07/01/2011
News from South Africa
submitted by Stephen & Gwen Geise
It is amazing how much can change in six months . When we returned to South Africa we noticed a significant change in the roads. In an average season this area of country gets about 27 inches of rain, but between November 2010 and June 2011 this area received more than 3 feet of rain. The result is that already poor road conditions have led to terribly rutted mud roads and in town the potholes give the roads a chicken pox appearance.
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07/01/2011
News from Turks & Caicos
submitted by Michael & Daryl Hobbs
Dear Friends,
How blessed we are to serve our awesome Saviour, He who loves us and gave His life for us! He has been bringing many desperate people into our lives, and our daily prayer is, "Lord, let your love flow through us!"
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05/03/2011
News from Russia
submitted by Valera & Maude Motovilov
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Yoshkar-Ola! Attached you will find our May newsletter. We will be going to the orphanage tomorrow and would appreciate your prayers as we talk with the new head teacher about continuing with the Bible classes. May God bless you!
In Christ,
The Motovilovs
04/25/2011
Motovilovs arrive in Yoshkar-Ola!
submitted by Valera & Maude Motovilov
Dear Friends,
We have arrived safely in Yoshkar-Ola! We praise God that everything went smoothly on our trip here. Thank you for your prayers! God answered! We are starting to get over our jet lag and are working on unpacking and getting settled in. We will also be working on a newsletter soon. Have a wonderful day and God bless you!
In Christ,
The Motovilovs
04/19/2011
Motovilovs Return to Russia
submitted by Valera & Maude Motovilov
Dear Friends,
We thank God for His help in our deputation travels! We felt God's presence and help because you were praying! God answered prayer in so many different ways!
This past week we have been packing and preparing for our trip to Russia. We leave this Thursday and would appreciate your prayers as we travel on the 21st through the 23rd. It is a long tiring trip with three small children and a lot of luggage! Please pray that things will go smoothly.
We trust you will have a blessed Easter Holiday with family and friends as we remember what our Savior did for us on Calvary. It's great to know that Jesus didn't stay in the grave, but that He is alive today!
Blessings,
Valera, Maude, Zarina, Alexander, and Nicolas Motovilov
04/15/2011
News from Michael & Daryl Hobbs
submitted by Michael & Daryl Hobbs
Their newest newsletter is now online in PDF format.
02/01/2011
HIM Welcomes Ed & Heather Durham
submitted by Office staff
Ed Durham and his wife Heather (Heather is Canadian born) presently reside in Cincinnati, Ohio, and are former missionaries to Ukraine. He graduated from Hobe Sound Bible College with a B.A. in Ministry in 1982 and from Azusa Pacific University with a M.A. in Leadership Development in 2003. The Durhams have one daughter, Alicia Beth McIntyre, who is married.
The Durhams officially joined HIM on December 1, 2010 after participating in an Eastern Europe trip and meeting with the FEA Board in November. Their official responsibilities will be to direct the Eastern Europe/Russia evangelistic and educational endeavors. They will also serve as regional directors with the existing team by helping in leading them in their respective responsibilities.
Ed holds ministerial credentials with the Heartland Conference of the Bible Methodist Church. He served for nine years as a pastor and field director under EBM International. The Durhams also pastored churches in New York and Canada. Recently Ed has been involved with a variety of general maintenance tasks and church planting ministries. Heather works in financial customer service. They plan to leave for Budapest, Hungary in the early spring of 2012 where they will be stationed as regional directors for Eastern Europe and Russia. We welcome the Durhams to our team!
02/01/2011
G. R. French Honored
submitted by Office staff
G. R. French will be specially honored at the dedication of FEA's new Administration Building on Saturday, February 5. Rev. French served as FEA's president for 20 years (1978-1998).
02/01/2011
The Littlest Missionary
submitted by Office staff
Congratulations to Philip and Amrie Geise on the arrival of their first baby, Antonie Jonathan Geise - meaning "Priceless Gift from God." He was born in South Africa at 2:25am, January 24th. He weighed 6 lbs 3 ounces.
02/01/2011
Taiwan Times
submitted by Byron & Melissa Manners
Dear Friends,
I am going to send out this letter on our trip to Guam so I don’t have to deal with it in a regular newsletter. Missy wrote a lot of this, and you might actually like to have a letter from her instead of me. She had a bad asthma attack there, and caught a bad cold. I caught a bad cold on coming back to Taiwan. It was warm in Guam, in the eighties, and Taipei was very cold. I had a miserable weekend and needed a week to get my strength back. I guess it was one of those times we had to vacation from the vacation.
Here is Missy’s description. I will add a little in italics so you will understand who some of the people are. We left here on Monday morning a little after 10:00. We took the longer way north by traveling on the western coastal highway. We met Sharon around 4:00 and went to eat supper with her. Sharon is our close friend that found the deal for Guam on the internet and arranged for us to go. Jeffery is her husband, not yet a Christian. Jeffrey was golfing on Monday and then he had an errand to do. He was going to meet us for supper later, but changed and only met us as we were parking our car and allowing them to take us to the airport.
01/25/2011
Taiwan Times
submitted by Darlene Edwards and Nancy Messenger
Here is the January issue of Taiwan Times.
01/25/2011
Update from the Kuhns family
submitted by Eric & Hannah Kuhns
Enjoy the latest issue of The Church Planter from Eric & Hannah Kuhns.
01/21/2011
Update from the Steve Geise family
submitted by Stephen & Gwen Geise
The Geise family is currently in the US on deputation. Read their latest newsletter here. It includes their travelling schedule. Maybe you can meet up with them!
01/20/2011
Hobbs Newsletter
submitted by Michael & Daryl Hobbs
Read the January newsletter here.
01/17/2011
One year after the earthquake ...
submitted by Office staff
In many places in Haiti, things don’t appear much different from what they were a year ago. Reports say that only 10% of the rubble from the January 2010 earthquake has been hauled away. And every available lot is still filled with tents.
But there is good news …
A number of good changes have occurred in the past year:
- The children in HIM’s orphanage have been safely relocated to their new home in Grand Riviere. The new lot provides a beautiful place for the children to play.
- The mission house at the new location was repaired and expanded.
- God provided a generator that provides all the electricity the compound needs.
- A new building was erected to store food.
- Bunk beds were built for the orphans and each child has a new mattress, sheet and blanket.
- The mission school now has 150 students, including the orphans.
- At Christmas, each child got a complete, new outfit, a toy, and a Creole New Testament.
Goal for the coming year:
- Add a second storage to the orphanage.
- A couple is planning to go to Haiti as missionaries!
God is working in Haiti!
01/15/2011
Taiwan Times
submitted by Byron & Melissa Manners
Has God ever given you a Christmas present? This Christmas I had a strange experience that could only have been arranged by God. It actually started back in November when Missy bumped into a lady on the street. This lady asked if Missy was Jewish because of the covering she wears on her head. Missy explained she was not and said that she and I were missionaries pastoring a local church. The lady took our card and promised to come. Later that week, she bumped into me on the street. I was on my way for therapy, so I was not interested in talking, but she told me she had met my wife and would be coming to church. She and her husband came for one of my Bible studies, and then to Sunday service. Her husband really liked me, and said he would start attending our church. Come to find out, they were Christians, but he would not go to church. He said the pastors in Taiwan talk a lot, but there is no action to back up what they say. He sensed something in me that was different. I was really humbled, yet the Lord used what he said to encourage me.