~Faith Journey - AIMers Doug and Nannette Elkins/Latvia, Eastern Europe

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Latvia Revival Begins!
The month of July was filled with many wonderful experiences! We have begun in earnest our street evangelism efforts to connect with people, each of the teams were able to experience hosting a service in their home, and it culminated with an incredible Sunday!

Sunday, July 31 marked the launching of our first "public" services. On Sunday morning we were in the suburb of Pinki where we held service in a Lutheran church. There was such an awesome presence of God in that place. In the evening we met in our first city center "Hall Church" service in the Anglican Church building. Between the two services we had at least 13 first-time guests and two received the Holy Ghost in the PM service! One of them was an associate minister of the Lutheran church where we held service at that morning. She came to ask us to pray that her church would be able to experience the same spirit that we brought into that place that morning! In addition, there were three Bible Studies scheduled for the week (one of which resulted in two water baptisms, as well as one of them receiving the Holy Ghost)! God is truly doing a miraculous work here in Riga. For the foreseeable future we will be doing two services every Sunday in both of these places.


We are gearing up for special Holy Ghost Rallies the second weekend of August. In addition to the two established churches, we are also planning a special service in Balozi (another suburb). We anticipate that these services will result in many new converts that the team will begin to disciple as we open up our weekly house churches.


We have been thrilled to begin making connections with some wonderful people that God has allowed to cross our paths. Nelli is truly just a warm and wonderful lady who brightens our home every time she is here. Olga has also become a dear friend and has helped us to become more familiar with our surroundings. We also have  several young people that generally are in attendance at the "English Club" that we host in our home each week. 
In this setting we just talk (in English only), play games, and of course enjoy some food! We are working hard to gain the trust and build a relationship with these people in order to help them to find a relationship with Christ!

~Suriname News Flash - July 2011

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July 2011

July was a blessed month for the United Pentecostal Church of Suriname. Here are a few highlights.

Baptisms

Christien, Poonia, Meena, Silvy, Quincy and Bernet were baptized during July. In this group were:

• A thirteen-year-old girl and her seventy-two-year-old great-grandmother.
• A cancer patient who was taken from the hospital, baptized, then returned to the hospital.
• A seventy-one-year-old lady.
• A young man who was brought to an Open Door Group by a friend, who was also recently baptized.
• A young husband and father.

Special Guest in Suriname

The UPC of Suriname enjoyed a visit from Brother George Craft, regional training and evangelism missionary to Europe/Middle East. Brother Craft was a great blessing as he ministered in:

• The congregation at Nieuw Nickerie.
• The congregation at Paramaribo.
• A leadership seminar for ministers and their wives. (See pictures here: http://bit.ly/n4kbw6.)
• A joint service for the Paramaribo and Tiger Creek congregations.
• A meeting for leaders in the Paramaribo congregation.

Thanks, Brother Craft, for coming to Suriname!
Prison Ministry
Each month we have the opportunity to minister in the prisons of Suriname. In July a total of eighteen students attended Bible studies in two different locations.

Thank you for praying for our family and for the church in Suriname.

The Rhoads Family
Missionaries to Suriname
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~Missionary Prayer Focus, August 1st - 15th, 2011

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Missionary Prayer FOCUS for August 1st - August 15th, 2011 - Please continue to keep all of our missionaries around the world in your daily prayer. It is much needed and greatly appreciated by all.

Monday Aug. 1st, 2011 - George and Cheryl Craft/Regional Training and Evangelism,  EME

Tuesday Aug. 2nd, 2011 - Richard and Coral Denny/RD South Pacific

Wednesday Aug. 3rd, 2011 - Phillip and Linda Walmer/Brazil

Thursday Aug. 4th, 2011 - Scott and Linda Guinn/Mexico

Friday Aug. 5th, 2011 - Robert and Beth McFarland/International Ministry

~PRAY Without Ceasing - from the McKinnies family - AIMers to Latvia

********************************************************************** I Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing."

The McKinnies family The McKinnies Family Associate Missionaries - Latvia

Dear Prayer Partners, We thank you from the depths of our hearts for the prayers that have been sent up for us and for the great country of Latvia! We are requesting special prayer for this weekend as we move into the next phase  of ministry. This Sunday we will be launching  Hall Churches in the city of Pinki and in  Riga City Centre. Pray that God's Spirit will draw people to us as we evangelize these cities on Saturday! Pray that God's anointing will fall upon us during these services and that the power of God will fall upon the people with demonstrations of miracles, signs and wonders! Yours for the Kingdom! Michael and Christine McKinnies Associate Missionaries - Latvia Apostolic Way UPC

~Update from Lesotho, SA - Missionaries David and Alice Kline

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Greetings from the snowy Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho!


For the months of May & June the Pentecostals of Maseru Church had 19 people filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost and 5 baptized in Jesus name! Thank You Jesus!

