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To the best prayer partners in the world!

Happy past Canadian Thanksgiving to my Canadian prayer partners!  There is so much to be thankful these past few days and I just couldn’t fit everything into my newsletter today, but I’ll just give you a few highlights as to what happened these past few weeks!

*  We were able to build a new preschool again in the Nkanini area.  The community leaders worked really hard to get the permission to build the preschool in their area.  Since there are no more short-term teams here now, the locals and the community will help build the school.  Continue to pray that the other communities will have the same success with the law enforcements and that we will be able to build again in the their community in the near future.

*  Thanks to the the last Seattle team for their generous gift certificate to Century City.  I was able to take all the ladies from the leadership team to go on a shopping spree, see a movie (which they have never been to before!) and eat a nice lunch at Spur!  Great memories were made!

*  The rest of the great news are in the newsletter.  I ask that you really take time this weekend to pray for the Teacher’s Retreat this weekend!  PRAY….PRAY….PRAY….that souls will be SAVED!

 

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For The Kingdom
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2009 Ministry Report & 2010 Ministry Report/Prayers for African Leadership

Preschool Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. We currently have 21 preschools and around 1000 children are attending
daily.
b. We provide food (breakfast and lunch) for 12 preschools.
c. Preschool teachers receive monthly seminars on teaching the children and
5 teachers have been chosen and trained as trainers for the other teachers.
d. 1 Preschool got a playground built.
e. We are planning to build 3 more preschools in 2010.

2. 2009 report
a. We built one more preschool in Green Point in Khayelitsha through the
team from Germany.
b. We had a preschool teachers’ camp January for spiritual revival.
c. Missionary Glory developed a Bible study with a few teachers.
d. 2 Preschools got a playground facility built.
e. 2 preschools were painted through the short term teams.

3. Prayer requests – Pray that:
a. The monthly seminar will bring much fruit, that the teachers will grow in
spirit and teaching skills.
b. God brings more of His people to provide the food.
c. All teachers are involved in a Bible study.

Children’s Church
1. 2010 June
a. We have 80 children’s churches presently and around 4000 children are
involved every Saturday.
b. We are developing youth ministry through the Children¹s churches as the
children are growing. A few children¹s churches are developing youth
programs.
c. Teacher’s camps and children’s camps to be developed and emphasized.
d. We have monthly teachers’ training for the children¹s church teachers.
e. Currently 1 missionary and 4 local leadership are ministering in the
children¹s church ministry. 2 new local leadership joined in 2010.

2. 2009 Report
a. In 2009 the number of children’s churches grew from 46 to 60, from 2300
to 3000 children.
b. We have had 2 teacher’s camps and 4 children’s camps.
c. Through the children’s church adoption program, 20 children’s churches
have been adopted.
d. 2 people from Germany developed 8 children’s churches.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that through the children’s church development, we can dream of how
God transforms society into God’s kingdom.
b. Pray that more people locally and internationally will adopt children¹s
churches so that their prayers will be the means of growth in God’s kingdom.
c. Pray that the youth ministry within the children’s church will keep
growing so that more youth are continually growing in faith.
d. Pray that more missionaries and more locals will come to develop more
children¹s churches.

Kraaifontein Children¹s & Youth Ministries
1. 2010 June
a. We have 8 children¹s churches but we are just maintaining them because of
the lack of a missionary.
b. Youth Ministry (SHAPE ministry) needs a missionary to continue
developing.

2. Prayer Requests
a. Pray for God¹s guidance and His intervention.

School Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. We work with 8 out of 19 high schools.
b. About 40-60 youth gather in the Saturday meetings.
c. Out of the 34 Primary schools in the area we work with 4.
d. We are teaching about the characteristics of God to the children/youth.

2. 2009 report
a. We had 1 camp through the short-term team in Calgary.
b. We were involved in 5 high schools and in 4 primary schools.
c. We had a partnership with 2 mission organizations working together.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that we can have more local workers and missionaries to reach out to
all schools.
b. Pray that the Saturday meetings will be a place where the youth can
freely express themselves, learn about God and revive their relationships
with Him.
c. Pray that God enables us and provides the funds to have more camps for
the high school youth.

Job Creation Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. The Auto Mechanic education center building was finished in 2009 and we
begun classes this January with 5 students.
b. We have a Bible study with the students every day to build their
relationships with God first.
c. The mat factory ministry is very slow. The local leadership is not
properly established yet.

