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May 2015 Prayer Letter

Kuwaa Mission-May 2015 Prayer Letter

 

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May 2015

40 years ago, May 1975, 105 Kuwaa people were baptized into Christ Jesus in Konjade where the Rev. Richard Thompson & family lived and worked as missionaries.  The Christ movement started there and spread to other Kuwaa towns.  Peace and joy reigned.  In 1989 that came to an end.  The Kuwaa people suffered under the various rebel groups during the 14 years of civil war.  Their homes and villages were destroyed.  Their farms burnt and looted.  In 2009 the Kuwaa Mission came into existence to help the Kuwaa people find peace and joy again.  The mission planned to focus on helping the people help themselves.  The goal is to help them rebuild the infrastructures of the villages.  The first priority of the Mission was to help the villages dig their own wells.  Too many children were dying because of bad water.  The Mission also helped build a medical clinic in Kondesu.  The clinic will help the people of several towns.  The mission held workshops to train the people about the advantage of drinking and using good water and how to care for the wells and filters.  Workshops were also held to train teachers, and they were held to train church leaders about teaching children and adults Bible stories and religious material.

Plans to start building and rebuilding bridges and roads are now underway.  It won’t be cheap but desperately needed.  Better roads will definitely help the Kuwaa people.  One of our volunteers has donated $6,000 for this project if the Mission matches his funds.  The Board of Directors is asking you to pray about this need.  The more funds received by the Mission means more roads and better bridges.

The work will be much easier and cheaper if a road system is developed in the chiefdom.  More villages can be reached and helped.

I must give a big “Thank You” to all of you who are praying for the Mission and the Kuwaa people and to all of you who are supporting the work program.  The work cannot go on without your help.  I also want to give a special “Thank You” to all of you who have volunteered to help the Mission here or in Liberia.  The last “Thank You” goes to the Board of Directors who have maintained the work of the Mission without much help from me this last year.  Keep up the good work.  God has blessed your work.

Current and Ongoing Work

• Building and Repairing Roads

• Providing Wells

• Providing Water Filters

• Providing School, Student & Medical Supplies

• Build and repair Churches and Schools

• Providing Bibles and Teaching Materials

• Providing Training Workshops (Bible, sanitation, medicine, etc.)

• Providing Scholarships

• Liaising with Government & Non-Profit Organizations

• Finding and Sending Volunteers

• Promoting the work of the Mission

Your brother in Christ’s love,

Rev. Dr. Richard Thompson, co-founder of the Kuwaa Mission

 Donations can be given in two ways:

1.   Make out check to: The Kuwaa Mission  (send to Bethany Lutheran Church (see below))

2.   Go to the Kuwaa Mission Website at www.kuwaamission.org:  use PayPal to make a one time or automatic monthly donation

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April 2015 Prayer Letter



Kuwaa Mission-April 2015 Prayer Letter


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April 2015

Resurrection Hope!

At this Easter season I am reminded that as God’s people in Christ Jesus we are a people of HOPE.  And hope is what the Kuwaa Mission brings to the people of the Kuwaa villages in Liberia.  Through projects funded by your generosity we are able to continue the vital work of building bridges, digging wells, constructing medical clinics and sharing the Good News through Vacation Bible School with the Kuwaa village children.  Thank you for your continued support of this important work.  We are grateful for your generosity and encouragement.

Ways you can support the Kuwaa Mission this Spring…

Kids4Kuwaa Noisy Offerings

Have you held a Noisy Offering in your congregation?  At St. Mark Lutheran Church in Anchorage, Alaska we collect a loose-coin offering on the every 5th Sunday (4 per year) for the Kuwaa Mission.  Children collect these offerings during our regular offering time in metal paint cans.  The congregation is encouraged to “make a lot of noise” as the cans are passed and coins are contributed.  Of course we accept “quiet” money too.  In this way in 2014 we were able to raise over $1000 for the mission and we are confident this year we will raise even more. 

Noisy offering are also great for VBS and Sunday school.  Kids love giving and collecting the “noisy” coin offerings and are proud to contribute to the mission that makes it possible for the Kuwaa children to have safe drinking water and access to medical care.

Won’t you try a Noisy Offering in your congregation?

Buy a Print

We are offering two beautiful prints for sale by well-known artist Marilyn Beth Hughes, previously of Billings, MT.  Ms. Hughes has paintings in many places around Billings, including the Yellowstone Art Museum.  

Prints are high quality (geclee).  Neither are framed.  They are all numbered and sell for $75 each. Normal shipping is $9.99.  

 

You may order prints by contacting board chair

“Pounding”.  Size is 7 3/8″ x 14″.

“Who are You?”  Size is 8 3/4″ x 10″.

As we mentioned in last month’s newsletter, a friend of the Kuwaa Mission donated $6000 for bridge building/rebuilding work.  We need to raise another $6000 to complete the project.  These bridges are of log and plank construction and are vital for the transportation of well building materials and other supplies up country.  Of the 16 Kuwaa villages, only 3 have motor road access.  The others are accessible only by foot or motorbike which require bridges also.

Please consider helping us raise the $6000 needed to complete the bridge project this year.  Thank you for your generous support of the Kuwaa Mission as together we share Christ’s love with the Kuwaa through our water, medical and school projects. 

Gracious God, In this season of new life, hope and joy may we remember those whose daily lives are difficult and challenging.   For the people of Kuwaa, may we continue to find ways to lift their burdens and restore hope and joy to their lives through our gifts of time, talent and labor. 

In the name of our Risen Savior, Christ the Lord. 

