One of the most beautiful sounds to the human ear is the sound of one’s own name, especially when called by the Creator and Savior. But many truth-seekers in South Asia have never known this joy because their language has not yet welcomed Jesus. Without Scripture in their heart language, they remain disconnected from the greatest story ever told.

Moved by this reality, twenty-five believers have answered the call to bring God’s Word into their world of sounds. Wycliffe Associates is coming alongside them, providing essential tools, encouragement, and training to make it possible. Mark Stedman from Wycliffe Associates explains:

“The teams that are choosing to do this work, they do it because they love the Lord. And despite all of that, sometimes these projects can take a year or even two years.”

Photo is a representative stock image courtesy of Randall Meng via Unsplash

Two years can feel like a long wait for those desperate for hope. That’s where Starlink — a satellite internet service — comes in. By equipping translators with their own internet kits, the mission removes several key barriers.

“So what’s exciting about this new technology is we can upload files, back up their work, and even have video calls with people in the remotest places on Earth, so they can work with facilitators helping them translate,” says Stedman.

Bringing the Gospel to these unreached groups costs about three to four thousand dollars, covering the Starlink kit, delivery, and setup. This is where your prayers and support can cross land and sea to reach the waiting hearts of Southeast Asia.

Visit Wycliffe Associates to learn how you can help!

Header photo Malaysia (Photo courtesy of Melanie Lim/Unsplash)

Now, it has finally been released. Jason Woolford says, “They were trying to make our recipients abandon the container. We kept praying and believing that while the Muslims in customs there were causing problems, we would just have a miracle. And we’ve had one, indeed. The container has been released. The distribution has already begun.”

Officials either want to sell the Bibles for their own profit, or they want to destroy them for religious regions, Woolford says.

Seminaries

The container holds thousands of Bibles and Christian books for churches and seminaries in the island country. Woolford says, “It’s so great to see our brothers and sisters receive them. They have been wanting books for their Bible College so that they can have more students come in. Because the students can’t even afford to go to school, let alone buy books.”

“People that are listening have now made it possible for these students, who want to be ministers, to have free seminary materials.”

Corruption among port officials in the Philippines has increased over the last few years. Continue to pray for materials to be sent there.

You can also donate used Bibles or Christian books. Woolford says, “Lastly, we cannot do what we’re doing without financial help and support. When we send a container, it costs about $11,000 to send. But that has nearly half a million dollars worth of free Bibles and Christian books that we give away. I ask that you would partner with Mission Cry.”

Header photo courtesy of Mission Cry. 

These nations also risk increased unrest as the food crisis mounts. The 11 countries named in the Allianz report are Algeria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Climate change

Nick Archer with World Concern says climate change has impacted global food production as well. “There’s definitely evidence out there that things are changing. Even within the last couple of weeks, there’s been a huge heatwave that’s hit Europe. People have a lot of concern around that and why it’s happening.”

“Even here in where I live in Virginia, we’re seeing some stranger, more unusual weather patterns.”

East African drought and famine have gotten steadily worse for years. World Concern works in the region, providing nutritional supplements for children and those most vulnerable. Archer says, “Right now, we’re conducting these programs in South Sudan in Somalia. In fact, we had another shipment of this product called Nutributter that arrived in South Sudan just a couple of days ago.”

More than disaster relief, World concern helps communities build resilience to drought and famine. Archer says, “One of the terms we talk about now is ‘climate adaptation.’ How do we help communities adapt?”

One of World Concern’s methods is providing clean water. Archer says, “Rather than streams and wells drying up, we try to create greater sustainability that both helps people, but also help their animals. I think this is one thing that people don’t always understand, particularly about pastoral people, is that the animals are their livelihood.”

How to pray

How can Christians interact with such overwhelming need? It’s more than giving, Archer says. “Lean into the problem and say, ‘Lord, what do I need to learn from this? Is there a response you need from me?”

The header photo shows dead animals during an East African drought in 2011. (Photo courtesy of Oxfam East Africa, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

On their way to another province on the island of Mindanao as part of a project to proclaim Christ and plant churches, the local missionaries waited for the uniformed officers to let them continue on.

“I told them not to delay us because we were on a mission trip journey, but they just ignored what I said,” the ministry leader said. “I told them, ‘Since you are holding us longer than expected, and we cannot reach our destination, I want to share with you the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ.’”

