Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Both teams are leaving for another mission trip the team to the river will be leaving tomorrow Sunday night and the team to the savanna will be leaving Monday morning
Both teams will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade please pray for us as we go for our safety and for a harvest of sols
God bless you Jai
Hello Friends of Guyana,
I have a wonderful report about the Mazaruni Prisons. These two prisons that are a long way from all the other ministry our staff does weekly. Both prisons are on a huge island in the Essequibo River. The other prisons are within a few hours drive and are visited weekly for ministry but they only go to Mazaruni a few times a year. We decided that it is worth the extra money and time to start going every other month. They tried to go the day before the Pastor Training Trip last month and made the trip half way and spent the night in a hotel. The next morning they were ready to get on the boat and it was canceled due to the terrible weather conditions so they couldn't go to the Mazaruni Prisons.
This Thursday they went to Lusignan Prison near Georgetown then spent the night in hotel in Parika near the dock. Friday morning, they traveled by boat about 1 1/2 hours to the prisons and held a service at each prison. When they told the inmates that they were going to begin coming every other month, the inmates CHEERED!!!! Between the two prisons, there were 23 men who accepted Christ on Friday. What a joy to bring the Good News to the least of these. We love to teach them that even though they are behind bars, they can be free.
They took the boat back to Parika and then because of heavy traffic, it took over 6 hours to drive home. I am so grateful for our 4 man team who are willing to work so hard and humbly to share Christ with as many people as possible.
Please pray for God's ministry in Guyana.
Beth
Friends of Guyana,
We had a glorious February. Thank you for praying for the two teams. Alex and Markie just got back yesterday from Region 9 near Brazil. They had 90 people accept Christ. What a joy to see the harvest come in.
In Region 1 near Venezuela, the pastor training was a wonderful success. Sadly, the rains fell so hard and long that 3 of the pastors couldn't get there. Ten of those who have been in Carl's classes were there along with the 5 new pastors. All of them were blessed by Carl's two full days of teaching. The five new ones just wish they had been in on all the teaching from the past as those who had already come referenced things they had learned. We are delighted to have 18 pastors now in our training. The 3 day training had to be done in two days but the pastors didn't mind long days. The weather was so bad, they had to take an extra day to come out of the jungle to make sure Carl didn't get trapped and miss his flight. On The Sunday morning service when they first got to the village, Carl preached and there were 6 salvations. Four of them were a family with parents and two teens. What a blessing and we know they will be in a good church to be able to learn and grow.
We have started building a church for one of the villages, Maruca. If God lays it on your heart to help, we need $1500 to complete the church for this congregation. They also need a sound system that will cost $300. If you can donate, please send a check to :
International Celebration Assn.
62777 Carolina Commons Dr.
Indian Land, SC 29707
OR
Zelle to bethwpuckett@gmail.com
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support.
Beth
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Here is pray request we would like to share with you for you to pray for us
Tomorrow morning we are going to the lusignan prison to do our regular weekly service there
Friday morning we will be traveling to the mazaruni prisons to do service at both prisons this is a addition to the ministry we do every week Mazaruni is a long distance but this year we will be going every two months and do ministry there
Thanks to those who give to make this possible
Thanks also for those who pray for us
God bless you Jai
2025 February Prayer Guide for Pastor Training Trip
Dear Friends of Guyana,
Please pray for this upcoming trip. Carl Martin is going for another pastor training trip. We are so grateful for his commitment to go every six months to train pastors in the remote villages of Guyana. Besides being a wonderful teacher, he is so relational with them that they feel they can open up about any issues they are facing. Here are the dates that you can pray specifically for him and our team. He will be joined by Jai and Michael on this trip to Region 1 near Venezuela in the river village of Canal Bank. Alex and Markie will be doing a trip to Region 9 near Brazil in the savanna area this same week. Please pray for them as well.
FRIDAY, February 14—our four staff will go to the Mazaruni Prisons for services which will include evangelism and discipleship. These prisons are on an island in the Essequibo River. Please pray for God to touch the hearts of these men and that they will each come closer to Him, either for salvation or for maturity.
SATURDAY, February 15—Our team will go back to Georgetown and await Carl’s arrival. Please pray for his travel day as he has several layovers, Savannah to DCA to Miami to Georgetown. We all know how difficult air travel can be these days. Pray for flights to be on time and for opportunities to engage people he sits beside if God opens the door. He will arrive in Guyana at 11:55 PM. Pray for an easy time getting through customs. The hotel is about an hour’s drive from the airport so he will be very late getting to bed.
