiting team members, as those plans move ahead to fruition in the Summer Missions Teams.
Update – The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
November 1, 2011 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
Click here to read the October 2011 update from the Steiger’s
Update 6 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 30, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren – Russia
Dear Family and Friends,
I just had to write a short update on the 10th Anniversary Service of Comfort Baptist Church near St. Petersburg in which I participated. The church meets in the gym of the German orphanage and was decked out with colorful balloons and huge wall posters. Several pastors came to give their blessing to the church. There were two unique dramas and a children’s choir. Gennady Gavrilov, the founding pastor, shared his memories and I added some of my own. (I have brought many American teams here since the beginning in 2001.) Sasha Kurmaev, the pastor, was beaming the whole service!
Two interpreters from Pskov took a 5 hr bus ride and came to the service: Masha and Dasha. Masha repented at the Extreme Youth Camp this past summer. Please pray for Dasha to repent. She really enjoyed the service. I had the opportunity to lead her boyfriend to the Lord this summer in Pskov. Please pray for him (Alexander). He does not have email so I asked her to see if he could communicate with me somehow.
The highlight of the day was seeing Andrey. He was at the service for the first time since falling and hitting his head on a rock in June and was in a coma for 2 months. He is slowly recovering and we had a brief conversation. He knew who I was. I asked him if he remembered the day when he prayed to receive Christ with me? He did! I love Andrey very much and we expressed our love for each other. Please continue to pray for his complete recovery.
Thank you, again, for your prayer support. We leave for Prague tomorrow night.
Love to all,
Jim
Update – Tim & Beth Faul – Brazil
October 28, 2011 by Greg
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The Faul’s – Brazil
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Brazil! While some parts of the US were experiencing record floods a few months ago, here in Boa Vista there was a record flood as well. For a few days all the roads from Boa Vista had parts that were under water. It really didn’t cause any big problems other than a shortage of gasoline for a few days. Anyway, the river went back down and life went back to normal.
Christina finished high school and came to Brazil to spend a few months here before starting college in the US. Victoria came down for a month during summer break, and has since returned to the US to do her last semester of nursing. She is on track to be graduated from Western Kentucky University in December.
In our last letter we mentioned that there were big changes in the Brazilian Indian Agency, in Indian health, and in Indian education. At that time there was a lot of activity, meetings, planning for conferences, proposals to limit what missionaries could do, etc. Actually things have gotten very quiet since then. So, we as a mission continue to do what we have been doing.
We are working to register the Indian schools with the department of education. Basically, the missionaries started two schools years ago in two Indian villages, when the education department just was not able to do anything to establish and operate schools in these villages. Now, the education department wants these schools to be “official,” so we are scrambling to do all the things necessary to have “official” schools.
A few years ago, the Christian Indian pastors and leaders from all of Brazil formed an organization to strengthen the indigenous church. They have had conferences in various parts of the country, and are planning a conference here in Boa Vista for the 17th to the 20th of November. Tim is on the organizing committee. Wow! This Indian organization is very loosely organized, so there is a LOT of organizing to be done to put this conference together.
We do expect that as the Yanomami Christians participate in this conference, they will see that there are other Indian churches in Brazil, and that these other churches face similar problems. We trust that they will be encouraged to continue to develop as followers of Jesus Christ, to truly live transformed lives, and to share this good news with their neighbors and relatives who don’t already know.
Join us in prayer that:
• The Yanomami believers would really grow and mature in their faith,
• That we would have much wisdom in the bureaucratic situations we face,
• Victoria and Christina would continue to do well in their schooling.
Tim and Beth Faul
Update 5 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 26, 2011 by Greg
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Dear Family and Friends,
We are now in Pskov where we are helping Alexander Hubeev plant a new church. This past summer we had our 4th team working here. Today we again looked at a piece of land for sale that we originally thought was too small. However, we can build a small “House of Prayer” on this land with a second floor for a staff member. Alexander is finding out if the city will approved such a thing. This building would greatly enhance his ministry. When we arrived yesterday afternoon, he was a little down about his ministry. Pray for Alexander that he will be encouraged and see fruit.
