19 Oct Wedding of Joshua Prabhakar
Joshua Prabhakar, the oldest son of Richard and Miriam Prabhakar, was married to Josie Poole on September 23. They live in Atlanta, Ga. Miriam Prabhakar was in the States briefly for the wedding.
16 Oct The Reecks – Translating in Africa
Roger and Marilyn Reeck, UB endorsed missionaries with Wycliffe, have been spending a lot of time working with Bible translation in Africa. They recently spent two months in Guinea-Bissau, and filed this report after returning to their home in La Ceiba, Honduras.
“During the first part of our time in Africa, we helped train national consultants as the newly built Lendem Translation Center in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Twenty-two pastors and leaders took the three-week training in linguistics, which included a course in phonetics, which Roger taught. At the end of the course, six of the best participants were chosen to receive further training. We are eager to see this group develop into translation consultants. It was thrilling to see them talk over what they learned as they crafted verses in the Balanta-Naga language.
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09 Oct Golf Outing Raises Nearly $2000
The October 1 Golf Outing, designed to raise support for endorsed missionary Anna Geivett, was a big success. Altogether, 45 people participated, and there wer 19 hole sponsors. The event raised $1988 toward Anna’s sending costs. Additionally, Anna made a few contacts that may end up producing additional long-term support.
The money raised from the outing has basically finished her sending costs, and now Anna only has 18% of her regular monthly support to raise before heading to Peru in November.
The Golf Outing was sponsored by the six churches of the Northeast Indiana cluster, which includes the Good Shepherd, Emmanuel, Anchor, Eagle’s Quest, and South Scipio churches in Indiana, and New Horizons UB in Rockford, Ohio. Anna attends Emmanuel.
28 Sep Welcome to the Mission Field, Mia Jean!
Our missionary family has a new addition. Macau missionaries David and Melissa Kline are the parents of a baby girl (right). Mia Jean Kline was born at 10:52 a.m. September 26 at the Saan Deng Hospital in Macau, China. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and was just under 20 inches long.
18 Sep Ten Years for Jen Blandin
In a short-term world, we’re grateful for those who make long-term contributions to God’s work. Jennifer Blandin has completed ten years as one of our missionaries in Macau. Director Gary Dilley (right, with Jen), during his August trip to Macau, presented a framed certificate recognizing Jen’s ten years of service there. The presentation was made at the new Living Stone UB church on Taipa Island. Jen is from the Mainstreet UB church in Walbridge, Ohio.
18 Sep Beautiful Family Sponsors Needed
We need another 15 sponsors for children in India, so they can attend school. This is part of what is called the Beautiful Family–children of parents who have leprosy or AIDS. Sponsorship for one child involves $20 a month ($240 a year). If interested, contact Darlene Burkett in Global Ministries.
18 Sep Teacher Needed for Macau Next Spring
We need a teacher to serve in Macau in 2007, from March 1 to June 15 (or longer). The responsibilities include teaching in the English Language Program, and helping with Bible studies and children’s ministries. A college degree (doesn’t need to be a teaching degree) is required for a work permit. If interested, please contact Global Ministries. We would need to begin working very soon on acquiring the permit.
18 Sep Global Ministries DVD About China
A 4.5 minute video or DVD is available from Global Ministries. It features Director Gary Dilley giving an update on our investigation into mainland China. This video was made for Thank Offering, but is equally suitable for a short UB mission update in your worship service, apart from Thank Offering. If you’d like a copy, contact Darlene Burkett.
18 Sep VBS Kids Raise $11,000
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s “Kids Helping Kids” VBS project. We have received $10,850 so far. You are making a meaningful difference in the lives of kids in India, Haiti, and the Philippines who really need your assistance. In Haiti, 20 children from a new church plant have enrolled in school because of the VBS gifts. Additional funds will be going to Haiti, as well as to the Philippines to help pastoral families, and to India to help children with AIDS.
18 Sep Jamaica Camp Project
A major project will begin in January: working with the Jamaica Conference church camp at Malvern. One of their main buildings, a 100-year-old wooden structure (above)), has become unsafe. The goal is to replace this building with a cement structure in time for their summer children’s ministry.
Heart O’ the Lakes Church (Brooklyn, Mich.) and Mainstreet Church (Walbridge, Ohio) have been involved with the camp for years. They, again, are rising up to help their brothers and sisters in Christ, but will need help from other UB churches. This ambitious project will take about six weeks to complete.
If you or your church are interested in helping, please contact Donna Hollopeter at Global Ministries or Don Coward (Heart O’ the Lakes) at 517-529-4462.