SUNDAY—February 16— Pray for energy as Carl and Jai and Michael have a 6:30 AM flight out of the small Ogle airport in Georgetown to fly to the jungle landing in Port Kaietuma. They will take a 20 minute boat ride on the Kaietuma River and go to the village of Canal Bank. Pray Carl will get some much needed rest as they settle in and prepare for the pastors to arrive on Monday morning. They will set up in the open air church where they will sleep on blow up mattresses or hammocks. They will set up their kitchen there where Jai will cook for them during their stay.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY—February 17, 18, 19 —Eighteen pastors will arrive for the training and may bring other workers from their churches also. Thirteen of them have come to several of Carl’s training sessions and we are excited to have FIVE new pastors joining this time. Carl will be using Philippians as his launching pad to teach and encourage these pastors. Each day, there will be several sessions as well as time in between for conversation times to talk about how to apply what they are learning. Every time Carl has gone and tells the pastors it is time to end a session, they say they don’t want to stop. Carl is a gifted teacher who knows how to make the Word applicable. The churches these pastors go back to will be blessed to have a pastor who has sat under Carl’s teaching.
THURSDAY, February 20—Carl, Jai and Michael will travel back out of the river and fly back to Ogle in Georgetown. They will have some down time to rest and enjoy each being together. I am sure a card game will break out at some point!!!!!
FRIDAY, February 21—Carl has a 6:35 AM flight. The airport is an hour from the hotel so it will be a very early wake up call. Pray for a good travel day. Traveling back Carl only has one layover, Georgetown to Miami to Savannah.
Thank you for praying for God to supply these pastors with renewed zeal as they serve their congregations.
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ from all of us here in Guyana
As you know we went to our first mission trip for this year to the jungle both teams are back safely from another great trip
We have 280 persons give there life to Jesus christ
We would like to thank you for your prayers and support over the past year and as we started a new year We look forward for a greater year this year
So I'm asking you to please continue to pray and support us so we can reach the end of guyana with the gospel of Jesus christ
Thanks again God bless you Jai
Dear Friends of Guyana,
Both teams are leaving tomorrow morning for our first trip for this year Alex and Markey will drive the big truck back to the savanna and stop at 2 villages and do 4 nights of celebration crusade Me and Micheal will leave also for the river villages we will go to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade
please pray for us as we travel for our safety and a harvest of souls
Jai
Dear Guyana Friends,
Jai's email is not working right now so he asked me to send out the report from this week. It was a wonderful week of ministry in all the prisons and 2 Girl's Homes.
There were 107 inmates who indicated that they accepted Christ. 69 of them were from the 2 Mazaruni Prisons. These 2 prisons are on a huge island in a huge river. It takes 2 hours by boat to reach them. Our ministry hasn't been there in 5 years. We usually go every 2-3 years but a visit was canceled for reasons out of our control. The warden is a very good friend of our ministry and he was so glad to have us back. There were a lot of men who hadn't heard the Gospel preached and that is why the number of salvations was so large. I was overwhelmed when Jai told me about one man who had received a bracelet from us 5 years ago. The bracelets are the ones with the colored beads that tell the salvation story. The strap on his bracelet had broken so he found a rubber band and put his beads around his ankle and was still wearing it after 5 years. I am so grateful for decisions that have been made over the years.
We have decided to start going back to Mazaruni much more often even though it costs about $500 per trip because of renting the boat and a few other expenses related to the trip. We would love to go every two months to be able to teach and disciple these men like we do the inmates in the prisons that are closer. If God lays it on anyone's heart to help with the expenses of this new outreach, we would love help as it will be $3000 per year more than usual. See below how to give.
The Christmas parties for the Girls' Homes were wonderful, too. Mahaica has 35 girls and 4 babies. Hararuni has 14 girls. We love being able to minister to these girls throughout the year.
Thank you all for your prayers and support for God's ministry in Guyana. This year there have been 2,221 salvations. We started working in Guyana in November, 19 years ago (2006). We have now had 33,927 people indicate that they have accepted Jesus. We are so amazed at what God has done.
If you would like to give:
International Celebration Assn.
62777 Carolina Commons Dr.
Ste 600, #135
Indian Land, SC 29707
or Zelle to: bethwpuckett@gmail.com
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love, Beth and Jai
This morning we will be going to the new anserdam prison
Tuesday morning and we do 2 service at the lusignon prison then after that we go to the mahaica girls home
Wednesday morning we go to the women's prison at timhiri and right after that we go to the hararuni girls home
Thursday morning we travel to mazaruni prison and do two service there
Jai
Please pray for each of these events as our team celebrates the birth of Christ and talk about the redemption plan. Each inmate and girl will receive a gift.
