Calvary Baptist Missions

Missionary of the week June 18

2006-06-22T07:33:00.000-06:00

Our missionary for this week is the Sonier family:
Hi,
Please pass to the church:
Virginia had her cast removed Mon. (6/19) They started here on weight bearing on the healed ankle. Lord willing she will be in rehab to retrain that leg for about a week, than she should be able to come home, around 6/27. She will then need a week to two weeks to recuperate at home.
We received the motor home back from the repair garage that did a full tune up and its running fine. Lord willing it will go into the conversion shop to have the lift installed 6/26. It is scheduled to take two to three days, if no complications set in. Funds are still about $1200.00 short to complete this project. I still have to make a special bed for her and install a high rise toilet. While we are disappointed that we will have to miss our Kendalville and Indianapolis Fairs we are hopeful that we will be able to pick up our fair schedule with the Columbus, OH fair. We are also please that we have picked up a new fair in New Braunfels, TX in Sept.
Please pray that Virginia continues to make progress and that the new motor home give us good service.

Victory Bible Baptist Church, 620 South St., Vidor, TX that started this project for us is where any funds should be sent.

Missionary of the week

2006-06-05T06:26:00.000-06:00

Each week, our church selects one of our missionary families to pray for during the week. Many of our people e-mail them as well. Our missionary of the week of June 4 is Randy and Tonya Smith and family. Currently they are home on furlough from Ivory Coast. They have been visiting their supporting churches and new churches. Please pray for them as they seek God's direction as to where they will go after the furlough. The Ivory Coast is still unstable at this time, but their heart is there with the people. Their e-mail address is: smithsinic@juno.com . They have 4 children, Jonathan age 7, LaRee age 5, Benji age 4, and Joshua age 1 Today, the 6th of June, is their 7th anniversary.

it is important to read missions letters

2006-06-01T16:43:00.000-06:00

How often do you read your missionary letters? Having a son that is a missionary makes me sensitive to how important it is to actually read what the missionaries are saying about things that are happening on their field. They spend alot of money on the stamps, paper, and printing of their prayer letters. More importantly, they are letting you know what your mission dollars are doing. It is a tremendous blessing to find out about each of them. You sort of feel like they are part of your family (which they are). I will be filling you in on the special prayer requests and the needs that they have. It is a my great joy and priviledge to do this.

Mrs Kay Smith - Missions Secretary

2006-05-31T21:08:00.000-06:00

Mrs. Kay Smith who is our Missions Secretary at Calvary Baptist Church will be taking over the Missions blog. Kay is Married to Bro. Norman Smith who is our Associate Pastor and Principal of Calvary Baptist Academy.

The Smith's have a Son, Randy, who is a missionary to the Ivory Coast. They also have 2 other children who are all serving the Lord. The Smiths have been a great asset to Calvary Baptist Church for about 6 years now.

WELCOME ABOARD KAY!!

GOD BLESS!

PASTOR

Little Solace Duah Taken Home To Be With The Lord - Please Pray For The Duah Family

2006-05-24T11:57:00.000-06:00

Names left to right: Audrey, Ken, Angie (wife), Alex, Desmond and in
front, Aletha.

Bro. Ken Duah Pastors In Ghana, West Africa. CBC Has Supported Them For Several Years Now.

DEAR SIR,
THIS IS BRO.DUAH.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE ALL LAST MONTH SINCE LITTLE
SOLACE HEALTH DETERORIATED.I HAVE BEEN BABYSITTING.IT
WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT I HAD THE TIME TO VISIT
NKAWKAW TO CHECK MY MAILS.I HAVE READ ALL THE MAILS.I
HAVE JUST COME TO ACCRA TODAY TO CHECK ON THE TICKETS
FOR LIBERIA AND CHECK ON OUR FUNDS.I LEFT AKOASE THIS
AFTERNOON BUT AS SOON AS I GOT TO ACCRA I GOT A
MESSAGE FROM HOME THAT AS SOON AS I LEFT LITTLE SOLACE
FELL INTO COMA AND WHEN SHE WAS BEING RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL AT NKAWKAW SHE DIED.SINCE I WAS NOT AROUND MY
DECONS HAVE HELPED TO BURY HER.WE WILL MISS HER BUT
GOD KNOWS BEST.WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
AND SUPPORT.WE WILL STILL NEED MORE PRAYERS FOR THE
LORD TO SUSTAIN US.
GOD BLESS YOU.
BRO.KEN.

