Update and Ministry Opportunity
/Dear Friends,
I hope each of you had a blessed Easter, celebrating our Risen Savior and the finished work of the salvation plan. His love and forgiveness is what we want to spread all over Guyana.
I want to let you know several wonderful things that have been happening. Prison Fellowship has provided 2,200 Bibles for us and they are especially made for prisoners, giving footnotes that explain how the truths in the Bible highlight redemption and powerful second chances. 200 of the Bibles are Spanish since we sometimes encounter prisoners from Venezuela. Thank you Prison Fellowship.
There is a region in Guyana that our team has been visiting a lot lately. The villages are all on the rivers. The bi-vocational pastors from thirteen of the villages have asked Jai if they can come under the authority of our ministry for accountability and help in growing and maturing. We are thrilled and have helped several of them build church buildings. One village is fairly large but many of the people in the area live up to five miles away and can't get to church. The people of this villages decided they want to have a boat ministry (like our churches sometimes have bus ministries). They have built a boat themselves and needed a motor because the current is strong. The people there have large gardens and all pitched in and gave part of their crops to take to a town to sell them. They have corporately saved $1500 of the $3000 needed for the motor. Praise God, Carmel Baptist agreed to give them the other $1500 so now they can get their motor and start reaching many more people and growing their church. We pray for many salvations and a lot of solid growth.
This summer, pastor from Bluffton, SC will be going down the river with our team to train these 13 pastors. We are so grateful for Carl Martin, Pat and Kay Jones' pastor whose passion is training pastors. We will let you know when the trip is planned so you can pray specifically.
The next opportunity involves you who pray and give. Guyana is building a large prison to replace the one that burned several years ago. Our friend/warden, Deoraj, will be in charge. The government did not include a chapel/education facility. When the prison near Jai's home needed a chapel, Deoraj was the warden there and asked Jai if our ministry would build it. Many of you helped us with that project. We bought the materials and under Jai's leadership, the prisoners built it and it was dedicated with a plaque by the door showing it was donated by our ministry. We have the opportunity to do that again at the new prison. It will cost $10,000 for the materials. We are asking you to pray about giving to this chapel building project. We will use this special building every week. If you want to give, it is tax deductible and checks can be made out to:
International Celebration Assn. and mailed to:
6277 Carolina Commons Dr.
Ste 600, #135
Indian Land, SC 29707
Please note that is a new address.
Thank you all for being friends of what God is doing in Guyana.
Beth