Global Reach Updates - Sept/Oct 2023

Thank you for partnering with our friends and fields in Global Reach. Many of our GR fields are entering the end of summer where they have struggled with oppressive heat. This has been especially difficult in many areas which are impoverished and that lack much infrastructure (like readily available water supplies and electricity). The following updates from our Global Reach fields are to be celebrated as what God is doing through the leaders there and through your prayers and giving. Please continue to pray for our leaders as they serve God and share the Good News with seekers.

Venezuela

The situation in Venezuela is still very unstable and difficult for the majority of the people who live there. Pastor Victor Montalvo was joined by Liarxis Alcala in the Dominican during the recent ACTS trip. They traveled to Venezuela after the ACTS team returned to the USA. Victor was able to meet and fellowship with the pastors of our Venezuelan field. He was astonished at what God is doing there through our leaders and the body. In spite of the social and political situations in Venezuela, the church community and leaders are involved in fruitful ministry from street preaching, relief efforts, children’s programs, and hospital prayer/visitation ministry.

Field leaders Liarxis and Mara Alcala need continued prayer and support for safety, provision, stamina, and encouragement. This field is ripe for the harvest.

Bangladesh

Dr. John spends time traveling to the various areas of our Mission to have prayer meetings for specific districts and the communities they minister in. There is a time of teaching, worshiping, and encouragement for this specific district area leaders. He was also able to visit a church construction site to see the progress. This area has a vibrant Sunday School program for the community children and a church building provides a valuable hub for community ministry. Thank you for your gifts in providing these structures. Pray that God will continue using these buildings as tools for the Kingdom.

India

Pastor Phillip Das serves with our India Mission as an assistant to Samir. He spends time meeting online each month for devotion, study, and prayer with our workers in the west. This year, he is teaching through lessons on discipleship. To help them grow in the Lord, he provides a daily devotion study sheet for them to help them keep records of their daily Bible reading and prayer. Every Saturday he spends time praying with one of the fellowship leaders trying to understand the struggle they go through and praying for stamina and encouragement for them. Pastor Phillip is pictured in the two photos at left and right. Please pray for him as he mentors these young leaders in the west.

Thailand

Bryan and Katie Crabtree recently visited the USA for about five weeks this summer, visiting numerous churches in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Their meetings were well attended, and they shared a wonderful presentation about the ministry God has given them in Thailand. Please continue to pray for them and their girls, Elli and Ava. They also have a son on the way expected in November.

Dominican Republic

An ACTS team led by Pastor Victor Montalvo visited the Dominican Republic in June 2023. They were able to visit all the churches in the Dominican and be part of ministry happening at each location. The team served the communities in both physical and spiritual ways. Pastor Victor Montalvo reports that some members participated in teachings for children and adults. The team also helped with physical projects including painting walls, cleaning up, and installing flooring. Now they have a cement floor for worship.

Thank you for all the prayers and support to send ACTS teams to the field and for all our brothers and sisters in our Global Reach fields.