He began telling them how Jesus of Nazareth willingly gave Himself over to death to pay for humanity’s sin and make God’s forgiveness available to all who believed in his sacrifice and resurrection, quoting John 3:16-19.

“One of them interrupted me and said, ‘Being Muslims, our faith is in Allah.’ I stopped him and continued my message.”

It was then that he learned they belonged to a Muslim tribe, he said.

Quoting Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23, Hebrews 9:27, and John 1:12, he told them about sin, grace,judgment and becoming children of God by receiving Christ and believing in His name.

“I then ended it by prayer,” the leader said. “After my prayer, I asked them to accept Christ as their Lord and I rejoiced greatly when they confessed!”

Overcoming Fears

Not all intents to evangelize amid the pandemic are as effective or even possible, but local missionaries are finding ways to expand the kingdom of God.

Workers from another ministry on Mindanao Island hold Bible studies and church services in an area so remote it requires three hours through rough terrain to reach by motorcycle, and five hours during the rainy season. It is untouched by the novel coronavirus but full of other dangers.

“It’s surrounded with high mountains and deep forest, and this makes it an ideal nest for the communist rebels, the New People’s Army, and the Islamic extremist Abu Sayyaf Group,” the ministry leader said. “Terrorism is rampant in the area since it is the usual passageway to the next province.

The armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army has waged a protracted guerrilla war against the government since 1969, and peace talks have stalled. Along with the Philippines government, the United States and the European Union have designated it as a terrorist organization.

Abu Sayyaf, responsible for the kidnapping and killing of U.S. missionary Martin Burnham in 2001, has mainly targeted Filipinos, including native missionaries. The local ministry leader said impoverished villagers are vulnerable to recruitment by both Islamic extremist and communist militants.

“Seeing the fear and anxiety faced by people who have no hope, so that most can be easily recruited by these groups, gives us the strength to carry on the mission,” he said. “Though the area is tricky and critical, seeing the eagerness and the longing of the people there to know about Jesus Christ made us set aside our own fears and worries.”

A house church in one remote village is able to meet every Saturday, while worship services in another area continue under the guidance of elders from another nearby church, he said.

“They are a group of two, handling the services alternately every Sunday,” he said. “Even with the scarcity of resources, we kept our faith and carried on the mission in those areas. Seeing how the members struggle in every way just to bring food to their tables and continue in their service to the Lord made my heart ache and made me pray hard for ways in which I could help them.”

Physical and Spiritual Needs

In other areas where lockdowns are in effect, local missionaries are using Zoom, Facebook messaging and other internet means for regular fellowship, prayer meetings, and Bible studies, the director of another native ministry said.

“Many are also sharing the gospel through the internet with former classmates, friends, and neighbors and, by God’s grace, several of them who heard the gospel responded positively,” the leader said. “We trust the Lord to work out conviction in their hearts.”

For those without internet access, he sends weekly printed messages to study, he added. Ministry workers are also encouraged to continue Bible studies in small groups with safe distancing, quiet times and meetings.

“In areas that are not so much affected with the pandemic, church services already resumed after four months of lockdown,” the leader said. “Before July ended, in the hinterland of Negros Oriental more than 40 brethren went through water baptism as they committed their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Physical needs have grown since the pandemic struck, but local missionaries have been able to send relief goods to areas so remote that they had received only minimal government assistance, he said. Tribal brethren have received rice and essential non-food items as well.

“The Lord Jesus promised never to leave us nor forsake us,” the leader said. “He said in John, ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.’”

Click here if you are interested in helping Christian Aid Mission partner with local missionaries who are working amid difficult circumstances to meet physical and spiritual needs throughout the country.

Header photo courtesy of Christian Aid Mission

A few years back, they announced big goals as part of their Vision2020.

• (Partners/training) 20 Countries in Asia
• 100 Church Multiplication Teams/Networks – Japan
• 1000 Reproducing Churches in Japan

(Image courtesy of Asian Access)

A2 president Joe Handley says 2018 was a great year for implementation after years of laying a solid foundation for growth. As he looks back on 2018 and ahead to 2019, he keeps using the word ‘exciting’. What does ‘exciting’ mean for Asian Access? Doesn’t everyone use that word to describe an upcoming year?