This is Beth now. I wanted to give you prayer partners a report from the Christmas community outreach in Jai and Tracy's community. It is a tradition to have a short service, gifts and a tree lighting. It is held on the street outside of Jai's house where he has built a tree that is about 2 stories tall. There was Christmas music then Alex shared a short message about our Savior and how anyone could accept Jesus as their Savior. After the goodies and children's gifts were handed out, the countdown began and the huge tree was lit to cheers. The exciting part is that after the crowd dispersed, 11 people stayed around to talk to our team about accepting Christ as there Savior. All 11 made that decision. What a blessing!!! We have had a wonderful year and can't wait to see what God does next year. Thank you for your prayers and support.
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
We are back from another wonderful trip from the jungle it was a great trip we had 180 persons give there life to Jesus christ
That was our final trip to the jungle for this year and we had a great year so far and that could a only be possible because of your prayers and support
So we the celebration of love team would like to thank you so much for your prayers and support over the past year
The harvest is still ripe and ready in Guyana there are still lots more villages in Guyana and a lot more sols to be won
So I'm asking you to please continue to pray and support our ministry here in Guyana so we can reach the end of Guyana with the gospel of Jesus christ
God bless you Jai and teams
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Both teams are leaving this evening for another mission trip to the jungle our big truck is out from the savanna and will be going back in January so Both teams will be going to 3 river villages and do a total of 6 nights of celebration crusade
Please pray for us as we travel on the road and river for our safety and for a harvest of sols
God bless you Jai
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
As you know we went on a mission trip last week both teams are back safely from another great trip our big truck are out safely also. It only took 14 hours of straight driving to bring it out because the trail was dry. To take it in, it took 22 hours. Praise God
We had 235 persons give there life to Jesus christ
Thanks for your prayers and support over the past years
God bless you Jai
Dear Friends of Guyana,
We have the wonderful report that the churches of two more river villages in Region 1 near Venezuela want to come under our umbrella for training and accountability. We are so thrilled about this. They will be involved in Pastor Carl's training in February. The need is to buy them some sound equipment for their churches. The cost for the two churches will be $370. Please consider helping with this expense.
Also, with Christmas coming up soon, we will be doing our annual outreach to the inmates at all six prisons in Guyana. Our team goes to each facility and has a Christmas program with Christmas music and a Gospel message. Then each inmate is given a simple Christmas gift bag to let them know they are loved. The cost of the travel to the prisons and the gifts is $5000.
If God puts it on your heart to help with either of these needs, please send a check to:
International Celebration Association
62777 Carolina Commons Dr.
Ste 600, #135
Indian Land, SC 29707
OR
Zelle to bethwpuckett@gmail.com
We are so grateful to have your prayer support and your financial help. May God continue to draw the people of Guyana to Himself. It is such a privilege to work in this field where the harvest is so ripe.
Blessing to you and remember that our two teams are ministering in remote villages this week so pray for souls to be saved.
Love, Beth
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Both teams are leaving for another trip Alex and Michael will go to the savanna and will be leaving tomorrow morning and they will be going to 2 villages and do 4 nights of celebration crusade And then they will drive out our truck to load up again It will take about 20 hours to drive it back home.
Markie and I will be leaving Sunday morning for the river we will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade
Please pray for us as we travel on the road river And trails pray also for a harvest of sols
God bless you Jai
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Thanks for your prayers and support as you know we was out in the jungle and the savanna for our mission trips
both teams are back from another wonderful trip we had 320 persons give there life to Jesus christ
The harvest in Guyana is still ripe and ready please continue to pray and support us as we continue to preach the gospel all across Guyana
Thanks again and God bless you Jai
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Both teams are leaving for another mission trip to the river And the savanna
Tomorrow midday the team will be leaving for the river villages and Monday morning the other team will be leaving for the savanna
Both teams will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade
Please pray for us as we travel on the roads rivers trails and in the air
Pray also for a harvest of sols
God bless you Jai
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Thanks for your prayers and support both teams are back from another wonderful trip from the jungle we had a great week of celebration crusade 322 persons give there life to Jesus christ
Also the Thursday before we went to our mission trip we want to the prison where they transfer the timehri inmates to lusignan and 34 inmates give there life to Jesus christ
Thanks again for your prayers and support
God bless you Jai
Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ
Because of the bad weather in the savanna Both teams are leaving this evening for our next mission trip to the rivers for a week
Both teams will be going to 3 villages each and do 6 nights of celebration crusade please pray for us as we travel for our safety and for a harvest of sols
God bless you Jai
Dear Friends of Guyana,
I hope you are all doing well. I know there are a lot of summer colds going around and I hope you have escaped them.
I wanted to let you know that one of our very well-used generators has finally given up and must be replaced. It will be $1,100. If God prompts you to help us with all or part of that expense, we would be very grateful.
