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January 2011 Prayer Letter
December Prayer Letter
2010
The Kuwaa Mission celebrates its second Christmas this December! I wonder what this Mission would be doing this Christmas if it was a human child growing up in the West. I imagine it would be a time of great anticipation for this child as she would have heard the commercials, the special songs, stories about the North Pole, questions about what she wants for Christmas and maybe she would have heard the story of what God did for humankind. Maybe the story would go something like this, “God loved us so much that He gave us a gift. That gift is Jesus born in a stable in Bethlehem.”
Christmas is about God giving humankind a gift. That gift would give them so much joy that they would become joyful gift-givers themselves!
As the Kuwaa Mission celebrates its second Christmas, we have seen firsthand what God can do through people who accept God’s gift of Jesus Christ. To them, we want to say thank you! You have demonstrated the reality of God to us and to the Kuwaa people! Here are the names of some of those for whom we are grateful this Christmas:
1. Wheat Ridge Ministries which had faith in our dream, gave the seed money for this mission and continues to urge us on;
2. Bethany Lutheran Church in Slidell, LA for being our sponsoring church;
3. The Lutheran Church in Liberia, for their partnership;
4. All our partner and supporting churches who work diligently for the mission. Among those churches are Abiding Savior, Lake Forest, CA; Amazing Grace Lutheran – Anchorage, AK; Beautiful Savior Lutheran – Anchorage, AK; Central Lutheran – Anchorage, AK; Christ Lutheran, Costa Mesa, CA; Christ Lutheran – Fairbanks, AK; Fairbanks Lutheran – Fairbanks AK; First Lutheran – Aitkin, MN; Holy Cross Lutheran – Eureka, MT; Lord of Life Lutheran – North Pole, AK; Mount Zion Lutheran – New Orleans, LA; River of Life – Peters Creek, AK; Trinity Lutheran – Palmer, AK; Trinity Lutheran, Park Forest, IL;
5. The organizations and individuals that partner with us so far: Alaska WELCA, LWML – Christ and Christ Care – Coasta Mesa, CA; Anamayii, the Catholic Fathers in Liberia and Samaritan’s Purse, Hope Lutheran School– West Seattle, WA; and
6. The government of Liberia for the warm reception they have given us especially Vice President Joseph Boakai, Senator T. Momo, Representative D. Yarsiah, and Minister of Health W. Gwenegale.
To you all, we say:
Thank You and Merry Christmas
From: The Board of Directors of the Kuwaa Mission
www.kuwaamission.org or email Djensen@kuwaamission.org
November Prayer Letter
God has blessed the Kuwaa people this year and our mission to help them. From all of us at the Kuwaa mission Thank You and may God continue to bless the Kuwaa people through you.
Below is the link to the November Prayer Letter!
October 2010 Prayer Letter
October Kuwaa Prayer Letter
“AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM,” prophesied Isaiah. (Is. 11:6) These words slammed into my consciousness yesterday after I spoke about the Kuwaa Mission at River of Life Lutheran Church. I could not but praise God for what I experienced. The congregational president interrupted the service when I was finished. He came forward and reminded the group that last January they changed their constitution to include a special mission project that they would be involved in. He emphatically stated that the Kuwaa Mission should be it and that they would become a part of the Mission’s sending group. I said to myself, “Thank you, God. All I can do is praise you!” Little did I know that the best was yet to come.
AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM!
Little Brooke, a 10 year old girl, came up to me. Being very bashful, her mom accompanied her to speak with me. Little Brooke’s mother told me that Brooke wanted to give her $15 allowance to the Kuwaa Mission. She continued that her daughter was very touched by the message. After handing me the $15, Brooke became comfortable enough to begin talking to me. She and her mom asked what Brooke could do to help the Kuwaa Mission even more. Brooke wanted to set a goal for herself to work toward to help the mission. I gave her the list of things for which people can dedicate funds, like pencils for school children, tool to work with, etc. While people filled their plates and began eating a Liberian meal, a man asked me how much it would cost to go over to Liberia as a volunteer. As I talked to him about it, I noticed Brooke standing there with him. He is her grandpa. She asked her gramps to take her to Liberia as a volunteer in 2011. I gave them an approximate price, adding that congregations are encouraged to help pay for the trip. I said to myself, “Thank you, God. All I can do is praise you!”
AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM!
While eating the meal, a wonderful question and answer session about the Mission and the Kuwaa people pursued. As people began to leave, Brooke and her mother came back to me saying that Brooke decided on a project. She wanted to save and raise money for one potable water system. Her mom shared that Brooke was very taken to help the children because she heard that 50% were still dying before 10 years of age, mostly because of bad drinking water. I said, “Thank you,” and something like, “WOW!” Her mother explained that Brooke wanted to raise the money for a medical clinic but that she was dissuaded from taking on that one due to the cost of the project. But little 10 year old Brooke was determined if not a medical clinic then she would save and raise the amount to provide one potable water system. Again I said, “Thank you,” and “WOW!” while I encouraged her in her big thinking. I told her about noisy offerings and suggested that she could get a couple of one gallon metal buckets so that the congregation could help her raise the money by throwing their coins into the bucket each Sunday. I told her she could put a scale in the entrance way for everyone to see each week on how the project is doing. I shared with her about Lord of Life Lutheran Church in North Pole Alaska. They already raised money to pay for one potable water system with the noisy offering. At that moment Brooke could have climbed Mt Denali all by herself in one day.
“AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM!
Let us pray for all children. Let us pray that each Kuwaa town can have potable water systems so that 50% of their children won’t die by the age of 10. Let us pray for children who shall lead us! And let us praise God for them.
“AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KUWAA MISSION, HOW YOU CAN HELP, AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED, SEE www.kuwaamission.org.
Your partner in Mission,
Dick Thompson, Kuwaa Mission CEO