2. 2009 Report
a. Equipment was bought for the Automechanic school.
b. The text book for the automechanic school was edited and copied.
c. The committee for the automechanic ministry was established.
d. The mat factory went through continual problems in order to establish
local leadership.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray for the development of the mat factory ministry leadership.
b. Pray that the functions of the committee for the automechanic school will
be well established so that many youth can be trained for the job market.
c. Pray that the current students are equipped well with the Word of God and
the skills of repairing cars.

Bible College
1. 2010 June
a. 25 new students applied to the first year course and 4 in the second
year.
b. Students will be involved in a short-term mission to Lesotho.
c. The college hosted 22 satellite class students from Lesotho in order to
encourage and fellowship with them.

2. 2009 report
a. At the beginning of February, 22 Students applied to the course. 8 of
them finished it.
b. 2 local people and 2 missionaries were involving as teachers.
c. The college could not have a short-term mission trip because of a
shortage of resources.
d. 6 students graduated in 2009.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that as we approach winter, students will not be discouraged because
of circumstances such as cold and darkness, but they can see God and His
presence in their lives.
b. Pray that God enables the students and provides the finances for them to
go on a short-term mission trip.
c. As all the computers were stolen, our desire is to establish a computer
class. Pray that we can experience God¹s mercy and providence.

Satellite Classes (African Leadership Pastors¹ training program)
1. 2010 June
a. 21 classes are running throughout the country.
b. 19 Bible classes for Ethiopian refugees are running in South Africa.
c. We had a lecturers¹ conference in April 2010 in Welkom and 43 lecturers
attended.
d. We are planning 11 more classes this year.

2. 2009 report
a. 63 students graduated including the Ethiopian classes.
b. 3 seminars were held for the continuing education of graduated students.
c. 20 classes for South African and 22 Ethiopian classes were run
throughout the country.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that we can continually develop continuing education for alumni.
b. Pray that God provides enough speakers from overseas for our alumni
seminars.
c. Pray that as we plan 11 more classes this year, God will provide wisdom
and strength so that we can see more untrained pastors and church leaders to
be equipped to extend His kingdom.

Soccer Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. League games are being held every Friday with the 14 teams.
b. Plans for gospel outreach program throughout world cup event.

2. 2009 Report
a. The league games were held every Friday throughout the year with 12
teams.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that God enables camps for the soccer teams so that many young
people can have the opportunity to hear the gospel.
b. Pray that through the growth of the task team more young people are
guided to develop themselves to live as believers.
c. Pray that coaches and task team members are able to lead Bible studies.

Netball Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. Netball ministry is not functioning due to a coordinator moving on.
b. We are in transition with a new coordinator in order to establish the
netball ministry in the children¹s church ministry.

2. 2009 Report
a. League games held every Saturday with the 7 teams.
b. A camp for the coaches was held.
c. The netball team entered the Provincial Netball League of Western
Province and won the semifinals.
d. The coordinator moved to another ministry.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that the new coordinator will actively make many netball teams in
the children¹s churches in order to develop youth programs through the
children¹s church.

Namibia Independent Church Seminary Ministry
1. 2010 June
a. We are going to establish a new class soon. Since the 2 leaders
graduated from school, there have been many interested in training but due
to a lack of resources, we delayed the start of the new class.
2. 2009 report
a. The two leaders graduated from seminary.
b. We had 16 students registered but could not complete the course.
c. We had several meetings with the leaders of the independent churches but
there was no cooperation to send their church leaders to study.

3. Prayer requests
a. Pray for wisdom to approach the leaders of the independent churches so
that they can see the urgent need to train their leaders.

Madagascar (Registered as a non profit organization For The Kingdom)
1. 2010 June
a. In March, there were 2 pastors and church leaders seminars. In
Antananarivo we had 100 people and in Tamitave 150 people in the Seminar.
b. March 18, we inaugurated the Mobile clinic ministry near Tamitave. We
treated 123 patients. Since then we operate the mobile clinic once a month
in 2 different locations according to the government allowances.
c. All textbooks (10 books) for the African Leadership pastor¹s and church
leader¹s training programs were translated to the local language and 4 text
books were edited and 500 of each printed.
d. 15 businesses are being run through the youth bank. 7 of them are
successful.