The GATS-L (Global Association of Theological Studies –Lesotho) has enrolled 14 new students for this term. We’re excited and the young people are enjoying the classes! Thank You Ladies Ministries for the generous giving to the training and development of future leaders & Pastors!

Throughout our churches in Lesotho, we are promoting personal Soul Winning & Home Bible studies. The Pentecostals of Maseru Church is having an attendance drive and our goal is have 250 people in church for October. Please help us to pray for the harvest of Souls!

A testimony: Little Justina, (14) has taught over 500 bible studies to her class assembly at her school. She has also won her Mom, aunt, 2 brothers (both feel a call to the ministry) and grandmother to the Lord. Praise the Lord for young people that are answering the call to reach lost souls!

In May, we were privileged to attend the South / Central Africa Sub regional meeting near Johannesburg, South Africa. Rev. David Wright from Maryland, USA, was the special guest speaker. He did a tremendous job and the Lord richly blessed us with his ministry.

Upon returning to our home after the Sub regional meeting, we found that our water pipes had busted due to the freezing cold weather. For the first time we saw the toilet water freeze!

Thank you for all the prayers and support!

Yours for Souls,

David A. Kline,
Lesotho, Africa

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justina in red coat, Ma’Susan, Ma’ Gogo, Aunt & brothers
 

~Featured Missionary and Country of the Week - Richard and Margaret Carver/Papua New Guinea

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Richard and Margaret Carver

Region(s): South Pacific

Field(s): Papua New Guinea

Website: click here to visit

Bio: Products of the pioneer missionary efforts of Glen Bogue in Australia, Richard and Margaret Carver left Australia in April 1973 as pioneer missionaries appointed by the Australian church to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Beginning in a remote village in the mountains among primitive peoples, they established numerous churches throughout the Highlands. By 1985 the church had grown to over 7,000 constituents, and the Carvers became UPCI missionaries. In 1988 the Carvers moved to New Zealand. They went to Fiji in 1991 where he became the superintendent and Bible college president and began a large Bible college building program. In 2001 the Carvers located in Australia, pioneered a church there and, in 2003, took the oversight of the Cairns, Queensland, church. Carver again became the field superintendent of PNG in 2004. His other responsibilities include being the area coordinator for Australia, PNG, and Solomon Islands and supplying literature for the Pacific Region.

Papua New Guinea

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Area Coordinator: Richard S. Carver

Superintendent/President:

Population: 6,000,000

Area: 178,703 sq. mi.

Capital: Port Moresby

Languages: English (official), Melanesian languages, Papuan languages

Religions: Protestant, 44%; Roman Catholic, 22%; local religions, 34%

New Guinea Island, the world’s second largest island, is located in the South Pacific, directly above Australia. The Independent State of Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island with 85% of its population being subsistence farmers. Because of the rugged and mountainous terrain which separates tribes and makes travel difficult, Papua New Guinea has over 750 distinct tribal languages (one-third of the languages of the world). However, the official language is English and the linga-franca is “PNG Pidgin.” The country is also one of the world’s least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of PNG. Somewhat larger than California, PNG is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the highest mountains of the mainland. In 1973 the UPC of Australia appointed the Richard Carvers as pioneer missionaries to Papua New Guinea. In 1985, at the request of the Australian church, the UPCI assumed oversight of the flourishing church, registered as the United Pentecostal Assemblies of Papua New Guinea. According to the 2006 Annual Field Report, the UPA/PNG has 50,000 constituents, 237 ministers, 258 churches and preaching points. God has blessed the work and in 2005, thanks to Pastor Daniel Maxwell of Gerald, Missouri, and his awesome team of builders, PNG now has a training center in Goroka, operating as the full time national Bible school.

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~Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Tobago - Summer Update from Gary and Kristi Landaw

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Summer Update from Gary & Kristi Landaw

Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago

SFC Moves the Gospel

SFC Moves the Gospel Thank you to all who give to SFC! In February we were able to get a new vehicle thanks to the Youth Division. Did you know that over the years we have carried children to church not knowing that they now would be leaders in the church. There are Pastors and their wives, Sunday School Teachers, Preachers, etc that when not able to get to church when they were children rode with us.   Maybe this term we will have a future Evangelist? Bible School Teacher?  Who knows? But we do know that without good transportation our work would be very difficult.  We promise to continue make good use of our vehicle and to see the the Gospel of Jesus Christ is shared.

It was a privilege to have the Youth Group from Martinsville,Indiana come for a week to Puerto Rico. During that time they worked with us in two new areas handing out invitations and  as well as preached, sang, testified.  Thanks to Pastor Mark Abernathy for sharing the team with us Trinidad and Tobago This year Tobago is reporting more baptisms than ever before. The church in Couva now has it's own facility. Thanks for praying and believing with us. .

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