The Western District Welcomes You!

Thank you for visiting the Western District Foreign Mission's Department blog. Our intent is to provide you, the pastors, ministers, and saints of the Western District and the United Pentecostal Church International as well as our friends who would like to visit a place to be informed of events happening in our district and to share their thoughts concerning missions with us. We appreciate you taking the time to look over our site, to read the different posts, and last but not least to share your thoughts.

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Missionaries traveling in our district:

May 2012

~Dwane Abernathy - Belize, Central America
~Robert McFarland - Israel/Palestine

June 2012

~Robert McFarland - Israel/Palestine, Middle East
~Jason Long - Nicaragua, Central America

July 2012

~Crystal Reece - Tonga, South Pacific
~John Hemus - United Kingdom, Europe

August 2012

~Crystal Reece - Tonga, South Pacific
~Cynthia White - Jordan, Middle East

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Friday, October 1, 2010

~A Day to Remember - And One to Never Forget / Part II

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Read the previous article "A Day to Remember - And One to Never Forget" before you continue

Could they ever forget ?

**Adam - when he awoke from God induced sleep to behold the woman God created for the first time...

**Moses - observed a bush burning in the desert and yet not consumed then God called to him from that bush...

**Abraham - trekking to the top of the mountain knowing he was going to offer Issac as a sacrifice...Issac bound on the altar, Abraham a knife in his raised hand when the angel of the Lord calls to him out of heaven...

**Isaac - meditating in the field when he sees the camels coming...a young lady gets down off her camel and he meets Rebekah for the first time...

**Jacob - wrestled a man with him until the breaking of day, his thigh put out of joint and his name changed to Israel...

**David - killing a lion, a bear, then taking on the giant Goliath as he defied the God of the armies of Israel...

**Three Hebrew Children - refusing to bow when commanded to do so knowing they faced certain death...being bound and thrown into the fiery furnace...delivered by God...not even the smell of smoke on them...

**Daniel - sleeping with lions all night long...

**Jonah - his underwater journey in the belly of a whale...regurgitated on shore and making the trip to Nineveh...

**Lame man - begging for alms at gate Beautiful where his expectations arose when Peter and John stopped at his location...no silver or gold but "...such as I have give I unto thee..." then walking and leaping as Peter took him by the hand and lifted him up...

**Saul - struck down on the road to Damascus...asking the question "...who art thou Lord?" and the Lord said "I am Jesus..."

**Phillip - helping the Ethiopian man to understand the scripture from which he read...the man's conversion and then finding enough water in the desert to baptize him...then transported by the spirit of God to his next location...

and many others...!

NOTE!  Send those that stand out to you with a few comments and your name to jpowell@wdfmd.com and I will post them in a couple of days.

Monday, September 27, 2010

~Missionsary Prayer Focus - Sept. 27th - Oct. 4th, 2010

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Prayer focus for Monday, September 27, 2010: Tremayne and Vicki Simoneaux ( Zimbabwe / Malawi / Mozambique / Regional Children’s Ministry, Africa )



~Tremayne and Vicki Simoneaux 
     Zimbabwe / Malawi / Mozambique /Regional Children’s Ministry, Africa







Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 28, 2010: Kevin and Lolita Vacca (Philippine Islands )


~Kevin and Lolita Vacca
     Philippine Islands










Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 29, 2010: David and Angela Doan ( Japan / Vietnam )


~David and Angela Doan
     Japan / Vietnam










Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 30, 2010: Alan and Valerie Demos ( Germany )


~Alan and Valerie Demos
     Germany










Prayer Focus for Friday, October 1, 2010: Leonard and Ping-Lan Richardson ( Taiwan )


~Leonard and Ping-Lan Richardson
     Taiwan









Prayer Focus for Saturday, October 2, 2010: Randy and Carolyn Adams ( Togo / Benin / Gabon )


~Randy and Carolyn Adams
     Togo / Benin / Gabon










Prayer Focus for Sunday, October 3, 2010: Steve and Danita Drost ( Mexico )


~Steve and Danita Drost
     Mexico

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prayer focus for Monday, October 4, 2010: Ron and Terry Brian ( Haiti )
 
 
~Ron and Terry Brian 
     Haiti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please PRAY for and continue to support our missionaries! They need and desire your prayers.
"...the EFFECTUAL fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
 
"PRAY without ceasing."
 
"PRAYER is a river by whose brink some die of thirst while others kneel and drink."

Saturday, September 25, 2010

~"A Day to Remember - And One to Never Forget! A Memorial"

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Exodus 12:12-14  'A Day to Remember...'

In American History...!

*Dec. 7th, 1941 - Pearl Harbor bombed...