2. 2009 report
a. The mobile clinic was registered for approval in the health department.
b. 5 more businesses were started through the help of the youth bank.
c. Funds were raised for the mobile clinic.
d. 2 pastors training programs were held in 2 different locations.
e. 2 English teachers were sent to the Bible college and local church.
f. 42000 English books were sent and distributed for helping to learn
English.
g. 1 short-term team joined evangelism in Fianranshua.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that through the mobile clinic, God’s love and care are shown in the
local community where there are no medical facilities.
b. Pray that more doctors volunteer to reach out more to the community with
the Gospel.
c. A Pastors’ training seminar will be held again in August 2010. Please
pray that the word of God will be taught to these thirsty people.
d. Pray that the rest of the textbooks are edited and printed on time to
train the pastors and church leaders.
e. Pray that the youth bank motivate the young people to stand independently
and give hope.

Lesotho Pastor’s training program
1. 2010 June
a. We are developing new classes in 3 different areas.
b. 22 graduated students came to Cape Town.
c. 2 Pastors’ training seminar were held
d. Requested by World Vision to train their project staff.

2. 2009 report
a. For one week every month, a pastors’ training course was held.
b. 8 students graduated.
c. 8 text books out of 10 were translated and edited.

3. Prayer Requests
a. Pray that 2 more text books will be translated so that we can train the
pastors and church leaders with a complete set of text books.
b. Pray that we can identify devoted teachers so that many pastors and
church leaders will be equipped to spread the gospel.

Short-term mission teams
1. 2010 June
a. One team from Germany started a preschool building, built a youth center
building and served in many areas in April.
b. 3 teams from Canada, and 4 teams from the USA and 1 team from Korea will
come.
c. With these teams we will build 2 more preschools, and establish many
children’s churches and camps, school ministries and evangelism in Transkei.
d. One team will join the mission to Madagascar for English camps and
pastors’ training seminars.
e. One team will go to Malawi for Evangelism training for the local pastors
and church leaders.

2. 2009 report
a. One team from Germany, two teams from the USA, and three teams from
Canada.
b. With the German team we built one preschool in April.
c. English teaching and evangelism held in Madagascar.
d. Evangelism in Transkei took place and many people became Christians.
e. At two of the children’s churches, the teams did a winter holiday program
(bible school) for the children.
f. The various teams ran 3 children’s church camps.
g. Through the teams we painted preschools and ran children’s ministry,
school ministry and sport ministry.

3. Prayer Request
a. Pray that we can have a greater capacity to have more short-term teams so
that God’s kingdom will be widely extended in Africa and beyond.
b. Pray that the short-term teams’ involvement will bring God’s blessing in
Africa.
c. Pray that God give us wisdom to lead the teams to go to Madagascar and
Malawi.
d. Pray for protection of all teams from evil spirits.

Prepared by

Missionary Young Huem Ohm

1.For the Kingdom

Prayer Letter: Pastoral Theological Training Teachers Conference (Young Ohm)

My heart is burning because Jesus is inside and because you, my brothers and
sisters, are with us in prayer and spirit. Thank you. And I love you. Please
continue to be with us in prayer and pray that we can glorify Him.

Feedback from the Pastoral Theological Training Teachers’ Conference:

About forty teachers from training centres of different districts gathered
in this seminar. It took place at a city near the mine named Welkom, about
1200 km away from Cape Town. Teachers gathered from all over; some had come
from a region as close as 100km away, while others had travelled 1200 km on
a bus. Seeing those passionately learning over the three days of training,
those who were committed to serve for the benefit of those untrained
pastors, and those shouting, praying out to the Lord, we could see the works
of God¹s hands, his determination, and his achievements. Lord, have mercy on
those pastors who couldn’t be trained due to racial discrimination, those
who are not confident of what they preach, those who were frustrated at how
little they knew of the bibles. They are pastors who are pasturing your
church, the Lord’s pastors who are spreading the gospel of salvation – Have
mercy. In South Africa, about 95% of the pastors have never gone to a
pastoral training school. They have an average education of up to first year
in secondary school. They have passion, and commitment, but because they
weren’t taught, many have misunderstood the Word or preach based on their
tradition more than on the Word. Amongst those are pastors who preach that
you can communicate with God through the ancestors’ ghosts; pastors who
cannot differentiate the Old and the New Testament; pastors who don’t know
whether Moses or Apostle Paul came first. Lord, have mercy over these
people.

It has been already 13 years since we built the district pastoral training
lecture centers to train them. Currently, there are lecture centres in about
40 regions, where we have altogether produced about 500 graduates. Yet,
countless many pastors need to be trained. Lord, allow lecture centers in
every town.. in every city and every town, grant teachers who would teach
the pastors. God has planted in me a heart to open up training centers in 11
different regions through this conference. Lord, use these servants of
yours.

