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October 20, 2009 SIKKIM—Brother S.G. reports on their Vacation Bible School which took placed in the month of June, a total of 20 children attended the school, they used their rented house to hold these many children. One young man trusted Christ as Savior and Lord. During the month of July they had a gospel seminar for their church members, it is visible how the Lord is working among them, approximately 20 people are in attendance not counting Sunday school. They have been praying for a local missionary to help them in the ministry. He is very important in the ministry, unfortunately he does not have missionary support. By faith they have taken him on and are asking God to meet their needs. As a result of their prayers and faith in God, Brother G. had a vision to start a children’s ministry by 2010. In particular, it will help poor Buddhist families with free education. It will be a school that teaches English, Bible stories, and other subjects. The main purpose is to reach the parents through reaching the children. This ministry has the following needs: 15 folding tables, 20 small chairs, 2 whiteboards, 2 color TVs for showing rhymes, as well as gospel pictures for teaching the Word of God (as it is easy for children to learn with pictures.)
October 20, 2009 HAITI—Brother Lucien and Mrs. Maude Saul are currently visiting churches in the United States until December 3, 2009. Brother Saul writes concerning the on going need to assist Haitian children, the joy to continue ministering to a few of them through their child evangelists and the Christian school in Bassin is great. The new kindergarten class shows how amazing it is when little children are thristy and hungry to learn new things. How important it is to win them at an early age with the gospel! Through Royden’s effort to collect computers while in the States now the sun shines brighter this year at the school. About 50 used monitors and hard drives were given by Bob Jones University. They appreciate the help of a Christian organization in freely transporting the computers to Haiti. They were apprehensive when they started to plan for the Bible institute this year. But just like the children of Israel in front of the Red Sea, God has commanded them to walk—and they have seen His glory! Some of the major issues were: economic crisis, fear of epidemic with many students in small rooms, absence of resources in Gonaives (they shopping city) due to the past hurricanes, etc. God’s people responded to their call to pray and to give, causing an outstanding success with 204 students in attendance and all expenses for SALEM Bible institute paid in full. Royden and another preacher in their mission were ordained during the Bible school session this year. Dr. Jim Moats from Christian Fellowship in Newville, PA., was the keynote speaker for the occasion. During their time of deputation in the States, Royden and Danielle are overseeing the work.
October 20, 2009 BHUTAN—Brother T.S. and his family would like to thank those contributors who helped with their motorbike, camera and financial support. By the grace of God their ministry is steadily going forward, please continue to pray to be able to reach people with the good news of our Savior. Please pray for J.P. and his family who were interested in hearing more about the gospel. Another man called C. He is also interested in the gospel. The Sunday School is going well, they have 35 children attending every Sunday, please pray for their salvation and be able to reach out their parents with the gospel of Christ. The Baptist Theological Institute is going well, kindly pray for the students that some day they will be good ministers and church planters for our Savior. Please pray for books, there are just a few books in their library.
October 20, 2009 TAIWAN—Brother L.P. and his family thank their prayer and financial supporters as their prayers are the lifeline of their ministry. Thanks to a generous gift, L. was able to go to the mainland in July and again in September. One of his trips lasted 9 days, on his first Sunday he preached 3 services. By the evening service, there were over 200 people. The location was in a small farming community where it was somewhat safer. Please do pray for this ministry as the believers in the mainland need good solid training, for teachers, many of whom are locals; for funds to come in so this ministry is not hindered. In July they had Vacation Bible School, with an average of 15 children for the 4 day classes. Praise the Lord for the 5 young souls that were saved! Pray for some girls who desire to go to Sunday school, for the various ministries at Taitung Bible Baptist Church and their members as they continue to grow in the Word. By July of this year, they had 4 unwed mothers move into the Morning Light Home. Their ages are 16, 17, and 2 20-year old. On September 28, they had 2 moms being induced and they had 1 mom in the hospital on bed rest due to early rupture of the membranes. Please pray for those young girls, most are giving their babies up for adoption; for CY and D.P. to be able to witness and help. While counseling her, she said her heart is tired and her tears never end. Pray for the L.P. family as their children grow they will continue to see that they are all in God’s ministry together.
July 7, 2009 PHILIPPINES—Brother Glen Namoc thank God for your continued prayer and financial support for the mission work in Mindanao. Some of the pastors ministering with Brother Namoc under the North Mindanao Project write: Pastor Alex Panganuran from Calvary Fundamental Baptist Church, Mabunga Baptist Church and the Pongol Mission Work reports some opportunities to preach God’s Word, doing Bible studies, and follow-ups. On the 1st quarter (January thru March 09) they have 7 people receiving Christ as Savior and 5 baptisms. On the newly opened missions work in 4 cities were 6 people receiving Christ. They were also able to share the gospel with 12 parents at the kindergarten parent’s Sunday. Pastor Pedro Haguingan from Jesus Saves Fundamental Baptist Church in Masimag, thanks and praise the Lord for the land and Sunday school building (though not finished yet); and 9 souls who came to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor Ernito Lesigon from Jesus Saves Fundamental Baptist Church in Tinagpolo-an thanks God for IPM partners, their prayers and financial support, since starting their Bible studies one person has joined their church services. Pastor Limuel Dumay from Jesus Saves Fundamental Baptist Church in San Antonio reports having church ministries where 12 people trusted Christ as Savior. The church agreed to transfer their church building along the highway because their present location is not passable by a vehicle. Pastor Casiano Laguilay from Jesus Saves Fundamental Baptist Church in Mizpah reports that Christians are victims of robberies in the mountains due to the financial crisis since the storm last January. People are killing farm animals and stealing farm products.
July 6, 2009 HAITI—Brother Lucien Saul, missionary to Haiti, rejoices that they have gained some new supporters for the SALEM Bible Institute, they pray that the Lord will enable their faithful partners to do what they can. In just a few short weeks, SALEM will be in session (July 20th thru August 14th), enrollment is at a full capacity with 200 students once again, the cost per student is $150, but every contribution makes a difference. Currently, they have only received 35% of the needed finances. Out of 150 new applicants, only 30 are admitted, due to lack of space and resources. They cannot imagine saying that the school is cancelled for lack of funds. Lord willing, that would never happen. Please continue to pray for this ministry.
July 6, 2009 CHILE—Brother Ivan Alegria, South American Regional Director, shares the inexplicable joy, a joy that overflows his soul. It is the joy of being where the Lord wants him to be, no matter the price or the circumstances. It is the joy of looking back and seeing everything that He is doing, which makes them laugh, suffer, and mourn. It’s worth it! It makes sense and has value because it is the cause of Christ, for His eternal message, for the sacrifice and love for us. This was a different summer for him, they wanted to minister to a large number of unbelievers and reach them with the gospel of Christ, as much as possible. They were in the process of starting the camp ministry when tragedy came to the church family, Isabel has passed away leaving 4 children and many grandchildren with deep sorrow. Brother Alegria conducted the funeral service, for 3 nights he preached on the Gospel of John chapter 3. He felt joy in his heart that God used him to preach the gospel to the segment of the population most despised by society. On the day when they buried Isabel, 300 people were at the cemetery, Brother Alegria praised the Lord for the people who made decisions for Christ. After Isabel’s passing away, Brother Alegria prepared for the camp ministry, their goal was to have as many as 150 campers. Thank God for the offerings received from the United States and the Chilean church, that allowed them to help young people with fewer resources, nearly 40 decisions were made for Christ.
June 22, 2009 LIBERIA—Brother Edwin N. Gbor thanks God for the faithfulness in supporting his family and the mission’s work in Liberia. They highly recognize and appreciate your partnering with them. This past Easter the Great Commission Fundamental Baptist Church had 3 nights of retreat that brought 3 of their churches in Ganta together. At the end of the retreat, 27 people gave their lives to the Lord, and they baptized 9 people in water baptism (5 of them were from GCFBC, while 4 were from the LPRC Community branch). This quarter GCFBC won 29 souls to the Lord. Please pray with this church as they are embarking on the church building project. Pastor Matthew Troy has been away for a year now doing his Bachelor of Theology degree at Ghana Baptist Theological Seminary. He graduated on June 6, he is a mission-minded pastor. This year the Fundamental Baptist Women’s Conference was held in the Manlah Baptist Church. This year about 457 women from 43 Baptist churches attended the conference for one week. They were blessed, there were many testimonies concerning the change the conference brought to their lives. Many of the women promised to be better housewives and good mothers to their children. This year they gave $1754 to buy a bus for the conference. Next year’s conference will be held in Monrovia, the capital. They are praying and trusting God for foreign speakers. For this quarter there have been 52 people who have trusted the Lord as Savior. Please continue to pray for the village work.
June 22, 2009 CHAD—Brother Nadjiri Tokinon send his greetings to our their partners supporting them in prayer and giving. The first trimester was full of preparations to go to conferences, organized by different churches. Baptist choirs were preparing to go to Kyabe (southeast of Chad) for 3 days. The Flambeaux and Lumieres went to Moissala for 2 days. The choirs went to Moundou for 3 days. Ladies went to N’Djamena. All these conferences took place during their Eastern holidays. These programs would have affected their Bitanda conference, so they changed the conference date to April 30th through May 3rd. Bebedjia ladies are organized and keep themselves busy besides their weekly meeting. They read and study the Bible at their regular weekly meetings. They also have another program within the group in which they train themselves in making soap, cream, and other items with local rough materials. They have in their program the ability to dye materials. They also make syrup and jam with local fruits. In Bitanda they initiated a primary evening class for the adult villagers. This project is for those who cannot continue school any longer due to lack of means or supporters and other problems related to life in the village. They wish to continue with the project into the secondary school, if the villagers support it and will attend classes.
June 11, 2009 TOGO—Brother Kwame Togbi-Wonyo likes to render his sincere thanks to his supporters for their prayers and financial support, which has been a blessing to his ministry. The leaders at the Calvary Bible Baptist churches often meet at the Victory Temple to plan strategies. Among the things discussed were two major needs: (1) A need for putting more efforts into evangelization, and (2) A need for working together as local churches to bury their home-going brethren. It was a very successful conference. God blessed them with the money they needed to pay for the property of the Immanuel Temple of the Calvary Bible Baptist Church through one of their generous supporting churches in Pennsylvania, USA. On February 11th they were able to pay fully for the property, they are now debt-free and the congregation is very glad praising God for His provision. The Calvary Bible Baptist churches held the 2009 Annual Convention at the Zion Temple in Abobo, the attendance was low due to the country’s financial crisis. A new pastor was ordained on Easter Sunday, his name is Nouvlo Komla. Pastor Nouvlo has 3 children and happily married, he is pasturing 2 churches: the Calvary Bible Baptist Church of Tsevie, and the Calvary Bible Baptist Church of Davie. Please pray for him. The African Baptist Mission needs enough funds to help develop the northern ministry, they have 4 local churches in the North—1 in Dapaong city, and 3 in the rural areas.
May 14, 2009 USA—Brother Tom Wolfe and his wife Donna thank God for your fellowship in the Great Commission of Jesus Christ! They traveled to Guatemala last November to minister with Brother Giovanni Avendano, IPM missionary in Guatemala. Brother Avendano told him “It is time to start a Bible institute.” Brother Avendano started and established a truly excellent church in a town called High Hill. You get a clear vision for many places throughout Guatemala—scattered towns among the mountains where multitudes still need to hear the gospel and have more good churches to hold fast God’s Word. The Lord is raising up His laborers there to reach more people in His harvest. Based on the Great Commission, you see the need to teach and train them for the Lord’s work. After returning from Guatemala, Brother Tom and his wife hosted IPM missionary Carlos Gallardo. Brother Gallardo serves the Lord in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle, directing the Amazon Baptist Mission. They worked on Bible institute things and introduced Brother Gallardo to several churches in our area. With the Bible institute that teaches and trains believers there, nearly 120 churches are now started with good workers and sound dealership.
May 13, 2009 URUGUAY—Brother M.M. and his wife S.M. greet you tenderly from Uruguay. He reports that their 3 eldest children are living in Spain and Paraguay, only the 2 youngest ones are living with them in Uruguay. They continue to hold meetings in their home. They are very grateful to the Lord for the miracles they are experiencing in front of their eyes. For several months, a boy named N. has been going to their place and to the teachings on Sundays. He was born in Jerusalem and now is their neighbor. His mother does not have a problem sending her son to their meetings so he can learn. M., another girl, also lives in the neighborhood. She spends time with them and also goes to their Sunday meetings. She helps S. preparing songs for the Bible lessons, she asks many questions. They keep in touch with H., a dear friend, and also have partnership with A. and her family. Brother M. is talking again with M., an orthodox friend who had gone to the motherland to live and, thanks to the Lord, he went back to Uruguay with his family. They have celebrated already 4 meetings with the purpose of teaching believers how to treat and teach others to find the Lord in order to be saved.
May 13, 2009 PUERTO RICO—Brother Nelson Westerband and his wife Carmen thank all of their financial and prayer supporters. They are a vital part of their ministry in Patillas, Puerto Rico. Their family continues to do well. Carmen continues taking care of her mother. She (mama) was very sick and in the hospital a few weeks ago with pneumonia, but she is already out of the hospital after having her lungs drained. Kendra, their daughter, will go back to school this semester. She took a semester off to take care of some problems and needs with her 2 children. Their son, Yamil, and his wife Gloria, are in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Gloria gave birth to a new member of their family. Nehemiah is now 4 months old. The Westerbands are planning to see him this summer. The ministry continues marching forward! Between the months of January and April, they had their evangelistic campaign with Brother Roger Papius, who graduated from Puerto Rico Baptist College (CUB) and is serving in Iglesia Bautista Fundamental of Aibonito, Puerto Rico where Angel Espada is the pastor. They also attended a ladies’ jubilee and men’s retreat at Iglesia Bautista Biblica in Caguas. It was a tremendous blessing with more than 300 people attending. On Good Friday they have their cantata having a fair attendance. They held their first youth activity in the month of April, it was 1 of 3 that will be taking place in different churches, there were 20 young people and 7 adults in attendance. The next activity will be in Aibonito on August 22nd with Pastor Angel Espada. The last one will take place in Guayama with Pastor Alexis Colon on October 10th. Please pray that the Lord will work in their young people during these activities.
May 13, 2009 USA—Brother George Stouffer and his wife Gerry just returned from a 3-month ministry in Ghana with Brother George A. Dapaah, and Brother Alfred Ofosu-Asante at the Solid Rock Baptist Bible College. Gerry was devoting three class hours per week in an interactive computer program to help the 9 students to learn to read music. Both of them were making themselves available for individual attention 3 evenings per week in the library. Gerry was also spending time learning the computer music rotation program called Finale. With it she was able to adapt arrangements for the choirs and produce music for her students, as well as put some gospel songs that Brother Dapaah wrote into good printable form. It took several days for them to know whether God had provided any funds with which to buy the remaining 4 UPS (uninterrupted power supply) for the computer lab and classroom projector (approximately $350). There is a young high-school graduate from Brother Dapaah’s church in Tema, was spending Thursdays and Fridays on the campus so Gerry could help him musically. The Stouffers thank you for praying for their health. They were not sick at all.
May 12, 2009 USA—Brother Matt Barfield and his company stopped in the village of Flor de Punga for an evening meeting. Brother Carlos was able to give an invitation and gospel message over the town’s public address system, and 2 young men (ages 18 and 22) went before the service to be saved. They stayed through the service and stood with the others who consecrated themselves publicly at the end of the service. The church over there is fighting numerous satanic attacks on the Lord’s work, and they need our prayers as they “fight the good fight of faith.” For his final week in the Amazon with door-to-door visitation during the day, and meetings at Pastor Gallardo’s and Pastor Herman’s churches (Pastor Herman is the Treasurer for the ABM, of which Pastor Gallardo is the founder and president). This was a very fruitful time with many heart-searching decisions on the part of believers and many souls saved during the visitation times. The people of Iquitos are very open to door-to-door visits and were quick to invite them in to hear the gospel. They saw someone saved every time they went out.
May 12, 2009 USA—Brother Matt Barfield traveled to the Peruvian Amazon to work with missionary Carlos Gallardo. The first week was spent much like his first week last year—preaching, and teaching in the village of Apayacu. The theme for that week was the family, and he had a lot of opportunities to counsel men and women one-on-one. The same week was a week for building up the church, families, and individual lives, yet they watched the Lord get the victory in new territory as well. The town drunk disrupted their afternoon meetings several times, but he returned during the evening sober, humble, and desiring to receive the Lord. An elderly couple also were “translated into the kingdom of His dear Son,” and they were encouraged by the growth and potential of the church in Apayacu. Due to some boating problems they arrived in the town of Santa Fe two days later and saw that there have been many attacks on the Church there. The Lord worked with them and brought both believers and unbelievers to their evening meetings. An older lady and 6 young men received the Lord Jesus from that village. Nearly all believers consecrated themselves anew. Please pray specially for the Pastor of Santa Fe as he shepherds the believers.