You can send a check to:
International Celebration Assn
62777 Carolina Commons Dr.
Ste 600, #135
Indian Land, SC 29707
or
Zelle to bethwpuckett@gmail.com
or
Credit card---Go on our website (internationalcelebration.org) and click on Donate
All are tax deductible as we are a 501C3.
If you Zelle or give by credit card, please email me or text the address you want your tax letter to be sent to.....bethwpuckett@gmail.com 561-301-4111
Thank you for considering helping. We stand amazed at what God continues to do in Guyana. His Kingdom is growing and we are thankful to ba a part of it.
Beth
Dear Ministry Friends,
Thank you so much for your prayers for our trip. God answered in miraculous ways. The US Team and the Guyanese team were quickly bonded and we had a great time of serving together and oh, so much laughter.
The first day was the ministry at Alex, Markey and Deanna’s church. We had over 200 children there. Pastor Alan is so great with children and did a wonderful job of teaching Jesus’ power as HE calmed the storm in the boat with his disciples. As we washed the children’s feet and had conversations with them, we found many had already accepted Christ and many were too young to understand but we loved on them and prayed for them. The greatest blessing of the day was that 29 children did accept Jesus as their Savior and will be followed up by the churches who sent their children to the event.
On Wednesday, our prison time was changed to the afternoon so in the morning we had time to make LOTS of salvation bracelets to use throughout the week. The two days at New Amsterdam Prison were wonderful. Jai preached the first day and Pastor Alan the second. Both sermons were powerful and clear. We had 55 men accept Christ and 42 were baptized. Many had only been there a few months so we were grateful that they could hear God’s Word and make decisions for Christ and now can be taught by our Guyanese staff who go there weekly (except when they are in the remote villages). We handed out the Messengers that the Officer in Charge had approved. However, an official from higher up was there and said we could not give them out without the Director of Prisons approving them. We had to collect them and pray that we could soon give them out again. They are the handheld devices from InTouch Ministries that are solar powered and has the Bible and over 200 of Charles Stanley’s sermons on them. PRAISE GOD, the day we left, Alex was able to have a meeting with the Director of Prisons and he wholeheartedly approved so now we will have no problems using them in every prison. He gave Alex his personal contact information so if there is ever any trouble being able to use them, our staff can call him to confirm their approval.
Friday and Saturday we were in Lusignan Prison. What a blessed time. I took a large photo of Chad Hite who spoke there last year. I was able to remind the inmates who heard him speak and for those who didn’t, tell them a short version of Chad’s story of addiction and redemption. So many of the inmates had loved him and his encouraging story. They were shocked that he had died the month before. I was able to tell them that Chad would want you to know that we never know when our life will end. (Chad was only 33.) I told them Chad would have encouraged them not to put off making their decision to trust Jesus for their salvation. Allen Cleveland said that several of the men whose feet he washed said that Chad’s story made them realize that they didn’t want to put their decision off any longer. One inmate came to Pastor Alan who is tall and bearded like Chad and at first thought it was him. When he found out about Chad’s death, he was heartbroken. He said he and Chad had a special connection last year and that not only had Chad washed his feet, he had washed Chad’s feet as well. That inmate had written a song while in prison about the end of life and asked if he could sing it as a memorial to Chad. It was very touching. On Friday, Pastor Gene preached and Saturday, Alex preached. Each message was ordained by God to cut through strongholds and reach the hearts of the men.
At Lusignan Prison, we had 76 salvations and 44 baptisms. That is a total for both prisons of 131 salvations and 86 baptisms. We are so very grateful for God’s harvest. Our team also goes to Lusignan every week except when they are in the remote villages. That is a two hour trip each way but we consider this follow up so very important; it is a priority.
The last day, we had a wonderful time with the Hararuni girls. These girls have been either abused or abandoned or both. We have been involved with them over the years. Emily has spent extended time with them as she and Tracy spent several days at their home. Emily has had her prayer team at home each choose a girl to pray for and they have been faithful to do this for a few years. There were 8 girls there. The younger ones had gone out to visit relatives. Emily did the Bible story of Gideon and a powerful explanation of what it looks like to be separated from God for eternity. She made the way to be forgiven so very clear and at the end of the day, the seven girls who had never accepted Christ made that decision. One was already a Christian. Emily brought them little gifts for their hair, Bibles and study books for teens. It was a blessed day.
Other highlights were that Emily led the guard at the hotel to faith in Christ. His name is Rawell (sounds like Royal) and at the airport, she led Harmony to Christ. This young lady was on her way to boot camp. Please pray for these two as well as all the others who made decisions for Christ.
We were blessed by being able to serve and enjoyed continually having our team quote together our Bible verse for the week, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9. We saw a wonderful harvest. Hopefully we will remain faithful at home and continue to share the Good News of the Gospel. Thank you again for being a part of this trip through your prayer cover.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