Last night we stayed at a new Rehab center in a village called Lapitova. We had a 3 hour service with the guys in this center. This morning after more talk and prayer, we visited a “house of prayer” in this village that had burned down and now is reconstructed. When I walked in I thought a building similar to this would be just great for Alexander. Please pray about this possibility. More details later.
On to Petrozavodsk tonight. Pray for safe travel.
Much love,
Jim
Update 4 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 25, 2011 by Greg
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Dear Family and Friends,
It is 5pm in Saransk and Vova, my interpreter, and I are packing now for the night train to Moscow. Today Barbara and I attended New Life Church. I gave greetings to the church from Agoura Bible Fellowship and the many people from our church who have participated in team ministry here. Pastor Vladimir asked us and Ron and Mary Mariani (from Folsom…here with us) to come to the platform and he thanked us for our ministry and prayed for us. Barbara will remain here until Nov. 4th. We first came here in 1996. Pray for Barbara as she has many important meetings during her remaining time with ladies groups and individuals. Many don’t know the Lord at all.
This afternoon Vova and I attended the New Life Church youth meeting. There was a sweet spirit with the leadership of Anton, who came to Christ thru Ron and |Mary several years ago. There were 10 students at the meeting. This is a good beginning.
I leave Saransk very fulfilled and pleased with the contacts I made with so many people and leaders. The one regret is not seeing Maxim. Barbara and I did meet with Vera, his mother, right after the service today. She was in tears most of the time. She has only been to see Maxim in prison once and she waited 4 hours and had only 10 minutes with him. He looked ok and was thrilled to see her. He gets only 4 visits per year. He sleeps in a large room of 70 men. The guards were yelling at her much of the waiting time. Please continue to pray for him (and her)…for protection, spiritual zeal to continue, and hope.
Again, thank you for your faithful prayers.
In Moscow, Vova, Gennady, and I will meet with the Vice President of the Russian Baptist Union and the main Youth Coordinator. Then, in the evening, we fly to St. Petersburg.
Love to all,
Jim
Update 3 – Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 21, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren
Dear Family and Friends,
Your prayers are helping us! Keep praying! We have averaged 5 – 6 appointments per day of various kinds the last 3 days. We wore out our interpreter today! Tues night we had a group of youth in our host home. 9 of them came including 3 unbelievers. Vova, my interpreter, led the meeting. He sang some songs and I gave my testimony and the Gospel. They hung out for hours after the meeting! We are developing great relationships with the unbelievers. Pray for Vanya (John) who was at the teen meeting and I will see him on Friday. Also, pray for Sasha and Alyona to be open to the Gospel message. Almost every time we take a taxi, the driver gets a good dose of the Gospel with a tract (with a number to call on the back) and a small new testament.
I will not see Maxim in prison as I found out it could be dangerous for him to be seen with me, an American. I am disappointed but I totally understand.
Please pray for 12 yr old Daniel, who was let down by his absent father, laughed at by his friends, and tried to hang himself on Monday. His grandmother raises 4 children by herself. She broke the lock on his door and took him down before it was too late.
She shared this at Barbara’s Monday night Bible study, where 3 other non-Christian neighbors asked many hard questions and joined in a lively discussion with the New Life sisters.
Love to all,
Jim and Barbara
Update 2- Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 18, 2011 by Greg
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Dear Liljegren Missions Prayer Team,
Forwarded message just arrived from Jim. I’m sending immediately because I failed to send out their message “We are now in Saransk meeting with many of our beloved friends. …” message from Saturday. I don’t want to get distracted again.
You will see in Jim’s message great opportunities to Praise Our Lord, and several gospel opportunities to take to the foot of the cross and cast them up on Jesus. Pray for His Spirits action to reach the hearts and souls of those who heard, or will hear, the gospel through these activities.
Beseech the Lord to provide wisdom and direction for Jim in connection with his desire to meet with his dear disciple Maxim who is in prison. The opposition being encountered could be from the enemy or from the Spirit for Maxim’s protection. Pray for discernment.