The Messersmith's - Missionaries To England May 2006 Update

2006-05-24T11:10:00.002-06:00

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Mt. 9:36

Dear Friends,

As the summer approaches, we are looking forward to enjoying all the things that this time of year brings. The children are very excited that they have only five weeks left of school and Zachary is counting the days until it is officially summertime. Though, in England, you are not sure if it ever officially becomes summer! Lisa is now six months pregnant and both she and the baby are doing very well. Her due date is approximately September 20th.
There are several ministries that will be taking place over the next few months that we would like you to pray about. On July 7-9 we will have our first missions conference teaching Faith Promise giving. Layton Kelly and Martin Wickens, who are both British, are missionaries in Ireland. They will be coming and presenting their calling to the church. This will be the first time that the people of our church have ever heard of and been asked to participate in Faith Promise.
After the missions conference our first Vacation Bible School will be held. Presently we have about 15 children attending the Sunday school and they have been regularly bringing visitors with them over several weeks. Pray as we prepare and promote the VBS that the kids coming will be excited and invite their family and friends to come along. The theme is “Exploring our Awesome God”. We are praying that more young people will trust Christ as their Savior.
In early September our first students will attend Trinity Baptist Bible College which we will be starting this fall. We are also sponsoring a Creation seminar at the end of the month. Though these are several months away we do need your continued prayers concerning these ministries. The creation meeting will be targeting those who are not saved and believe in evolution. This is a very hot topic amongst the youth of Great Britain and we are praying many will come and for the first time here the truth about creation and salvation.
We praise the Lord for the work he has done in the hearts of those who have been faithfully attending the services. The young people are so excited about Sunday school and learning about spiritual matters. Philip, Jade and Tiffany, the first young people who accepted Christ, asked their Sunday school teacher if they could be baptised. We are planning our first baptismal service in June. As we do not have a baptismal in the church we will be using the swimming pool of one of the families in our church. Carl, who was saved in March, has continued to come to both services on Sunday. He is a little hesitant on being baptised so we ask that you will pray for him that he will simply be obedient to the Word of God.
With all our hearts we thank you for your support through prayers and finances.
Standing on the Promises,
Steve Messersmith and Family
I Timothy 1:12

Our Missionaries To Mexico: The Christenson's

2006-03-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

Conference held in Bro. Esteban's church in Chiapas a couple of years ago.

January-February, 2006

Dear Praying Friend,

Greetings again from south of the border. It was good to make the quick trip to Florida to celebrate Pat's mom's 90th birthday. It was the first time since we were married 28 years ago that everyone plus their spouses were together at the same time. It is also a great privilege to be back and serve in the work of the Lord and His churches here in Mexico. Since being back, besides the regular activities, I have been concentrating on getting materials together for the camp season. Pat and I will be in the state of Chiapas for two camp sessions as well as one-day meetings in seven other churches. That will take care of the "Holy Week" vacation period as it is called here, a two-week school vacation the week before and the week after Easter. Please pray for these meetings from April 9-23.
A special blessing in both Sunday congregations has been several visitors to the services after a long "dry run". From the letters sent out with Julia's help last Summer and Fall, we also continue to receive renewed contacts regularly for the correspondence school [see attached picture], some with amazing testimonies. One man, who never had any formal schooling because he was an orphan, found the "Help from Above" tract in the street in 1997. It may well have been from a trip we made handing out tracts in his area in southern Mexico. Since at the time he could not read, he stopped a man walking behind him and asked the man if he would read the tract to him! He heard the truth of John 14:6 and accepted Christ. He has
taught himself to read and is not only studying the courses himself, but sent in the names of ten others to receive courses. Another young man gave this testimony: "I am a believer in Christ; I have received Him in my heart and the change in my life shows it. I was gay and I left it. I am now married and have children. The power of the Lord changed me."
Two special medical needs have come up for which we would deeply appreciate your prayers. Perhaps someone may want to help financially as the Lord leads. Brother Esteban Encinos is one of the ordained ministers and key leaders in the church work in the state of Chiapas. Besides his pastoral work, he travels quite extensively in the ministry, teaching, counseling, and encouraging many pastors and congregations in at least two different languages. Many years ago he lost one of his legs in an accident but has been restored to mobility with the use of a prosthetic leg. Because of wear and tear it has to be replaced from time to time, although he generally gets a few years' extra service from each unit. He told me a while back that it is time for the prosthesis to be replaced again at a cost of around $3,000.
So that you can get an idea of how expensive that is for him according to his income, it would equivalent to someone in the USA spending $30,000 for the same thing. I'm sure that any help that would come in towards this need would be greatly appreciated.
Attached are pictures of Bro. Esteban (on the right) translating a message being preached from Spanish into the Tzeltal Indian language, and of a conference held in Bro. Esteban's church in Chiapas a couple of years ago. The last weekend of February, Pat had a sudden bout of extremely severe pain which kept her awake all night. The following morning we met with our family doctor who ordered an ultrasound exam which confirmed the suspicion of gall
stones. She was hospitalized for the weekend to take care of the pain. She is presently at home doing well and surgery is scheduled for March 9th to remove her gall bladder. The laparoscopic surgery here will cost about $2,500 which we have been able to borrow.
Our sponsoring church is getting up a new website which we invite you to visit: http://pleasant-valley.baptist-church-online.us
That pretty much brings you up to date on our past, present, and future activities. We are very grateful for your regular prayers and financial support. God has been so good to us through you over many years.

