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Lately many of the youth of GSCH have been going out in the communities
near and far from the home, conducting
Bible club programs- evangelizing many children and pre-teens.
In the month of April a program was done in a
nearby town where we had 90+ children attend
and had 71 children accept the Lord! We also went up the mountain to Guayaba
for the third time since January. The 9 youth workers did all of the activities for
the program in which we had 8 children accept Christ as their Savior! For the
children and parents of the mountain community of Guayaba we hand out clothes, toys, and school supplies to
these very needy people. Eleana, one of the youth helping from the home was touched as she saw a little girl crying
because she was receiving two new shirts and a pair of shoes. “I realized how at the home sometimes we take it for
granted the clothes and other things we receive, and here these kids have nothing! I want to continue helping in any
way possible.” Please continue praying for this awesome outreach ministry to many outside the home! |
| - by BMDMI missionary Kevin McKenzie, Sub Director of The Good Shepherd Children's Home - |
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- From Cathey Johnson, BMDMI missionary to Nicaragua -
La Granja penitentiary in Granada
April 20, 11 ladies, including myself, went to the La Granja penitentiary
in Granada and realized a 3 hour mini-retreat with 33 women prisoners. As
you know, I do the women's ministry in Nicaragua and this has been retreats
for our churches and/or pastor's wives in the past, but the last two years,
I have limited the retreats to the pastor's and/or leaders of our churches
with the intent to train these ladies to return to their churches (with the
information given in our retreats, i.e. theme, lectures, games, ideas,
etc.), and realize their own retreats. I heard a long time ago, that a
missionaries' job is to: "work themselves out of job"--so that is what I am doing. |
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| For four years, Lisa Martin, from Claremore, OK has come down and helped
me with my retreats. She is also helping me to train up these ladies to be
women leaders in their churches. This year, Lisa, shared with me a
ministry that she is doing in OK, that of working in the penitentiary with
women prisoners. God used her as a catalyst to interest me in this
ministry as well. I pursued two different penitentiaries in Nicaragua, but
the Lord only opened the door to the second. Due to the fact that Darrel
had brought a small team to this prison, the man in charge was familiar
with our mission and allowed us to begin a ministry to the women prisoners. |
| The day we went to the prison, it must have been between 95-100 degrees
with no fans nor movement of air of any kind--but through our sweat and
efforts and the presence of the Holy Spirit guiding us, we succeeded in
teaching 3 lectures on the reality of God in our life, plus share times,
games and refreshments. It was truly a "God-thing and we give Him all the
glory and honor. The ladies that accompanied me included 4 pastor's wives
and the others are leaders in their respective churches. Since the theme
of our retreats for two years now has been "women reaching women", my idea
is to train these ladies in this ministry outreach so that they can
continue it without my assistance, and then I can go to other prisons with
other pastor's wives and women leaders, and establish a ministry there. |
I really don't know where God is taking this, but I am willing to "seize
the opportunity" as an open door, and continue to follow the Spirit's
prompting's. Please pray for this ministry!! I will probably work with the
present group of ladies in La Granja until the end of the year, and then
evaluate the possibility of other prisons next year.
God is so good and I am grateful to be a part of BMDMI and the ministry
opportunities that it presents. - Cathey |
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Fresh Off the Press!
BMDMI Announces National and Regional Conferences for Fall 2010
We hope you’ll mark your calendars now to join us for one of conferences. Several BMDMI missionaries and staff members will be at each to catch you up on the latest news from Central America and share a meal together. Here’s what we have planned:
BMDMI National Conference – November 5 & 6, 2010 at Carterville Baptist Church in Petal, MS
Missionaries in Attendance: Bruce & Laurie Johnson, Greg & Eva Vaughn, Timothy & Jessie Crabtree,
Chris & Laura Johnson, Kelly & Trisha Lawrence
We’ll be commissioning three new missionary families at the National Conference!
Mission Staff in Attendance: Dwight & Margaret Carr and entire Hattiesburg Office Staff
Regional Conference #1 – November 13, 2010 at St. Andrews Baptist Church in Columbia, SC
Missionaries in Attendance: Tully & Dawn Stoudemayer, René & Brooke Pizzati, Paul & Sheila Hosier
Mission Staff in Attendance: Dwight & Margaret Carr, Hunter Godsey, Jane Stansell, Will Holder
Regional Conference #2 – November 20, 2010 at Crossroads Fellowship Church in Bixby, OK
Missionaries in Attendance: Karl & Beth Brassfield, Darrel & Cathey Johnson, Mike & Marty Edwards
Mission Staff in Attendance: Dwight & Maraget Carr, Hunter Godsey, Will Holder, Jane Stansell, Seletta Lee
For more information about these conferences, email us at info@bmdmi.org
Hope to see you there!
- Hunter Godsey, Vice President, Baptist Medical & Dental Mission International - |
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- Dawn Stoudemayer, BMDMI missionary to the Baptist Hospital, Honduras -
We have a team coming July 9 - 16, and they would love to do surgery. They already have an orthopedic surgeon and a general surgeon lined up to come, but don't have an anesthetist. If you want more information contact Dawn or Tully. |
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