May 12, 2009 USA—Brother Brent Smith, IPM area representative for West Virginia and Ohio, rejoices for the opportunity to make a trip to the Dominican Republic. This will be their first visit to one of our IPM mission fields; however, they need the funds necessary to travel. They need to get their passports, tickets, etc. in order to go. The cost of the trip will be around $2,000. During the months of April thru June, they will be having meetings in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Vermont as they continue to raise their support. Caleb is having some physical problems with his back, he is having tests done to see if he has a pinched nerve or a bulging disc in his lower back. They would like to thank all their supporters, whether it be through prayer of financial support, for interceding on their behalf.
May 11, 2009 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. writes to his faithful prayer and support partners stating that he can sense their prayers which means so much to them as they serve the Lord in that part of the world. He is requesting to please uphold them before the throne of grace as they do always. By the grace of God, they successfully reopened the TBSS on February with 28 new students. Among the new registered students were 11 unsaved-so they first concentrated and counseled them with the gospel. All of them got saved and are now studying God’s Word. They have a total of 115 students this academic year. Now they have 2 students who speak another dialect. The Masters program is going well, there are 38 active post-graduate students; their chapel preaching and class teachings are having a great impact on the students. While preaching the gospel at a village during March 9-15, about 50 people formed a new church, we held a children’s crusade where 70 children participated. After having counseling sessions, some 30 people confessed Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord. There is great joy in their hearts, which cannot be expressed with words. Te renovation of the old building for chapel and office is still in progress, as well as the new building for the institute.
May 11, 2009 GHANA—Brother Seth Mohenu shares the many blessings received from the Lord Jesus Christ. His family is doing fine, his daughter Lillian is now out of college and doing her national service, Timothy and Marian will be finishing this June. Since their last prayer letter they have had 14 people baptized, 9 during the month of December 2008 and 5 during the month of March 2009; they had 4 members gone to be with the Lord. All the schools are doing well, especially the Vocational/Technical. The Lord has done great things. The academic year will be coming to an end in June, 8 students will be graduating, 5 of them from the degree program and 3 from the diploma department. The ministry at Solid Rock Baptist Mission is growing gradually. During this period 4 men were ordained for the gospel ministry. Brother Stouffer and his wife were in Ghana helping in the Solid Rock Baptist College. The annual family retreat came off at Dobro, there were about 350 people in attendance.
May 11,2009 ZAMBIA—Brother Mark Murray reports on their first month of furlough experiencing some reverse culture shock. When they are in Zambia, people think they are wealthy, most of the Zambians are unemployed, scratching out a living by doing odd jobs and buying and selling a few goods. The country has the largest AIDs orphan population in the world, which means that fewer adults are taking care of more and more children. Access to nutritious food, electricity, water, health care, education and most of the other things we take for granted is limited by a lack of money. They are grateful for their American heritage and all it allows them to do. They appreciate the way Zambia has sensitized them to the needs of the third world. The challenge is to balance living and ministering in both worlds.
April 30, 2009 HONG KONG—Brother C.W. shares the blessing of having their own office to spend some time doing remodeling. The Lord also provided some good used furniture from a non-profit organization. The next step is to pray that God will use them to reach more people through that office. They are thankful that God has place them in that location.
April 30, 2009 SIKKIM—Brother S.G. thanks his supporters for their faithfulness. Concerning the ministry, they have been focusing on the preaching ministry and distributing tracts. So far, the ministry activities have been: preaching the gospel to children every Sunday as part of the outreach, this year they had 10 children who regularly attend the Sunday School and hear the gospel and various Bible stories. Half of the children are from a Buddhist family. This is an opportunity to preach the gospel to them as well as their parents. In addition, he had opportunities to preach the gospel to a refugee from Tibet and a man from a Buddhist man who grew up in Sikkim. He started a house church in his rented house with 30 in attendance. The place has become too small, they need a bigger house, please pray that the Lord will provide for their needs.
April 24, 2009 HANOVER, USA—Brother John Maziarz, IPM Finance Director, mentioned on his last prayer letter that IPM was looking into allowing contributors to give to IPM electronically. In other words, no checks to write or get lost in the mail. Instead, an automatic deposit is made to the IPM checking account from the contributor’s account or credit card. E-Giving also helps IPM lower our operational costs a little, allowing us to be better stewards of the funds we have. e-Giving can be set up for a one-time gift, or to take place every month. He is still gathering information to determine the most effective means to implement this. If you have an interest at all in giving via credit card (including your ATM card), either via a page on the internet, or by calling in your credit card information to the Home Office, please contact him or send him an e-mail. When IPM finally gets this up and running, you will be one of the first to be made aware of it. Several generous contributions to the IPM General Fund allow it to end 2008 in the black, continuing safety while traveling to meetings and family events, and a good first semester for Bethany at PCC.
April 20, 2009 BOLIVIA—Brother Ruben Quiroz writes “in the midst of much turmoil, social, and financial changes around the world, there is one sure thing—God will always be God and his sovereign control is in force.” Your faithful prayer and financial support are a vital part in the work of God in Bolivia. Brother Quiroz traveled to Bolivia from February 18th through the 27th. This year they were not able to have their summer camp because the government took back the property that they were renting. They are praying for a place for next year’s summer camp. They did a week-long conference with the Logos church families, it was a time of blessing and edification. The believers were challenged to live a committed life in the midst of the social and political conflicts that the country is going through. He was planning a modular course on the subject of “Church Administration”, the Lord was so good that He blessed them with 40 students who attended the course. Brother Quiroz finished his Masters of Arts at the Louisiana Baptist University, presently he is taking courses for his Ph.D. which he hopes to take at a slower pace. His graduation will be on May 8th. They are finishing the preparations to return to the mission field during the last week of July, they want to thank the Lord for His faithfulness while they were living in the United States. The Lord allowed them to have a closer look at the work and the needs of the Hispanic community, the need for laborers in this harvest is great. The Quiroz are at 45 percent of their missionary support. Lord willing, they will be leaving the United States during the last week in July.
April 20, 2009 HAITI—Brother Lucien Saul and his wife Maude along with their son Royden and his wife Danielle will receive 200 pastors, evangelists, and Christian workers at the SALEM Bible Institute where key leaders will be trained for effective ministry in Haiti from July 20th thru August 16th, 2009 in Bassin. The men who study at SALEM Bible Institute acquire tremendous benefit from the high quality teaching they receive. To complete the course and receive a diploma, students must attend for 4 years. Hundreds of ministries throughout Haiti have been revolutionized by this modular Bible institute. God has been very faithful every year in providing the needs through His people. The cost is only about $150 per student. For this amount the student receives all his teaching and materials, 3 meals a day (much better than he is used to!), laundry service, etc. Would you or your church be willing to sponsor one or more students? The total need is $30,000 for the 200 students. In addition, plans are being made to build a ladies’ dorm so pastors’ wives can attend and be trained. Thank you for making these needs a matter of prayer.
April 20, 2009 GHANA—Brother Alfred Ofosu-Asante thanks God for your faithful prayer and financial support. The church has begun preparing the grounds for the much-needed expansion of the church building. When this is completed, it will provide more seating for the congregation in the auditorium, as well as a new baptistery and offices. Pray with them that the Lord will provide the needed funds for this work. By the grace of God, the school is growing steadily. It began on January 12, 2004 with 5 children, is now 5-years old and has a population of 254 children and 22 teaching and non-teaching staff. They have a library, which they have stocked to the best of their ability. The school currently has 5 computers and needs at least 20 more, since the government has made computer studies a compulsory subject on the curriculum. The building project is going on well, they thank God for that. They continue to thank God for the one church that gave them $25,000 toward this project last year. The Zion Baptist Church is an outreach ministry of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. This church has had a lot of challenges, which have scattered most of the members. It has been without a resident pastor for the past 3 years. This church needs a permanent pastor, as well as a piece of land to put up a permanent building. Solid Rock Baptist Academy is a Christian school established under the Solid Rock Baptist Missions. The population of the school has increased to 230, with 13 teaching and non-teaching staff. It needs $1,000 to roof the structure that serves as church and classrooms. The Solid Rock Baptist Bible College currently have 5 students at the diploma level and 4 at the degree level. They still need financial support to run the Bible college, which is the source of manpower for their church-planting efforts.
April 20, 2009 MEXICO—Brother Sergio Herrera thanks his prayer and financial supporters for their vital participation in the ministry, many souls have been reached through the preaching of the gospel. They have witnessed the grace of God in many lives that were once destroyed by the enemy, but have now come to the feet of Christ. Thanks to you his oldest daughter, Johana, is about to finish the last semester for her bachelor’s in Architecture. Priscilla is studying for her bachelor’s in Nursing. Sharon will be graduating from high school this July and entering a new phase of her life, she would like to study Art Design at the university. Please pray for Joel to see the Lord’s will in his life. Alejandra, his wife, has been suffering from degenerative arthritis in her knees and appears to be recovering from her crisis. The Lord put a good neurologist in their path, and thanks to the medications that he recommended, she is walking much better and the swelling has gone down. Their youngest daughter, Myrle, who is 10 years old, broke her collarbone 2 months ago. She is doing well now. The ministry has grown in a marvelous way. The church is formed by 90 believers, this is very encouraging. One of the last decisions which moved their hearts was to take Ana Claudia to the feet of Christ, her testimony is powerful. She needs a lot of prayer, the good thing is that she is in the hands of the Lord. In the last 3 months there were 12 decisions for salvation, everybody in the church is excited for the newcomers. They are proceeding with the purchase of the land that they have decided to buy. Brother Sergio returned to Mexico on April 10 after spending a few months in the United States visiting churches and reporting to supporting churches, he was hoping to finish the purchase of the property upon his return. They are praying for the Lord to provide what they lack and a little more to pay the required legal fees. One of the goals of this year is to have a camp during the last week in July. They need believers to adopt a youth to help them with their stay. The cost of the camp is $55 per person. They have approximately 18 children and 24 young men in the church.
April 6, 2009 BHUTAN—Brother T.S.G. thanks his prayer and financial supporters for praying and sharing on the ministry and his family. The Bible school is running well because of your prayers and financial support. Presently, they have 8 students, there are many young men who would like to go and learn the Word of God back due to the lack of support, the school was not able to admit them. The increasing number of students in the Bible school is dependent on their support. If God is willing, they want to admit more students this year; therefore, please pray that God may increase their support. During summer vacation, some of their students will stay back in the Bible school and go for the outreach ministry. For the year 2008, 2 people were baptized, 497 booklets were distributed, 3,749 tracts and 113 New Testaments were given out, and 657 people were contacted. Please pray more for the hardness of our battlefield.
April 6, 2009 BANGLADESH—Brother D.G.G. praises and thanks God for His wonderful guidance and continual provision of all their needs. The AEMS has 40 students and 4 teaching staff, including himself as headmaster and Brother K.I. as assistant headmaster. The other 2 staff members are Brother R.D. and Mrs. A. C., who help them in educating the less privileged tiny tots. With God’s help, they can see much improvement among the students in their education, discipline, manner, song, and Scripture portions. The school designed a school flag with a meaningful motto, “Go Light the World”. The aim and the goal of this motto is to shine and spread light into darkness. It also held an annual sport event meeting during October 1-3. All the students participated and enjoyed the meeting. Sports included outdoor races, shot-put, long jump, high jump, football, etc. Indoor activities included rhyme and song competitions as well as Scripture recitation. Agape Baptist Ministry conducted a Gospel Seminar/Life Word Seminar at AEMS campus on October 11 thru 12. They also held a film ministry wherein more than 100 people attended the seminars and film showing. On the last day of the seminar, Brother D.G.G. made an altar call after the message and 3 men raised their hands and went forward to accept Jesus as their Savior. Mrs. G. and Mrs. I. are helping to show the older women the way of salvation.
April 6, 2009 HANOVER, USA—Rev. William Bowen is representing IPM at Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Baptist College of Ministry, and at Northland Baptist Bible College. One of his desires is that he will be able to make contact with men who could become mission evangelists/representatives for IPM in various states or regions of the United States. The team of six representatives are doing a fantastic job as we will host men from Mexico, Chile, Ivory Coast, Bolivia, Myanmar, Haiti, and Ghana during this year. Pray for the Pisarciks and Smiths who need immediate support. The others continue to discover their support on deputation.
February 24, 2009 TOGO—Brother Kwame Togbi-Wonyo thanks once again his prayer and financial supporters and the love for his ministry. Much has been accomplished for the Lord because of them. On December 7, the Ebenezer Temple of Lome elected a pastor for their young people. They felt it was needed because God has blessed the church with a lot of young people. He is studying in their Bible college. Before his education, he conducted a very successful youth church service on Sunday, November 16. It was great and they all enjoyed it. Please pray for him. He is married and has 2 daughters. The African Baptist Mission has deemed it necessary to divide their ministerial regions into districts. Each district has a district pastor. This has made their ministry very successful. Each district pastor must oversee the ministry in his district. He must also see to it that evangelistic efforts have been put forth in his district during the year. This strategy has been a blessing to their rural churches that do not have a pastor. They hope the Lord will use this strategy to bless their ministry in both the southern and northern regions. This January, 3 more students were enrolled in the Baptist Superior School of Theology. This has brought the student number to 14. It is interesting to know that the music professor has had the call of God and has decided to study theology. He is the 14th student. He will teach music 6 hours a week and study 8 hours as a student. Good things are happening in the African Baptist Mission. Please pray for them.
February 9, 2009 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. thanks his faithful prayer partners and supporters, wishing everyone many blessings. He and the believers have stepped out in faith to dig and lay the foundation for their new school building. They are looking forward to training many faithful laborers for the Lord’s vineyard at the new school building. In the meantime, 3 of his church members went home to be with the Lord during the month of October, yet they took the opportunity to preach the gospel and tell of their blessed hope at each one’s funeral. This made a great impact on many unbelievers. Many people participated in the Annual Christian Family Altar Week, unbelievers joined the services as they preached that the salvation of each family member is the most vital part. At the TBSS Alumni and Fundamental Preachers Conferences they had over 160 alumni and pastors from various villages, there was a great revival through the preaching by M.B. There were about 400 to 500 attending the services and more than half of the people responded to the altar call and dedicated their lives to serve God more. It is really exciting to know that the revival which took place during the conference will spiritually enflame over 150 distant villages in the “uttermost part of the earth.”
February 9, 2009 CHAD—Brother Nadjiri Tokinon praise the Lord for his prayer partners and supporters, wishing many blessings for this new year. The women leaders of the Baptist Mid-Misison churches met in Bebedjia from November 27-29, there were 74 ladies gathered to work and to prepare for their conference that will take place in April with the theme of “Christian Commitment.” On December 21, Bebedjia Baptist Mid-Mission Church visited prisoners in the Bebedjia Remand Center. There were opportunities to share the gospel. At the end of the sermon, one inmate confessed that he is a Christian and even a deacon in his church, in a village located almost 7 miles to the south of Bebedjia, but he did wrong and now he is in prison. By the Lord’s will, they baptized 5 people on December 6. There were 2 young men and 3 young girls. In the evangelization efforts in the city of Doba 29 people gave their hearts to the Lord and 39 confessed their sins and decided to come back to the Lord, this came as a result of the death of the oldest man in the Doba church, he was a man of prayer and really engaged in evangelization. They shared the gospel with 421 people through door to door visitation and 2 public choir concerts. Please pray for these 29 converts. They had 4 eye consultations and 152 patients. There was a Junior Camp Joy from December 26-30, there were 30 kids attending the camp. There are 345 children attending classes at the Primary School in Bebedjia. They praise the Lord for the evangelization in Doba, for the partners contributing to the generator and motorcycle purchases, for the people who came to Christ, for protecting the ministry and His people in Chad, for their eldest son, Araa, who went to study in Cameroon for a time but now he is back home.