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Dear Family and Friends,
Finally got a moment to write with lots of things happening here in Saransk. Sunday night’s concert at the old downtown house church (Victor, Pastor) was a huge success. This church of about 10 older saints hasn’t seen anything like this for decades!!! The church was full of musicians and people from other churches that we had helped plant plus some nonbelievers. We had a fantastic concert and 2 sermons (Victor and Gennady). During Gennady’s sermon a man came up front and knelt to rededicate himself to God. Gennady stopped his message and put a hand on his shoulder as the man cried and told God he was sorry for his sin!!! The fellowship after the service was electric as we saw people we had not seen for a number of years. How sweet and loving these relationships are. I had a chance to make several appointments with young people who wanted to talk to me. Today, I had one of them with Misha, the son of Sveta, the invalid. He is 19 and repented this August at a youth conference. His life is totally changed we met tonight for 2 1/2 hours studying the Gospel and what it means. Tomorrow night he wants to bring a friend or two to a spontaneous youth gathering in our apartment. Vova, my interpreter from Prague, will lead worship and sing and I will speak. Pray for this meeting. Still no word on my visit to Maxim. Seems that there is lots of opposition to it from several fronts. Pray for wisdom. I really want to see him. If we go, it will be 3 hrs by car to the other side of Mordovia. I really want to go.
Thanks for your prayers. Barbara met with a ladies Bible study group tonight and shared the Gospel with new people who came to the study. God is working and we can hardly keep up with Him!
Much love,
Jim and Barbara
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Thank you again for your faithfulness in prayer,
IHS,
Peter
Update – Jim Liljegren – Russia
October 14, 2011 by Greg
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Dear Prayer Team,
The Moscow arrival update came in from Jim on Thursday afternoon (pacific time). By now they should be up and about in Moscow and meeting Pastors Gennady and Vova to board the train to Saransk.
I drove them to LAX yesterday and I could sense the excitement and anticipation they had for this trip and the ministry opportunities. You will see that they had one divine appointment before they landed in Moscow. Continue to pray for:
Safe travels, good sleep and health
The Summer Team followup and initiation of planning for next summer
The outreach in Saransk with Pastor Victor Gretchka of The Ark Church to be fruitful and encouraging to the church
Thank you for your prayers, you are a blessing to the team.
IHS
Peter
Dear Familyand Friends,
We are now at our hotel in Moscow at 1:50am! (12:50 noon PDT)
All went well. Thank you for your prayers and help!
Our seat mate read our Russian tract from cover to cover. Pray for Tamara, a geography teacher from Republic of Georgia.
Much love,
Jim and Barbara
(nice, crisp weather)
Bible School Building Pictures – Panama
October 14, 2011 by Greg
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Here are some photos of the new Bible School Building being constructed in Panama!
Update – Jim Liljegren – Next Missions Trip
October 11, 2011 by Greg
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Jim Liljegren – Next Missions Trip
Dear Friends of Russian Church Planting Missions,
Jim and Barbara leave tomorrow afternoon. Please pray for their physical and emotional safety during the ride to LAX airport with yours truly at the wheel of the car.
I have inserted the prayer guide here in the message and attached the file for ease of printing should you wish to do that. If you have any messages for them while they are away, I’ll be glad to receive, compile and forward.
Praying with you daily.
In His Service (IHS)
Peter
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2011 Fall Missions Trip
(Sponsored by Encouragement International)
Trip Itinerary and Prayer Guide
Please pray for effective ministry, travel mercies, and good health
(Time difference between Western Russia and West Coast, USA – 11 hrs ahead)
Wed. Oct. 12 – fly to Moscow, Russia
Thurs. Oct. 13 – arrive in Moscow/overnight at hotel
Fri. Oct.14 – visit Moscow friends and Baptist Union office/meet Prague Slavic Pastor Gennady Gavrilov and Vova (his youth and music leader, my interpreter), go with them on the overnight train to Saransk. They will minister with me for the rest of this missions trip.