Co-laborers for Christ,

Dave and Pat

Our Missionaries To Tanzania: The Burkholder's

2006-03-23T13:51:00.001-07:00

The Burkholder Beacon

March 2006

Dear Praying Partner,

Psalm 68:9 says, “Thou O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.” God has sent rain to the Katesh area and there is a noticeable difference everywhere you look. Whether it be the green grass, the plowed fields, or the smiles of relief on people’s faces, the starting of the rains always brings change. God has brought exciting changes in our ministry as well. Please join us in praise and prayer for what He is doing.

Stepping into the 21^st Century- Although we are a few years late, we now feel like we are finally in the 21^st century when it comes to communications. Praise the Lord that through the generous giving of special Christmas missions offerings from our home church, Canton Baptist Temple, and other churches, we are now able to have reliable internet and e-mail service. With our new satellite connection, we can also post family and ministry pictures to our new website. Check out www.burkholdersonline.com for prayer items and photos. We also have a new e-mail address: burkholder@iwayafrica.com Please make this change in your address book.

New Ministries of the Katesh Church- The church plant in the town of Katesh celebrated its’ one-year anniversary on Sunday, March 5. We praise the Lord for His faithfulness to us during the first year of this new ministry. It has not been easy, but we have seen God’s blessing. The highlight looking back over the last year was the 25 souls who were saved through this ministry. In January, the church started two new ministries. One is a Bible class in the local government high school. We have seen some of these young people come to our Sunday night youth service. The other new ministry is to a local government-run orphanage. Once a week we go to the orphanage to play games, sing songs, and teach a memory verse and Bible lesson for the kids. Many of these children have also started coming to Sunday School at the church. Please pray for the Katesh church and for these two new ministries that were started.

Truth Center Ground Breaking- Work has begun at the new ministry center which we have decided to call “Truth Center.” It will be home to the Katesh local church, youth center, playground, and nursery school. We have now started Stage 1 of the construction, which consists of clearing and leveling the land, piping in water to the location, and building a perimeter fence. Please pray for this work and also how God would have you to become involved.

Everlasting Water- We are continuing to partner with Lance Whyle (Natalie’s dad) using the water well ministry as a tool for evangelism and church planting. In June we plan to drill for water in the villages of Simbay and Gidika. Both of these villages have raised their portions of the funds for a hand pump. Please pray for these projects and for the thousands of villagers who need not only clean drinking water, but the Everlasting Water of salvation through Christ.

Furlough Reminder- We are now planning meetings for our upcoming furlough which is tentatively scheduled for August 2006 through February 2007. If you would like for us to come and share with you or your church how God is working in Tanzania, please contact us at burkholder@iwayafrica.com so that we can schedule a date.

Your missionaries in Tanzania,

The Burkholders (Steve, Natalie, Hannah, and Caleb)

P.S. If God would lead you to send a special financial gift for the projects of “Truth Center” or “Water Well Ministry,” please mark gifts accordingly and mail to our mission board at the address below.

Home Church/Mission Board: SENT, Canton Baptist Temple, P.O. Box 80317., Canton, OH 44708 (330) 478-1440Field Address: PO Box 42, Katesh, Tanzania, Africa. Web Page: www.burkholdersonline.com E-mail: burkholder@iwayafrica.com

2006-03-23T13:39:00.000-07:00

Community Baptist and Calvary Baptist: for your info. Good report from Liberia. Pastor Demey is our director for Liberia.