December 15, 2008 BOLIVIA—Brother Ruben Quiroz writes: “While I have been studying here in the United States, the Lord has placed a great burden in my heart for the Hispanic people. Thanks to the Lord, the work here in Milton, Florida, is growing. We had 3 new converts. God is working and bringing up a group of believers. We are having the discipleship classes and the Bible institute twice a week. In addition, the Lord is giving me the privilege to preach 3 times a week in the Mexican restaurants in the area. I teach Bible studies for one-half hour and have contact with the employees. Please continue to pray for this ministry.” He and his family thank their prayer and financial supporters for their love, friendship, prayer, and offerings.
December 15, 2008 BHUTAN—Brother T.G. wish his prayer and financial supporters a “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” It is wonderful for him to write to you and give thanks for your support to his ministry. As he encounters different types of people in the field he continues to share the Good News experiencing difficulty to witness to the lost. It is especially so on the mission field because they do not know the language and the people, it is necessary to learn the common language and make friendships after they have witnessed to them; those who are not willing to believe will slowly try to give up their friendship. They continue to distribute tracts and Bibles every day, there are some people who are interested and some who hate them because they preach the gospel. Most of them are afraid of losing property from their family and their community. In spite of this, they continue to witness the gospel and need a lot of prayer support. The family is fine, the kids are growing up fast.
December 15, 2008 COTE D’IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)-Brother Andre Nao sends his Christmas greetings to his prayer and financial supporters. He praises the Lord for the provision of the school fees of his children. He still suffers from high blood pressure (which is better than before). Please pray for housing: the one they have now is very small, it has only 2 rooms, 1 dining hall and 1 bathroom for 11 people living there. Recently they had 3 days of meetings in the town of Daloa (meaning “city of antelopes” in the local language). In the Midwest the population is 95% Muslim and 5% Roman Catholic. During the meetings 60 adults got saved, as well as 100 children and young people. They have already 2 small churches. In Abidjan, the capital, 100 adults gave saved during the past 3 months. In the Western region of Cote D’Ivoire, they have 3 small churches and they are growing fast. Brother Nao had surveyed the town called Blolequin, very close to Liberia, he led some people to Christ. Brother Nao praises the Lord for His spiritual and financial blessings, for the extension of the main church, for their faithful supporters and for peace in Cote D’Ivoire.
December 15, 2008 PERU—Brother Juan Romayna reports that in the month of July they had the 3rd and 4th class modules in Aysana, there were 6 national teachers and 28 students. In addition, the new Bible Baptist Seminary of Flor de Punga was inaugurated, there were 3 teachers and 20 students with 5 people giving their souls to the Lord after hearing the gospel. In the month of August, he started a new class for new leaders, there were 30 students; he opened the children’s club “Fishers of Men” with 90 children in attendance meeting every Saturday from 9 to 11 in the morning; he traveled to Sinchicuy to encourage the believers and to do a survey for a possible youth retreat in 2009. In the month of September, they continued with the new leaders’ classes and the children’s club.
December 15, 2008 NEPAL—Brother L.S. thanks his prayer and financial supporters for their faithfulness. He thanks the Lord for bringing students who are surrendering their lives for full-time ministry. Please pray for them so that they may complete their course successfully and go out soul winning. This year 28 dedicated students registered for the school year; many of them from Hindu and Buddhist backgrounds. The second semester began on November 4th. Brother S.’s wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy this past October 11th. Please continue to pray for this child and his mother, she is still weak needing post-surgery care.
November 21, 2008 URUGUAY—Brother Anibal Fornazarich thanks his prayer partners and supporters through your gifts to their ministry. They continue to work with the children, their sons Josias and Joao are a great help and enjoy what they do. A dear sister, Zully, helps with cakes and chocolate after the Bible class. The children spend their afternoons with them starting with the Bible class, games, etc., some of them have already accepted Christ others come from broken homes. Two girls, Gimena and Erlinda, have experienced great suffering, their parents are separated and just recently their mother died of a heart attack. Please pray for Maria to minister to these girls. They also continue to work with the children in the biggest square in Artigas, there are young people as well as children who get together in another area to deal drugs. It is a very dark place where they are proclaiming the true Light of the Savior. Another ministry is at the city fair, every Sunday they are able to be at this event, people purchase and sells almost everything. They were able to start their Bible studies on Saturdays, Airton and Rodolfo never miss a single meeting. The meetings in Artiga are going well, they meet on Sundays in the Fornazarich’s living room.
November 17, 2008 HANOVER, USA—Rev. William H. Bowen, Vice President of Church Mobilization, has traveled extensively to Dominican Republic, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Liberia and India in 2008. He has also enjoyed his responsibilities as Vice President of Church Mobilization overseeing other IPM representatives, participating in Executive Staff meetings and Board meetings. He had also enjoyed teaching during the 3rd Pre-Field Orientation to prepare prospective missionaries to their different fields of ministry.
November 17, 2008 USA—Dr. Thomas Wolfe, IPM Director of Education, is traveling to Guatemala to minister with IPM missionary Rev. Giovanni Avendano in the different ministries in that country.
November 14, 2008 BANGLADESH—Brother G.G. and his family thank the Lord for continually providing all of their needs, their prayer and financial supporters for continuing to uphold the ministry in prayer so that their goal to reach the unreached community will grow and bear more fruit. The Model School was started in the last week of July and ready for the second week in August. At present, they have 40 students and 4 teachers. They introduced Bible studies with believers twice a week teaching theological issues and training on how to teach to effectively grow in the spiritual lives. Fellowship is the most essential part of the ministry, the young people are very active and take the main part in sharing and hearing the Word of God. They also have time to pray together as they bring their prayer requests. Brother G.G. and his wife traveled to his homeland to spend sometime with his ill mother, the doctors diagnosis was cancer, she took a local-made medicine and she is improving. Three young men dedicated their lives for the Lord and to study God’s Word, they were sent for theological training at the Bhutan border, they are now in seminary. The first church building has been completed because of your prayers and support, it was dedicated on March 13th, 2008 by IPM President during his visit to the Indo-Bangladesh border. Gospel meetings are being held in full swing, non believers also attend Sunday worship services.
November 14, 2008 USA—Brother Matthew Barfield, IPM International Missionary Evangelist and Asia Regional Director, thank you for your regular prayer and financial support. The past few months in the ministry have been very exciting for them as they have had several revival meetings in the United States, an opportunity to visit the Middle East, and a vision-expanding meeting with the leadership of IPM. Before traveling to the Middle East, Brother Barfield met with the IPM Executive Staff about adding responsibilities as the new IPM Asia Regional Director and Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Field Ministries. This is the next step for them as they ask the Lord for a global great awakening. The Barfields will have to move to the Hanover area as soon as their support levels are increased enough so that he can work out of the home office when he is in the United States. As a family, they were overjoyed to welcome their first daughter, Elisabeth Louise on July 6th, 2008. Please pray for this servants of Christ.
November 13, 2008 ANDAMAN ISLANDS—Brother T.H. and his family express their heartfelt thanks to all their prayer and financial supporters. He reports that God has blessed them with an open door to have the privilege to share the gospel. They are also trying to start a house Bible study. During the last 3 years they have been having Sunday prayer meetings in a small room, at the same time they have 9 to 10 children attending Sunday school. Please pray for a bigger room for a prayer hall. Brother B.V. and his family also express their joy to their supporters and prayer partners, they rejoice in the privilege to lead people to Christ on the mission field. Please pray that the Lord will provide funds for Brother T.H. and his family to visit his homeland and spend Christmas with his parents and other relatives.
November 13, 2008 CHAD—Brother Nadjiri Tokinon thanks God and all the partners who helped them with your prayers and financial support while he was sick. Let God the Almighty bless you beyond your needs to support others in the same situation. He is back home and well. He praises the Lord that the celebration of the traditional initiation in Bebedjia did not force young people from churches to go for this traditional culture teaching. This initiation is a kind of traditional school where they take young people out to the bush and teach them how to act as a man or a woman, they do this in separate groups, and involves idol worship. Camp Joy was held on the first week of July, there were 120 young people who attended, 17 were saved and 28 made decisions. Some Catholics and Muslims attended also as Pastor Mouanodki Timothy led the whole event. There was a baptism ceremony in Bebedjia also in the month of July, 16 people were baptized. During Brother Tokinon’s absence, Pastor Deman Jean from Moundou Baptist Church helped with the ministry. The Kids’ Sunday School teachers training took place in Bebedjia in the month of July. There were 19 attendants coming from different churches. The trainers were trained in Sarh last year and now they are taking over the training. This year they will have all levels in primary school which registration starts very soon. Brother Tokinon is looking forward having a health center, they have some training on cataract surgery, they started to consult people for eye treatments.
November 13, 2008 SIKKIM—Brother S.G. thanks the Lord for His love and grace to them and the ministry in this country. Also, he sends his greetings and thanks to all of you for your great concern, the valuable prayer support, your generosity, and the love you have shown to him and his family. Working among Buddhist people is so challenging. Please pray for Mr. T.’s salvation, he was from a Buddhist family never hearing the gospel of Christ, he believes in other gods but he listens to Brother S.G.’s preaching. One Nepali man from a wealthy family living in the capital, he is interested in Christ. Continue to pray for the distribution of tracts, just in the month of October Brother S.G. distributed tracts and shared the gospel with 30 people. The Lord provided 20 chairs, 1 guitar, and 1 pulpit as the believers have prayed for a long time. Brother S.G. thanks those who heard and helped on this need. In the future they will need a laptop computer for the ministry and the church, right now they are using a very old typewriter.
November 13, 2008 COTE D’IVOIRE—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) reports that many souls were led to the Lord. At a wedding ceremony where Rev. Nao preached, 10 souls gave their lives to Christ. The mission baptized 17 people. Please pray for the 4 churches in the Western Region of Cote D’Ivoire for they have great spiritual needs because of the civil war.
November 13, 2008 TOGO—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) reports that Ebenezer Baptist Temple has experienced a great revival which has awakened all members to be better servants for the Lord. This year’s national convention of the Calvary Bible Baptist churches was held at the Immanuel Temple in Lome. Over 2,500 saints attended this convention. Never in the history of the mission have they had such a convention. One pastor, Samniani Kombate, was ordained for the gospel ministry. Please pray for the success of the Bible school.
November 13, 2008 CHAD—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) reports that 16 people were baptized to the glory of God. The primary school is growing very fast. Please continue to pray for Brother Tokinon’s health.
November 13, 2008 ZAMBIA—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) reports that the ministry in Zambia is facing great challenges, but thanks be to God our IPM missionary Mark Murray and family are doing marvelously well. Please pray for Brother Murray and family as they continue to be involved in various ministries within the mission.
November 13, 2008 LIBERIA—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) reports that the ministry in Liberia is growing, 7 souls were baptized and 23 people got saved in the Great Commission Fundamental Baptist Church. Dr. Bill Bowen was able to visit with the Liberian brethren, and this was a great blessing to the ministry. The death of Pastor Konah’s son has had some effect on the ministry in the Quopa Church. Please pray for the ministry there.
November 13, 2008 GHANA—Rev. Seth Mohenu (Africa Regional Director) and his family express their heartfelt appreciation for your financial and prayer support. There have been great blessings since the last time he wrote. They have been growing, souls are being saved, and they hope to have a group baptized in the month of December at Faith Independent Baptist Church. They buried two members, had children dedicated to the glory of God, and a marriage ceremony for one of their young ladies. On September 9 began the school year at Ghana Baptist Theological Institute, they were privileged to have with them Dr. Christopler Rohrback, who was their resource person for the ten-day discipleship seminar organized by Rev. Mohenu. The student population for the academic year 2008/2009 is 15. They have 10 students in the diploma section and 5 in the degree program. Rev. Mohenu is teaching Christian education in the degree section this semester. Enrollment at the Faith Christian Academy—Primary and Junior High, and Vo-Tech has been very encouraging for this year. The students did very well at the 2008 National Basic Education Certificate Examination.
October 22, 2008 GHANA—Rev. George A .Dapaah reports that has been almost 4 months since they moved to the campus of the SRBBC in Dobro and still “settling down.” His son Gideon has completed his Diploma studies at the Bible college and has enrolled for the 4th year to earn a Bachelor of Theology degree. He has mentioned that his desire is to enter the Ghana Armed Forces as a military chaplain in the future and is seeking the Lord’s will. Miriam is back at the University of Science and Technology to begin her 3rd year of studies in pharmacology. Martha excelled in her basic school exams and is waiting to enter high school this year. The SRBBC graduation took place on August 30th. They had 6 diploma graduates, which included one student from Togo and one from Sierra Leone. They also had 5 graduated with Bachelors of Theology degrees. They are working on a dorm to house two married students and their families. They have been able to complete one side so one couple has moved in. When the Bible school reopened on August 15 they had 9 students on campus this semester. The revival services at SRBC in Tema brought in 30 first-time visitors, with about 15 accepting Christ as Savior. On August 17, their young people traveled to the Central Region town of Saltpond for a one-week youth camp. This attracted about 600 young people from other sister churches. On June 29, they held their first morning service for the inauguration of the Solid Rock Baptist Church of Nungua South. This first service saw over 50 people in the main service and about 20 in the children’s service. On August 31st, 15 people were baptized. Brother Ben Yankson, a graduate from SRBBC who has been working in the Tema church as youth coordinator, is leading this young church. Brother Dapaah and his team have been without transportation for almost 3 months, the vehicles are in the shop for repairs. A 40-mile journey that normally takes and hour, ends up taking between 2 to 3 hours by public transportation. Brother Dapaah and his wife Vera arrived in the United States on September 2nd to begin 3-months deputation time, please pray for safety and good church meetings.
August 21, 2008 USA—Rev. Kevin M. Callahan, IPM President, will be traveling from August 28th thru September 3rd, 2008 to Bolivia to participate at the 2nd IPM South American Regional Conference in Cochabamba. Some of the participants are Rev. Thomas Wolfe (IPM Education Director), Rev. Ivan Alegria (South America Regional Director), Rev. Carlos Gallardo (IPM missionary to the Peruvian Amazon Region), Bro. Manuel Moyano from Uruguay, Rev. Daniel Araujo (IPM missionary to Arequipa, Peru), and Rev. Nelson Westerband (IPM missionary to Puerto Rico) who will be one of the translators. Please pray for a blessed time and good fellowship.
August 6, 2008 USA—Rev. Thomas Wolfe will be traveling and working in Bolivia with Ruben Quiroz August 23th through September 6th, during which time he will be working with the seminary and also speaking at the IPM South American Regional Conference in Cochabamba.
July 3, 2008 ANDAMAN ISLANDS—Brother T.K. greets all their friends, prayer partners, and supporters from the beautiful island of Andaman in the name of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. He and his family have dedicated their lives to serving the Lord in any situation, and they are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. During the month of March they received the visit of Dr. Callahan, they had a sweet time of fellowship. More than 60 people attended the first meeting when Pastor Mike Mayer preached. Dr. Callahan gave the second message, the people were happy to hear their wonderful messages. A teenage girl and 6 others dedicated their lives to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. Dr. Callahan shared the gospel with a mother and daughter who were visiting Brother K.’s home. They were Hindus but received Christ and are not witnessing among their own people. Please pray for them. During the month of April, Brother T.K. distributed 300 Bible tracts and 7 New Testaments. He has made contact with 3 new families and, if the Lord opens a way, he will try to have a Bible study with them. Due to the heavy rains in May and June he did not have outreach, but the Lord opened a way for him to share the gospel with his neighbor. Please pray for all these people.
July 3, 2008 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. shares that their experience in Yangon was nothing compared to those in the Delta region where many lives and villages disappeared. On May 15th, he and a friend Rev. J.M. went by jeep to a township in the Delta region to help and encourage the survivors. They met Christians who survived, they were encouraged and gave them some food, clothing, and financial help. They had a good time with them. Please pray for the international help, the demand of the need is beyond their ability, yet they tried their best. Thank you for your constant prayers and support.
July 3, 2008 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. give thanks to God for your prayers and support in spreading the gospel and teaching God’s Word through the ministry of TBSS. There are many tears, trials, temptations, failures, and hard work behind every success. It was a historic event and moment when TBSS held its 3rd graduation in April 15. There were 91 students who received their certificates. There were 2,000 people who came to grace our convocation, because of your prayers the activity went well. It is joyous and encouraging to hear the testimony of one of our former students who wrote: “…..our daycare children who were from unbelieving families began to pray in Jesus’ name as they confessed him as Savior and Lord. Some of them got saved! Praise the Lord!” Your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Yet, sadly, some parents stopped sending their children to the school to hinder them from saying Jesus is Lord. Pray for them. Our family went down to town when the storm hit the region. We were getting some medical check-ups and other needful things, which we cannot do back home. The cyclone Nargis hit the Delta region (including Yangon) and destroyed it badly. Things are becoming more normal in the city. All flights, transportation, and communications were stopped for a while.
