world missions perspectives - 2009 2nd quarter newsletter

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the end of the trip, team members and nationals

alike find that while they

are happy the mission has been accomplished,

whatever it may be, the

real joy that remains is in the relationships that

have been formed.

Through these relation-ships, God’s love for the

nations is manifested and His blessings are

seen in life-changing

ways. With all the diffi-cult news we hear in the

world today, Global

Mission Team produces a different news story:

one of hope and joy

found in the mutual rela-tionship Christians en-

joy in Jesus Christ.

Who do you partner with? Do you have a

business partner, a

prayer partner, maybe a marriage partner, or

perhaps a good friend

that you work closely with in ministry? Part-

nerships that are pur-

poseful—relationships that bring glory to God

and his kingdom—are important to the Lord.

Consider Paul’s words

in his letter to the church in Philippi,

found in

Philippians 1:4-6: In all my prayers for all

of you, I always pray with

joy because of your part-nership in the gospel from the first day until

now, being confident of

this, that he who began a

good work in you will

carry it on to completion

until the day of Christ

Jesus.

In the World Missions

Bureau of The Salvation Army Central Territory,

finding ways to partner

in mission and ministry with brothers and sisters

overseas is a primary

goal. One way this is accomplished is through

the on-going Global

Mission Team (GMT) program. Teams of men

and women take per-

sonal vacation time and each raise a personal

contribution of $750.00

to travel to other coun-tries as part of a team.

When they arrive in the

selected country, they partner with local Salva-

tionists to accomplish service that might in-

clude building, repair-

ing, tiling, making cur-tains, conducting pro-

grams for children’s

homes and adult shel-ters, and the list goes

on. As the teams work

together, new partner-ships are formed be-

tween the team mem-

bers and their hosts. At

Inside this issue:

Lessons from Tania 2

Lahore Girls’ Hostel in

Pakistan

3

World Services

Fundraising Ideas

4

Overseas Personnel Updates

6-8

Summer Mission Team 5

World Missions Bureau Staff

Chris Shay, Director

Kristin Caddy, Asst. Director

Sarah Kincaid, Sponsorship &

Mission Support Coordinator

Contact us!

Phone: 847-294-2108

Email: Missions@

usc.salvationarmy.org

Website:

www.centralmissions.org

Facebook: SA World Missions

The Salvation Army USA Central Territory World Missions Bureau

Volume 2, Issue 3

2nd quarter 2009

Global Mission Team - Volume 2, Issue 3

Lessons from Tania by Kristin Caddy

Our team was the second of two Cen-

tral Territory Global Mission Teams who were in Guayaquil, Ecuador for

the purpose of building a dining hall

at the Flor de Bastion Corps, located

in a very impoverished neighbor-

hood. The corps offers a lunch pro-

gram for the children of the commu-

nity, which is an important ministry as many of the families in the neighbor-

hood cannot afford to provide suffi-

cient food for their children. With the

construction of the dining hall, the

lunch program would be able to con-

tinue even throughout the very rainy

and muddy winter season.

We first met Tania on Sunday morn-

ing when we arrived at the Flor de

Bastion Corps. She came into the

chapel quietly, dressed in her Salva-

tion Army uniform, and sat in a row

with her husband and daughter. We

were introduced to her and learned that she would be providing the lunch

meals for our team during the next

week.

Each day Tania spent long hours in

the hot kitchen preparing meals for

us and making

sure that we had enough wa-

ter to

drink. She min-

istered to our

team through

her hospitality

and humble service, and she

shared with us

that this type of

service brought

her great joy

since she had

always hoped to

one day own a restaurant. The

love of God showed through Tania as

she interacted with the children from

the neighborhood who would stop by

to see how the construction of the din-

ing hall was progressing. One day she

even invited the team to walk down the street with her to see her

home. Our team laughed, cried,

shared, and prayed with Tania.

Though we were from different back-

grounds and our Bibles were in differ-

ent languages, Tania truly became a

friend to us.

On our final day at the job site as

we were looking at the foundation

and four walls that will eventually

be completed into the dining hall,

Tania shared, “I have been pray-

ing for years for this church to be built. This is a dream come true.”

While the Global Mission Teams

helped to build the physical foun-

dation of the dining hall, the true

firm foundation for the work in Flor

de Bastion had already been es-

tablished long before the teams arrived. God was answering the

faithful prayers of His people as

they built their work on the true

cornerstone, Jesus Christ.