AMEN

 Donations can be given in two ways:

1.   Make out check to: The Kuwaa Mission  (send to Bethany Lutheran Church (see below))

2.   Go to the Kuwaa Mission Website at www.kuwaamission.org:  use PayPal to make a one time or automatic monthly donation

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March 2015 Prayer Letter

March 2015 Prayer Letter

 

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March 2015

We praise God that the Ebola crisis is nearly over in Liberia. There have been no reports of the epidemic affecting the Kuwaa Chiefdom or our national co-workers. Thank you, our prayer partners, for your prayers and financial support during the Ebola epidemic. Through your generous gifts we were able to send $3000 to be shared with our mission partners in Liberia: the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liberia (ELCL) and the Samaritan’s Purse mission organization (Franklin Graham) to assist them in their efforts to deal with the Ebola situation.

This year the mission will be constructing two more new wells and conducting water/sanitation workshops and pump technician workshops. Again this year we will also sponsor a Kids4Kuwaa, Vacation Bible School for over 100 children in Belle Baloma.

Bridges

A metaphor for so much about what the Kuwaa Mission does and about what the Kuwaa people need.  In this case, physical Bridges.  The current ones requires courage to navigate.  Please help us fix this major issue to allow a safer and more efficient flow of God’s love to the Kuwaa people.

Recently, a friend of the Kuwaa Mission donated $6000 for bridge building/rebuilding work. We need to raise  another $6000 to complete the project. These bridges are of log and plank construction and are vital for the transportation of well building materials and other supplies up country. Of the 16 Kuwaa villages, only 3 have motor road access. The others are accessible only by foot or motorbike which require bridges also.

Please consider helping us raise the $6000 needed to complete the bridge project this year. Thank you for your generous support of the Kuwaa Mission as together we share Christ’s love with the Kuwaa through our water, medical and school projects. Also, please keep the Kuwaa people and the Kuwaa Mission in your thoughts and prayers.

 Donations can be given in two ways:

1.   Make out check to: The Kuwaa Mission  (send to Bethany Lutheran Church (see below))

2.   Go to the Kuwaa Mission Website at www.kuwaamission.org:  use PayPal to make a one time or automatic monthly donation

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JANUARY 2015 PRAYER LETTER

January 2015 Prayer Letter

 

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January 2015

KIDS 4 KUWAA

A Blessed and Happy New Year to our faithful prayer and financial supporters of the Kuwaa Mission. This month we want to share with you some information about the support received from school children at Christ Lutheran Church in Costa Mesa, California.  Five years ago the  congregation and its school began to support the Kuwaa Mission through various fundraisers and activities informing members about the  work of the Mission, especially during the recent Ebola crisis in Liberia.

These 3 girls raised  over $176 for K4K by making and  selling bracelets at church.

Ed and Diane Stelling, Kids4Kuwaa students and school principal Caleb McFerran.

The school children raised $603.35 in the October 2014 weekly chapel offerings.

Na mama o, tegbela gbaa (Thank you, very much, in Kuwaa) boys and girls of our schools and Sunday Schools as you share your love for the Lord with the Kuwaa children.  Please continue to pray for the Mission and the Kuwaa children in Liberia.

If your congregation, school or Sunday School would like to get involved, we have Kids4Kuwaa bookmarks and coloring page masters available for children.

Please contact us by email at: estelling@kuwaamission.org

 Donations can be given in two ways:

1.   Make out check to: The Kuwaa Mission  (send to Bethany Lutheran Church (see below))

2.   Go to the Kuwaa Mission Website at www.kuwaamission.org:  use PayPal to make a one time or automatic monthly donation

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Kuwaa Mission 5 Year Anniversary Prayer Letter

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5 Year Anniversary 2014
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Help celebrate The Kuwaa Missions 5th  Anniversary

Pray, Volunteer, Donate or Partner

With God all things are possible Matt 19: 4

During this Holiday season please join the Kuwaa Mission Board as we celebrate five years of God’s work.

On November 9th 2014 Board member Lolitha Shepard celebrated with Bethany Lutheran Church in Slidell Louisiana, the birth place of the Kuwaa Mission.

The members were moved to see how God is transforming the lives of the Kuwaa people in far away West Africa. This transformation was supported by donors like you and church congregations who have prayed and decided to pledge their financial support to the Kuwaa Mission.  Much work has been accomplished in the past five years including the installation or repair of wells in thirteen of the sixteen villages. There have been many helpful workshops and training from well pump operation to the proper use of water filters. In the last year the Kuwaa Mission has been blessed to build a clinic in the village of Kondesu which will serve many of the surrounding villages with much needed medical care.  There is much work still to do in the coming months and years, please pause to pray and send much needed financial support for both the Kuwaa Mission and the Ebola epidemic.

We the Kuwaa Mission Board would like to thank all our Men & Women who have served in the United States Military as we observed Veterans Day Nov 11, 2014.

The Kuwaa Mission Board would like to thank each and every person who has prayed, donated their time, talent and treasures to the service of caring for God’s people.

Please pray for The Kuwaa Mission Board members and their families. Especially Cindy Bye, Rev Dick Thompson and Stan Olsen as they recover from surgery and the Bishop of the LCL Jensen Seyenkulo and all other aide works from around the world involved in the Ebola epidemic in Liberia.

 Donations can be given in two ways:

1.   Make out check to: The Kuwaa Mission  (send to Bethany Lutheran Church (see below))

2.   Go to the Kuwaa Mission Website at www.kuwaamission.org:  use PayPal to make a one time or automatic monthly donation

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The Kuwaa Mission:  c/o Bethany Lutheran Church,  1340 8th Street,  Slidell, LA 70458 www.bethanyslidell.org
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