June 28, 2008 URUGUAY—Brother Anibal Fornazarich, IPM missionary to Uruguay, thanks his supporters of their evangelistic ministry and planting of his church. Please continue to pray for the children who attend the Bible class, some of them professed to be Christians. Among them they have a bond that allows them to share their testimonies in the meetings and conform to the image of our Savior. Pastor Gianni Galizzi baptized Josias Fornazarich after giving his testimony of salvation at the church. He has mentioned to Brother Fornazarich his desire to serve the Lord. He is training to play the guitar and attending his first year in a secondary school, he is on his second year of studying English. At the beginning of the year they attended the independent Baptist camp. Brother Fornazarich had the privilege to preach every day. One young man accepted Christ a long time ago under the ministry of Pastor Gianni in Tranqueras, his name is David. He is walking faithfully with the Lord, he is the only teacher in a school on the field and he faithfully studies the Scriptures. Another lady, Margaret, attends the church in Rivera with her mother. They are faithful to the Lord and are good friends with Maria Fornazarich. Margaret started coming to church when she was a little girl, now she continues to study music. Praise the Lord that she is saved and grounded in the Word. The Fornazarich appreciate very much that you take the time to pray for them.
June 25, 2008 HAITI—Brother Royden Saul praises the Lord for His faithfulness allowing him to complete his college education at Bob Jones University graduating this year. Brother Lucien and his wife Maude were able to have a nice time with their son visiting with family and friends. Brother Royden already had the opportunities to preach and share his ministry in churches, as well as having the privilege to seeing and spending time with some of those who have faithfully and lovingly prayed and provided for him during his years at Bob Jones. He is so grateful for all of you who stood behind him to make his studies possible at BJU, and he is hoping others will join the team to make his ministry possible. He returned to Haiti on June 16th and began working with the men’s Bible school that they have every summer. Pray that the men will learn much and be open to the Lord’s work in their lives.
June 25, 2008 PERU—Brother Juan Romayna from Iquitos, Peru reports that he attended the Ladies Conference held in January 21st thru 26th as professor and activities coordinator. There were 61 ladies, 90 children, 30 young ladies, and 20 young men in attendance. There were many decisions for Christ and rededications to serve Him. Between January 31st and February 5th he attended the Conference of Baptist Churches as a professor in the town of Santa Fe. There were 350 people in attendance. Many dedicated their lives to Christ and made decisions to serve Him. Between March 3rd and March 8th was the beginning of the school year at the Baptist Theological Institute in Aysana. The attendance for the first semester was 36 students—14 in the first level, 6 in the second level, and 8 in the third level. This year they decided to begin special classes for those who have already graduated. There were 8 students and 4 teachers. Brother Romayna ministers with Pastor Carlos Gallardo as an assistant pastor to prepare new leaders for the work of the Lord. It includes youth, children, and music ministries. He also teaches at the Baptist Bible Institute in Iquitos and the Baptist Theological Institute in Caballo Cocha (part time). The Lord answered his prayer to open a new Baptist Bible Institute in the town of Flor de Punga by the Ucayali river, missionaries have not been able to reach most of the region, and they have over 80 Baptist churches. Please pray that they will have a group of teachers with sound doctrine and principles based on the Bible ready to dedicate themselves to prepare the believers throughout the Peruvian Amazon region.
June 25, 2008 NEPAL—Brother S.H. thanks the Lord for His great mercies and also to those who are involved in the Lord’s work in Nepal. During the 3 months of summer vacation from the school a group of students have many opportunities to visit the remote hills and villages. In one of the villages 1 man accepted the Lord as his personal Savior. Lord willing next year they will visit another village in another region. During this year’s summer vacation ministry, the Lord blessed them with 12 souls who trusted and identified with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. A Hindu woman was baptized, at first she was not happy but after much prayer and persistence she came to the Lord first. Please pray for her, her unborn child, and her husband’s salvation. After 3 months of summer vacation, NBBST will open its 4th academic session for 2008-09 on July 1st, they are praying and planning to train a total of 30 students, please pray for them and 2 teachers. Many false teachers have flourished in that area, and they have attracted Christians by offering free basic computer education, music training, and job placement in cities in India. They are thankful to those of you who have sent them books for their school library. They are in need of more books since they only have around 150 to 200 books. Last year they were unable to proceed with the building construction for the NBBST. Please pray to the Lord for the needed funds that He may open the door and provide the need to complete the ground floor in 2008. In a personal note, the Lord is now pleased to give them a second child during the first week in July, please pray for a safety and normal delivery and remember them for the medical expenses.
June 23, 2008 GHANA—Brother Dapaah would like you to pray for their goals for the next 10 years: 1.– Seek to organize the churches that they have initiated but have not yet been organized as well as visit and strengthen the young churches. 2.– Focus on building the Bible college so that they can attract and accommodate more students. 3.– On the 5th year, re-launch an aggressive church planting program, which will involve active participation of the student body of SRBBC and its graduates. 4.– Seek to have more churches planted within the 40-mile radius of the college so that their students might be guided to provide leadership for such churches till they have their substantive pastors. 5.-The Solid Rock Baptist Federation, which is a fellowship consisting mainly of churches they have started and a few others that have come to affiliate, is being encouraged to pool their meager resources together so they can support their efforts in church planting and 6.-Continue to develop their SRBY program and promote it in all of their local churches as a means of consistently evangelizing the youth and providing a platform for fellowship and discipleship.
June 23, 2008 GHANA—Brother Dapaah and his family had moved from Tema Golf City to the mission’s guest house in Dobro on the campus of SRBBC. Unless the Lord overrules otherwise, they intend to live there until they have funds to build their own residence. It became necessary to move because over the years they have not been able to raise full support for the ministry, so every month they have had to part with some of their support either officially or privately to keep the ministry going. With a gallon of petrol now pegged at $5.30 and still threatening to go further up, the cost of living has gone so high that they simply could not cope with the rent advances that the landlord’s were quoting. On another note, in 1997 shortly after their affiliation with IPM, they set a goal of increasing their church planting efforts from 3 to 50 by the end of the year 2007. Their combined efforts enabled them to initiate 38 new churches. Of these 38 churches, 2 have disbanded as a result of lack of leadership or poor leadership, 1 has become inactive as a result of dissension and the death of a leader, 6 are yet to be organized. So they ended the period with 30 active churches, some are still very small but have the potential to grow.
June 23, 2008 GHANA—Brother Dapaah reports that on April 7th he was involved in a car accident. A drunken soldier lost control of his vehicle and veered straight into his. The impact was so strong that shattered the suspensions and bent the frame of the Toyota 4-Runner that he was driving. There were 2 of them in his car and 4 in the car that rammed into his. They all escaped unharmed, Brother Dapaah has been advised to get rid of the vehicle as soon as he fix it. The vehicle is 17 years old and was already becoming too expensive to maintain. Though he came through the accident unharmed, he was at the scene of the accident all night until daybreak before help arrived. He was exhausted and exposed to a swarm of mosquitoes, which just added the icing on the cake. Exactly one week later, he was hospitalized for the first time in his life. He was in the hospital for 3 days battling a severe case of malaria. The treatment took 10 days, but soon after that, it was detected that he had a very serious bacterial infection, he was put on daily injection for another week. During that time, Vera also came down with malaria, and Gideon had a swollen foot which actually needed minor surgery. By the grace of God they are all better now. Please pray for their health situation.
June 23, 2008 GHANA—Brother Dapaah reports that a Family retreat attracted about 500 people between January 3rd and 6th. In addition, a Believer’s Conference took place which had about 160 attendees, over 600 attended the last day of the conference. In February this year, there were 22 baptisms for the Pamfoktom and Adzentem churches in the Central Region. On Easter Sunday, 12 people were baptized for the Bodomase and Bourkrom churches. On April 4th, the Dromankese church in the Brong Ahafo Region inaugurated the Solid Rock Baptist Academy with 160 students studying at the primary and junior levels. An open-air meeting was held in the evening having many people accepting Christ as Savior, this event was interrupted by heavy rains but the next day over 100 people attended the worship service. The Solid Rock Baptist Church of Drobonso acquired an 8-acre tract of land on which they have started a building project. Please pray for the amount needed to seal their agreement with the area chief.
June 20, 2008 GHANA—Brother George A. Dapaah give thanks to his prayer partners and financial supporters for their faithfulness in praying for them, communicating with them, and supporting them financially in their ministry. They ended the year 2007 with a series of activities that kept them quite busy. At the Solid Rock Baptist Bible College (SRBBC) they held their 4th graduation and saw 10 men receiving their graduation diplomas. There were 3 of them returning to complete a 4th year, which will allow them to receive a Bachelor of Theology degree. The rest are gone to the field in various ministries. The next graduation will be in August 2008. On November 25th 51 first time visitors attended the Youth Day sponsored by Tema Solid Rock Baptist Church, 15 of them responded to the invitation for salvation. On December 2nd the Solid Rock youth games were held in Tema (SRBY Olympics) which brought 400 youth clubbers from 4 of their churches, it was great time; they went away looking forward to the next Olympics in December. After the games in Tema, Brother Dapaah traveled to Kumasi speaking on the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship on December 3rd; the early morning service took place at 8:00 a.m. On December 30th they celebrated “Women’s Day” at the Tema church. They had 250 in the morning service, with several visitors who trusted the Lord as Savior. On December 31st many resolutions were made by church members, which is already making an impact in the church.
June 18, 2008 LEBANON—Brother F.M. praises the Lord for answering their prayers concerning peace in his country and for the agreement reached between the leaders and parties in Lebanon. He hopes things will go better in the near future now that they realize that fighting and killing will not solve the problems. He arrived back on April 30th. The Arab Outreach went great and he felt the Lord’s blessing and grace in every service. He thanks the Lord for the brothers and sisters in the main office and for the tremendous work they are doing in serving the Lord. They are a great help to all the laborers around the world. The Lord is blessing the Arab Outreach in many ways, please continue to pray for the needs, protection, wisdom and strength to continue on.
June 18, 2008 CHAD—Brother Nadjiri Tokinon wrote that he had been hospitalized for 3 weeks with bladder problems. The doctors did everything they could for him in his own country, but they were not able to resolve the problems. Brother Nadjiri have to go to France where he could see a doctor who had the ability to diagnose his problem and give him proper medical attention. Although he lacks the funds needed to make the trip, he had to go for the sake of his health. He still needs about $2,675 to cover additional food and housing expenses in France. He is trusting God to provide, and IPM is making God’s people aware of the need so they can respond as God leads and burdens them. If the Lord lays it on your heart to give a special donation to help with this need, it can be sent to IPM and marked “Tokinon-Medical”. Thank you so much for your consideration of this urgent need for Brother Nadjiri.
June 18, 2008 HONG KONG—Brother C.W. writes with a joyful and thankful heart due to the great training course. He and brother L.P. held it in one of the major cities in the mainland. Students attended from 4 different provinces and many different churches. Most of them traveled about 10 hours to be able to get there. The topics were how to set up a youth camp and establish youth programs. The classes began at 9:00 am thru 8:00 pm for 4 days. Some of the attendees were interesting in games and music. Another exciting event was that in spite of the heavy rains they had to stop one of the street activities. Brother W. did not expect to welcome 25 people including 7 visitors as a result of the street activity that got rained down. They are very encouraged by that and look forward to seeing God use them to do some mighty works there. Please pray for Brother W.’s health and the few new projects as they need wisdom and strength.
May 23, 2008 PHILIPPINES—Brother G. Namoc reports on the ministries of the North Mindanao Project, a church-planting project on the island of Mindanao. Some of the pastors ministering under Brother Namoc report the following: Pastor A. Panganuran shares that 18 people made professions of faith; Pastor Haguingan shares that 5 people trusted Christ as Savior; Pastor L. Dumay shares that 9 people trusted in the Lord and 12 followed the Lord in believer’s baptism; Pastor E. Lesigon shares that 30 people heard the gospel preached during a funeral service, his Bible study contacts are now attending the worship service; and Pastor C. Lagiulay shares that 21 people professed Christ as Savior and 20 are preparing to follow the Lord in believer’s baptism. Please continue to pray for these men and their ministries reaching people on the remote areas of the Philippines.
May 14, 2008 SIKKIM—Brother S.G. thanks his prayer partners and supporters for his family and the ministry. He has a great burden to reach the Buddhists with the gospel of Christ. For the past 3 years he was praying for an opportunity in the country of Cambodia, however, the Lord was not opening the way for ministry. He has been ministering with Brother T.S.G. in Bhutan while waiting on the Lord’s leading. He became aware of the need in the country of Sikkim, he has visited and surveyed the city of Gangtok, which is the capital, and will be considering a nearby area. It costs only 25 cents to travel from downtown of Gangtok to this other area. Please pray for the family’s safety, good health, and new ministry.
May 14, 2008 GUATEMALA—Brother Giovanni Avendano reports on the visit of new people to the church, as a result of this outreach 2 young men trusted Christ as Savior. In addition, a family of 5 joined the church recently and another young woman has been visiting faithfully. Please continue to pray for the family and the Christian testimony they are in the community. Also pray for more laborers into the Lord’s harvest.
May 14, 2008 CHAD—Brother Nadjiri Tokinon reports that the church in Bebedjia is moving forward. The members collected funds and purchased 7,000 bricks carved of laterite, which will be used to lay the foundation of the church building. Members are focusing their efforts to collect the funds for cement to start the foundation. Please pray for the political situation in Chad, people can go to church on Sundays, but there cannot gather, meet, or have activities outside the church. Brother Tokinon has not been feeling good since April, please pray for his health condition.
May 13, 2008 PHILIPPINES—Brother G. Namoc thanks the churches and individuals who have prayed and supported them with their love gifts. It is through their generosity that the school is able to keep going and the gospel of Christ is shining in the dark corners of the world. He also reports on the 23rd commencement exercise at the Mindanao Evangelistic Institute awarding 3 Bible Institute BID, 1 diploma in Bible (DLB), and 13 Christian Life Certificates (CLC) after 3 consecutive years of intensive classroom training and 1 year of internship of BIBD and DIB. The message was given by Rev. A. Suyod, and the theme was “Keep that which is committed to thy trust.” Despite the financial deficits, the institute is slowly pressing on the Lord’s work, keeping its main thrust of training the undergraduates—tribal folks in the hinterlands who can read and write and who have the calling, commitment, and concern for the Lord’s cause and for the perishing lost but have been deprived of formal education.
May 12, 2008 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. writes on the aftermath of the cyclone Nargis: “The cyclone hit the Delta region and Yangon city area on May 2-3, bringing with it a tsunami which struck the coastal region with 12' waves that swept many towns and villages. The winds reached 120 miles per hour in Yangon and shook even the building where we were staying like an earthquake. All the big trees fell-flat, and sheets of metal blew off the rooves like sheets of paper, taking the lives of many people. Estimated casualties have reached over 100,000, and over 1 1/2 million people are now refugees. Our family could have been among them, but the Lord kept us safe. We lacked food for just one morning. The Lord is good! In the Sunday morning service on May 11th, one of our church members in Yangon shared a testimony of how the Lord protects His children. During the storm, he got up and prayed, asking the Lord to keep his bambo-made house safe. He cried and said, "Lord, this house is your gift. Please protect it!" His house was the only house that God spared in that area. All other better houses and huge trees were destroyed. This man shared the gospel with neighboring unbelievers. What a marvelous testimony that God showed special concern for this man! I would like to send photos of the damages (I even got some video footage of the storm.), but the authorities are very strict, and the situation is controversial and sensitive. The dead bodies smell very badly, and the survivors are in great need of food, shelter, and health. Some of my relatives and fellow-believers are in need of help too. The storm took out all phone and internet communication, electricity, and public transportation, but these services are resuming little by little. Thank you very much for all of your concern during this time of fear and catastrophe. May the Lord richly bless you all.”
May 7, 2008 MYANMAR—Due to the recent tragedy and devastation caused by the tropical cyclone Nargis last weekend, we are receiving special love offerings to help Brother N.L.K. and his family. Please make your checks payable to IPM, Inc. designating “N.L.K. Emergency Relief” on the memo portion of it. Thank you for your prayers and concern for this dear brother and his family.
