New Hope

Starting a 6 hour journey on the Essequibo River, Guyana Between 2001 to 2016 we worked in the poor southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines, initially with Pastors Boni and Odette, and more recently with their son Joshua, and daughter-in-law Amette. We have trained a team to continue the work. Some villages were very hard to access! Reaching... a new village in the mud, Philippines Reaching a new village by raft, Philippines From 2004 until 2016 we worked with Pastor Emmanuel and Florence in Uganda. We worked with local faithful people including Aisha, Frank and Lydia, carrying out missions in poor rural areas. They continue to carry out village missions every 3-4 weeks, also preaching the Gospel. We gave away thousands of pairs of reading glasses, resulting in profound joy in those who received them! Pastor Emmanuel and his wife, Florence We still help Pastor Azariah in the poor western area of Uganda with his school, which now has over 100 pupils. Since 2016 our main work has been with Pastor Alexandre and Pastor Dan in eastern Congo. We support a school, a feeding programme and we have recently opened a 24 bedded clinic/small hospital there, in the border town of Kasindi. A very significant part of our work has been due to this creature. Arguably the most deadly living being on earth, its injecting proboscis draws blood from us humans, and in the process, spreads malaria. Children are especially vulnerable, particularly when weakened though poor diet, intestinal worms and concurrent respiratory infections. Yet treating all of these costs pence and truly saves lives. In 2017 we wrote 5 loaves and 2 fishes, a book describing many of our mission stories. We have seen God do some amazing miracles! You can buy the book, either a paper copy or a Kindle version. Giving a copy to Jeff in Accra, Ghana Covid-19 is devastating many nations, and the majority of resource-poor nations do not have the public health infrastructure to know exactly how prevalent the disease is. We are so grateful that the Oxford vaccine ...Read More