Please pray:
1. For the 11 regions where we wish to build pastoral training centres:
Soweto, Maseru, Stillfontein, Durban, Barclay East, Cala, Butterworth,
Mtata, Mpumalanga, Cradock, Clarkstop

2. For there to be pastoral training lecture centers built in every city
and region of South Africa, so that the churches, the body of Christ, can
function as the salt and the light.

3. There have been 100 graduates from Queens Town training sessions over the
last 8 years. Now, we hope to see these graduates change the community and
bring the Lord’s kingdom closer. In July, we’ll be holding a seminar as a
first step for these graduates. Lord, may you mould them into pastors who
share the pain of the community, pastors who serve the unbelievers with the
Lord’s heart, pastors who have visions for the Lord’s kingdom, and pastors
who love the Word and seek passionately to know more about the Lord.

For the Kingdom,

Missionary Young Ohm

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www.cafeafrika.org  

teachers' training Conference

Prayer Letter Madagascar Mobile Clinic (Young Ohm)

Jesus is alive!!! He is our Lord and Savior!!!

Because of the strength of your love and prayer I am able to tell you about the Madagascar Mobile clinic. I am living in the blessing of being able to be at the place of God’s ministry, this is joy. I would like to share this joy with you. Also I would like to share with you the blessing of the Mobile
clinic.

Madagascar Mobile clinic

God is love.

He has seen the pain and suffering the People in Madagascar are in due to disease, and he has compassion for them. And because this love and compassion He has put in place the mobile clinic to stretch out his healing hands to the people.

In February $25000 arrived in Madagascar, a whole two month delay. It must have been satan who did not want it to happen. With $20000 we purchased a vehicle for the mobile clinic. This was and is Joy, blessing and hope. Thereafter in early March the health department sent a letter asking us to take charge of two villages and a document of approval of the clinic. Then in March we had the opening of the Mobile clinic. Praise the Lord! On Sunday March 14th , we had a final checkup on the mobile clinic where the 28 volunteering medical staff gathered and prayed. A volunteer medical team formed of the local Madagascan doctorsŠ For most of them it is probably the first time they volunteered for such a team. By the end of the fellowship they all knew, that God wanted to use them, that through them God was going to reach out to all those in need and all those in pain. They all bid to reach out to those villages that God loves and sees but are unable to receive medical care, also to share God¹s love to the people as they received their treatment.

Thereafter 3am the next day we went to the first village. We drove for four hours, and then at 7am we had a meeting with the village leader. Thereafter we drove a further one-hour to get to the next village which was across a large lake, but on our way we received a call to say that because of all the rain not even the 4X4 we were in would be able to get across to the village. So we organized small wooden ferries and sailed in for a further hour to arrive at the village. The village leader had come out to fetch us and we walked into the village, on the way one of my companions slipped and got all covered in mud, but we got there. In the village a small and old primary school hall was where about 100 villagers had gathered for the day. We started by praise and a small service. Then before the treatment began, one that all had awaited with much anticipation and hope. We shared the gospel. The people flooded us with questions. ³ why are the doctors coming here to treat us and taking no money?² “Why have you come from so far to see me?” we answered “It is because of Jesus. God loved us sinners of the world so much that he sent his only son, Jesus. Jesus died for all our sins on the cross, to save us. God loves you so very much. He wants to save you.”

The treatment began thereafterŠ because it was the first time it was a bit crazy but it was soon settled as all the doctors took a group of people and started their consultations and treatment. In total we treated 112 people.The smiles on their faces as they waited for their turn for treatmentŠ the children who started to cry as the stethoscope was brought near, the doctors
who wark so hard to help those suffering from denile each and every doctor putting their all into each and every patient. Watching this I can proclaim, “There are angels. Angels that God has sent” Lord! Let these doctors plant your hope into these people. Through them heal not only their bodies but their souls too.

One patient came arrived on crutches. You could smell him from a mile away. He had been cut open in the groin by a cow’s horns. The cut was about 10cm long and the skin around it was rotting away. The doctors decided to cut away the rotting skin and sow up the wound. But this was no operating room, it was a primary school. So two tables where put together as a operating table and the wound was washed out with water as there wasn’t enough alcohol. Then the rotting skin was cut out, the wound cleaned and the sowed up. The patient said that he had no pain killers availableŠ he thought he was going to die there were no hospitals nearby, no doctors then the skin began to rot and he could see death before his eyes, and he lost hope and awaited his death.