May 7, 2008 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. wrote “thank you very much for your deep concern to our well being especially during the past deadly storm. We are always safe by your prayers…... We are going back to our town very soon. We were eye witnesses of the storm. We can share our testimony of God's care during the storm which took over 60 thousand lives. Yes, they were go to Hell which really breaks my hearts. Our responsibility to preach the gospel is on great demand. Yes, we were safe because of your prayers. But some of my cousin sisters lost their home which 100% destroyed by the storm here in Yangon. We do need to help them too. I do highly appreciated for having such a heart toward us and do highly appreciated your wonderful, prayers, friendship and partnership.”
May 6, 2008 MYANMAR—Brother N.L.K. and his family are safe, he reports that they were sleeping during the storm and woke up by the sound. They barely escaped death, but the storm destroyed many lives and houses. The city of Yangon was almost destroyed entirely, Brother K. and his family were witnesses of the destruction the morning after. Praise the Lord for His protection and care for our brother and his family. Please continue to pray for the people of Myanmar and their losses.
May 5, 2008 MYANMAR—As you may have seen on TV, listened on the radio, or read the newspapers, the country of Myanmar has been devastated by a tropical cyclone Nargis during the weekend. Almost 4,000 people are dead and 3,000 are missing. Brother N.L.K. was visiting the city of Yangon with his family at the same time the cyclone hit. We have tried to contact him via e-mail without success. As soon as more news become available we will post them on this webpage. Please keep them and the people of Myanmar in your prayers.
May 2, 2008 USA—Dr. Thomas Wolfe, IPM Director of Education, and his wife Donna praise the Lord for their prayer partners and supporters. Pray for health and safety as they travel around the world, as well as, open doors as Dr. Wolfe preaches and teaches in church planting works, Bible studies, the institutes, and evangelistic meetings, for boldness to speak the Word as they ought. Pray for God’s provisions for these journeys. Thank you for helping them hoist up and tighten the MAINSTAY—teaching and trainng the Lord’s laborers who then take the gospel of Christ and reach more souls and start more good churches which will stay strong in the faith for the glory of God.
May 2, 2008 HANOVER—Dr. Kevin M, Callahan, IPM President, traveled to the Dominican Republic in the month of February to participate in the 2nd IPM Annual Caribbean Regional Conference sponsored by Rev. Enrique Mejia, IPM missionary to the Dominican Republic and Caribbean Regional Director. The conference was attended by Dr. Mike Casillas, President of Puerto Rico Baptist College in Bayamon, Puerto Rico as well as other guests from the region. The IPM staff was well represented and each person had a specific task to perform. Rev. Bill Bowen and Dr. Tom Wolfe taught some very powerful and practical workshops, while Dr. Dorothy Taylor and Mrs. Donna Wolfe conducted ladies’ sessions, with Mrs. Lori Young interpreting for them. Upon returning to the States, Dr. Callahan prepared for his March trip to India to participate in the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of South India Baptist Bible College & Seminary under the direction of Dr. P.D. Cherian. He was greatly blessed to have the opportunity to fellowship with numerous other preachers. Dr. Callahan met with several other prospective missionaries and interviewed two pastors who suffered under the great persecution which took place in Orissa. While in India, Dr. Callahan met G.S.G., IPM missionary to India with K.I. and their families, as well as T.S.G., IPM missionary along the Bhutan border of India and also serving as IPM Regional Coordinator for that part of the world.
May 2, 2008 USA—Rev. Don Ploesser, IPM Midwest Area Representative, and his wife Vivian praise the Lord for their prayer partners and supporters. Rev. Ploesser sets up meetings with pastors for national missionaries who travel to the Midwest, he also attends pastors’ meetings, mission conferences, fill pulpits, visit churches and meets with new pastors introducing them to the ministry of IPM. Please pray for financial support, protection as they travel, and souls to be saved.
May 2, 2008 USA—Dr. Brent Smith, IPM Area Representative for West Virginia and Ohio, reports on God’s blessings in his ministry and his family as they continue serving the Lord in West Virginia and Ohio. In the month of March they traveled 2,500 miles as they attended the Regional Fundamental Baptist Fellowship conference in Pennsylvania, it was a good time of fellowship and opportunities for his ministry. They desire to be an encouragement to pastors and their wives for their labor of love for the Lord. Dr. Smith will be attending the National Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Conference in Sellersville, PA in the month of June. Please continue to pray for the Smith family as they continue to serve the Lord.
May 2, 2008 USA—Brother Matthew Barfield, IPM International Missionary Evangelist, reports on his recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon Region how wonderful the Lord uses His Word to move the hearts of the people living in villages and remote areas from the Amazon River. He was able to work with missionary Carlos Gallardo for nearly one month, preaching and teaching in the city of Iquitos and two distant villages. Brother David Molina, who works with IPM’s Ivan Alegria, arrived from Chile to translate and minister with them. The Lord produced deep stirrings among both the saved and unsaved. Many people were saved, just on a boat ride 11 people came to the Lord and many were encouraged to serve Him fully. In the city of Iquitos where 300,000 people live, the Lord gave them several “divine appointments” in which people attended a series of unusual events to hear the gospel and be saved. On the home front, Mrs. Barfield is enjoying good health as she is awaiting the birth of their first daughter, please continue to pray that God will keep her healthy without any problems as she takes care of the 3 boys.
May 2, 2008 URUGUAY—Brother M.M. and his family give thanks to God and their faithful prayer partners and supporters. Sometimes they get weary living in a new neighborhood, everything is expensive especially with a tight budget, but most of the time they are happy to witness what is going on with the people around them. During the summer camp, 8 people made professions of faith. A woman, who attends church with her family, was baptized in the month of March. Brother M. has started classes at the Bible institute, he is teaching the Gospels and doctrine. The first Monday of each month a group of people get together to hear messages at the M.’s home. The church is steadily growing, thank you for your prayers. Some children live in the streets due to family problems at home, 2 of them made professions of faith and are attending Sunday School. Please pray for the country of Uruguay.
May 1, 2008 MEXICO—Brother Sergio Herrera and his family greet you and thank their prayer partners and supporters. One of the changes in their ministry has been the emphasis on the young people. There are three young men who has been going through rough life experiences but the Lord has worked in the lives of 2 of them as they attend church and Christian camps. Please pray for Aldo, he is a 42-year old married man, a miracle from God. He received the Lord in 2007 after listening to a message, his life radically changed. Please pray for his wife and grown children to accept the gospel and believe that Aldo is a new man. Praise the Lord that their small church of 70 believers is growing and maturing, your daily prayers are making the Lord’s blessings possible with more new opportunities to reach the lost. Please pray for his wife Alejandra and the preparations for the First Ladies Conference to be held on Saturday May 31st, they are expecting over 60 women in attendance and the keynote speaker will be Dr. Dorothy A. Taylor from IPM, Inc.
May 1, 2008 PUERTO RICO—Brother Nelson Westerband and his wife Carmen thank their faithful prayer partners and supporters. Please pray for the governor of Puerto Rico, Anibal Acevedo Vila, to draw him closer to Christ for salvation. Carmen’s mother is 95 years old with a declining health, the doctors are given her 5 months to live, thank God she is a believer. Brother Westerband praises the Lord for the recent opportunity to attend the IPM 2nd Annual Caribbean Regional Conference. Dr. Mike Casillas, president of Puerto Rico Baptist College was one of the attendees. A new family visited the church in Patillas, Luis and Maria with their 2 girls. In addition, the church is working with the children and teens on Friday nights, some of them have already made professions of faith. Some of their parents go to other churches and some do not attend any church.
April 30, 2008 CHILE—Brother Ivan Alegria, IPM South America Regional Director, visited IPM missionary Daniel Araujo and his team ministering in the Peruvian Andes Mountains. At this time, they formed the Diapheros Baptist Mission in the mountains of Arequipa. These brothers have already established 16 churches, 4 of them in the city and the rest in the Andes Mountains. Brother Alegria also visited IPM missionary Carlos Gallardo and his team ministering in the Peruvian Amazon Region, it was a time of fellowship and encouragement to those who are laboring in very hostile environments. Please pray for Brother Alegria, his wife, and other two pastors as they plan to travel to the Colombian jungle, by the border with Peru. The goal is to minister to a Bora believer named Cubicaje, who is waiting for Brother Alegria. Please continue to pray for the ministries in Chile and South America.
April 30, 2008 PHILIPPINES—Brother Roberto-Jose Livioco reports on 9 believers who recently joined the church membership in spite of the political turmoil and economic uncertainties in the country, 4 became members by confession of faith and 5 through profession of faith and baptism. Since January, the Lord has opened a door to preach the gospel for 30 minutes on the Armed Forces Radio station, DwDD 1134 on the AM dial. Right now Brother Rudy dela Pena is making arrangements to get another radio slot on the Air Forces Radio station, which has a broader listening audience. Our family has the opportunity to participate in a mi-musical last February 29th at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Hospital. At the end, when I gave an invitation for salvation as well as for surrender, there were at least 8 who raised their hands for salvation, many of whom are soldiers. Pastor dela Pena organized another meeting in April to reach 300 patients, nurses, doctors, and medical staff. We thank those who are partnering with us as co-laborers in this ministry.
April 30, 2008 HANOVER—Dr. Kevin M. Callahan (IPM President) and Pastor Jose A. Talavera (Iglesia Bautista Fundamental in San Carlos, CA) were invited by IPM missionary Giovanni Avendano to visit Guatemala to participate in the inauguration of the new church building. Dr. Callahan will be preaching throughout the week from April 28th thru May 3rd. Please pray for the attendees and for the salvation of many through this ministry.
April 30, 2008 NEPAL—Brother S.H.’s vision for the vacation summer ministry is to preach the gospel in unreached villages, win lost souls, and plant fundamental Baptist churches. Using the students from the NBBST was in his heart from the beginning of the Bible school. This would allow the students’ theoretical training to practical training. Please pray for needed funds to be able to carry out this vision. The Lord has impressed on the heart of Brother S.H. to launch some sort of community concern development program, this would help to protect the mission property as well as the ministry from anti-Christian forces. This plan would work even if the government required FCRA in the future. This community concern service would should to others that we do social development, such as orphanage, old-age home, literacy programs, or self-income training, etc. In addition, this may give the opportunity for non-Christians to get to know the ministry and give an opportunity to witness about Christ.
April 30, 2008 NEPAL—Brother S.H. thanks God for His goodness and wonderful works in the country. Within 2 to 3 months the soul winning and Bible school ministries ran side-by-side. The Bible school students gave out 400 gospel tracts and booklets, in response to this ministry 7 people accepted Christ and 1 couple obeyed in believer’s baptism. They want to focus on the hilly region this year as they expand the work of church planting. The third year of the NBBST (2007-2008) has been a test of their faith, there is a struggle in running this ministry due to shortage of funds. At the end of their 3rd academic year, 3 students received the 3-year diploma certificate on March 16th. Three of God’s servants, L.T., G.K., and L.S. felt the need for ordination for their own ministries. Dr. Tom Wolfe, IPM Director of Education, was appointed moderator of the ordination council by Biblical Baptist Church. On another note, please pray to obtain graduation gowns for the students, due to lack of funds NBBST cannot provide them right now.
April 30, 2008 NEPAL—Brother L.T. and his family would like to thank their prayer partners and supporters for their daily prayers. Praise to the Lord for His faithfulness and guidance. Many people has responded positively to the good news of Christ among them 5 individuals accepted Christ and their personal Savior. Bible studies are conducted in a regular basis in house meetings. The focus has been in 2 rural areas, please pray that the Lord will open the hearts of the people. As the church grows the need for a more spacious place becomes urgent as well as furniture and books. Laborers are few in the different ministries, especially in the children’s home ministry. Pray for the country and freedom to share the gospel.
April 29, 2008 NEPAL—Brother G.K. reports that Grace Home has 2 more boys, David and Daniel. The orphanage has 5 children saved in 2007. Please pray for David and Daniel to become the vessel of God to reach their own Buddhist and Hindu families. Please pray for better facilities as the need of having sufficient accommodations becomes necessary. Pray with them that the Lord will direct concerning this matter.
April 29, 2008 NEPAL—Brother G.K. sends his heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all who faithfully pray for his family and ministry. God is so faithful and merciful towards the people of Nepal, on March 10th Mr. M.B.L. and his wife accepted Jesus as Savior and God. On March 23th, an 18-year old man professed faith in Jesus. It is a joy to see drunkards and idol worshippers reading the Bible and attending church. Brother K. and his family had made contact with 6 families and 4 individuals yet there are hindrances from their community and relatives, please pray that God would open their hearts and minds to Jesus Christ. A Children’s Sunday school class started at the beginning of March, 10 to 15 children attended, moreover, they are from Hindu backgrounds and their parents are not saved. The number of children is increasing with every service.
April 29, 2008 INDIA—Part of the summer ministry for the students at the South India Baptist Bible College & Seminary is to conduct open-air meetings in the villages and cities, and also preaching God’s Word in several of the churches. Please pray for safety and meeting needs. The needs are many but God has been faithful in the past, and they are certain He will be so in the future. The inflation and the dollar exchange rates are affecting the financial capability to meet the day-to-day needs of the ministry. The South India Baptist Christian Academy is under construction and due to inflation, the workers are demanding double the wages and are able to get that elsewhere, please pray for this need.
April 29, 2008 INDIA—Dr. P.D. Cherian thanks his supporters and prayer partners for the ministry of South India Baptist Bible College and Seminary. On March 10th the college celebrated the Silver Jubilee, it was a great time of rejoicing with friends who stood with the ministry for the past twenty-five years. The 22nd commencement was combined with the 25th anniversary celebration. The academic year concluded with 204 students, many will be entering full-time ministry. One of the highlights in the month of January was the 8th Annual Convention. These crusades are a blessing to the land of India, especially to the local churches. During the 5 days of meetings, over 9,000 people heard God’s Word preached and 621 trusted in the Lord for salvation. A total of 2,434 people trusted in the Lord for salvation during the year 2007 and 369 followed in the waters of baptism. One of the highlights in the month of February was the baptism of 14 people. Dr. Cherian deeply appreciate your prayers and giving for the needs of the believers in Orissa. One of the faculty members is in Orissa helping to purchase materials to build the churches again so the people will have a place to worship.
April 29, 2008 GHANA—Brother Seth Mohenu gives thanks to God for His mercies which has sustained him and his family until this day. He thanks you for your prayers and financial support. The ministry is growing from strength-to-strength. The main church auditorium is near completion, the only work that still needs some help will be the church offices. The vocational school is growing steadily. Rev.& Mrs. Mohenu presently are traveling in the United States reporting on their ministry, please pray that the Lord will continue to meet their needs.
April 28, 2008 USA—Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Wolfe will be traveling to the Peruvian Amazon Region. They will be ministering in the institute and participate in the Annual Missions Conference held by Amazon Baptist Mission (Carlos Gallardo). They will be serving in Iquitos and then Pevas for the conference. Pevas is a 10-12 hour riverboat journey down the Amazon. In past years more than 600 people attended the conference, many of whom needed the Lord. Pray for souls to be saved and believers to be challenged to answer the Lord's question: whom will I send?
April 22, 2008 GHANA—Brother Alfred Ofosu-Asante praises the Lord for a successful 4-week trip to the United States in January invited by Shenandoah Baptist Church of Cleveland, TN; he had the opportunity to preach in 4 different churches. Lord willing, in May 11 students will graduate from SIBBC&S in India after the completion of the various degrees, 5 students from the degree program introduced this academic year. Please continue to pray for the church as they embark on the expansion of the Ebenezer Baptist church building to create more room for the believers who attend. The Ebenezer Baptist School is growing in number, it currently has 214 students and 21 teaching and non-teaching staff, there is a need to build more classrooms before the next academic year which begins in September.
April 22, 2008 HANOVER—Rev. Bill Bowen, IPM Vice President of Church Mobilization, reports that his travels have taken him so far from Dominican Republic to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Maryland. Please pray for other representatives to help IPM in other states. Rev. Bowen will be traveling with Dr. P.D. Cherian, Director and founder of the South India Baptist Bible College and Seminary, through 7 states attending 14 meetings. Also, he will be traveling to India during August 14th-29th, please pray for safety. In the month of June, Rev. Bowen will be traveling to Africa to minister to IPM missionaries in Zambia, Ivory Coast, and Liberia.
April 22, 2008 LEBANON—Brother R.A.M. sends warm greetings to you rejoicing in the brotherly love which Him has made between His children. His daughter G. is getting stronger after her last surgery, his wife and the rest of his family are doing great. The persecution continues as the Catholic Bishop is trying to put them out of the newly-rented facilities. In spite of this action, the outreach continues on, 7 people were baptized last year bringing the total to 9. The blessings continue to increase, there is a new outreach worker who is in a tough but very needy area, please pray for safety and support.