During the week I spent with Tania

I learned much about humble ser-

vice, perse-verance,

and faithful-

ness. I am

grateful for

the oppor-

tunity that I

had to meet Tania and

my life is

forever enriched because of the

lessons I learned from my new

friend.

The dining hall site at the beginning of week 1

The dining hall site at the end of week 2

financial support will also create

more freedom for the hostel admin-

istrators and staff to develop spiri-

tual and other developmental activi-

ties and programs that will enrich

the lives of the girls and build self

confidence and self worth.

As you commit to prayerfully sup-

porting God’s work in the country of

Pakistan please keep Central Terri-

tory Auxiliary Captains Al and Dar-

lene Simmert in your prayers as they

faithfully serve the Lord and The Sal-vation Army as Project and Sponsor-

ship Coordinators in Pakistan.

For additional information about

sponsorship or to become a spon-

sor, contact Sarah Kincaid at [email protected]

y.org or (847) 294-2065.

Many are surprised to hear that the

Salvation Army exists in the country

of Pakistan. The shock continues

when they find out the Army has

been serving the people of Pakistan

for the past 125 years. Learning that

there are a combined total of 89,345 senior soldiers, adherents and junior

soldiers causes a humbling yet joy-

ful feeling to set in. The Lord and

The Salvation Army are clearly at

work in Pakistan but continued sup-

port of prayer and monetary love is

desperately needed in this con-

flicted region of the world.

According to UNICEF, “children in

Pakistan face a variety of serious

challenges ranging from malnutri-

tion and poor access to education

and health facilities to exploitation in

the form of child labor. Their low status in society can leave them vic-

tim to daily violence at home and in

school as well as to organized traf-

ficking and sexual exploitation. Girls

are specially affected as conserva-

tive attitudes may impede them at-

tending or finishing school. Recent natural disasters have increased the

vulnerability of thousands of chil-

dren. In 2005 a devastating earth-

quake killed an estimated 73,000

people, leaving 3.3 million people

homeless.”

One of the ways the

Army is determined to

support these vulner-

able children is

through their work of

operating a number of

children’s hostels and schools throughout

Pakistan. The Lahore

Girls’ Hostel is cur-

rently past its normal

capacity as they work

to build better, pro-

ductive, and hopeful

futures for girls of Pakistan. The capacity

is normally 50 girls,

but this school year they have been

boarding 52-53 girls. The girls live

at the hostel during the school year

and the

boarding fee is

now 200

Rupees

per

month

[$1 US to

80 Rupees

exchange]. Some girls can't even

afford that amount. They attend

schools not on this compound but at

private schools due to the inade-

quate quality of the public schools.

The ages of the girls range from preschool 4

year olds to 18 year old

college level girls. The

dorm rooms are clean but

the beds are pushed

close to each other to al-

low for the extra girls.

As a sponsor your sup-

port will help pay the

school fees for many girls

and will provide food and

basic necessities for all

the children within the home. Your prayers and

Sponsorship Highlight: Lahore Girls’ Hostel in Pakistan

Sponsorship - Volume 2, Issue 3

World Services - Volume 2, Issue 3

Pocket Change for World Change

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Submitted by Rachel Aren Is your pocket getting too heavy

with all that change? If you happen

to find yourself at The Salvation

Army Thrift store on Division Ave-

nue in Grand Rapids, Michigan, or

any other seven stores run by The

Grand Rapids Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC), you might hear that

question over the loud speaker a

few times. And The Salvation Army ARC in Grand Rapids is ready to

help you empty those heavy pockets

by putting that change towards a

good cause: World Missions!

Captain John Aren, who along with

his wife Captain Julie Aren has been serving as the Administrator of the

ARC in Grand Rapids for three

years, has brought out the red ket-

tles during the “off season,” and has

re-launched a new campaign in

hopes of raising awareness and

money for World Missions and the

global Salvation Army. The thrift stores have started placing little red

kettles at each register in their

seven stores, and throughout the

day invite customers to partner with

them in ‘Doing the Most Good!’

Since October the Grand Rapids

ARC has raised $11,071.80 for World

Services, a figure which is growing daily. A little change can go a long

way!

How is your corps raising money for

World Services? Let us know by

sending an email to

[email protected].

We’re going green! World Services Rummage Sale This Spring why

not hold a rum-mage sale for

World Services?