Here’s why Handley might be a little ‘excited’. While he couldn’t go into detail yet due to some security concerns, he says the time is right and God is opening doors. “Right now, we have five new countries, I think, even six that might be looking to open with us. And these are countries that are completely closed to the development of leaders within their midst. “

This will be in addition to 15 Countries where A2 is now fully operational: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka plus five additional countries with select pastors/leaders and faculty.

Other national directors share his enthusiasm. A2’s Myanmar director shares:

Dear A2 Community,

New Year greetings from A2 Myanmar! This 2019 will be very exciting year for us as we are getting one year closer to our 2020 vision. I feel like that we have to try harder this year to reach God-given Vision. So each every day is so important for us, we have to pray more, work more, build each other up more, go deeper and in whatever God wants us to go further let’s go further as our Heavenly Father gives strength and resources. Personally, I really want to see our 2020 vision accomplished so I prepare myself in all ways as much as I can in my present reality. Lord may we see Asian Access to be Global Access before you bring us Home.

(Photo courtesy Asian Access)

Investing in Women

Beyond church planting and leadership training, since 2014, A2 has been investing in women. They apply the following four outcomes to women leaders across Asia:

1. Nurturing a love relationship with God;
2. Growing in Christ-like character;
3. Reproducing disciple-making leaders;
4. Planting multiplying churches.

The reality: being a female leader can be difficult and lonely, but A2 is investing in these leaders to encourage them. In all of the training they offer for women, they try to help the women understand and answer this question: “How do you grow as a leader?”  Since they’re in the A2 community, these women are also learning from each other. The approach is unique enough that more countries are inviting A2 to share their perspective on empowering women in ministry. In 2018, the ministry expanded to a brand-new country (also unnamed, due to security reasons); by years’ end, Asian Access leaders found the results of the many conversations and cohorts, thrilling.

What happens when you say ‘Yes’ to God

In fact, last month, says Handley, “I met leaders from three new countries (who) are saying, “Hey Joe, I’ve heard about what God is doing through women in these two countries. Can you bring that to our country?””  The answer is almost always ‘yes’—and that’s what led to a breakthrough year last year.

(Photo courtesy Asian Access)

As he looks ahead to 2019, he added one more thing onto his already full plate: AsianAccess.biz, culminating from a journey that began four years ago. The goal is to care for, mentor and walk among entrepreneurs and marketplace leaders so they can be more Christ-like leaders in their spheres of influence.   The venture is now bearing fruit with communities in the marketplace and among entrepreneurs in Asia. Handley explains, “We are looking at expanding at a rapid rate with business professionals. We have leaders from places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan that are saying, ‘We are hungry for the development of our capacity as Kingdom marketplace leaders.'”

When Joe Handley says things are ‘exciting’, he isn’t kidding. He’s at the front end of trendsetting curves, riding the wave of momentum, listening for God’s direction, covered in prayer, as he leads A2 into a 2019 full of probabilities and possibilities as they help change the few who will change the many.

Headline image courtesy Asian Access.

Joe Handley of Asian Access is excited to announce they are expanding their ministry into the Philippines. The need? Church leadership, church planting, and healing across the Body of Christ. God has uniquely equipped the ministry in these three areas.

Recent Church history in the Philippines

Handley says in the late 80’s there were only 7-8,000 churches nationwide. Church leaders set a goal of having 50,000 churches by 2000. They believed this would give every Filipino access to the Church. So they started praying and moving.

By 2001, there were 51,000 churches across the Philippines. And the Church kept growing — today there are around 65,000 churches.

But, Handley says the growth seems to have plateaued, and it’s no wonder. During an election a few years ago, a major disagreement arose surrounding elections.

Handley says “Half the majority churches in the country were on one side of that election; the other half were on another. And it caused a major rift between these two large movements of churches in the nation.”

But, God has started to bring reconciliation to the Filipino Church. And, the timing has been amazing.

“A few years ago, right as Asian Access was sensing maybe God would be calling us there, just as we were making our first trip into the country, those two movements actually came back together, reconciled, and said, ‘We need to be working together again.’”

God’s hand in guiding Asian Access

Through this process, Asian Access has been able to discern many things they can help the Church with.

