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International Ministries Report
Ghana
Jeff reported, “Your prayers worked! A couple weeks ago I asked you to pray because only three people had registered for the “Awaken to the World” missions-awareness course here in Ghana. The program started yesterday, and the number of registrants had reached 194! That’s a record for the first day. Thank you.”
Brazil
Pat, who has served [...]
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Seeds Produce Multiplied Fruit in East Timor
by George Foster
During my first trip to East Timor, I heard a story that blessed and encouraged me and blesses nearly everyone who hears it. Two of Bethany’s early missionaries, Herb and Ruth Billman, were always eager to be led by the Holy Spirit. They studied Portuguese and went to Guinea-Bissau. In 1962 they felt [...]
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Successful Hurricane Stan Outreach in Chiapas, Mexico
by Kerry Olson
Bethany International Ministries, Mexico City, Mexico
In early November, Marcelino Naranjo (the leader of the full-time team we are sending to Asia in early 2006) approached me about his burden to send a team to the hurricane-stricken city of Tapachula in the southern state Chiapas near the border of Guatemala.
To tell the truth, I [...]
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New Partnership with Africa School of Missions in South Africa
Bethany International has recently formed a partnership with Africa School of Missions (ASM) in White River, South Africa. ASM seeks to equip its students for excellence in global ministry. Since 1985, they have endeavored to meet this need through a training program with a practical approach that emphasizes training not just the head but also the heart and hands for service.
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Working With International Partners to Rebuild the Lives of Tsunami Victims
by Rand Olson
Johannes (Joe) and Dharma (Peter) are two good reasons why Bethany has started to work among Indonesia’s tsunami victims. Both are Indonesians who have a heart for reaching their Muslim neighbors. They have started a new relief and development organization called Peduli Bangsa (Caring for the Nations) and they have already sent a [...]
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Update from Bethany‛s relief workers on the ground in Indonesia
Like many Christians, Bethany’s staff and students felt called to respond to the suffering in the Indian Ocean region as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami. Less than two weeks after the disaster, Bethany sent a team to Indonesia to take medicine and funds for the relief effort, and to evaluate partnership opportunities. Rand Olson and Paul Strand were joined in Jakarta by Rita Eltgroth and Roger Schrage, long-term relief and development workers based in Indonesia.
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