Below are two

suggestions for

holding a World

Services Rummage Sale.

The first method is to request dona-

tions of lightly used items—

everything from clothing to kitchen-

ware to toys—from the members of

the congregation. The items are

then priced and sold in a corps rum-

mage sale. Have each group from

the corps (Boy Scouts, Home League, Songsters, etc.) sign up for

a shift to help run the sale. All pro-

ceeds from the sale are given to

World Services.

A rummage sale could also be or-

ganized in which corps members can rent a table at the sale for a fee

of $25.00 in order to sell their own

items. Whatever profits are made

from the sale could be kept by the

individual, but the table rental pro-

ceeds would go to World Services.

With either method be sure to ad-

vertise the event in the community.

A rummage sale can also provide a

great opportunity for outreach as

individuals from the neighborhood

come to shop at the sale!

If you decide to hold a rummage sale at your corps this Spring, we

would love to hear from you! Pic-

tures and information can be sent to

[email protected].

Summer Mission Team- Volume 2, Issue 3

Summer Mission Team 2009 This summer 44 Salvationist young adults will be

serving on eight different Summer Mission Teams.

In the expansion of the Summer Mission Team pro-

gram, a third Central Territory team has been added which will focus on urban ministry. Also,

this year we will have four international partici-

pants who will join the Central Blue (urban)

Team—two team members from Ghana and two team members from Ar-

gentina. Please be in prayer for all of these young adults as they prepare

for their ministry this summer. To read Summer Mission Team reports

throughout the summer, visit the World Missions Bureau blog at www.saworldmissions.blogspot.com or the SA World Missions Facebook. ��Central Red Team Jennifer Heaver,

Josh Hubbard, Mike Steinsland, Karl

Swanson, Rashawn White. Not pictured: Emily Aukes (Leader)

��Central Blue (Urban) Team Erica Johnson (Leader), Lindsay Hall, Steve Rivero. Not pictured: Titus Arko, Esteban Barrault, Anane Kwarteng, Jelina Patzi

Central Yellow Team ► David Shay (Leader), Erick Fer-nandez, Glen Janson, Melissa Pas-

coe, Jonathan Tamayo, Nancy Valentin

��Chile Team Sara Moran (Leader), Gabriel Carrión, Eric Gorton, Justin John-son, Megan Polsley, Andrés Villa-toro, Robyn Winters

Philippines Team ► Meghan Labrecque (Leader), Alexandra Anderson, Julianna Dobney, Melissa Heatwole, Dietrich Hunter, Breann Massey, Jamison Taube

��Moldova Team Luis Azuaje (Leader), Alexandra Cox, Beth Dalberg, Jaclyn Davis-son, Jean Engle, Brenna Logan, David Moran

Interns ► Peru Interns Rachel Aren, Linda Villatoro

Malawi Interns Miguel Garcia, Enrique Villatoro

life as a young

adult and moved to London, Eng-

land where she

attended the Wil-

liam Booth Memo-

rial Training Col-

lege and was

commissioned as a Salvation Army officer. She returned home to the

South America West Territory, which

includes Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and

Peru, where she served as a Salva-

tion Army officer for 15 years.

Eliana’s desire to continue her edu-

cation led her to move to the United States where she completed her un-

dergraduate work in psychology in

Atlanta, Georgia. She then moved to

Chicago where she completed her

master’s degree in social service

administration and obtained a

graduate certificate in health ad-ministration and policy from the Uni-

versity of Chicago.

While working as the director of

multicultural ministries in the Cen-

tral Territory’s Northern Division,

Eliana developed a burden for Af-rica and felt God leading her to ap-

ply for overseas service. She was

asked to serve as the medical social

secretary for the Ghana Territory

and negotiated funding from UNI-

CEF and other agencies for various

Salvation Army clinics, nurseries and childcare centers in Ghana.

In 2003 Major Cristi moved to Syd-

ney, Australia to serve as the direc-

tor of Macquarie Fields Community

Center. She is now the Territorial

Social Programs Projects Officer in the Australia Eastern Territory.

Having lived on 5 different conti-

nents and being involved in a vari-

ety of different ministries, Eliana

is still following wherever God

leads her.

directly from this corps. That is heri-

tage at its best!