First, they are skilled at bringing the Body of Christ together in Unity for the advancement of the Gospel. With these skills, they can help continue to heal the rift created.

Second, they can help the Church work towards their next goal.

“They want to now see 120,000 churches, almost double what they currently have, by the year 2020. That’s just here in four years.”

Asian Access works with church planting and can help them develop healthy strategies. The final thing they are able to assist with is leadership training.

Handley says sometimes church leadership education skips over important areas of leadership. For instance, it might be assumed that a pastor knows how to grow in his walk with Christ, and so there won’t be classes on how to keep a healthy relationship with the Lord while you’re leading others.

Neglecting the cultivation of faith of a leader leads to other issues. A big issue, Handley says, is character. Leaders might struggle with integrity or humility — things we all struggle with, but which are more obvious and damaging on a leadership level.

“The important aspects of character and walking with Christ and treating each other in respect and honor, those were not treated in these school systems.”

(Photo courtesy Asian Access)

But here is another way Asian Access hopes to help.

“Those are the elements treated throughout Asian Access in a way that helps bolster the Church. It strengthens the life of a pastor, it strengthens his walk with God, it strengthens the life of his marriage and in his family, and from that strength, from that deep-rootedness in Christ, his character begins to change.”

With this, they’ll be able to lead more effectively.

In January the team will be meeting with about 30 leaders in the Philippines. It is the launch session for the work to be done there.

This is an exciting new venture, but there’s a lot of work to be done. Would you walk with Asian Access in prayer?

You can also support them here.

Smiling faces of a family who
just received free Christian literature.
(Photo courtesy of Christian Resources International)

Philippines (MNN) — Pretend you have to travel hours to get to a concert you’ve been looking forward to for months. You realize that there is likelihood for you to be late. So you call up the information desk where the concert is going to be held and ask them, “Will I still get my Bible?”

Christian Resources International returned from the Philippines earlier this month. What they found was a hunger for the word of God.

Concert

During this trip, CRI held a concert/evangelistic meeting with Christian music where those in attendance would receive a free Bible. They also heard the testimony of Jason Woolford, CRI’s executive director. The meeting was held in Cuenta Astrodome. “We had 4,000 people come and get to hear the word of God preached,” Woolford says.

This was part one of their distribution of the $3 million worth of Bibles and Christian books collected and shipped to the Philippines earlier this year.

One pastor who was helping organize the concert said he received many calls, e-mails, and texts from people concerned they would not be able to get a Bible since they were late. There were no questions regarding whether or not they would still have their seat, or how close they would get to the stage!

Out of the 4,000 who heard the message of Jesus Christ, many decided to follow Him. Many more rededicated their lives to serve Him.

Woolford says, “I’ll try to be very conservative on these numbers. At least from what we could count with the lights just barely up, that we could see, were over 500 people who asked Jesus Christ into their life for the first time, and hundreds that rededicated their life to the Lord.”

Pastors Conference

The second purpose of the trip was a Pastor’s Conference. Woolford reminds us that being a pastor is hard work. “Statistics show it’s one of the fastest occupations where people feel defeated and give up and get out of that line of work, so to speak. And so we were able to speak an encouraging word–a message into their life, reminding them that God will see them through, one way or the other.”

One of the ways of giving encouragement was to provide the 700 pastors with multiple boxes of Bibles and Christian books each. These resources will help them disciple people who non-believers, new believers, and even those in seminary.

One of CRI’s partners also donated food for them to hand out to the pastors. The pastors could choose what they needed most: food or Bibles.

Woolford says every one of the pastors chose the Bibles. “It just choked me up to see that they have an understanding that ‘man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'”

It’s often the case that Christians who go to bless others are blessed by those they go serve. “I was just overwhelmed to meet these men and women of God who just were impacted by God,” Woolford says.

After Woolford shared his testimony, a man approached him. He explained that he left the ministry 8 years earlier when his 8-year-old son was shot and killed in the car by a drive-by shooter.

He stepped out of the ministry because he was angry at the situation and confused at why God would allow such a horrible thing.

He explained to Woolford that he had thought several times about going back into ministry, which was why he showed up at the conference. He thanked Woolford for sharing his story, and assured him that he was heading back into ministry.

