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Association of Christian Camps and Conference Centers Blog – July 15, 2021

Location: Based out of Kyiv, Ukraine, with staff and volunteers serving in six countries of the Former Soviet Union. We are about enabling, building and partnering in the ministry of local churches in Ukraine and the former Soviet Union through Christian youth camping programs. This year we are celebrating our 25th anniversary as a ministry. In 25 years we can see more than just the results. We can see the impact of our ministry. Also, research bears this out in that two recent research projects conducted here in Ukraine independently by One Hope International [...]

Association of Christian Camps and Conference Centers Blog – July 15, 20212021-07-14T09:18:57-07:00

Empower2Transform – Blog Jan 12, 2021

Overview Even hard to access communities deep in the Amazon Rainforest are suffering from the current pandemic. Such is the case of Peru’s Shipibo community of Nuevo Shetebo. Nurse Norma Dávila Silva (pictured here) is in charge of their only clinic and has already cared for hundreds of patients, some local and some from surrounding communities – many with COVID-19 and other illnesses. In 2018, Empower2Transform partnered to build this clinic, and equip it with solar power for lights and refrigeration for vaccines and other medications. Urgent Needs The global pandemic has highlighted the need for healthcare infrastructure. Just [...]

Empower2Transform – Blog Jan 12, 20212021-01-12T23:03:39-08:00

Faith And Fruit – Blog Jan 6, 2021

Hindsight in 2020 Just days before Christmas, after much consideration, we decided to travel as a family to the small Emberá village of La Reserva on the Congo River in Panama’s Darien jungle. It would be our first family mission trip since covid-19 ushered in the “new normal,” and our kids were ecstatic. Kalea, 10, and Joshua, 5, eagerly wrapped a large box filled with candy and goodies to resemble a large Christmas present and securely fixed a rope from the inside so the package could withstand numerous blows from giggling, blindfolded children. Meanwhile, I carefully chose every [...]

Faith And Fruit – Blog Jan 6, 20212021-01-05T11:38:38-08:00

Torchbearers Japan Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update Torchbearers Yamanakako (Capernwray Japan), a Christian Camp and Conference Centre nestled at the foot of Mount Fuji, is at risk of permanent shutdown due to COVID19 cancellations. The delightful cuisine, magnificent vistas of Mount Fuji, and most importantly the spiritual ministry of this Centre have made it a popular destination for church retreats, summer camps, mission groups, and youth ministries. Torchbearers Japan has been serving Churches and Christians from around the Tokyo area and around the world for over 35 years. The Spring term is an 8 week English speaking Bible school [...]

Torchbearers Japan Year-End Update2023-03-16T14:06:12-07:00

Child Support Ministries Africa Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update In Uganda, even before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, many years of turbulence and the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS, had left many families decimated by deaths, which resulted in a breakdown of the normal family support structure. This left a large number of children as orphans, and a rampant number of "child-headed families" all over Uganda. Prior to Child Support Ministries Africa’s interventions that rescues, shelters and supports children in school; most of these children had no homes to live in, no mature adult to care for them nor any source of [...]

Child Support Ministries Africa Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:29:10-08:00

Valiant Society Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update Children everywhere need hope and to hear… Good News. God News. Our passion is to put an end to Bible Poverty! Our mission to help children grow strong spiritually, loving God and those around them. Our tool is the Interactive Gospel of John, designed to reach this digital generation. This innovative technology uses a free app for a smartphone or tablet linking the scanned photos to live action film clips - from the Gospel of John movie and elements from my TV series with Puppetry and Ventriloquism - instantly these clips [...]

Valiant Society Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:30:00-08:00

Association of Christian Camps and Conference Centers Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update This past year due to COVID-19 some camps were closed or operated at reduced levels, but our normal 60,000+ campers were still looking for the great things that camps offer. It was great to see that despite the challenges camps were able to involve over 30,000 campers this summer. Camp counsellors, particularly those whose camps did not operate, were looking for help and guidance in fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. Our staff trained and continue to train camp leaders to create various kinds of temporary communities for spiritual objectives. Mountain [...]

Association of Christian Camps and Conference Centers Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:30:25-08:00

Faith And Fruit Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update “I’m very motivated to serve my community and my family,” said Sebastian, known to everyone in the region only as Imamá (tiger in the Emberá language). He is about my age, perhaps a bit younger but more weathered. I sensed his emotion as we sat distanced and masked at the military outpost awaiting an offered meal. I was hungry, distracted… but rarely had I experienced such emotion from an indigenous man. “We need water in our homes,” he continued, his head lowering. “The river… 2 months ago… my eldest son… he drowned.” [...]

Faith And Fruit Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:30:50-08:00

One Heart Year-End Update

US Donors CLick Here Year-End Update Our goal is to raise enough money to cover the costs to be able to support our workers until the end of the year. We have had to turn down a few vulnerable babies this past year due to unstable finances. Our workers have offered to forego overtime pay or reduce their salary to ensure the babies' care is not compromised. It is amazing that the people we have hired to be part of the team in Taiwan care about vulnerable children more than they care about money! [...]

One Heart Year-End Update2020-12-17T05:16:38-08:00

Thiessens2Africa – Giving Tuesday 2020

US Donors Click Here #GivingTuesday Overview Help us Bring Surgery, Training & Hope to Madagascar Our vision is to share the love of Christ through quality, affordable, and compassionate surgical care while educating a new generation of African surgeons. Along with my wife and 3 children, we will be moving to the island of Madagascar. Here, we will provide surgical care while working towards the goal of bringing a surgical residency training program to the Good News Hospital. Madagascar An island off the south of Africa, Madagascar is consistently one of the 10 poorest countries in the world. [...]

Thiessens2Africa – Giving Tuesday 20202020-11-24T15:39:42-08:00
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