tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159256242009-11-19T09:20:44.945-06:00The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations <br /> World Missions site for news and prayer requests.<br />Discriptionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09820150925105287510noreply@blogger.comBlogger730125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15925624.post-71194646145653963762009-11-18T09:24:00.001-06:002009-11-18T09:31:22.927-06:00

  AFLC World Missions has teamed up with World Relief to provide compassion to the poor around the world.  You can give to World Relief directly or with your normal giving to AFLC World Missions.

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AFLC pastor, Rev. Robert Delmar Giles went to be with the Lord yesterday, November 16, 2009.  Rev. Giles served in South Africa from 1982-1986.  Robert is the father of missionary Dan Giles who served with AFLC World Missions with his wife Debbie.  Robert’s grandchildren, Danny and Marcela Giles and Ingrid Giles currently serve as Short Term missions Assistants in Mexico with AFLC World

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Please be praying for continued good health and healing in the ministry down here.  It seems like many people from the church have been coming down with the flu this week.  I just got off the phone with one of the home school dads and two of his children were diagnosed with the H1N1 flu today.  On top of that, the oldest son has the beginning symptoms of pneumonia as well.  I'm not paranoid

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Nathan Olson and Jon Nelson have been waiting for several months now to receive their visa to travel to Brazil and work as Short Term mission Assistants (STA).  Please pray that the Lord would open the door for them to serve Him in this way.  Below is the text of a recent email sent out by Nathan and Jon.                                                                                 “I’m

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The Youth Department of the AFLC has announced their 2010 Student Mission’s trips.  They have trip to Ukraine from July 11th – 25th.  A second trip, to India is scheduled from July 25th to August 20th.  For more information click on either of the graphics and you will be taken to the Youth Department website for more information.

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Dear friends, Can you believe Thanksgiving is already approaching?!?  We certainly have lots to be thankful for. Before I forget, I want to thank you all for your prayers for the dean and the health issues he was dealing with.  He has seen much improvement in his condition and was able to join us here only about a week after classes started.  He seems to be doing well and we are grateful for

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We just sent out our October prayer update but we have one more prayer request. Our youth camp in the Czech Republic is ending this weekend and we will be taking the kids back to Lviv this Sunday. We just learned that there is an unknown flu epidemic in the Lviv region (read the article below) so please pray for safety for everybody. We would consider keeping our students out of Ukraine a little

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This week we are at a youth camp in the Czech Republic. As we mentioned in our earlier updates, we are organizing this camp together with a youth group from Oldrichovice (Czech). At first we were really disappointed when instead of ten students from Lviv, we ended up bringing only three. But we are very grateful that those three can be here. What a blessing to see the Oldrichovice youth

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Have you ever watched our videos.  We have a collection of videos describing a number of our ministries.  The latest addition to our playlist is a video from Justo Pillman who is ministering in Ecuador.  Click on the graphic to the right and then go to Justo’s video named “Missionupdate.”  

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Almost two months have slipped by and I realize it is time to communicate with our web of friends and supporters. We hope everyone has returned to another school year with a desire to do all to the glory of God and give Him thanks in all things.  Looking Back We have had a full two months.  I just want to give you a quick overview so that you can rejoice with us and pray for us as you have

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"Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear." F. B. Meyer It's been great to be in full swing again after being sick for so long. I thought I'd never get rid of that thing! The only thing is, we're so busy teaching and

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God is good and I am excited to have many evidences of His goodness to report in this update!!  I was just looking back at my last update and realized that I didn’t say much of anything about Tanzania.  I guess it was more a report of my time away from Tanzania than anything. Well, since that time, Ben arrived safely here in Tanzania.  He was a couple days behind me due to a delay in Chicago

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Some news doesn't make international news even though it can affect a lot of people. This past week, the Krishna River in Andra Pradesh hit a flood stage greater than had ever been predicted possible. The rains from neighboring states overwhelmed three dams along the river. 400 villages have been affected by the floods. Eventually the river bank gave out in the area where we have 4 AFLC

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Greetings from Waama Bible School! After nearly 3 months in the States, both Jesse and I are back at Waama ready for our 4th year of teaching and showing the Jesus Film! The brief couple months we had in the States were a huge blessing. I was able to share a dozen times about the work we do in Tanzania! I was also able to meet up with many friends and family and had a very blessed time with all

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Thank you so much for your prayers for the work and the ministry in Uganda and India. After two weeks in Uganda, this is the fourth day in India. There were some great encouragements in Uganda that I would like to update you on and the training in India was in session the morning after arrival. Before more updates, some prayer requests include: - The flooding of the Krishna river in the

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Greetings once again from the beautifully warm country of Tanzania!  It is hard to believe summer is already over and even harder to believe all that has happened since I last sent an update like this.  God truly blessed my time away from Tanzania and I am especially thankful to have been able to see many of you. For those that don’t know, my summer “break” included time not only in Washington

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Greetings from Ukraine! New school year is in full swing here in Lviv so we will keep this short. As we mentioned in our last update we lost a volunteer who was helping us last year and was planning to come work with us full time this year so we are thankful for all your prayers as we are still trying to figure out what changes to make so that we would be able to manage the ministry ourselves.

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I just wanted to write a quick note and ask prayer for continued safety down here.  I don't get paranoid about it (I should probably be more careful than I am), but recently have realize how many dangers there are every day.  Just in the last couple weeks I've seen the Lord's protection multiple times while traveling.  Traffic feels like a zoo sometimes there are so many close calls.  Also, last

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Tara’s African Adventures- October 2009 “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him.” Psalms 37:4-7 Travels, Friends, and School…. Thank you for

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In March we were able to buy a property to build a church, after saving  for 4 years. Now we begin our faith journey to build the church. Click here to read the whole newsletter.

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As we've been traveling on deputation these last few months there were a number of people asking us about the violence in Mexico.  If you'd like to see the article in the New York Times that talks about what has happened in our town you can find it by clicking on the link to the AFLC World Missons Prayer Blog http://aflc-wm.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html .  In my letter posted Wednesday,

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Hello Friends, Thank you for all of your prayers for this trip to Uganda. The trip has gone smoothly and there have been many great connections and experiences. Some great answers to prayer have been the following: Peace returned to Kampala before we went through the city. It was interesting to hear from some of those that did go through the rioting. The mobs were burning cars at random

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Rev. Kevin Olson, developer of Ambassador Institute is traveling in Uganda and India.  His purpose for traveling is to encourage the Ambassador Institute’s distance education program for pastors and leaders.  He will be testing the students in both Uganda and India.  He will be in Uganda until September 29th.  Kevin will then travel to India and will return home on October 16th.  Please remember

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Thanks for praying for us while we've been on the road since the beginning of August! It's been wonderful to meet so many of you that have been a part of our prayer team for the past few years. We've been encouraged and refreshed in your homes and in your churches. Thanks for housing us, feeding us, listening to us, and sharing your lives with us. It's been so good to be "home". In August we

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Though I’ve been back from vacation for a couple of weeks now, I was surprised to realize that September is half over.  Yesterday was Mexican Independence Day!  ¡Viva México!  I've been having trouble for a few days sending this prayer letter; I hope it works this time. God knew I needed a vacation.  I am so thankful to Him for planning it.  I’d been saving up all year to take a linguistics

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