With the challenge of such a heritage

it is also very difficult to take the

corps and move on to reaching

younger people for the Lord. We live

in a community where the average

age is 38 but the average age of our corps members is in the 70s. The

community is comprised of business

professionals and single people, but

the corps congregation is made up of

well-established families who have

been in The Salvation Army for three

or four generations. There is much

work to do to bring the two together. We have set out to start a new minis-

try to reach out to new people and

will be hiring a person to take charge

of this. Pray that we will find the right

person to come and support during

this exciting time. The work is chal-

lenging because of the need to ex-plain a very clear message of God's

love for people and to help people

find that they have a need for God.

On a personal note I continue to re-

joice in God and His provision. Al-

most two years ago I was not sure that I would be coming back to Australia

because while on leave in America I

was diagnosed with an AVM in the

brain. I am coming up to two years

without a headache and my energy

level is getting better all the time. I

still take it easy when I feel run down. God is so good!

As I travel here during my vacation

time I am reminded again and again

how great God does everything.

His beauty is seen through land-

scapes and animals. He teaches me one great lesson after another.

Following Wherever God Leads

Major Eliana Cristi, who was born in

Chile, followed God’s leading in her

Updates from our Missionaries in Australia

Overseas Personnel - Volume 2, Issue 3

News from Norwood Submitted by Major Cindy

Shellenberger

It is hard to be-

lieve that I have

been able to

serve "Down Un-

der" for the last

four and a half years. Time does

go by!

The experience continues to be

wonderful with many chal-

lenges. South Australia is the dri-

est state on the driest continent in the world and has broken so

many records in regards to the

weather. We are in a drought and

heat waves have been over 105

degrees Fahrenheit for a week at a

time throughout the summer.

There are many concerns about bush fires and the water in the

River Murray. Many communities

on are on water usage restrictions.

The Salvation Army is well re-

spected and many times when

there are public issues you will see The Army being interviewed

on the news.

In 2008 The Norwood Corps cele-

brated its 125th anniversary. Of all

the statistics that have been re-

corded over the years what stands out to me is that there have

been 40 people in 50 years who

have attended The Salvation Army

College for Officer Training

The Norwood Corps

Overseas Personnel Changes

After serving overseas in Jamaica and Haiti for nearly 10 years, Envoys

Steve and Ketsia Diaz along with

son Kyle are returning to the U.S. in April. After a time of Homeland Fur-

lough they will assume stateside ap-pointments later this year.

Justin Rose Youth Worker in Kenya West

Justin Rose, a soldier from The Salva-

tion Army Mayfair Community Church,

has moved to the Kenya West Terri-

tory where he will be helping to train

youth leaders. Having recently com-pleted his degree in Youth Ministry

from North Park University, Justin be-

gan praying about the possibility of

serving God overseas. As Justin ex-

plains,

“God has

been plac-ing over-

seas mis-

sions on my

heart for the

last 4 years.

I come from

a mission-minded

family, went

to a college

that focused

heavily on

missions,

and even had a chance

to participate in three mission trips

myself, to Ecuador, India, and Chi-

cago. Throughout my experiences

with missions, I have felt God leading

me and saying that this is something

that He wants from me. I decided to go overseas right after college because I

can often be all talk and little action, so

I decided that God wanted me to at-

Meet Our New Overseas Personnel

Overseas Personnel - Volume 2, Issue 3

April 11—Sergey & Tanya Katchanov 16—Jonas Carr (‘07) 20—Violet Ezeh 23—Steve Diaz 26—Nancy Mowers 29—Patrick Holness 30—Matthew Ezeh (‘02)

May 4—Brad Bailey 19—Felix & Violet Ezeh 22—Zachary McPherson(’06)

June 14—Dennis & Sharon Strissel 28—Jim Garrington

2nd quarter birthdays & anniversaries

tempt it right away before I allowed

life to hold me back.”

An opportunity opened up for Justin in Kenya and he decided to pursue

that possibility. Over a year later,

he has arrived in Kenya West and

joined alongside The Salvation

Army’s ministry there.

Justin has requested prayer for: -Patience in the tasks set before me

-Wisdom about what I should invest

my time in

-Faith that I am where I am sup-

posed to be and that God will use

me

-That Kiswahili will come easy for

me and that I can speak and under-stand it

-Strength to pursue each day fully

For the latest news on Justin, visit

his blog at

JustininKenya.blogspot.com.