Distribution Bookstores

The final part of the trip was to establish two distribution centers in Northern Manila. These distribution centers are essentially bookstores where people pick up the books they need–for free.

“No one’s being charged for the Word of God; people are coming to be able to get it for free, and lives are going to be changed. This will be an ongoing program that we will have, and we’re so excited for it,” Woolford says.

And it goes on–with your help!

CRI stepped out into faith in order to distribute these Bibles and provide encouragement for the people of the Philippines. The financial costs, once the books were given, were immense. But CRI trusted God to provide the means to complete what He had called them to.

Woolford says, “When God calls us to do things, He doesn’t always call us to do it when everything’s in order.”

Woolford says that following God’s call even when it’s hard is to follow the Kingdom path, not the common path.

Will you help them continue this vital work? Become a book missionary with CRI: donate that extra Bible sitting on your shelf, or the Christian books you’ve already read through.

Or, you can help by contributing toward the $10,900 cost of shipping the next container of books.

For more information, call 517-223-3193, or visit the CRI Web site here.

Finally, watch for their video highlighting the events that took place on their trip.

Woolford leaves us with this prayer: “As you live a life for God, I know God will make a way for you. I pray that He will meet your needs in the realms spiritual, physical, and financial as you honor Him, in Jesus’ name.”

(Photo by Christian Aid Mission)

Philippines (MNN) — Five months after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, the country is still reeling from the destruction.

Christian Aid Mission is coming alongside indigenous ministries there, to help them rebuild and begin functioning again.

The team has been focusing on reconstructing ruined buildings and replacing mission supplies. Progress is slow because there are very few workers. New estimates report that electricity will not be back until June.

Steve VanValkenburg of Christian Aid says, “It takes time just to get back on our feet. But it does hamper their ministries, even though they say people are very open to the Gospel.”

While it is true that people are hungry for the truth of the Gospel, everyone is very busy.

Many ministry leaders have left the area for bigger cities. “Right now, they’re off trying to find employment to be able to keep their families going, and that is a problem for ministry. They’re not back on their feet yet. There’s a disability there; they’ve been disabled from doing a lot of things they want to in ministry because they’re busy rebuilding and trying to make a living,” VanValkenburg says.

The damages don’t stop on the physical level. Emotionally, these victims are dealing with loss of property, and more tragically: people. Even now when a storm comes, it causes concern.

VanValkenburg says that many children deal with it by pretending it didn’t happen as they work to get their life back to normal. “That’s probably a good thing about school: it gets the kids back into a normal routine, even though there’s heartbreak now.”

He says kids will always look back at this tragedy with heartbreak.

However, VanValkenburg is pleased that many ministries are still at work. This includes VBS, clubs, and training.

“The main thing people need is….hope,” VanValkenburg says. “There’s no way for enough aid to come in to ever rebuild everything that was destroyed by the typhoon. Still, if people have hope, they’ll be doing fine. And the main way we have hope is actually in Christ and knowing that we’re in His hand, and we think of the eternal things and we have eternal values. As long as people are hearing the Gospel and they’re hearing the Bible preached, they’re going to have hope.”

The hope is that Christians within the church can live out what the Body of Christ is meant to do in times of peace and turmoil. That means Christians should be focusing on building each other up. And yes, unconquerable hope only occurs within the church.

As VanValkenburg explains, worldly sources of hope can only last so long: “Whenever there’s a trauma, initially there is a stiff upper lip. People may fall apart, then they say, ‘We’re gonna get going.’ But after a while, it gets old.”

People get sick of living in moldy houses without doors, windows, roofs, or electricity. They get sick of not having practical ways to cook.

“Pray for the people there to have endurance. I think also it’s easy for them to get their eyes on just the goal of rebuilding–which should be the goal. They should be doing that. But they need to be encouraged to be the Body of Christ and to see the Body of Christ function within that area.”

Please pray that the people of the Philippines would be encouraged spiritually and that they will keep their eyes on Christ. Pray that they would grow in their faith and share that with the lost around them.

Because of the way things are done in the Philippines, local help for construction is better than outside help. That means that you can help support them financially, enabling them to utilize local resources.

Pray also that God will help them replace all of the lost materials and rebuild their churches.