*June 6th, 1944 - Invasion of Normandy (Code named "Neptune") ...Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - landing areas where American, British, and Canadian troops stormed ashore as the liberation of France continued.


*Sept. 2nd, 1945 - Formal surrender of our enemy and signing ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.


The above events happened prior to my birth so I only know of them through information passed down to me and the study of history as it relates to World War II. I am sure our elders, parents, grandparents and friends who lived at that time remember in vivid detail the reports of these events that occurred.

*October 4, 1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I and the Space Race was on....I was ten years old at the time and this didn't interest me much.


*November 22nd, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.  I remember exactly where I was that day - walking between my second and third period class at Ceres Union High School in Ceres, CA when the announcement came over the intercom system that our president had been shot and killed...silence and disbelief hovered over the campus...then we were sent home to be with our families.


*June 12th, 1987 - President Ronald Reagan makes this profound statement in a speech at the Berlin Wall,

Saturday, September 18, 2010

~Missionary Prayer Focus - Sept. 19th - Sept. 26th, 2010

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Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 19, 2010: Curtis and Amanda Scott ( Pakistan )


~Curtis and Amanda Scott
     Pakistan










Prayer focus for Monday, September 20, 2010: Foreign Missions Staff
     ~No photo available

Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 21, 2010: Cynthia White ( Middle East )


~Cynthia White
     Middle East










Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 22, 2010: Mike and Jill Patterson ( Romania / Bulgaria )


~Mike and Jill Patterson
     Romania / Bulgaria










Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 23, 2010: Michael and Ivonne Walmer ( Uruguay )


~Michael and Ivonne Walmer 
     Uruguay









Prayer Focus for Friday, September 24, 2010: Darry and Kathy Crossley (RD, South America )


~Darry and Kathy Crossley
     RD, South America










Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 25, 2010: Bennie and Theresa DeMerchant ( Brazil )


~Bennie and Theresa DeMerchant
     Brazil









Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 26, 2010: Paul and Darla Brochu ( France )


~Paul and Darla Brochu
     France










**Note!  Thank you for your continued prayer and financial support - without your support it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for these missionaries to be in the countries where God has called them to labor. 

Monday, September 13, 2010

~Surimane New Flash - Aug. 2010 **A Month in the Life of a Missionary

                                                                                                                   

Suriname News Flash                                                           August 2010

August 2

~Ladies prayer meeting.

August 5

~Received residence permit extensions, good for two years.

August 6

~Youth prayer meeting.

August 8

Celebrated twenty-ninth wedding anniversary.

August 17-19

Basic Bible School classes in western Suriname. Twenty students present at least one night, nine students present all three nights.

August 20

Met new contacts in a village on the way back to Paramaribo. Hope to return for special services.

August 21

Advanced Bible School classes in Paramaribo. Three young people baptized afterward.

August 25

Happy twelfth birthday, Jason!

August 28

Basic Bible School classes in Paramaribo.

August 29

Basic Bible School classes at central prison.


As always, thanks for praying.

The Rhoads Family
~Missionaries to Suriname


NOTE!  The emphasis - bold, italics, underlining and font color are mine.
Jerry E. Powell

~Missionary Prayer FOCUS Sept. 13th - Sept. 19th, 2010

Prayer Focus for Monday, September 13, 2010: Peter and Robin Gration (Papua New Guinea)


Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 14, 2010: Adam and Maya Hunley (Middle East)
     Sorry, no photo available.

Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 15, 2010: Devin and Brandi Doyle (Grenada / Windward Islands)


Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 16, 2010: Scott and Nicole Carpenter (Russia / Kazakhstan)
     Sorry, no photo available

Prayer Focus for Friday, September 17, 2010: Jared and Kimberly Staten (Republic of Georgia)


Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 18, 2010: Bernhard and Shelley Suppan (Austria)


Our missionaries need, desire and appreciate your prayer. "...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

~Impact Asia - Sept. 2010

Sept. 2010                                                Rev. Xenn Seah


As I was talking to Ethan regarding his testimony, he emphasized many times as to how delicate the details are. Ethan and his family are being mightily used of God in China and much of it is in plain sight of the Communist Government. Many details of this testimony will be kept vague to protect the endeavors of Ethan and his family.


Ethan comes from a Communist family and his father actually held position with the Communist Government. In no way did they believe in Jesus nor even entertain any thoughts about Jesus. Jesus was a complete "non-issue" with this family. Thankfully, this family was anything but a "non-issue" with Jesus! He saw something of value in them, as He sees in everyone. Jesus loved them and was reaching for them. Thank God they responded! Many souls in China depend on their response!

avandia