Encompass World Partners News

Sandrine Burgess has the responsibility of leading the team that will teach the 40 to 50 children who will be participating in the annual children’s weekend to be held at the Château de Saint Albain in France May 4th and 5th.

Please pray for Sandrine and the team, that their relationships would be good and that the teaching and activities that they are preparing will serve to strengthen the children’s faith in God.

Frank Puhl, Regional Director for Africa, gives updates on the work of Encompass World Partners in the Central African Republicin the video below. He also invites Christians around the world to join a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in CAR to take place on May 8, 2013. Steve Bailey, Regional Director for Latin America, translates the message for the Spanish version.

Larry DeArmey is Chad bound once again as he flies out on May 4 and plans to return on June 3. He writes, “This is the tough session since temperatures remain in the 100s and the humidity will begin to climb. Rainy season is just around the corner."

Bruce Triplehorn, Encompass staff in Uberlandia, will be the teacher for this session. He is stepping in for a professor who because of health issues will not be able to fulfill his plan to teach at this time. Bruce is a gifted teacher and has been working for many years in Brazil. DeArmey will be the translator for the sessions since Bruce is fluent in Portuguese and English but not French.

Ginger Hock, Africa Administrator, announced today that after much prayer and many discussions the decision has been made that our missionaries in Bangui will temporarily re-locate until things in the government in the C.A.R. are more stable.

Encompass World Partners invites Christians around the world to join in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in the CAR on May 8th, 2013.

Political unrest and conflict continues in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the ministry has come to a standstill. Missionaries have not left the mission compound for the past month. They are now planning to temporarily relocate to Cameroon until Bangui becomes more stable. Staff members Josh and Rachel Flaningan remain in Ohio, until they can safely return to the mission field.

Our Encompass mission staff in the CAR is currently planning a temporary move from Banqui – for safety reasons. They will be traveling by plane to Cameroon as soon as possible.

A Day of Prayer and Fasting for the CAR is being planned. Watch for coming announcements.

Ted Ruiz reports on a death anniversary, which in the Philippines are just as important as Birthdays.

Tiring (tee-RING) is a fairly new believer in Pamplona GBC, Bicol. Her husband has been dead two years and for the first 2 Death Anniversaries she celebrated them the way that most Catholic Filipinos do.

Special “Praying People” are hired ($4/hour) to come to the house to pray. The person kneels on the floor for 1 hour while 5 hired companions watch. The praying person looks at a special book with a picture of the deceased person. There is a lighted candle in front of this praying person, who prays fervently that the deceased person’s soul may one day enter Heaven.

But this year, parting from the traditions, Tiring wanted a “Thanksgiving celebration” instead.

The Medical University of South Carolina in its most recent Physician Assistant Alumni E-Newsletter published a tribute to Mike and Myra Taylor.

Mike and Myra served with GBIM (now Encompass World Partners) in the medical field in the C.A.R. from 1989-1998, after which they returned to the States to raise their four daughters. However, they have continued their involvement with the mission and in medical care to Africa. For years Mike and Myra have pursued their dream of creating a health care center in Bangui, C.A.R. that is committed to health education, and the treatment and prevention of disease.

Ginger Hock arrived safely in Bangui Thursday morning. There were not many people on the plane so going through customs and security at the airport was easier than usual. Pastor Nadjilao and his brother, an official in the Police, were waiting for her and whisked her off to the mission station in a waiting taxi. A warm reception of cheers and singing by the workers and missionaries greeted her. Wow, what a welcome.

In Cambodia the new year begins in mid-April. Camboian Ministry Parter (CMP) Symean and his wife Nisy decided to take advantage of the school vacation to organize a Vacation Bible School for the village of Sambouk Awk, where Symean teaches a small weekly Bible class. He arranged for five of his youth to get training with Child Evangelism Fellowship so that they could help with an all-day VBS for three days.