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From Mary Ann's Desk...

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“And He himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry...” Ephesians 4:11, 12a (NKJV) Greetings again in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ who upholds the world and all that is therein by the power of His word. What a mighty God we serve. I am so glad I belong to Him, and I am sure you feel the same way. Once again, my writing focuses on the work in India led by Bhalchandra Kamble. This time, I am reporting on another gift that was given to the work there by one of our wonderful Pastor friends and his church, Pastor Wes Courtney, Revival Tabernacle in Walker, Louisiana. This congregation provided the funds for them to purchase a new desktop computer and additional programs required to meet the needs of all their ministry programs. They had been crippling along with an out dated desktop that could not support any of the better, newer programs

News From the Dyars...

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Greetings from hot, hot, hot Redding! We trust you are all doing well. We have great news to report. The final amount needed for the Kenya trip has come in and we are finalizing plans. We are narrowing down dates but August 23rd through September 12th looks like the time frame for Mark to be in country. He will be speaking in three churches while he is there, ministering at the orphanage, doing street ministry in the slums, and meeting with individual pastors. Mark will also begin discussions with them regarding establishing a ministry school. As we mentioned in the last newsletter, the Kenyans we are working with are hungry. They have a desire to see more of God and host His presence with excellence. We are very excited and honored to be part of the process with them. We believe the Lord is giving us some strategies to be more efficient and effective in mentoring them. The goal, the vision is for the whole of Kenya to come into her place in the Kingdom. We are convinced the ans