Monthly Archives: February 2012

Training Church Planters in Africa

Patrick O’Connor and Paul Goodner are in Kenya and Uganda February 28 to March 19 to lead several church planting workshops. They will be training church leaders in both countries and visiting missionaries. Please pray that God will allow Patrick and Paul to encourage missionaries and nationals in Africa and that God will raise up [...]

Batch 20 Graduation at Working Hands

Gary Root, Wood Technology instructor at Working Hands, writes, “Yesterday we celebrated the successful completion of over nine months of discipleship and vocational skills training. We send 19 young men away with the earnest prayer that God will protect them, that they will experience the full and abundant life that God wants to give them, [...]

35,000 Books Distributed to Korean Believers

A missionary in Canada will impact thousands of Korean-speaking people without visiting Asia. Wayne and Diane Mac Leod are ACTION missionaries in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Wayne praises the Lord for 35,000 books that were distributed to Korean believers in 2011. He gives more details below: “Mission World Library, a Korean publisher, has distributed 35,155 [...]

Short-Term Construction Opportunity in the Philippines

Paul Ortiz was the construction foreman for Shalom Christian Birthing Home from August 2009 to October 2011, but he recently had to return to the United States. Paul is planning to make a trip to the Philippines with a work team from his home area in Colorado in April. He is willing to have others [...]

Ministry Manual Translated in Cambodia

“Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God’” (Mark 10:14, ESV). Nathan Wells writes, “We are thrilled to announce that the translation of the children’s manual ‘Learning about Jesus’ is complete! The book contains 30 lessons, each with a memory verse, a short [...]

Evangelistic Camp for Filipino Street Kids

Jeff Anderson, missionary in the Philippines, writes, “Camping is a very fun, fulfilling, and fruitful ministry! Eight partner churches recruited 40 street youth from Calumpit and Malolos City to attend an evangelistic camp February 14-16. We had a good time as we worshiped the Lord together, learned life lessons from our games, listened to messages [...]

Classes Resume at APC in Zambia

Tracy Singleton resumed classes this month with 18 eager students at ACTION Pastors’ College (APC). He writes, “For the next six weeks a course on biblical exegesis, Veritas Module One, will be taught. After completing this course, we will select 15 of the 18 men to be enrolled in APC, which will begin in May. [...]

Sharing Spiritual Truths with Young Men in the Philippines

Gary and Melita Root are involved in vocational training and discipleship of young men who are from poor backgrounds in Manila, Philippines. Gary teaches Wood Technology as part of the program called Working Hands, which also offers Automotive Mechanics and Computer. Melita writes, “There are two weeks of class left for Batch 20 of Working [...]

HIV-AIDS Issues in Zambia

Derek and Kristin Dearth serve as C.R.O.S.S. Project Coordinators in Zambia. They write, “God has richly blessed us this first year of ministry in the C.R.O.S.S. Project. It has been very encouraging to see God at work in the lives of church leaders, care teams, and church bodies as they start making changes in their [...]

Feeding Program Expands in Malawi

A feeding program for needy people is one ministry of missionaries Chet and LeAnne Burns in Lilongwe, Malawi. LeAnne writes, “Thanks to a new partnership with Children of the Nations, as well as many generous supporters, this year ACTION was able to sponsor four new feeding centers in addition to resuming our previous seven centers [...]