Ves’ Friday Facts

January 27, 2012 #525

 

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

 

In this Friday Facts:

  1. For Pastors (with attachment)
  2. 2012 NEDA Conference (with attachment)
  3. Prayer Request
  4. I CARE Update (with attachment)
  5. Immigrant Pathway Institute (with attachment)
  6. Modules
  7. Website

 

1.    For Pastors

 

Just a reminder.... Please complete the attached End of the Year Information form and return it to the District Office by emailing it to Nedaoffice@aol.com or by mailing it to NEDA, P.O. Box 467, Farmington, CT 06034. Thank you for your help. The deadline for these forms to be returned is January 31, 2012.

 

2.    2012 NEDA Conference

 

The 2012 NEDA Conference "Jesus Speaks to His Church" will be held April 25, 26, 27 at Camp Spofford.  Conference speaker is Dr. Grant Osborne, from TEDS.  You will not want to miss it!  See the attached brochure or go to our website www.efcneda.org for more information and online registration!  Registration deadline is April 18, 2012.

 

3.    Prayer Request

 

Please pray for our ministry partner, Aila, in the Horn of Africa: 

 

Fighting broke out again last evening right in Isiolo where we are, lest than 3 km from where we are staying and doing trainings. There is a killing in a place where we have a Church plant and it is in this place where we are to do medical camp this morning. 40 of the people who are in CPM training are stranded and had fears as we were praying last night. Please pray for us. Most of our Church Planters are here with me, Medical Camp team and we are all stranded, and tomorrow we were to go to Laisamis to be among the Samburu/Rendille, we don't know the safety on the way so we need your prayers. The fighting in Isiolo is between Somalis and Turkanas. The fighting here have completely affected our Church Planting movements, and its hard even to locate some of the believers who had moved far away to the region

Also same thing happened yesterday where our Church Planters and partners are meeting in Moyale. There is a training going on in Moyale for all the Church planters and partners from South Ethiopia and Northern Kenya at the time when this happened. Our Coordinator reported to me that Yesterday afternoon, the fighting broke out in Moyale town between Gabbra and Boran, less than 2 km where the meeting is taking place. The training could not go on for the afternoon session, as 60 people who are in the training on Church planting and Leadership took cover and resorted to prayers. When i talk to Adisu our field coordinator, they were still worried and don’t know how this is going to turn out to be, the gun fighting started around 11 am and went on up 6 pm in the evening. Houses were burnt, some people reported to have died, i will get the full reports this morning to help me make decisions to call off the meeting and whether i can proceed for the remaining  Please pray for:

1. God's wisdom on how i can make decision for this day. We have 40 people on training and 11 for medical Camp and i have to make this decision within the next 2 hours
2. Pray that in all these the people of God will find peace, the displaced Churches and their families
3. At the training we have church planters from all these fighting tribes, let them be able to stay together without fearing of what is happening outside
4. Many of the people in the villages had run to areas where the police are, please pray for the Churches which are being displaced
5. Pray for me that i may stay strong, be able to advise well the teams on the ground


Blessings and thanks for your prayers

Dr. Aila Tasse
Lifeway Mission Intl – Director
P.O. Box 35032, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
E-mail:
aila@lifewaymi.org
website:
www.lifewaymi.org
Facebook: Lifeway Mission International
Tel:  Cell
(+254)-728587089, Off. (+254)-202- 451921

 

4.    I CARE Update

 

Please take a moment to read the attached update to see how God is at work in Bridgeport, CT.

 

5.     Immigrant Pathway Institute

 

Immigrant Hope and World Relief have joined forces to offer a class for people interested in serving and reaching the vulnerable immigrants in our community.  Immigrant Pathway Institute is a week-long, 40-hour survey of immigration law.  It is an introductory class designed to give attendees a solid foundation for understanding the immigration system and the experiences of the immigrants they know and serve.  It can also serve as the first step toward earning the government certification necessary for workers at non-profits (like churches) to offer advice on immigration legal issues.  The class will be held at Trinity International University, May 14-18, 2012.  No prior experience or training is required to attend.

For more information, please contact me or visit www.immigranthope.org/ipi.

 

Ben Johnson, Immigrant Hope

ben.johnson@immigranthope.org, (201)835-2594

 

6.    Modules

 

Boston Module January 27 at 2:00 PM in Waltham

Southern CT Module February 15 at 9:30 AM, location to be announced

 

7.  Website

 

Don’t forget to check out our website at www.efcneda.org for the latest information!

 

God bless,

Ves