April 22, 2008 HAITI— Brother Lucien Saül praises the Lord that adults, and children are getting saved in his country but what about youth? Lots of prayer, money, and days of exhaustive work are always required for a youth retreat to be a success. In the city of Bassin 229 people attended and 239 in Bombardopolis. It is a joy that Royden is burdened to minister to the young Haitian people. After years of intense prayer and the generosity of many of you, the remaining funds were received to build the security wall. Brother Saül is taking a step of faith to enroll 200 students this year at the Salem Bible Institute. He is more determined to carry on with the Bible school ministry due to the illiteracy and the lack of trained leadership in his country. As the political situation continues to improve, they enjoy having opportunities to travel and visit some of their mission churches areas of the northwest peninsula. Some of the pastors were greatly affected by motorcycle accidents last month.
April 17, 2008 LEBANON— Brother H.N.N. praises the Lord because he and his family were able to find a first-floor apartment. In addition, in the month of December of 2007 Brother S.N. from Iraq visited Lebanon, he was among the first ones who was blessed by Brother H.N.N. outreach in that country. Brother H.N.N.’s family desire to be involved in a new type of outreach. Please continue to pray for them as they seek God’s will.
April 14, 2008 BHUTAN—Brother T.G. gives thanks to God for His healing hand back in January. Brother G. suffered from typhoid fever for a month. This sickness was a small setback in the work. The theological institute is going well, currently men are being trained but Brother G. is planning to train many more in the future. The tract distribution was conducted to 753 people including 35 N.T. There were 55 new contacts, and 65 others were approached with the gospel. Gospel films were shown 5 different times in different locations.
March 10, 2008 MYANMAR—IPM missionary N.L.K. reports a good start of the new year. He was privileged to baptize 12 new believers on January 6. The TBS reopened on January 14, there were 23 freshmen with a total of 152 active students. About 85 students will be graduating on April 16 at the third graduation. They will need to raise money for travel expenses, food, and lodging as they travel to another city to prepare for graduation. They are praising the Lord for the new building, they still need funds for the renovations, please pray also for a much needed vehicle.
March 10, 2008 BHUTAN—IPM missionary T.S. reports that the ministry outreach is going well, he has been able to share the gospel with Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists, sometimes he has faced discouragement when people do not want to hear or they just agreed on what he is presenting. He has seen the hand of God worked among people who had trusted the Lord as Savior, which is cause of great encouragement. He is also involved with the BTI as academic dean, the academic year will come to a close on March 12. Please pray that this institute may send out missionaries and local church planters. In addition, Brother T.S. is involved with Sunday School where some Hindu and non-Christian children have been attending.
March 10, 2008 BHUTAN—IPM missionary S.G. expresses his thanks to all in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He thanks all his supporters for their constant prayers and for their financial support. He shared the gospel with different people among them a Buddhist priest, a Nepali relative, and K.R. from Hindu background addicted to wine. Along with the BTI students and one worker, they visited a village and given out tracts house-to-house. They have also shared the gospel in different villages on Saturdays. He would like to begin Bible distribution in his area, please pray for this new possibility.
February 11, 2008 LIBERIA—IPM missionary Edwin Gbor reports that 370 students were enrolled this year, 40 of them are less fortunate and some are orphans who cannot afford to pay the little amount charged for school fees. Since November ‘07 they have been busy with the LPMC church building in the meantime, 3 souls were saved. The Peace Community Fellowship is also growing, souls have been saved. Pastor Nyquoi from Zao Fundamental Baptist Church reports 3 souls for the Lord as well as 4 souls in Behmon Baptist. Pastor George Konah from Quoipa Baptist Church hosted their annual conference in early January ‘08. They were expecting about 24 churches, pastor Konah reports 4 souls saved.
February 11, 2008 URUGUAY— IPM missionary Anibal Fornazarich reports that March 9 will be the celebration of the 1st Anniversary of the church in Artigas. The church membership has grown among children, youth, adults, and seniors. The children church consist of 21 souls, some are from the square or those who come. The Fornazarich are planning 18 trips to preach and minister in Rivera, nine of the trips will be while going through the city of Tranqueras. The church of Tranqueras is the first fundamental church in that city of 120,000 inhabitants. The purchase of property is still a priority for the Bible Baptist Church in Artigas. They have raised close to 10% of the estimated value of $15,000.
February 11, 2008 HANOVER—Dr. Bill Bowen, Vice-President of Church Mobilization introduces Rev. & Mrs. Brent D. Smith as Area Representatives for West Virginia and Ohio: “In December they attended our IPM Symposium hosted here in Hanover, PA. They were able to meet and interact with several of our IPM staff and representatives from various states. After completing thee application process they appeared before the IPM Board of Directors and were accepted on December 6th, IPM rejoices to have this experienced and godly couple to serve with us for the years to come. I have been praying for several such couples to work with IPM across America and God is answering my prayers…..Please pray for this dear and godly couple in this time of transition and faith as they launch out on deputation.”
February 11, 2008 HANOVER—Dr. Bill Bowen, Vice-President of Church Mobilization shares the blessing of having Rev. & Mrs. John Pisarcik as IPM Mid-Atlantic Representatives for Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey: “In August, along with other prospective candidates for missionary service, John and Lenora completed our Pre-Field Orientation classes. After completing the application process and appearing before the IPM Board of Directors they were approved at our September meeting. They were a delightful addition to our December IPM Symposium and John spoke for our Christmas Banquet. IPM rejoices to have this experienced and godly couple to serve with us for many years to come. They are a definite answer to my prayers for several couples to work with IPM across America…..Please pray for this dear couple in this time of transition and faith as they launch out on deputation.”
February 8, 2008 GHANA—Rev. Seth Mohenu, IPM Africa Regional Director, expresses on behalf of his family a sincere gratitude and appreciation to all their prayer and financial supporters. During the Christmas festivities, Faith Independent Baptist Church organized a crusade from which 5 people gave their lives to the Lord, and 13 were baptized. He was able to participate at the first Bible school graduation in Togo. Out of the 6 students who graduated, 4 are already on the field. He is in need of a new vehicle to travel to other areas. Please pray for all their missionaries in Africa, specifically for the situation in Ivory Coast and Chad, and for the present peace in Liberia.
January 17, 2008 HANOVER—Dr. Curtis W. Young, IPM Vice President of Field Ministries shares with his prayer partners and supporters the blessings of being involved with the Deaf Ministry at his church Hope Baptist Church in Hanover, PA. In addition, Dr. Young praises the Lord for the opportunity to work with his wife Lori in the Field Ministries Department. Mrs. Young is the Executive Secretary and Dr. Young continues to minister as the Vice President of Field Ministries serving IPM National and North American missionaries around the world. Please pray for Mrs. Young while interpreting at the IPM’s Regional Conference in Dominican Republic from February 4 to 9. Pray for Dr. Young’s trip to Florida to train Brother Roberto-Jose Livioco, our new IPM Far East Regional Director from February 4 to 6. Pray for safety and wisdom for Dr. & Mrs. Young for their trip to San Antonio, TX, to participate in a Spanish Conference to be held February 23 to 29.
January 17, 2008 TOGO—IPM missionary Kwame Togbi-Wonyo reports that the first 3-day youth camp meeting at Abobo was held in July, it was a blessing and encouragement to the youth of the Zion Temple in Abobo. The next youth camp meeting is scheduled for July 2008. The 2007 Annual Convention of the Calvary Bible Baptist churches was held at Vogan for Easter weekend. A good number of their saints attended this convention. Also, Brother Kwame shares that the faithful women of the Calvary Bible Baptist churches held their 2nd Convention last July at Tsevie. They have been using the convention in two ways: to strengthen and encourage one another in the Lord, and to evangelize the unsaved women. Last June 12 converts were baptized at the twin churches-Ebenezer and Immanuel Temples. The Baptist Superior School of Theology started on September 3 2007, 10 pastors and 3 missionaries were in attendance.
January 17, 2008 NEPAL—IPM missionary L.S. shares about the teaching ministry in the school and assisting Brother S.H. in the church planting ministry. The Bible school is blessed with 33 young men and women and 5 teachers. Thanks to all the prayers and support the 1st graduation will be held on March 15 (Lord willing) for Nepali Medium. Please continue to pray for the students who attend, faculty and staff of the Bible school.
January 17, 2008 LEBANON—Brother F.M. shares the many blessings received through the Arab Outreach in his country. The Lord is blessing his people throughout this outreach. The publication outreach is going great, they were able to print 20,000 copies each of 2 new tracts. He also shares the wonderful news of the birth of B.M., mother and son are doing fine. Please continue to pray for the political situation in his country and for the other outreach needs.
January 17, 2008 HANOVER—Matthew Barfield, IPM International Missionary Evangelist, will be traveling to Iquitos, Peru invited by IPM missionary Carlos Gallardo, to minister in several villages along the Amazon River from January 17 to February 6. Brother Barfield is in good health condition and his doctors have given him the “green light” to go to Peru. Also please be in prayer for David Molina who will be translating for Brother Barfield in Peru. Brother Molina works with IPM South America Regional Director Ivan Alegria in Chile. Brother Barfield also shares the exciting family news that his wife is expecting their 4th child to be born in July 2008. Please pray for her and the baby during this pregnancy. Brother Barfield thanks all those who have prayed for his health and his family during the year 2007. There are many needs, but the need for prayer is greatest.
January 16, 2008 INDIA—In the tribal village of Barakhama alone, over 250 houses belonging to Christians were set on fire. They destroyed every single house and property in that village. May are still in the jungle and are not able to return to their villages. Please continue to pray for the many students who have graduated and are serving the Lord in establishing churches all across Orissa. More than 100 Oriya students are taking training and a good number will be graduating on March 10. Oriya missionaries are the best missionaries to reach their own people. SIBB&CS supports 67 pastors in a monthly basis. About 12 of their own pastors were jailed for 7 days and their churches were set on fire. They were recipients of brutal treatment, and now they have no place to worship. The people killed 300 believers from their church. The Lord is working greatly among the Oriya people, over 100 young men has come to know the Lord in another city.
January 16, 2008 INDIA—Please pray for the missionaries in Orissa, India under Dr. P.D. Cherian’s ministry. The news media did not bring out the exact nature of the persecution in Orissa. From first hand information from students who went home for Christmas and the pastors who are being supported by SIBB&CS. One of the students has a narrow escape with death. On Christmas Day, he preached in his church, in the morning of the 26th, the same church was set on fire. He also mentioned that the people were shouting, “give us power to kill Christians and burn their churches.” Over a period of 7 days, they went on a killing spree and killed more than three hundred Christians (Baptist and other denominations). They burn over 400 churches, set ablaze, and destroyed more than 1,000 Christian homes. They are very much in need of financial help. Please pray for them and their needs. Contributions for this ministry should be made payable to IPM, Inc. and sent to IPM, Inc., P.O. Box 337, Hanover, PA 17331-0337. Be sure to include a note designating “Cherian Orissa Emergency Fund.” Thank you for continuing partnering with us and our national missionaries around the world.
January 8, 2007 INDIA—Please pray for the land of Orissa, this is one of the northeastern coastal states of India and is prone to cyclones. In 1999, a devastating cyclone hit the land and killed over 8,000 people. Almost 95% are Hindus; born-again Christians may be 1/4 of 1%. The states of Gujarat and Orissa are known for persecuting Christians more than any other state in India. This is the very same state where Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burned alive in 1999.
December 27, 2007 HANOVER—As we come to the close of another year, we want to wish our prayer partners and financial supporters a wonderful and a Christ-centered 2008. Praising the Lord for past blessings, the IPM family (Missionaries, Staff, and Board of Directors) look forward to another year to reach every person in every culture around the world needing to hear His message of salvation.
December 26, 2007 PHILIPPINES—The North Mindanao Project (NMP) under the leadership of IPM missionary Glen Namoc reports for the third quarter period that, 40 people trusted Christ, many souls are being disciple and others are preparing to followed the Lord in baptism. This NMP includes church planters from around the Mindanao area, they have already planted 5 churches.
December 26, 2007 PHILIPPINES—IPM missionary Glen Namoc shares on the successful Mission Emphasis Week held in September 11-14, many attendees were challenged to pray and continue to labor in the Lord’s harvest. From July to October 2007 were reported 714 salvations, the gospel was preached through personal witnessing, bus terminal preaching, the children’s ministry, and Bible studies. Brother Namoc and his family wish their prayer partners and financial supporters a Merry Christmas and a Joyous 2008!
December 26, 2007 ANDAMAN ISLANDS—IPM missionary T.H. sends his greetings to his prayer partners and supporters. He also reports that the day of gospel meetings brought in 10 people in spite of the heavy rain. Brother and Mrs. H. were expecting the birth of a new baby on December 25.
December 26, 2007 INDIA—Dr. P.D. Cherian (founder and director of the South India Baptist Bible College & Seminary) and his family wish to all their prayer partners and financial supporters a Merry Christmas and a Joyous 2008! As this year is coming to a close Dr. Cherian reports that 186 people trusted Christ, and 38 followed the Lord in baptism from August to October 2007. During the month of November a number of believers followed the Lord in baptism. The building for the Texity Baptist Chuch was dedicated in the month of December. A new ministry was started among the Hindi-speaking people, many have come to trust Christ because of it. Please pray for their spiritual growth. Two more churches has been started in Tamil Nadu. Please pray for the financial needs of the college due to the inflation and the drop of the dollar.
December 20, 2007 PHILIPPINES—IPM missionary Roberto-Jose Livioco shares the blessing to have preached and teached at the Mindanao Evangelistic Institute, south the Philippines. He preached on “Imperatives for Fruitful Ministry” and “The Authority of Scripture”. He ministered to another IPM missionary Glen Namoc meeting with faculty and students of the school. The 18th Fundamental Bible Conference was held from October 23-26 in Metro-Manila, there were 350 delegates attending this conference, as a result the responses to the Word were truly encouraging.
December 19, 2007 BHUTAN—IPM missionary T.S. wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year in the Lord’s name. He reports that the outreach efforts are growing every day with new people and new places. He is the academic dean at the BTI which is in need to open a small library.
December 19, 2007 HONG KONG—IPM missionary C.W. shares the good news of one new believer who has been attending meetings faithfully. They also rejoiced with a young couple for the birth of their first baby, please pray that God will give them wisdom to raise to raise their child. There are possibilities to begin ministry in two cities, pray for safety as they travel.
December 12, 2007 BANGLADESH—Brother D.G.G. shares how God’s grace has blessed them concerning the ministry and personal health. There were many people trusting Christ as personal Savior, in addition, they built a small muddy house to serve as church. In another location people are requesting to establish a church in their village. For the first time, Agape Baptist Ministries was introduced, and a few people became members. He thanks God because membership has exceeded his expectations, they are building a small house to use as church for the Christmas celebration. Glory to God for His faithfulness and provision through many people.
December 7, 2007 HANOVER—IPM, Inc. held its Annual IPM Staff Symposium on December 3-5 in Hanover, PA. Mr. Jonathan Taylor son of Dorothy Taylor (PM Assistant to the President) made the presentation on “Critical Communication” on Tuesday December 4. It was very informative and gave the attendees opportunities to interact. Among the attendees were Dr. Kevin Callahan (President), Dr. Curtis W. Young (Vice President of Field Ministries), Mrs. Dorothy Taylor (Assistant to the President), Dr. Timothy B. Shorb (International Representative), Rev. Bill Bowen (Vice President of Church Mobilization), Mr. John Maziarz (Finance Director), Ms. Marta L. Galdamez (Administrative Assistant), Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Wolfe (Director of Education), Rev. Marvin Musick (Affiliated Evangelist), Rev. & Mrs. George Stouffer (Bible and Ministry Instructor), Rev. Norm Freeburg (Florida Representative), Rev. Donald Ploesser (Midwest Area Representative), Rev. & Mrs. Ric Hurd (Missionary Evangelist Southeast Area Representative), Rev. & Mrs. John Pisarcik (Mid-Atlantic Representative), Mr. & Mrs. Brent Smith (guests), Rev. & Mrs. David Wise (guests), Rev. & Mrs. Enrique Mejia (Caribbean Regional Director) from Dominican Republic, and Rev. Ruben Quiroz (missionary to Bolivia).