During the operation the doctors shared the gospel with the patient, and the patient accepted the gospel and promised to attend church. This is God’s grace. (attached picture is after operation)

We had packed no lunch for the trip and so as the evening approached we all began to slack but watching the hard working doctors we had to stand strong. The village leader got one of their youths to go up a large coconut tree in the vicinity and pick coconuts for us so that we could drink the milk.

After the treatment we were back in the boats and headed home. Despite the hard seats and uncomfortable positions that we had to travel in the doctors sang praise all the way. The songs on the quiet river. Lord! This is your kingdom. Even though we are tired and hungry, because you are here we have strength to carry on.

These were moments of awe and thankfulness. But this is not the end, there are thousands of village like these in Madagascar. Village that have never seen treatments taking place.. others that are located in the vast open land no where near a clinic or even a doctor. Many people are dying from simple diseases with cures. The day that this servant arrived in Madagascar, a man who has the status of a mayor from a port about 12 hours away came to see us after hearing about this mobile clinic. We asked for help in continuing.

A few days later a typhoon came into the town and killed 25 people and injured many more. But no one is going to help these people. Lord! Have pity on these people. And give them compassion and helping hands. We are waiting to be used, Use us lord. Let this mobile clinic that was stared be able to expand and take charge of many more villages. Let more medical staff volunteer to come on board the team. Let there be more transport available to spread these healing hands.
Let much medication be spread among the people.

Lord! The sounds of those suffering and in pain are loud. Lord! Please accept out mobile clinic. Let us go out with your hands, your feet and your heart Use us.

Please pray:

1. That the mobile clinic with settle well. The medical staff who have volunteered will be running the clinic. Because they all have very little experience there will be many operational problems occurring. Pray that the lord will give them his guidance and that he will intervene with their every decision, so that they will experience his grace.

2. That the volunteering medical staff will experience God and feel joy of being used by God.

3. That the necessary transport and medication and financial aid will be provided.

4. That God will give us more transport, doctors, and medication to be able to go to all the areas that need and want our help, and that He will give us the right partners to support us.

5. That many will meet Jesus and be invited to the life of eternity with God through the mobile clinic and that through this we can glorify God’s name.

 Madagascar Mobile Clinic

For the kingdom!

Missionary Young Ohm

www.africanleadership.info

www.cafeafrika.org

prayer letter (Young Ohm)

We have returned from Madagascar. Thanks to your passion-filled prayers, we were able to experience the Lord¹s grace in taking care of pastoral training and mobile clinic ministries safely. It was with joy and thanks, seeing Our Lord who was shouting victory!

Upon leaving the airport of Madagascar however, we prayed with wet eyes in frustration:

Lord! Protect Madagascar. The people are sheep without a shepherd. The politicians are occupied in greed and do not consider the people’s hunger and pain. Many church leaders have gotten involved with the politics; many people have left the church. The shamans are talking about the ancestral ghosts and making fools out of the people of Madagascar. The economy moves in the hands of foreigners who only take away. People are worrying every day about what to eat, what to wear, searching all day for what’s false. The country is being eaten up by lies, obscurity, and self-gratification. Lord, show your mercy over the 20 million Madagascarians.

Through this mission, we had a great opportunity to train 270 attending church leaders in the capital Antananarivo and the city Tamatave, near the airport. We discussed about 4 books on leadership and pastoral training, and shared about the kingdom of God. Seeing how eager they were to write down everything and not wanting to miss a word ­ We saw the hope of our Lord in
them. When the time came for them to ask all the questions they had, we prayed for the blessing of the Lord upon them as He had promised to provide to those who asked. Of note, most of the questions were on the ancestral gods. They are people who had worshipped their ancestral ghosts from generation to generationŠ people who seek church in the morning, shaman at night people who try to live faithful lives but cannot escape from the ideas of their tradition of finding the bones of their dead ancestors at the grave, washing them and organizing them every now and then. Reflecting upon our own past of worshipping ancestors in the Korean tradition, we shared
about what it is that God wants ­ what it is to glorify our God. May they change to people who would only worship our God, from those who were couldn’t abandon worshipping their ancestral ghosts of Madagascar through these trainings. May they not be slaves to what is not truth, and let them
know the freedom that comes from the truth. Through Jesus, may they be free and peaceful, away from the fear of ancestral ghosts.

In God¹s grace, the mobile clinic ministry is in good progress. This past March 15, we started the mobile clinic ministry. Since it was a region of hurricane where even 4-by-4 vehicles couldn¹t drive, we arrived in a town after 5 hours of driving and 1 hour on a boat. Seeing those busy doctors and joyful volunteers of Madagascar who were seeing 112 patients, we were deeply thankful and joyful ­ they were just like angels in our eyes.

