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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT

          Errata! In last month’s message I quoted Dr. George Hunter III of Asbury Seminary, who spoke of 160 million people in the US who have not been impacted by the Gospel. Through a typographical error, it came out as 160 mission people. Apologies.  [However, I am sure there are some who go on the mission field who have never met Jesus personally, and I have met several who would not make that claim.]

Good news and bad news. First, the bad. The Mission Society has run out of money to help young people and adults participate in mission trips in 2004. We have spent our budget.

The good news is that we are proud to announce our support for 122 young people going to: Laurel Ridge Mission Camp, Costa Rica, Cookeville Tennessee (Group Work Camp), Nicaragua, 10/40 Window (YWAM), Canton, Ohio (Group Work Camp), Tampa Bay (Team Effort) and Camp Hope, Jamaica. 21 adults are headed for Cookeville, Tennessee, Ahuas, Honduras, Belgium, Iraq and Canton, Ohio.

The churches we are partnering with are: Raleigh, Konnoak, Hopewell, Little Church On The Lane, Christ, Clemmons, Kernersville, New Philadelphia, Macedonia, Friedberg, Grace and Ardmore. What a diversity of mission and what a wonderful breadth of participation. The total expenditure for these efforts is $30,000. Would that it could be twice that. Our heartfelt thanks to Br. Jeff Carter and his committee: Srs. Barbara Carter, Teresa Horner, Patty Smith and Glenna Tasedan who handled all of the requests and administration of our YPIM and Adult Short Term Mission programs.

A while back I told you about  my trip to South Africa and how impressed I was with a program there called ”Walk in the Light Ministries.” Their primary outreach is to the black slum settlements resulting from the aftermath of apartheid. These servants of the Lord, under the leadership of Bruce Taylor, go out and bring the people, including children, to their farm where they teach them how to grow their own food and at the same time have a new life in Jesus Christ. The vehicle they used to transport them from the slums to the farm was destroyed in an accident. If you are led to support this ministry through a donation to replace the vehicle, you may use the secure web address www.wim.givegain.org .

Give thanks for our ability to reach out to others in His Name and God Bless. 

Jack Geis

REPORT FROM CUBA

Br. Bob Iobst asked Br. Evon Crooks, a member of New Philadelphia and a native of Jamaica, who recently made a trip to Cuba, if he could give us some news about what is happening there. Here is what he found.

Br. Evon Crooks and several other volunteer workers returned from Cuba on April 29. They reported to PEC President Livingston Thompson. There are two Cuban pastors that have received ordination in Jamaica. PEC member Br. Earl Goulbourne is the supervisor for the two Cuban Pastors and keeps in contact with them. Br. Thompson makes three visits to Cuba each year as well, to encourage them.

The two Cuban pastors have over 100 members is several congregations and other locations. They would like to purchase property for the churches but the cost of land is very expensive. The Moravians in Cuba experience no government opposition. They are making progress!

    A REQUEST FOR PRAYER

Recently the father of Sr. Glenna Tasedan passed on. Glenna is an active member of the Mission Society and a former editor of ONWARD. We offer our sympathy, but wanted you to know of it so you can make your own response in prayer, or if you see her offer your words of support.

Two veteran missionaries who have served the church all their lives need our prayers for healing and encouragement. Sr. Lahoma Gray has been seriously ill and was hospitalized, but is now in the medical wing at Salemtowne, where she is making some progress.

 Br. Joe had been fighting a battle with cancer and is receiving treatment. Your prayers on their behalf are coveted and visits and calls are always appreciated. They have given unselfishly on behalf of others and your support at this time gives them and their family added comfort.

     A NEW/OLD INDIAN SITE

            Bethlehem’s 246-year-old Nain/Schober house, possibly the only home remaining of a group that were built and inhabited by American Indians along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor – could become a museum by next year. The two-story building, near the heart of the city’s downtown historic area, would interpret what life was like for 18^th century American Indians. The house was built in 1758 in Nain, a Mission village in West Bethlehem for Christian Indians. Owned by the Moravian Museum it now stands on Historic Heckewelder Place. The first phase would restore two sides of the exterior, appearing like it did originally with limestone-based plaster scored to look like blocks. The second phase would restore the other two sides. Part of the interior would expose some of the original logs as when first built. Nain closed in 1764. Only this house still stands.(Allentown Morning Call)