November 28, 2007 BOLIVIA—IPM missionary to Bolivia, Ruben Quiroz, shares that he is working toward his Masters of Theological Studies at the Louisiana Baptist University. Some of the courses will be Apologetics, Islamic Invasion, and Baptist History in the USA, please continue to pray on this matter. On January 7-11, 2008 summer camps are going to start, it is expected to have over 150 young people.
November 28, 2007 BOLIVIA—From August 24 through September 7, IPM missionary Ruben Quiroz, traveled to Bolivia to supervise the work and attend a Missions conference making plans to plant more churches. There were 10 new converts who followed the Lord in baptism. On his recent trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia, he visited a place called Pacata, and decided to plant a church after seeing 60 to 80 children and young people attended the evangelistic meetings, many received Christ as personal Savior. Brother Quiroz traveled to Mexico invited by one of his students from the Logos Bible Institute in Milton, FL., he had the opportunity to teach on “Principles and Practices of an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church.” 2 visitors made profession of faith as they attended the conferences.
November 28, 2007 HANOVER—IPM, Inc. will be having its annual Staff Symposium on December 3-5 in Hanover, PA. Mr. Jonathan Taylor son of Dorothy Taylor (PM Assistant to the President) will be making a presentation on Tuesday December 4. Representatives from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina will be participating as well as Enrique Mejia (Caribbean Regional Director) from Dominican Republic, and Ruben Quiroz (missionary to Bolivia). We are looking forward a time of refreshing, fellowship and instruction from the Word of God.
November 28, 2007 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Enrique Mejia, IPM missionary and Caribbean Regional Director wishes to all grace, mercy, and peace from above as Christmas approaches. His wife Solanlly received recognition and awards at the end of her preparation to become a teacher and be used of God for His glory. Their daughter Sorec is a second grade student, she would like to study medicine when she finishes high school. This year, Brother Mejia’s sister in law Glennys trusted Christ as well as a young man, Pedro Johan. Brother Mejia is discipling 3 Haitian people who are getting ready for baptism.
November 28, 2007 BHUTAN—IPM missionary T.S.G. wishes to all his supporters a merry Christmas and prosperous new year. He reports that on September 2 a couple was baptized, the husband is one of the believers’ sons. He was a nominal Christian, but only after he married a Hindu woman did both of them come to trust Jesus as their Savior. On October 21 a boy was baptized and now attends church regularly.
November 21, 2007 HANOVER—IPM Vice President of Church Mobilization, Dr. Bill Bowen, reports on his recent trip to India preaching to 660 students in chapel and church services, he shares the need of a chapel, men’s dormitory and a Christian school building at the South India Baptist Bible College and Seminary. Dr. Bowen also traveled to Chile to minister to the Alegria family, he was delighted to be a part of the vision to reach more people for Christ.
November 21, 2007 CHILE—IPM missionary and South American Regional Director, Ivan Alegria, reports the inauguration of the new building for the church in Quilicura on October 6. The winter camp was well attended, Lorenzo one of the attendees writes: “….I came to realize many things that I needed to change….” Brother Ivan and his family praise the Lord for His faithfulness during their 20 years in ministry, please continue to pray for them and the wonderful ministry in Chile and surrounding areas.
November 21, 2007 GUATEMALA—IPM missionary Giovanni Avendano is reporting a new field ministry in the town of San Raymond, there are 4 families visiting the local church in Guatemala city. Brother Avendano will start a new church in San Raymond next year, the town has 30,000 people. The construction is going on, around 250 people attended an all-day tent meeting at the new church property to dedicate the grounds and give thanks to the Lord.
November 21, 2007 SPAIN—IPM missionary Manuel Rosa praises the Lord for His provision for continuing home schooling two of his daughters. On October 20, Loida and Maria Rosa followed the Lord in believer’s baptism, Brother Manuel had the privilege of baptizing them in their home church. On his last trip to Teruel he was able to give out tracts in Mora de Rubielos, a turistic town. Brother Manuel is helping in two Bible institutes (two different local churches), training nationals for the work of the ministry. Please pray for the beginning of a prison ministry in Teruel, and for a youth retreat scheduled for the first week in December.
November 21, 2007 TAIWAN—IPM missionary L.P. reports 37 souls saved at a summer camp in Hong Kong, there were 200 students in attendance. Brother P. had the opportunity to participate in a Bible institute graduation ceremony and the ordaining committee of a great man and house church leader. His wife D. travels to two areas in China and teach lessons three times at different ladies meetings. The adoption ministry has placed 5 children. Please continue to pray that the Lord will continue to bless the ministry in Taiwan.
November 20, 2007 HAITI—IPM missionary Lucien Saul wishes everyone Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. The Lord has been faithfully supplying their needs and blessing the ministry through the offerings and prayers of believers. As a result of a tremendous blessing, 13 churches and stations were able to run VBS, in just one station 48 decisions for Christ were reported among the children. To run the Bible school for 153 preachers for an entire month requires great faith, wisdom and much prayer, especially in the matter of finances. The good news is that the school was a great success and they are debt free. The security wall remains a great need, it will help fight insecurity, thieves, loose animals, undesirable visitors, and so on. As the work is growing, the need for trained leadership is greatly revealed, Royden Saul (brother Lucien’s youngest son) is expecting to graduate in May 2008 and then join them in full time ministry. Brother Lucien lost one sister, one brother-in-law, and his older brother in less than 6 months but all of them knew the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior.
November 20, 2007 IVORY COAST—IPM missionary Andre Nao sends his Christmas greetings and for the new year. He reports that his family is in good health, the children continue to attend school while involved in church services. Karen, their first born, was baptized in July, she is the secretary of the ushers. Othniel, their son had the prize of being the best camper in children’s camp. The ministry is growing, they held a crusade in Daloa from September 12-16 having 5,000 people in attendance in 3 days and 50 people were saved. On October 14 was a special day at the Bible institute, 6 of the students graduated, 4 of which are already on the field and 2 are preparing to go.
November 20, 2007 SIKKIM—IPM missionary K.A. reports that the children’s ministry is going well, there are 16 Sunday school students. Their spiritual growth is remarkable. There was a 2-day children’s camp from October 22-23 during the Hindu Puja holidays. Among the attendees were 12 children and 3 teachers, one child commented that he believed in Jesus Christ and the Hindu gods, please pray for this young child. Warm greetings to you all during the upcoming Christmas season and in the new year.
November 20, 2007 URUGUAY—IPM missionary M.M. wishes to send a warm thanks to the Lord and his supporters who have faithfully given this year, those who had prayed for them and helped financially. Along with some struggles and difficulties, they had seen some victories. The attendance and the spiritual growth in the local church had increased. Since moving to a different house, they are expecting many blessings from God.
November 20, 2007 PUERTO RICO—IPM missionary Nelson Westerband rejoices on God’s faithfulness to him and the ministry in Patillas. One church in Maryland is making plans to get involved with the ministry for next year, there were churches that increased their support and others have committed to pray and give. One lady from Pennsylvania gave an offering for the building fund. As the Westerbands were traveling in the United States a group of brothers took some of the preaching and teaching in Patillas.
November 20, 2007 PUERTO RICO—IPM missionary Nelson Westerband reports a successful trip to the United States visiting churches in 5 different states in a period of 2 months. The trip was wonderful and challenging, the results were great. They witnessed to some of Carmen’s family members in Pennsylvania as well as Nelson’s former sergeant and his wife in Sellersville, PA. This was the first time Nelson has seen him in more than 15 years. Praise the Lord for a time well spent with Nelson Yamil and Gloria, the Westerbands son and daughter-in-law.
November 16, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary L.T. and his wife R. are the proud parents of a baby boy. The oldest son, E. is excited to attend school. They wish to all their praying friends and financial supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!
November 16, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary L.T. continues to evangelize sharing the gospel and visiting people’s homes, although they are interested to hear the Word of God some of them have not yet committed themselves to the Lord. Please pray for more laborers to effectively reach out to people. Pray for the political instability of the country.
November 16, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary S.H. thanks God for His blessings in all areas of ministry. He is currently teaching 5 subjects at the school. He and other students are planning to proclaim the gospel in several villages during the school’s holidays. By the grace of God 5 people accepted the Lord and 2 women were baptized. First semester final exam at NBBST was October 7, four Nepali students will be graduating with their Graduate of Theology on March 8, 2008. Brother H. and the students at the Bible school are in great need of a new building, many times the tin roof of the present building is stoned by outsiders during services. Praise to the Lord for the generosity of God’s people enabling Brother H. and his team to have 100 precious books.
November 15, 2007 MYANMAR—IPM missionary N.L.K. reports that rains have prevented to make long distance journeys on foot but the Lord provided opportunities to preach the gospel on various occasions. He continues to do home visitations and preaching which has kept him quite busy. Nine church members died due to the bad weather, most of them were infants and elderly people with various diseases but in the midst of the losses the gospel was preached to those who attended the funerals. Over 270 children and young people attended the youth camp from May 7-12, as a result 105 trusted the Lord as Savior and Lord. Brother K. preached at a family funeral and various home-based churches in a city. A video ministry was held August 11-12 at a village, the video was about the life of Christ, many were touched and tears streamed from their eyes. A seminary program was introduced to the TBST, the class exceeded their expectations, praise the Lord!
November 15, 2007 CHAD—IPM missionary Nadjiri Tokinon praises the Lord for six baptisms, one being a village chief. In Doba, Pastor Timothy Mouanodji performed five baptisms. The ministry also has included some music, teaching and youth clubs training. At the Baptist Primary School there are 308 pupils and 8 teachers this year. Baptists churches were once threatened by tradition, one of the tradition’s chief has said that if the Baptists have a God, he wants His head immediately. Many young people and deacons are abducted and take them to be initiated for six weeks into practicing the traditions. Praise the Lord for the support of the ministry, the baptisms, protection during the traditional rites, for the stand and talk of many Baptist pastors threatened by the tradition keepers.
October 18, 2007 BANGLADESH—IPM missionary D.G.G. reports that a young man A.D. has received the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. On June 14, a family was counseled and presented with the gospel, they are dissatisfied with their religion and have interest in Christianity. On September was completed the construction of the Calvary Baptist Church, it was also dedicated and inaugurated on the same month. During the months of May through July, 4 people accepted Christ as their Savior.
October 18, 2007 ANDAMAN ISLANDS—IPM missionary T.H. reports that on the last few months 500 Bible tracts and over 25 New Testaments as well as Old Testaments were distributed. As part of the home visitation ministry, 3 families have shown some interest in reading the Bible, and listening to God’s Word. On October 28, there are plans to hold a one-day meeting to preach the gospel. Please pray for the safety of the inhabitants of the islands due to recent reports of tsunami activity. There is a lack of pure water, and many people has become sick due to the muddy and salty waters.
October 2, 2007 HANOVER—Dr. Kevin Callahan, IPM president, announces that the property settlement is now behind us. “Everything went as planned and was actually much easier and faster than expected. Everyone in this process has been a pleasure to work with from the very beginning. The realtor demonstrated great proficiency, the seller agreed to all of our requests without negotiation, and the attorney charged us nothing for his services. Now we need to be much in prayer that the Lord will continue to bring in the remainder of the funds and that He will provide qualified people to complete the renovation process. There is much work to be done, but the Lord has all of the resources to accomplish it. If we trust His grace and work for His glory, He will bring it to pass.”
October 2, 2007 LEBANON—IPM missionary R.M. spend 40 percent of his time in church ministry and 60 percent in missions involvement and the work of the Arab outreach. The main focus this year is to start the online institute. The work in Lebanon is growing with the distribution of material in Arabic. Please pray for the family, the outreach, protection, faithfulness, financial needs, laborers, political stability and brother M.’s daughter who may undergo heart surgery soon.
October 2, 2007 BHUTAN—IPM missionary S.G. gives thanks to Almighty God for His blessings. He continues to teach the Word of God as well as going out and preaching the gospel to whomever listens. Please pray for P.M. who shared with brother S.G. on the king does not allow any other gods. S.T. has difficulty accepting that sin can be removed by the blood of Christ. K.B. told brother S.G. that he was too busy with his work and asked to come back another day. Pray for a group of women in a town on the Bhutan border who heard the message of the gospel. Also pray for S.G.’s uncle struggling between Buddhism and Christianity, he is a Christian but his Buddhist background still making question his salvation. Please pray for S.G. and his travels on foot, for his pregnant wife and the baby.
October 2, 2007 GHANA—IPM missionary Alfred Ofosu-Asante reports that 500 young people attended a Youth Rally in the month of July. Also, 400 people attended the annual games on September 8. The Solid Rock Baptist Bible College has introduced degree courses this semester. There is a total of 13 students enrolled for diploma and degree courses. Lord willing, 9 students will graduate on October 20. They are looking forward to having Dr. Timothy B. Shorb, IPM International Representative and Mr. Frank Russell of Mount Airy Bible Church during this time. 21 people will be baptized and added to the church membership on October 21
October 2, 2007 IVORY COAST—IPM missionary Andre Nao praises the Lord for all His blessings. He reports that 50 people trusted Christ between May and August, 25 were baptized in Abidjan City, 5 in the midwest, and 3 in the west of the country. Please pray for R. persecuted and denied by her father, also pray for L. who lost his job due to alcohol but by the grace of God his life has changed. The church of 104 people in the village of Phoebly, near Liberia, needs a bigger place to worship. Please pray for the peace in the country, for the new converts, and for worship places.
September 25, 2007 HANOVER—IPM, Inc. welcomes Rev. & Mrs. John Pisarcik as the newest members of our family. Rev. John Pisarcik is IPM’s Mid-Atlantic Representative. Rev. Pisarcik and his wife Lenora can effectively present the work of IPM, Inc. and share their ministry with the mission. They are available to participate in missionary conferences as well as single meetings. They are able to speak about many of the IPM ministries. In addition to speak on behalf of their ministry with IPM, they are also available to you for a variety of services: Rev. Pisarcik can minister at Pastors’ fellowships, Mission conferences, Pulpit supply and Mrs. Pisarcik can minister at Ladies’ seminars, Ladies’ retreats, Mother-Daughter banquets and Ladies’ Missionary Society meetings. You can reach them at: johnandlenora@verizon.net.
September 25, 2007 HONG KONG—IPM missionary C.W. reports that over the last few months God has been showing a different direction of ministry in the Mainland. There are many churches and groups who are in need of encouragement, they have been effectively reaching people, but they are lacking some systematic training. Please pray that God will lead more pastors to them who are willing to work toward this goal. It is also very important to lay a foundation for the future. Please pray for the opportunity to use a property for church or a Bible college, the property is very unique and it would be easy to turn into a Bible college.
September 25, 2007 CUBA—IPM missionary and Caribbean Regional Director, E. M., will be traveling with Brother S. H. IPM missionary to Mexico, to meet with pastors in the island.
September 25, 2007 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—IPM missionary and Caribbean Regional Director, Enrique Mejia, is planning to celebrate the 2nd IPM Caribbean Regional Conference in 2008 from February 5 through 8. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Kevin Callahan, president of IPM. The attendees are missionaries from Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
September 25, 2007 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—IPM missionary and Caribbean Regional Director, Enrique Mejia reports that the Bible study for bus drivers, started on November 13, 2006, is blessing many lives. William Monegro trusted Christ on August 14. William’s son Wally, his daughter Wilkaria, his nephews Wernel and Victor have made professions of faith. Please pray for William’s wife Loida and his sister Mercedes for salvation.
September 25, 2007 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—IPM missionary and Caribbean Regional Director, Enrique Mejia, praises the Lord for the blessing of having Dr. Thomas Wolfe, IPM Director of Education, from August 10 through 22, 2007. Many souls were saved, the pastors and believers were very encouraged. Lord willing, a Bible Institute will be opening on January 28, 2008. Please pray that the Lord would use this school to honor His name.
September 25, 2007 PERU—IPM missionary to the Peruvian Amazon region, Carlos Gallardo, reports that 5 people received Christ as their Savior in Santa Maria de Fatima in their first service. Brother Orlando Chota is going to be visiting and discipling the believers. Please pray for this town and his ministry. Brother Chota is also a missionary from the Amazon Baptist Mission.
September 25, 2007 PERU—IPM missionary to the Peruvian Amazon region, Carlos Gallardo, praises the Lord for providing godly leadership in the town of Santa Isabel. Brother Jose Altimiro Tuesta has taken the leadership of the Buenas Nuevas Church (Good News Church). The average attendance in Santa Isabel is 70 people. Some of the children are preparing to serve the Lord, the oldest will graduate from the Center of Biblical Theology in Aysana.