Sat. Oct. 15 – arrive in Saransk, evangelism with Pastor Victor Gretcho
Sun. Oct. 16 – morning service at Pastor Victor’s church, evening outreach concert
Mon. Oct 17 – Sun. Oct. 23: many visits with church leaders and people, visit Maxim in prison Wed. or Thurs. – pray that I can get in to minister to him.
Sun. Oct. 23 – attend New Life Church service/overnight train to Moscow/Barbara returns to Moscow Nov. 4th.
Mon. Oct. 24 – meetings with Baptist Union leaders/fly to St. Petersburg with Pastor Gennady and Vova/overnight at St. Petersburg orphanage
Tues. Oct. 25 – Wed. Oct. 26: drive to Pskov (5 hours by car near Latvia)/meet with church planter Alexander Hubeev to plan for next summer’s team ministry
Thurs. Oct. 27 – drive to St. Petersburg/train to Petrozavodsk with Pastor Gennady, Vova, and Pastor Sasha of St. Petersburg Camfort Baptist Church
Fri. Oct. 28 – Sat. Oct. 29: arrive in Petrozavodsk, meet with church planter Eugene Zinnon – prepare for next summer’s team/many other meetings related to our summer team outreach/train back to St. Petersburg
Sun. Oct. 30 participate in 10th anniversary of Pastor Sasha Kurmaev’s Comfort Baptist Church near St. Petersburg. (Pastor Gennady was the founding pastor.)
Mon. Oct. 31: fly to Prague, Czech Republic
Tues. Nov. 1 – Czech Republic area meetings/planning for next summer’s family camp
Wed. Nov. 2 – drive to Vienna to meet with new church planter
Thurs. Nov. 3 – fly to Naples, Italy with Pastor Gennady and Vova, meet with new church planter
Fri. Nov. 4 – train to Rome to meet President of Italian Baptist Union and back
Sat. Nov. 5 – Sun. Nov. 6: evangelism with church planter/fly to Prague
Mon. Nov. 7 – fly to Frankfurt, meet Barbara, and fly home!
Thank you for your faithful prayer support
(For ministry updates, contact Peter Armerding at jpeter@armerding.org)
Update – The Payne’s – Panama
October 7, 2011 by Greg
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The Payne’s – Panama
Click here to read the September update from The Payne’s in Panama
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
October 4, 2011 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – Philippines
Click here to read the October Prayer Letter from The Hardeman’s in the Philippines
Update – LoveINC – Madera
September 23, 2011 by Greg
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Love INC – Madera, CA
Click here to read the September update for Love INC here in Madera, CA
Update – The Steiger’s – Czech Repuplic
September 16, 2011 by Greg
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The Steiger’s – Czech Republic
Click here to read an Update from The Steiger’s in the Czech Republic
Update – Gil Harder – Africa Hope
September 13, 2011 by Greg
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AfricaHope “High 5” Kilimanjaro Mission
Dear Mission Partners:
Our “High 5” Kilimanjaro Mission Team is just 30 days from ascending Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa with the goal of reaching the summit of almost 20,000 feet. Our goal is to ascend the highest mountain in Africa in order to reach the lowest valley in the world. The Rift Valley is the largest, lowest, and longest valley in the world stretching from South Africa all the way past the Dead Sea in Israel. You need to know that our “High 5” missionary team members are paying for this awesome mountain climb, and we are trusting the Lord’s people to pay for our descent into the valley of the shadow of death.
As you have no doubt heard on the news, the famine and drought in East Africa is severe. Most of the animals have died and the few that are left are so weak they are about to die. The nomadic Maasai tribes people have been dependant upon their cows for centuries. Now they are dependant upon God and God’s people. This is God’s plan and time for the Maasai.
The timing is NOW to reach the Rift Valley. People are starving to death and eating the bark off of trees and worse. As Joel 3:14 says, “Multitudes, multitudes are gathered in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.” Our missionary team is preparing to enter this valley of decision in Jesus Name.