Lord! Thank you for reaching out your hand to many of those sufferers through the mobile clinic ministry. May they be freed not only from their physical suffering but also from their spiritual sufferings. There is a lot to report back to you regarding the mobile clinic. We will shortly give you the detailed content with a report, and ask for your prayer support.

Please pray:

1. for political settlement of MadagascarŠ with the president being only 34 years old and everything being in halt due to the insecure political movements, countless citizens are undergoing difficulties. May they become leaders who fear the Lord, and love and serve the citizens.

2. Through the pastoral training which took place in Tamatave, may there be established a place for pastoral lectures so that those pastors who are hungry for the word can be well nourished and trained.

3. May those doctors and health care professionals who volunteered in the mobile clinic learn about the Lord¹s blessing, and be able to commit themselves regularly in joy and thanks.

4. May those patients who were treated learn about the Lord¹s love, and have chance to meet Jesus personally.

5. May there be found God¹s people who will take part in maintenance of the greatly needed medicines and vehicles need for the ministry, and the cost for the ministry.

Easter is coming. We picture Jesus, who had suffered, carried, and died on the cross for us. And we look at the people of Africa who are suffering and agonizing in Africa. Then we shout towards Africa, with the blessings, grace, and joy of Jesus Christ who had resurrected and have become our eternal hope. Jesus had resurrected. Jesus is the hope of Africa.

For His Kingdom, (the picture is the first mobile clinic team)

Missionaries Young Ohm, Young-Ae Yoo, Kyung-Hwan and Mi-Jeong.

 Madagasca_return

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Prayer Letter (Young Ohm)

Dear Prayer Partner for Africa

Thanks to your love and heated prayers, I have returned from thepastoral training in Malawi. Mulanje, where the first seminar was held, was very hot and humid. The mosquitoes outside the net reminded me of roaring lions; as they were there to bite if a hand was near the net. Despite all this, I was encouraged by the pastors’ passion to learn and their interest in God’s kingdom. God’s living presence was visible amongst the pastors.

We then headed towards Mzuzu, a region over 800km North of Malawi. We had a flat tire on our way, seeing the tire with all the metal pieces sticking out, I gave many thanks for God’s protection and guidance. As we could not obtain a new tire, we used a small spare tire to drive a further 100km distance to change tires. As we arrived in Mzuzu later than planned, we started with the seminar right away. Because Mzuzu is in a high altitude, it was very chilly. It was a city bordered by Tanzania and Zambia. Here, we pictured the kingdom of God, ourselves living eternally, and shared about taking after the image of Jesus. As we proclaimed living for eternity, there were faces of joy, and shyness as they were called princes and princesses of God’s kingdom,and smiles spread upon their faces as they were told to say thesethings to the fellow people besides them. These were images of heaven.Yet, as we proclaimed that Mzuzu is kingdom of God, and that Jesus,who had carried the cross 2000 years ago, wishes for Mzuzu to be his kingdom, there were faces that at first seemed to understand, but then showed doubt and lack of confidence…

I see the pain of Africa in this. Unconfident lives, inescapable thoughts of having to rely on help… Lord, have pity on these people.May there be amongst these pastors, those who shout that there is no impossibility in Jesus, that we can reach Jesus’ potential. Seeing them read the Word of God, nodding as they were given explanations…trying to engrave His will in their hearts… Lord! Pour out the blessing of your spirit. Lift these people, and may your presence be revealed as you work through them. May Malawi respect the Word, and reveal the eternal kingdom of God with the word. Through this training we were able to train 43 pastors and church leaders in Mulanie and 54 pastors and church leaders in Mzuzu. Thanking all of you who have been together throughout in prayer, I plead you to keep praying for Malawi. Please pray:

1. May the life of God’s kingdom that we shared in this seminar be amongst the pastors in Malawi, and may they be people building the kingdom, shouting daily for the kingdom, revealing God in their families, neighbors, and in the entirety of Mulanje and Mzuzu.

2. We will be visiting Madagascar from March 10 to 23. We haveplanned to go out and evangelize, diagnosing them with a mobile clinic team in the two areas where we held pastoral training. Thanks to your generous offering, we have vehicles for the mobile clinic, and we will be starting to diagnose patients. Please pray especially for the pastoral training seminars and the effective care for the patients with the mobile clinic so that the 24,000 with difficulties may becomethe hope of the Lord and that Jesus’ love and Gospel can spread.

