Presbyterian Missionary Union - Special Projects

La Paz Sanctuary Report and Photo Journal

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:45:06 -0500

For the past 8 months Rev. David Quisbert and the La Paz Bible Presbyterian Church (La Paz, Bolivia) has been building a new sanctuary to replace the old one crushed by heavy snows several years ago. With assistance from PMU and churches of the Great Lakes Presbytery, the congregation has sacrificed and labored to ready the new sanctuary for its official dedication on December 2. Dr. Pine, Dr. Kevin Backus (Grand Island, NY), Rev. Tim Miessler (Cincinnati, OH), and Elder Philip Resnick (Cincinnati, OH) traveled to La Paz to participate in the celebration. The attached photo journal of the construction progress will bless your heart as you view it! Please pray for the congregation as they continue on in their building project all the way to completion, as the Lord wills.

Missions Banner Newsletter: November/December, 2007

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:59:21 -0600

November/December 2007, #223 In this issue:

Progress report on La Paz sanctuary construction
Support needs
Mark Baldwin update from Cambodia
Kenya library assistance
News to Know

Missions Banner Newsletter: September, 2007

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:14:40 -0500

September 2007, #221

In this issue:

Report on Team Timothy Brazil summer ministry
Changing of the Guard at Olympia BPC
New PMU missionary to Bolivia
Special Home Missions projects under development
New PMU President

Thank you for your interest and support!

Missions Banner Newsletter: July-August, 2007

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:20:59 -0500

July-August 2--7, #220

Inside this issue:

Paauwe Report from Australia
Miriam Update from Asia
Baldwin Update from Cambodia
Kima Update from Myanmar
Pastor Installations in the US
Knoxville BPC VBS Report
La Paz BPC building project update
News to Know

Thanks for your interest in this ministry!

Missions Banner Newsletter: February, 2007

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:25:45 -0600

February, 2007, #215

In this issue: End of year report from Kimas in Burma (Myanmar)
Dr. Pine's spring itinerary
Bolivia pastoral leadership team
Team Timothy USA in Zephyrhills
Team Timothy Brazil preparations

Missions Banner Newsletter: June, 2006

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:02:53 -0500

June, 2006, #209

What's Inside:

Camp Schedules
New church planting effort in Zephyrhills, FL
Bolivian pastor received into Great Lakes Presbytery
Famine relief update
Growing work in Myanmar
Twentieth anniversary of BPC in Western Australia celebrated
Travel schedules for Baldwin, Pine, and Fisher
Sarah Wann summer ministry in SEAsia

Missions Banner Newsletter: May, 2006

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:54:19 -0500

May, 2006, #208

What's Inside:

Brief updates on Mark Baldwin, Miriam, and Pine itineraries
Recruiting workers for Team Timothy USA in Knoxville, TN
Kenya relief fund
Answers to prayer in Myanmar
Team Timothy to Bolivia preparations

Missions Banner Newsletter: April 2006

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:58:04 -0500

April, 2006, #207

Featured Content

John Dyck Uganda and Kenya Report
Mark Baldwin Update
Good News from Myanmar
Evangel Bible Institute's New Semester
Miriam's New Job Holds Promise for Much Fruit

April-June 2006 Prayer Requests

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:58:31 -0500

Miriam F – new job teaching English adults from remote villages going very
well, personal work, safety and health. New supporters are needed. Preparing
for summer travels in US. Pray also for S and her daughter, who are trying to
secure enough funds and the visas to visit the US this summer also.

Mark Baldwin – home on deputation after successful short-term assignment;
support levels need to be brought up to sustain for long-term ministry; health needs;
funding for deputation travel and medical expenses; preparation for ordination
exams while home, and safety in travel.

Ed and Lehia Paauwe
– pastoral work in Perth, Western Australia, at BPC of WA, founding
Evangel Bible Institute, youth work; safety and health.

Khawl and Mawite Kim and son, Nathan
– national workers in Myanmar,
planting churches in Yangon and the Inle
Lake region. Support of
$1100/month is needed to sustain the various ministries on the field. Especially
pray for the Lord to make a way to get support funds into the country. Praise
the Lord for new church organized in Yangon.

Len and Karen
Pine – Field Representative for
PMU and family. Pray for safety in frequent travel, wisdom in setting
priorities and vision; support needs, health, and faithfulness.

Team Timothy Bolivia
– pray for preparations for summer ministries, remaining funds to come in for
team members George and Rita Gatis,
readiness of hearts in Bolivia.

Team Timothy USA – pray for the Lord to raise up workers for
VBS in Knoxville, TN, through PMU.

Famine Relief Project -- praise for good response thus far, pray for ongoing support for our brethren in Kenya.

Home Missions: Pray for contacts and church plants under way
in Springville, NY (Keith Fagerheim, pulpit supply); Elma, WA; Zephyr Hills, FL;
Evansville, IN; San Bernardino, CA.

Foreign Missions Contacts: Pray for contacts developing in Indonesia and Uganda. Praise the Lord for the
safe return of Rev. John
Dyck, PMU Council member, from
East African ministry in Kenya
and Uganda.

Missions Banner Newsletter: March, 2006

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:41:02 -0500

March 2006, #206

Featured Content:

Kenya Famine Relief Project Launched
Mark Baldwin Tackles Next Challenge
Fundamental Presbyterian Publications Essay Contest Announced
Paauwes Report from Down Under
News from Cathay

Famine Relief for Kenya

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:57:22 -0500

If you have been watching international news lately, you may have seen the terrible plight that has struck the nation of Kenya as a result of three years of continuous famine. The struggles there in some areas are tremendous, and our brethren in the Independent Presbyterian Church of Kenya have not been spared. Scarce food supplies and scarcer water have threatened to close the Mwingi Reformed Bible College, caused students to have to leave (there is no money for school fees - all must go toward buying food), and placed ministers and congregations in the difficult position of having to choose between feeding one's own family and supporting the Lord's work.

The situation has come to a crisis level, and PMU is launching a campaign to raise funds for famine relief, to be distributed by the leadership of our sister church in Kenya, the IPC. These funds will be used to purchase food, help the Bible College stay open, sustain ministers in outlying areas, and generally help keep body and soul together until the rains come again, and there can be a harvest. Will you help? Please download the attached flyer and post in your church or workplace, and help us assist our brethren who are suffering in the midst of this terrible famine. All funds earmarked for famine relief will be sent to the field, with nothing held back for our offices. Please call, email, or write for more information -- PMU has already sent some funds on their way, but much more is needed. $50 can feed a family for a month or more -- your partnership in this effort is greatly appreciated!

Missions Banner Newsletter: December05/January06

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:29:48 -0600

December 2005/January 2006, #204

Rwanda Mission Photo Journal

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:09:54 -0600

From February 7-17, Dr. Len Pine and Dr. Kevin Backus traveled to Kenya and Rwanda to revitalize PMU contacts with our brethren in Kenya, and establish new ties with an emerging group of churches in Rwanda. This latter group has asked for our assistance in formally organizing and preparing their leadership for self-sustaining church government. In the course and aftermath of the genocides of 1994 and 1996, existing churches in Rwanda became so politicized that they lost their effectiveness and testimony, and so this group of faithful men desire to affiliate with the Bible Presbyterian Church, General Synod. Our mission trip was the first step in helping that to happen. The photo journal pdf file is just under 1 MB, so be patient while it downloads.

Missions Banner Newsletter: November, 2004

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:15:34 -0600

NOVEMBER 2004, #193