Lordwilling, we shall first minister to orphans and widows in the Korogocho slum together with the Africa Hope Ministries of Caroline Sarah, Susan Nyambura, and Aggrey Juma. Then after climbing Kilimanjaro, we shall participate in the launching of Africa Hope Bible Institute with the Maasai tribe on Oct. 19, 2011 and continue teaching the Maasai students the Word of God.
The training of these Maasai Pastors and Christian leadersto shepherd the sheep and plant Church~Schools in every village in the Rift Valley of Kenya is really our main 10~year objective. This is the “Rift Valley 20/20 Vision” 2010 ~ 2020.
Finally, we shall participate in the dedication celebration of the two brand new water wells at the Children’s Church and Amboseli~Kimana Church on Saturday & Sunday! Streams of life~giving water are now flowing in the desert and refreshing the Maasai in this parched land. This will be a great celebration of joy! Please pray for “Springs of Living Water” to spring up within every soul in Jesus Name as we preach Christ and Him crucified, risen, and coming again!
“Africa Hope Ministries Needs: “Help ~ Healing ~ Hope”
1) Ministry “Gift Bags” containing practical help and health supplies
2) Sponsorship of Africa Hope Bible Institute Dedication Luncheon ~ Oct. 19th
3) Bibles, Theology Courses, Proclaimers, NKJV Study Bibles, Evangecubes
4) Sponsorship of widows & orphans “Africa Hope Gift Bags”
5) 4 Africa Hope Bible Institute Tents, Bed Mats, Sheets for 40 AHBI Students
We are trusting the Lord for this promise from Isaiah 43:18~19: “Forget the former things. Do not dwell on the past. See, I the Lord am doing a new thing! Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wildernessand streams in the desert.”
We are also trusting the Lord to move upon the hearts of 10 “Founding Fathers”for AFRICA HOPE BIBLE INSTITUTE who will invest $500 in the founding of this school in the shadow of the Rift Valley and Mt. Kilimanjaro. This is a historic moment with the Maasai of the Rift Valley, and we are moving ahead by faith. Help us build a “Highway of Holiness”from the highest mountain in Africa … to the lowest valley in Jesus Name!
As of this writing, our team is trusting the Lord not only for their own missionary support to descend into this valley of decision ministry, but also for $5,000 of “pure religion”(James 1:27), healing and hope for Kenya. Team members are now assembling “Africa Hope Gift Bags” and working on the procurement of many needed supplies for this mission. We will hand-deliver as much humanitarian aid, supplies, and needed finances as we can carry in country.
We can’t do everything, but we can do something. What we can do, we should do in Jesus Name. “Whatever you did to the least of these my brethren, you did it unto me.” Jesus ~ Mt.25:40
Will you join us in this“Faith Adventure?” How to send “Africa Hope” in Jesus Name:
#1 PRAY! Nothing is more essential to spiritual victory! * Kenyan Mission Prayer List Attached
#2 Become a “Founding Father” of Africa Hope Bible Institute ~ Kenya with a $500 gift.
#3 Support our Teamas they “Go Up ~ To Get Down” and bring Christ to East Africa.
#4 Join our FACEBOOK PAGE called AFRICAHOPE MINISTRIES
#5 Give online @ www.jaron.org (Go to: Home > Staff > Donate)
Thank You for making a World of Difference!
Gil & Carol ~ II Corinthians 2:14 High 5 Team: Gil, Sarah, Jerry, Rebecca, Rod
Jaron Ministries Int. 4710 N. Maple Ave. Fresno, CA 93726 * Checks should be made to Jaron Ministries with a note indicating “Africa Hope” or a name of a missionary team member or project and are tax deductible. Receipts will be sent in accordance with IRS regulations. Donations are made with the understanding that JARON Ministries has complete discretion and control over the use of donated funds. Our policy is to apply donations as requested by the donor whenever possible.
Update – The Hardeman’s – Philippines
September 9, 2011 by Greg
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The Hardeman’s – Philippines
Click here to read the September update from The Hardeman’s













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