Phil Kissinger

WOTM Annual Conferance

We firstly want to thank the almighty God For making the Way Of Truth Annual Conferance in Liberia a success.

The conferance started on the First of February and ended on the fifth of February 2006.

The conferance brought together three hundred persons from six churches and one fellowship. The Churches and fellowship are as follows;

Harvest Baptist Church-Fiamah, Harvest Baptist Church- Police Academy Road, Military Baptist Church- Coast Guard base,Military Baptist Church- Camp Todee, Military Baptist Church- Seventy second.

Community Baptist Church-Bong Mines Bridge

Military Baptist Fellowship- camp Naama.

The morning sessions were mainly teaching on Baptist distinctives.

The evening sessions were Revivals services.

During the Revival services fifteen persons came to know the Lord as their personal saviour,and twenty one rededicated their lives.

on Satursday February fifth was sport day. Harvest Baptist Church -Fiamah and the Military Baptist Church -coast guard base went for the football final and the military Baptist Church coast base defected Harvest Baptist church -Fiamah four goals to zero.

The conferance clamix on sunday February 5,2006 with a joint service at the Harvest Baptist Church -Fiamah.

Feeding,transportation and electricity during the conferance came up to five hundred and fifty United Stated Dollars. Everyone of the churches contributed to this amount and the conferance was a success.

concerning Pastor Eric's projects; I was not actually award of a new project but he later made me to understand. I went and I saw the construction. It is a wonderful work. it is actually the expansion of the Military Baptist Church. The amount mention by him for roofing will do the completion of the roof.

Thanks for the February Founds,I will let you know when it comes through.

Kind regards.

Pastor Demey

The Tamangs - Missionaries To Nepal

2006-03-23T13:22:00.000-07:00

Your prayers would be greatly appreciated. We have been going through sickness here. Tara is doing better after two ear infections and upper respiratory infection. Caleb has bronchitis and James is trying to get over what he thinks was a spider bite. He has been having fever every day for several days but is still trying to keep up with the classes he has been teaching. We have been trying to start back up the Good News Club so maybe it is the enemy trying to stop it. We started it back up today with just our children mostly and one other who has now been to church with us two times. We wanted to start back even though there were not many because we wanted children to see we are starting back again. Even though James was not feeling very good we went ahead with the club.

Playground ministry - I am not sure if I mentioned in the last update about Narayani getting saved. I think I did mention it but it was exciting for us so it is worth mentioning again. She is doing well and we are looking into starting some classes for them to learn more. We are going to check to see if there is something translated or if James needs to translate something.

College James started teaching at a college. He is finding that it keeps him very busy. He has to translate and then prepare and teach his class. He is only teaching one class this time since he knew it might be too much with trying to keep up with the other things.

Nepal Pray for rain for Nepal. We have not had rain in over five months. It is very dry here.

Nepali class The class has dwindled a little possibly due to two weeks of not having it. One week James was sick and one week Nepal was closed so there was not church. We are hoping that they are not getting discouraged. Please also be in prayer for them to see the importance of being able to read.

There is a lot to pray for this time so I will stop here. There are also souls hanging in the balance that we are working with so please be in prayer for them as well. Thank you.

Through Christ alone,

James & Holly Tamang

tamangjh@wlink.com.np

GPO 8973, NPC 231 KTM, Nepal ASIA

The Smith Family From The Ivory Coast

2006-03-23T12:52:00.000-07:00

Dear Bro. Beatty and Church Family,

We received the wonderful $500 love offering for the children's camp
today! Thank you very, very , very much! The timing has been absolutely
perfect! It was a great source of encouragement and joy to hear about
your decision to help out with this need! The camp will begin on Sunday,
and we still have many details that must be done at the last minute, so
please pray that the Lord would give us strength, wisdom and clarity of
mind during the next two weeks!

We are very excited about getting to tell the campers about how this camp
was made possible because of a church in New Braunfels, Texas who loves
the Lord and loves them and sacrificed so that they could have this week
of spiritual and physical nourishment! I wish that you could see the
excitement that these children and even the monitors have been showing
about getting to go to this camp! What a joy it is to serve the Lord!!!
I believe that Calvary is going to become a very special church to our
churches here in Ivory Coast! Could you e-mail us a picture of you and
the church? We would like to show it to the kids as we share with them
what the Lord has done through you.

Thank you once again and we pray that the Lord will bless you many times
over for this investment in his work! We love you and praise the Lord
for you!

Your Friends and Ambassadors to the Ivory Coast,

Randy and Tonya Smith

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