Grace
Ministries
Around the World
May 2008
- Congratulations to our MKs -
Congratulations to the following MKs: Danae Olson who graduates from the Santa
Cruz Learning Center (high school) in Bolivia on May 30; Rachel Vinton who
graduates from Grace Bible College (BRE) and from Cornerstone University with
a secondary education teaching degree (both on May 10); and Elizabeth Meier
who will graduate on May 17 from Moody Bible Institute. Pray for them as they
take the next step in their lives.
- Salvation in Cameroon - PTL for
15 individuals who made professions of faith in the Lord Jesus at Muyenge,
Cameroon, during an evangelistic crusade. The grade school started in Kumba
has entered into the third term of its first school year. Pray that each student
in the school will believe on the Lord Jesus as his or her Savior.
- Congo Report - Sue Vinton reports
that seven children received the Lord Jesus as Savior on Easter Sunday in
her children’s class. She was able to hold a four-day literacy tutor seminar
for three men working with street boys and two others who work in a poor,
underdeveloped neighborhood just outside of Bukavu. PTL that Bill was able
to spend two weeks at Kindu Bible College teaching two courses and eight days
at Kama in April meeting with many of the pastors and church department heads
from the whole area, as well as holding a four-day seminar on spiritual leadership.
Plane service in Congo is very problematic these days so we praise the Lord
for His provision of good flights to Kindu and Kama.
- 50th Anniversary in the Philippines
- PTL for the great celebration that took place in the Philippines April 22-26.
Fifty years ago Vernon and Darlene Anderson and Joe and Pauline Watkins began
the work of Things to Come Mission in the Philippines which God has tremendously
blessed. Today there are over 500 churches and five training schools for pastors
and church workers. The national church leaders are carrying on a great ministry
built on the solid foundation established many years ago. What a joy it was
for the Andersons and Watkins to be part of this great celebration of God’s
goodness and faithfulness. The president of the GMI board of directors, Pastor
Charley Young, with his wife, Jan, represented GMI on this wonderful occasion.
Rejoice in the following email received from Pastor Young: “Things are going
very well here at the conference in Ozamis. It is overwhelming to see the
extent of the work here. It has been a blessing to see the honor that is being
given to the pioneer missionaries and the glory being given to God. There
were over 1500 delegates in attendance at the opening ceremony which included
about five minutes of fireworks! It was really some production!”
- News from Tanzania - Please pray
for Chad Zuber as he works with the believers from our churches to build a
high school in Sumbawanga. Mike Benton asks us to pray for coaches for the
soccer/Bible clubs he is helping get started. A letter was recently sent to
all our churches asking for our youth department leaders to recommend godly
young men who will be willing to work with young boys in their villages. Please
keep Najua in your prayers as well. He is the young man helping to organize
the clubs. In June, Najua will be a member of a team from Tanzania traveling
to Sweden for a soccer tournament. Pray that through this ministry many will
come to a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Update from Uruguay - Ricki Anne
Zanella writes: "We would appreciate your prayers for the first Women's
Retreat to be held in May. Many women here work as many if not more hours
than women in the States, so we would appreciate your prayers that God would
open this window of time set apart to deepen our relationships with God and
with each other." Aimee Johnson reports that AWANA has started, both
at the church in Montevideo and in the suburb of La Teja, with over 30 children
in attendance at each location. PTL for the opportunity of reaching these
children with the Gospel of Christ.
- Costa Rica Bible Institute -
Please pray for Jeremy Clark and Chuck Befus and their Costa Rican colleagues
as they teach 40 students in the Bible Institute. Pray especially for Jeremy
and a team of 13 who will be going to Nicaragua for a missions trip later
this summer.
- Work Teams in Puerto Rico - We
are thankful to the Lord for the work teams that have already been in Puerto
Rico and those who will continue to come through the summer (20 teams) to
help in the building projects at the camp. Pray especially for Mike and Megin
Stearns who are hosting and working with the teams.
- Ministry in Zambia - Tim and
Debbe Meier are thankful to the Lord for the team from the States who worked
with them in March on VBS, seminars, visitation, children’s meetings, and
preaching. Thanks especially to Jim and Linnae Knoll from the Bethesda Church
in Minneapolis who led the team.
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