3. The website for Café Afrika has reached a successful completion and is now looking for members. We hope and pray that youcan become members and be present as the kingdom increases in size in Africa, that you can introduce many people who minister together withus, and that you will be able to take charge of African missions.(www.cafeafrika.org / www.africanleadership.info) Also, we hope you could donate $10 monthly as members and work together in this ministry.

I love you.
For the kingdom, Missionary Young Ohm

Prayer Letter (Young Ohm)

Dear prayer partner

Lord, I love you. To you, my prayer  partner, I love you. I don’t know if it is my lack of language or of it is my lack of learning, but every time I think about you, I desire to express more of my love and express more of my gratitude towards you, but find it so hard to send you my heart’s message, Lord! Bless our prayer partner. Bless with the fullness of Heaven and the wisdom of your Kingdom.

I visited North America for the last 3 weeks. Although I am an unworthy servant, through th love of many churches and men of God, I received courage. In particular, through this trip to North America, we started Café Afrika (www.cafeafrika.org) and thus invited many people to God’s ministry field of Africa. Many people shoed their interests, their love of Christ and their obedience to the Lord’s calling to be witnesses of Christ to the ends of the world. Through the beating hearts of many young adults in the many church meetings in Calgary, and the meetings in Seattle and Vancouver, I saw the Kingdom of God is near Africa and North America. Lord! they are your servants. They are your people waiting and waiting for your Kingdom to come. Listen to their prayers and let your Kingdom come on this land. Café Afrika is where people with interests in missions meet, where people of God’s kingdom, us servants of His Kingdom meet through the internet. It is a community with those who desire God’s purpose and God’s Kingdom to come and act accordingly. Please pray that many people can work together in the African ministries through playing an important role through Café Afrika.

I visit Malawi this Sunday. It is a new challenge in God’s kingdom. Through African Leadership’s Pastor’s training program, some 700 students graduated and we are organizing a seminar for these graduate students. I dream of the wonderful works He has planned every time I look at these graduate students. I take one step forward in faith praying that we will see pastors that love their country, pastors that share the voice of God within the situation that their people are in, pastors that listen for the voice of God towards their neighbors. I want to lead the Malawian Pastors to be able to think and take charge of their country, people, neighbor, and world missions through this event. Malawi’s population of 20 000 000 people suffer from poverty and disease. Please pray that Malawi’s pastors will be sensitive to His Word, that they will be strong, obedient Pastors that will establish His Kingdom in Malawi and the rest the world.

Prayer Requests:

1. There is two Pastors training seminars that lasts for 3 days, and it takes about 4-8 hours to travel. For safety on the road and good health; for the pastors to find God’s purpose and meaning towardstheir people and neighbors through the training.

2. For people of God to participate in missions through Café Afrika, and for the making a mission community that God wants through sharing, servitude and fellowship.

3. For the missionaries and local co-ordinators who serve in Khayelitsha, South Africa to love the Lord with all their hearts, to approach the lost souls with the heart of Christ, and that they will experience and share God’s Kingdom every moment.

4. The weekly increasing Children’s churches in Khayelitsha are the hope of that land. That the Children’s churches will play a key role in God’s Kingdom, and that it will be the stepping stone for change in Khayelitsha through servitude, faith and hope.

5. My son Aaron is leaving to South Korea after a long winter break. Pray that he will love the Lord and that he will study for the Kingdom, establishing his future in the arms of the Lord.

For The Kingdom ( Co-ordinators of 2010 are in the picture)

 

prayer co-ord2010 

Young Ohm

www.africanleadership.info

www.cafeafrika.org

Prayer Letter (Gloria and Dave)

Dear friends,
We emailed you a little over a month ago asking you to participate ina pilot project. The goal was to raise $12500 of the total $25000amount by Dec 1. As expressed in my email below, my faith was small(even if Dave believed) but God has humbled me greatly through you.

As of today we have raised $25,600 Cdn for the Madagascar MobileClinic pilot project (we believe this extra $600 plus a strong Cdndollar will amount to $25000 USD after conversion). We want to thankeach of you for giving sacrificially and prayerfully – as you can see,whatever amount you donated, large or small in your eyes, God used itto provide just enough. Funny enough, we were short by $1000 as oflast night, and a surprise email with a donation for $1000 wasreceived later that night. We have faith that he will use yourgenerosity and compassion to do great things for people who are indesperate need of basic care that we take for granted.

 We are committed to keeping you posted of the activities in the newyear as we receive them from Rev Ohm.

We also hope to invite you all to our home in the new year so we canshare in a meal and celebrate this effort together.