Marlou Barredo is waiting to hear from her family. (Photo courtesy of ANM)

Philippines (MNN) – Numbers detailing death and destruction from Typhoon Haiyan continue to grow. Communication in the Philippines is still down, and many families are separated with no idea who’s alive and who’s dead.

Marlou Barredo, wife of Advancing Native Missions founder and President Bo Barredo, is a native of Tocloban, a city in the Philippines. She now lives in the States. So far, she’s received news that her brother and two cousins and their families are all alive.

But as for the rest of her relatives in the Philippines, nearly 200 in number, she has heard nothing.

“A cousin of mine who has two kids and his wife [have] all been listed as missing. So, I am not sure exactly what has become of them, but I am just entrusting them to the Lord. However, I have a niece who is almost like a daughter to my husband and me who I haven’t gotten any information about or heard from.” Barredo informs us that her niece is eight months pregnant and also has a little daughter.

“I am just waiting, hoping, and trusting that they are safe,” she says.

On seeing from afar what has happened to her city, Barredo says: “The damage is just unbelievable. I cannot recognize the city that I was born in and that I grew up in and I went to school. It’s just heartbreaking seeing all those images, all those pictures of devastation and of bodies literally littered on the streets. It’s just overwhelming.”

Meanwhile efforts to aid the survivors are not sufficient. “There are not enough people to retrieve the dead bodies, or even to provide food and water to the thousands of hungry, starving, and thirsty residents. These are my people, and my heart just goes out to them.”

As desperate individuals seek to feed their family, relief organizations face serious danger. “The security risks are just increasing as the days progress because there’s no food and so people are hungry and people would do anything to get to whatever relief goods there are.” As a result of this desperation, many aid convoys have been held up.

Barredo recognizes the help that people in other countries have given, especially through AMN. “There have been responses from kind-hearted brothers and sisters here in [the US] and I’m so thankful to them for giving through AMN. Thank you so much.”

Christians can continue to open the door to the Gospel by showing God’s love to these people in need of so much. Barredo encourages you to check out AMN’s website here so that you can learn how you to help best.

Pray that Barredo will receive good news about her family. Pray for AMN’s partners on the ground, about 30 ministries wisdom, protection. Other partners are participating in medical aid distribution in safer areas.

Marlou Barredo, wife of Advancing Native Missions founder
and President Bo Barredo, is a native of Tocloban, a city in the Philippines.
She now lives in the United States. So far, she's received news that her brother and
two cousins and their families are all alive.

But from the rest of her relatives in the Philippines,
nearly 200 in number, she has heard nothing.

"A cousin of mine who has two kids and his wife [have] all
been listed as missing. So, I am not sure exactly what has become of them, but
I am just entrusting them to the Lord. I [also] have a niece who is almost like
a daughter to my husband and me who I haven't gotten any information about or
heard from." Barredo informs us that her niece is eight months pregnant and
also has a little daughter.

"I am just waiting, hoping, and trusting that they are safe,"
she says.

On seeing from afar what has happened to her city, Barredo
says: "The damage is just unbelievable. I cannot recognize the city that I was
born in and that I grew up in and I went to school. It's just heartbreaking
seeing all those images, all those pictures of devastation and of bodies
literally littered on the streets. It's just overwhelming."

Meanwhile efforts to aid the survivors are not sufficient. "There
are not enough people to retrieve the dead bodies, or even to provide food and
water to the thousands of hungry, starving, and thirsty residents. These are my
people, and my heart just goes out to them."

As desperate individuals seek to feed their family, relief
organizations face serious danger. "The security risks are just increasing as
the days progress because there's no food, so people are hungry and people
would do anything to get to whatever relief goods there are." As a result of
this desperation, many aid convoys have been held up.

Barredo recognizes the help that people in other countries
have given, especially through ANM. "There have been responses from kind-hearted
brothers and sisters here in [the U.S.], and I'm so thankful to them for giving
through ANM. Thank you so much."

Christians can continue to open the door to the Gospel by
showing God's love to these people in need of so much. Barredo encourages you
to check out ANM's Web site to learn how you can help.

Pray that Barredo will receive good news about her family.
Pray for ANM's partners on the ground–about 30 ministries.
Other partners are participating in medical aid distribution in safer areas.