MISSIONS AND OUTREACH MINISTRIES

"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," (Matt.28:19 HCSB)

Sam and Dawn Wills

An estimated 4 to 5.4 million people lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a result of  the wars that raged between 1997 and 2004.  These wars along with government corruption have collapsed a fragile infrastructure of transportation, education, health, and the financial systems.

As the country now stabilizes as a democracy, Sam will serve as a pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship flying the many Christian and humanitarian organizations working to conduct emergency medical evacuations, transport medicines to outlying areas, enable church workers and evangelism, as well as enable training events, learninginstitutions, community development projects, and crisis relief.

Sam, Dawn, Talia, Brady, and Charlie will be in Quebec until December, 2011 studying French, the official language of DRC.

See their website at: www.maf.org/samwills
Contact them at: swills@maf.org

Andrew and Janet Kerr

Born in New Zealand and New York respectively Andrew and Janet have a combined total of 65 years experience in missions and the local church. Having lived and served in Asia and the Pacific region for a decade, both training and taking short term teams all over the world as well as serving for the last 20 years in the United States in varying capacities from Missions Pastors to Book Publishers. 

Andy and Janet continue their work with Youth With A Mission in Lakeside. However, they are shifting their focus from day to day operations work which they have done for the last 8 years to a ministry of "Debriefing".  With their background in missions and ministry both in the church and the market place they are have a depth of experience that provides the  platform from which they walk with each person and team that they are debriefing.

If you would like more information regarding debriefing please contact them at emmausencounter@gmail.com

For more information about their ministry, click HERE.

Dean and Lori Landis

Dean and Lori Landis and their family, minister and operate Glacier Meadow Lodge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

It is a non-profit Christian camp dedicated to evangelism and discipleship of the Blackfeet youth. Glacier Meadow's specific focus is on God's Word and what is says about Creation. Glacier Meadow Lodge is nestled against the dramatic eastern front of Glacier National Park, a two hour drive from Kalispell.

Zdeněk & Gabriela Spilko

Zdeněk Spilko is a pastor  of Baptist Church in Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic. He also works as a teacher at the Vocational  School (he teaches carpentry). His wife Gabriela (Gábi) works as an English teacher at the High School of Business. They have 3 children. Eliška is 16, Klára is 14, and Ondřej 13).

Our desire is to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in the Czech nation. We want to do it through church planting in our region. Our church is working in Pustá Rybná and in Hradec Králové. There are only a few Christians in these places. Our desire is to see a growing and healthy Christian communities there. 

During the school year we arrange conversational English classes and every summer we organize English camps for families with children and for teenagers, along with various programs throughout the year. Our church organizes 2 types of English courses – for the youth and for adults. We are glad that 80 % of all participans are people outside our church. The lessons are focused on conversation and there are also native speakers.

How you can help us:

• through prayers
• personal visit: short-term trips (English camps) or long-term trips
• through financial support for the mission and reconstruction

Please pray:

• Reaching new people in our town with the gospel
• church planting and mission work in the city of Hradec Králové
• young people who take part in the youth activities to make their decision to follow Christ
• new Christians converted during our summer activities
• growth in personal holiness and ministry
• reconstruction work in our church building

Kimberly Haines

Who is Kimberly Haines?  Kimberly has worked in partnership with Team Expansion since November 2001.  Since August 2006 she has served on the Mbale Mission Team in Uganda, East Africa.  She teaches Missionary children, aged 2-9 years, and also oversees the children’s ministry at a Ugandan church.  Most recently, she has been administrating an AIDS orphan program in Mbale, which cares for 60+ orphans whose parents have died of AIDS related causes.
Since graduating from college in 2002 Kimberly has also served in Juarez, Mexico; Grundy, Virginia; Taiwan; Kenya; Uganda; Nigeria; North Africa; Sudan; and Ghana. 
Follow Kimberly’s activities at:  http://www.teamexpansion.org/khaines

Who is the Mbale Mission Team?  The team was launched in 1995 when Shawn & Linda Tyler moved from a 13 year long ministry in Kitale, Kenya across the border to Mbale, Uganda.  The team seeks to share Christ with the people of East Africa through a variety of ministries. 
Learn more about the Mbale Mission Team and their ministries at:  http://www.mbalemissionteam.com/

Who is Team Expansion?
Team Expansion began as a prayer movement on the campus of then Kentucky Christian College in 1978.  Since then, God has blessed Team Expansion’s unique approach with over 300 missionaries working in 40+countries, planting over 250 churches and baptizing over 10,000 believers.
Team Expansion exists to 1) partner with the local church, 2) send and sustain teams of missionaries, and 3) plant indigenous churches among unreached people groups worldwide.
Learn more about Team Expansion at:  http://www.teamexpansion.org/

The R-Family

We are so excited about the many wonderful things that are happening among our people here in Africa. One quick story, a young boy, “Rich Man,” came to our clinic in a wheelbarrow several months ago severely malnourished and close to death. Now, two months later, he is walking and his family is believing. They keep asking for more Books to give to friends and neighbors. Along with the medical clinics, we are also excited about our feeding clinics. One young Muslim woman told us that the world had been spoiled by sin but through the love of God in us we are repairing it. It is a good reminder that the sometimes-inconvenient living is a small price to pay for being incarnational.

We would like to describe several ways in which you could partner with our work here.

Sponsor a feeding program – for $40 you can feed 150 people a healthy and filling meal. For many in our program this is the best meal they will eat all week. Our program feeds the homeless, elderly, orphans and abandoned women with children. The meal consists of rice, beans, and vegetable stew and a piece of fruit. An entire small group could share this meal and use the time to pray for our people and those who will be fed, that they will come to know the Bread of Life.

Send a short-term team – Medical personnel, construction workers, people who can hold babies, anyone who would like to be a part of what God is doing here. No special skills are necessary, just a willingness to be used. Short-term trips are incredible ways to physically be the hands and feet of Jesus and catch a vision for partnering with us. We are the first to engage a people group of over 6.2 million and are developing our strategy and in the infant stages of implementation. Short-term trips are a great way to fall in love with our people.

Be a “Go-Deeper” church – Our Company has asked us to partner with local bodies personally and specifically. We will be your “worker.” We can be a face to put to “M” offerings, set Skype dates with small groups, send videos to play, email specific prayer requests, and use your church strategically in reaching the lost here.

Commit to supporting a self-funded couple – John and Cathleen H are a young couple from Florida who are called to long-term missionary work. They have been to our city and have an incredible burden for the millions of lost. John and Cathleen are self-funded will be a valuable asset to our team and we are excited that they are making sacrifices to come self-funded.

We would be thrilled if you would consider partnering with us in any of these areas.