September 25, 2007 PERU—IPM missionary to the Peruvian Amazon region, Carlos Gallardo, reports great blessings on his trip experiences. There were 24 people traveling with him to the towns of Indiana, Mazan, Santa Isabel, Sinchicuy and Santa Maria de Fatima. The churches of Mazan and Indiana got together one Sunday and a number of children received Christ as their Savior, 70 people were in attendance including children. For the evening service, there were 100 people in attendance. Pastor Carlos Rubio is ministering to the people of Indiana. Please pray for Pastor Rubio and the believers working together in the ministry.
September 14, 2007 CHAD—IPM Africa regional director Brother Seth Mohenu request prayer for the Eglise Baptist Mid-Missions, for the war in that country to end soon, and for the provision of necessary funds for the land they acquired for the ministry.
September 14, 2007 LIBERIA—IPM Africa regional director Brother Seth Mohenu reports that as part of the ministry of The Great Commission Baptist Mission of Liberia a new work has been started at a place called “Peace Community”. 9 souls were saved at LPMC on this year, 9 people were baptized from the Zao ministry.
September 14, 2007 IVORY COAST—IPM Africa regional director Brother Seth Mohenu reports that the Fundamental Baptist Mission had set goals to plant 3 churches during the year 2007. They will also organize a crusade to enable them to win more souls for the Lord. Please pray for the growth of new converts, protection for the workers in the Lord’s vineyard, more support from Ivory Coast.
September 14, 2007 GHANA—IPM Africa regional director Brother Seth Mohenu reports that the students at the Solid Rock Bible College were relocated from the rented house to the mission’s own building in January. The Solid Rock Baptist Mission organized a 3-day Bible conference for its member churches.
September 14, 2007 ZAMBIA— IPM Africa regional director Brother Seth Mohenu praises the Lord for the arrival of the Mark Murray family to Lusaka to begin his ministry at the Baptist Home Mission.
September 14, 2007 GHANA—IPM missionary Seth Mohenu to Ghana reports that 15 new converts went through the baptismal class and were baptized at the end of July. On this week, Brother Mohenu and other believers will be organizing the first Fundamental Baptist Conference in Ghana. On June 2 was the graduation ceremony at the Ghana Baptist Theological Institute, 6 students graduated with a B.A. in Theology and 3 graduated with a diploma in Biblical Studies.
September 14, 2007 PHILIPPINES—IPM missionary Roberto-Jose Livioco and his wife Imee are requesting your prayers for their 5-year old daughter Danielle, she has been having high fever since Tuesday, September 11. Her pediatrician suspects that Danielle has hemorrhagic fever or dengue if her platelet count continues to go down. If it is still low then she will have to be admitted to the hospital. No known cure yet except to hydrate the patient, so monitoring the platelet is so vital.
September 14, 2007 NEPAL—Brother G.P. praises the Lord for the inauguration of the Grace Home, a small orphanage, on May 23. There are so many fatherless and suffering children who live in very precarious conditions. Please pray that God will continue to provide for this ministry.
September 14, 2007 NEPAL—Brother G.P. reports very positive responses to his ministry in spite of the persecution. He goes on house visitations sometimes spending two hours to discuss and answer questions. He praises the Lord for the newly established house church. Please pray for the spiritual growth of the believers.
September 14, 2007 BOLIVIA—IPM missionary to Bolivia, Ruben Quiroz is requesting prayer for the political situation in Bolivia. As you know, the Bolivian president Evo Morales is following the same politics as Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela. President Morales is turning his country into a Socialist regimen. He is trying to get a law passed that all churches and Christian ministries will have to pay taxes to the government; these organizations have been exempted until now. Please continue to pray for strength for the believers in Bolivia.
September 14, 2007 BOLIVIA—Please pray for Brother Ruben Quiroz, IPM missionary to Bolivia due to some health problems, he is still having some pain due to kidney stones. He was sick while trying to find a new place to live, so far we have not heard any more news.
September 14, 2007 BOLIVIA—IPM missionary Ruben Quiroz reports from Bolivia that the old property owner sold the house where they were living and where the church was meeting, now Brother Ruben is trying to find a place to leave his belongings. At this time, he has not been able to find a suitable house and he had to leave his belongings in storage. He is in the United States with his family for a period of two years; please pray for the church family and the ministry in Bolivia to strive and growth in his absence in spite of this unfortunate situation.
September 7, 2007 LEBANON—IPM missionary R.A.M. thanks the Lord for His care as the church goes through tough times of persecution. August 2 was the memorial day for the bloody attack on the church, the believers have experienced spiritual growth and blessings in spite of the roadblocks placed to hinder from reaching their place of worship. Please continue to pray for strength and wisdom; for the families and the ministry; for the Christians in Lebanon for protection and faithfulness; for the laborers whom the Lord has called out of the ministry; for political stability in Lebanon and the conflicts in the Middle East, and for brother R.A.M.’s daughter’s health.
September 7, 2007 LEBANON—IPM missionary R.A.M. reports of 2 people baptized and a group of new converts getting ready for baptism. At the summer club for children, 16 new kids attended the program. Six members of the new families attended a church meeting for the first time and heard the gospel. People from the church are being called to the ministry, brother F.M. is in charge of the publication ministry, brother K.A.M. will start pastoring an African church this month. Youth involvement is remarkable, it is wonderful to see God’s work among young people.
September 6, 2007 PENNSYLVANIA—IPM missionary Matthew Barfield shares how the Lord has clearly led him and his family in paths they did not think of beforehand. He led them to pursue the natural medicine route, even though they had no prior experience with this type of treatment. He has been taking the natural medicines prescribed by his naturopathic doctor, and he has already seen great improvement. Please pray for a full recovery as he continues to visit supporting churches.
September 6, 2007 HANOVER—Dr. Kevin Callahan, IPM President, and the IPM family thank God for leading us to the property to be used as the IPM headquarters in Hanover, PA. It has been an answer to prayer, and we now must trust the Lord to provide the funds needed to complete the purchase. Please pray that we can meet the deadline of September 21.
September 6, 2007 HANOVER—Dr. Timothy B. Shorb, IPM International Representative, will be traveling to Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo October 12-30, 2007. Dr. Shorb will be joined by Mr. Frank Russell, from Mt. Airy, MD who traveled with him almost 20 years ago to the island of Haiti. Dr. Shorb will meet with the Board of Directors of the Fundamental Baptist Mission in Ivory Coast, the Solid Rock Baptist Missions in Ghana, and the African Baptist Mission in Togo. Please pray for safety and the Lord’s provision for this trip.
September 6, 2007 PHILIPPINES—IPM missionary Roberto-Jose Livioco shares that his 5-year old daughter Danielle trusted the Lord as Savior while they were on deputation in the United States during the months of May and June. It was especially encouraging to him to know of a number of newcomers, at the Foundation Baptist Church in the Philippines, trusted the Lord during his absence. He preached for the first time to a Spanish-speaking congregation at Iglesia Bautista Fundamental Buenas Nuevas in Belmont, CA; 13 people came forward during the invitation. The Family Camp Week in April was the most attended in which three visitors received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
September 6, 2007 URUGUAY—The Fornazarich family, missionaries from Argentina to Uruguay report the beginning of the church in Artigas. Started with a table and as more people began to attend they used a pulpit . A faithful lady has made contact with different people including her own family inviting them to meet regularly. The Fornazarich continue to handing out tracts in the marketplace and inviting children from the plaza to attend Sunday School. Brother Fornazarich also preaches and teaches a Bible study every other Saturday in Rivera.
August 27, 2007 INDIA—Dr. P.D. Cherian reports that one of the graduates from SIBBC&S started a new church today, where Dr. Cherian preached the gospel, 6 people trusted the Lord for salvation. On the 19th of this month 19 people followed the Lord in the waters of baptism. There is another baptism scheduled for September 2.
August 24, 2007 HANOVER—We have been praying that during the 25th Anniversary year God would reveal to us what we should do about the need for more office space for IPM God has answered our prayers. A former garment factory, located less than two blocks from our current location, has come up for sale. IPM has a contract to buy this 18,000 sq. ft. brick building for $215,000, less than the cost for a small house in this area. This building has ample space to meet the need of the mission for the foreseeable future. As of today the balance is $174,325. Please pray that we can meet the deadline of September 21. If you feel led by the Lord to be a part of this ministry, please contact IPM at (717) 637-7388 or via e-mail ipm@ipmworld.org.
August 24, 2007 INDIA—Dr. P.D. Cherian reports that 461 people attended the 3 summer youth camps resulting in the salvation of 152 souls. A total of 1,332 children attended VBS resulting in 297 children trusted the Lord for salvation. For the summer evangelism ministry a few of the faculty members and students preached the Word of God. As a result, 63 claimed Jesus Christ as their Savior. In 2 places, 19 people followed the Lord in the waters of baptism.
August 24, 2007 INDIA—Dr. P.D. Cherian requests your prayers to meet the needs of the South India Baptist Bible College & Seminary. The college feeds and educate over 600 students, 500 at the Baptist academy, and support over 100 pastors, 22 faculty members, and the Home of Hope. On average they have lost $2,000 every month due to the drop in the exchange rate.
August 24, 2007 LEBANON—IPM missionary F.M. delivered a message to an audience of 70 people attending a meeting on Father’s Day. Please pray that the Lord will provided the balance of $4,500 towards the purchase of an Arabic OCR and machine translation software.
August 24, 2007 HANOVER—The 2nd Annual IPM Pre-Field Orientation was held the week of August 21-23, 2007 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Among the participants were Royden Saul, son of IPM missionaries Lucien and Maude Saul in Haiti; and Mawuli Togbi-Wonyo, son of IPM missionaries Kwame and Ama Togbi-Wonyo in Togo. Please pray for these missionary candidates and their future ministries.
August 23, 2007 PUERTO RICO—IPM missionary Nelson Westerband and his wife Carmen will be traveling to the United States for deputation from September 12 through November 6, please pray for travel and safety as they visit Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida and Maryland.
August 23, 2007 HAITI—IPM missionary Lucien Saul is praising the Lord for running water and many needs been met. Many souls have been saved and the Lord’s protection. Please pray for the island of Haiti. Please pray for the Salem Bible Institute expecting at least 160 students which is the largest group so far. They are 45% short of the needed funds for the institute.
August 23, 2007 BOLIVIA—IPM missionary Ruben Quiroz praises the Lord for many people saved and baptized May 1, among them his youngest daughter Topacio Raquel. Praise the Lord for two new men ordained as pastors at the church of Cochabamba. Brother Quiroz is in Florida, USA to begin Biblical studies for two years; he is also ministering with New Life Baptist Church in Milton, FL. He has started a Bible institute with 10 students. Please pray for this ministry and brother Quiroz trip to Bolivia today to meet with national pastors that are serving the Lord in his absence.
August 23, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary L.T. announced the birth of a baby boy born August 14. Mrs. T. and baby are doing fine, please pray for her full recovery after the birth.
August 23, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary S.H. is requesting prayer for 12 double-iron beds, please pray for the much needed funds. Praise the Lord for souls saved, for the support and the beginning of the third academic session. Please continue to pray for support as they face financial struggles.
August 23, 2007 GHANA—IPM missionary George A. Dapaah returned to Ghana from his trip to the USA rejoicing for many souls saved. The Lord provided 12 desktop computers for the Bible college. Please pray for funds to cover the shipment and clearing costs. His wife Vera had a successful surgery in May and has recovered very well, please pray for $700 which is needed to clear her medical bills. In July, 500 people attended the youth rally in Accra and 400 attended the mid-year family retreat in Wa. Please pray for wisdom and direction to give training for the men who are preparing to serve the Lord at Solid Rock Baptist Bible College. Please pray that the Lord will provided the balance of $4,800 needed to complete the tuition at Trinity College and Seminary where brother Dapaah is pursuing a Ph.D. in Ministry Leadership.
August 23, 2007 MYANMAR—IPM missionary N.L.K. is asking for prayer for his youngest son who is suffering from a serious case of asthma. They are going to travel 6 hours by bus to a nearby city for better treatment. Please pray for travel and safety.
August 21, 2007 PERU—Carlos Gallardo, IPM missionary to the Peruvian Amazon Region, is requesting some assistance for the brothers and sisters in the cities of Ica and Pisco affected by the recent earthquake in Peru. Many homes and churches were totally devastated, buildings collapsed and now are in ruins. If you would like to help financially please send your contributions to the IPM office in Hanover, PA designated to “Gallardo Emergency Relief.”
August 16, 2007 INDIA—Dr. P. D. Cherian reports that the 2007-2008 school year has begun at South Indian Baptist Bible College & Seminary with 625 students. Dr. Bill Bowen, IPM V.P. of Church Mobilization, is currently on the campus to teach the missions course to the Bachelor of Divinity (first year seminary) students.
August 16, 2007 PHILIPPINES—Please pray for IPM missionary Casiano Laguilay on the island of Mindanao. Members of his church have been threatened and harassed by bad elements. Three times they attacked and destroyed the parsonage and shots hit the church roof. Please pray for safety and security in a very hard place.
August 16, 2007 PHILIPPINES—The Mindanao Evangelistic Institute’s faculty and students, under the direction of Glen Namoc, held a youth camp recently with 230 campers and 22 souls saved. The new semester at MEI has begun with 31 students.
August 16, 2007 LEBANON—IPM missionaries F.M. and E. M. are expecting their first child. Due date is February 4th.
August 16, 2007 PUERTO RICO—Nelson Westerband recently had the joy of baptizing his two grandchildren. A VBS was held in late July with help from a group from Colerain Baptist Church in Lancaster County, PA.
August 16, 2007 SIKKIM—In the Indian state of Sikkim, near the border with Tibet, single lady missionary K. A. is having an effective ministry with the boys and girls. In the group she now works with, seven of the children are from Hindu and Buddhist homes, and three are from Pentecostal backgrounds.
August 16, 2007 BHUTAN— S. G. missionary from India to Bhutan, is teaching regularly in the new Bible institute located on the Indo-Bhutan border in the town of Jaigaon, West Bengal State, India. He is also giving one day a week for evangelism and preaching one-on-one. Please pray that God will give him new contacts. Two young men have shown an interest in the gospel but have been cautioned by their parents not to follow Christians.
August 7, 2007 URUGUAY—The Fornazarich family, missionaries from Argentina to Uruguay, moved a year ago to Artigas to start a new church. They report that the church has now been launched and is meeting on a regular basis. Pray for more souls to be saved in this very secular, non-religious town.
August 7, 2007 NEPAL—Pray for more teachers for the Nepal Biblical Baptist School of Theology. With 32 students this year, more teachers are needed, particularly Nepali-speaking teachers.
August 7, 2007 URUGUAY—The Manuel Moyano family is dealing with two friends who are suffering from terminal cancer, and they are not yet saved. Please pray for Valeria (20 years old) and Jose (a Jewish man who is 35 years old).
August 7, 2007 GUATEMALA—Construction has begun on the new church building for the ministry of IPM missionary, Giovanni Avendano. Funds are still needed to complete the building.
August 7, 2007 TOGO—Kwame Togbi Wonyo and the African Baptist Mission are making plans to send a Togolese missionary to start a Baptist church in neighboring Bénin. Bénin is one of the least evangelized countries of West Africa, with many village people still following traditional African religions.
August 7, 2007 HONG KONG—A recent camp on Hong Kong, with many people attending from Mainland China, resulted in many decisions for Christ. IPM missionaries C.W. and L.P. were directors of the camping program.
August 7, 2007 CHAD—Nadjiri Tokinon reports that 190 children attended Camp Joy for one week. Last year a Muslim girl accepted Christ. This year her younger brother and sister attended. The brother went out each morning to pray in the Muslim way on the first two days of camp. The rest of the week he did not!
August 7, 2007 NEPAL—IPM missionary L. T. has been teaching a modular class at Nepal Biblical Baptist School of Theology the past two weeks. He reports that the students are working hard and are very receptive to the teaching of God’s Word. Please pray for his wife who is to give birth soon. The baby may need to be taken by operation. Pray for the mother and baby. This will be the T. family’s second child.
August 7, 2007 PERU—The city of Iquitos, in the Amazon basin, is having major problems with armed robberies. Please pray for the safety of IPM missionary Carlos Gallardo and family, who make Iquitos their base of operation into the Amazon region.
August 7, 2007 PHILIPPINES—Four teenagers followed the Lord in believer’s baptism at Valenzuela, where Brother Sammy Villafranca is ministering as part of the work of Roberto-Jose Livioco. |