Please remember this project, Rev Ohm, Rev Njato, the localvolunteers, the local church and the provinces that will be part ofthis project, in your prayers.

Thanks for being part of this team,
Gloria and Dave

Another level for God’s ministry

Another chapter for our ministry or I have to say for God’s ministry. We are moving forward with His will, to see the goals we aimed at the beginning. Have young people interested in Children’s Church not just have interest but to get involve in Children’s Church. In this ministry we have these two combined ministries (Youth and Children’s Churches).

So last week we find interested Youth to start Children’s Church in their community. That is a thanks giving to the LORD, to give these young people heart to serve. On the weekend of 9th May we have special seminar with the new teachers.

Another privilege for the ministry is to find a name for it, Lifeboats ministry was the first choice for us,because the combination of two ministries but one. We believe it is one because we have all the same aim to build God’s Kingdom. Just more explanation about the meaning of this name, if you can take Church as the SHIP, youth and Children as LIFE-boats in that ship. A ship can not do the tour in the see without Lifeboats. Youth and Children are there to help Church in future when it start to sink or fall.

You can also explain it like this youth + Children are Lifeboats to take people safe place (harbour) And lead them.

PRAY FOR:
- The youth Church on Thursdays
- Safe traveling for the team and youth back home after the sessions.
- For me this month I practice Driving: pray for safe driving, to enjoy it and also struggle to pay those fees.
- More patience for trails in the ministry ( come back home so late)
- And I thank good I work with in Kraafontain.

Many thanks,
Wonga

Prayer Letter 8

Dear friends, in the mission of our Lord,

prayer letter 8I greet you with the declaration that we live eternal lives, in the name of the Lord of all missions. We are here today because of your prayers my friends. I thank you from deep within, for your love and prayers.

Looking back at the ministries, there is nothing that is not by grace. Seeing that the Lord is using this deficient servant, I think… the Lord is in a hurry! I sought Africa with the confession ‘Here I am, Lord,’ when the Lord searched for harvesters in time of harvest. Seeing that the Lord has used a person like me for 13 years, there’s only thanks… and grace. Furthermore, it’s thankfully all due to your prayer support and love.

Last week, I made a visit to the countryside, to Transkei. It is about 800 miles away from Cape Town, where this servant reside. It takes about 12 hours to drive. It’s an area where we have raised pastors and ministers and built five churches. This time, along with a short-term team, we visited the village of Sixandi.

A witchdoctor in village of Sixandi had heard of the gospel and and built a church in the place of her house. However in 2002, the church built by the witchdoctor Nomilisi, as an answer to God’s calling, had to close down because there was no leader to take on after her death. For the last two years in frustration, I prayed for Sixandi every time we had evangelism and pastor training activities in Transkei. Lord! Shine your light of salvation upon Sixandi. Have mercy on those who are bound to the acestors’ ghosts. In prayer and dreams for evangelism, we have bought a horse for pastor James, at the church in Qebe, a town beside Sixandi. We sent two short-term teams this year for evangelism. This servant evangelized there, and met Nomilisi’s daughter. She was now living as a mature Christian of faith; she confessed that she was living by the faith although she did not have a church to serve. Furthermore, there were several people who had decided to accept Christ and were telling their testimonies and worshipping every night… The last night of our stay, I gave a sermon. I encouraged them to build a kingdom of God that is centered upon love, and to share food and clothing in spite of the poverty. I proclaimed the word that there is blessing in sharing, that there is blessing on those who are giving and not merely receiving. We shared, prayed and encouraged each other to turn the town to one that is full of love. Lord! May Sicandi practice true sharing. Reveal Your image; build Your kingdom, centered upon loving neighbors, and help them become united in love. Let them learn the beauty in uniting with God, and experience Your kingdom, and expand.

Please pray with us:

  1. Two weeks ago, we started to construct Children’s churches in a region known as SST  in Khayelitsha, with the goal being 10 children’s churches. Four have already been setup and six more will be up and running in the next two weeks. We are in the process of looking for teachers as well. Please pray that people will see God at work and that this region will be changed through Sunday school. May the newly committed teachers know the Lord more, treasure the word, and love the children.
  2. May the needs for the growth of children’s church be met in ways of the Lord; May there be fulfillment in the need of snacks, teachers’ training, camp expenses, and children’s church building constructions.
  3. May our family (Kyung-Hwan: Han-Dong University, Mi-Jung: Grade 11) follow the Lord more wholly and take after Him more…

For the kingdom,
Missionary Young Ohm and Young-Ae Yoo