Captains Patrick and Karen Holness Corps Officers in Kingston, Jamaica

Captains Patrick and Karen Holness,

originally from Jamaica, were com-

missioned and ordained as Salvation

Army officers with the “Heralds of the Good

News” ses-

sion in 2007.

After serving

as the Corps

Officers of

the Detroit Temple

Corps for nearly two years, Captains

Holness, along with daughter Kris-

ten, are taking on an overseas as-

signment in the Caribbean. Tempo-

rarily Captain Patrick is assisting at

the Kingston Central Corps while Captain Karen is working on special

projects at the College for Officer

Training. Effective in July, Captains

Holness will assume appointments

as corps officers at the Havendale

Corps in Kingston, Jamaica. Please

keep the Holness family in your

prayers during this time of transition for them.

The Holness Family has specifically

requested prayer regarding Kris-

ten’s schooling situation. Because of

the time of year, many of the schools

are full. They are praying that Kris-ten will be enrolled in school by the

final term of the year.

Justin in Ecuador

Justin with the Territorial Youth and Candi-dates Secretaries and corps officers from

the Eldoret Division in Kenya West.

Lt. Colonels Brad & Heidi Bailey Chief Secretary / Territorial Secretary for Women’s Ministries Ejército de Salvación Casilla 3225

Santiago CHILE Email Brad_Bailey@

SAW.salvationarmy.org Heidi_Bailey@ SAW.salvationarmy.org Birthdays 5/4 (Brad), 7/17 (Heidi) Anniversary 8/12

Captains Jeff & Valerie Carr (Bramwell & Jonas)

Corps Officers c/o San Jose 14B 03700 Denia (Alicante) SPAIN Email [email protected],

[email protected] Birthdays 3/20 (Jeff), 4/16/07 (Jonas), 8/21 (Valerie), 11/7/05 (Bram) Anniversary 8/21

Major Eliana Cristi Social Program Projects Officer 4/75 Shaftesbury Road

Burwood, NSW 2134 Sydney AUSTRALIA Email [email protected] Birthday 11/26

Captains William & Cassie DeJesus (Alejandro, Michael) Territorial Youth & Candidates Secretary /

Corps Officer Casilla de Correo 2240 (C1000WAW) - Ciudad A. de Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA Email [email protected] Birthdays 2/11/01 (Michael), 9/30 (Cassie),

12/5 (William), 12/18/98 (Alejandro) Anniversary 12/30

Envoys Steve & Ketsia Diaz (Kyle) Children’s Home Directors Temporary Address: 10 W. Algonquin Road

Des Plaines, IL 60016 Email [email protected] Birthdays 1/8 (Ketsia), 4/23 (Steve), Kyle

(7/28/2008) Anniversary 3/27

Major Violet (Doliber) & Captain Dr. Felix Ezeh (Matthew) Clinic Administrators Armee du Salut PO Box 301

Port-au-Prince HAITI Email [email protected] Birthdays 4/20 (Violet), 4/30/02 (Matthew),

11/22 (Felix) Anniversary 5/19

Majors James & Judith Garrington Corps Officers

Die Heilsarmee

Reicker Strasse 89 01237 Dresden GERMANY Email [email protected],

[email protected] Birthdays 1/25 (Judy), 6/28 (Jim) Anniversary 1/13

Majors Richard & Brenda Herivel Territorial Secretary for Mission Resource /

Russia Divisional Secretary The Salvation Army 109044, Moscow Krestiansky Tupik 16/1 RUSSIA Email Richard_Herivel@

EET.salvationarmy.org, [email protected] Birthdays 10/4 (Rich), 12/26 (Brenda) Anniversary 1/3

Captains Patrick & Karen Holness (Kristen)

Pro-tem appointments 57 Mannings Hill Road #7

Kingston 8 JAMAICA, W.I. Email

[email protected] Birthdays 1/6 (Kristen), 4/29 (Patrick), 9/12

(Karen) Anniversary 1/28

Captain George Katchanov Corps Officer The Salvation Army 38-2nd Ave NE Dauphin, MB R7N 0Z4 CANADA Email George_Katchanov@

CAN.salvationarmy.org Birthday 8/12

Captains Sergey & Tanya Katchanov Corps Officers Sergey and Tanya Katchanov Сергей и Таня Качановы P.O. Box 1785/ а/я 1785

Dnepropetrovsk 49027 UKRAINE Email [email protected] Birthdays 1/16 (Sergey), 2/2 (Tanya) Anniversary 4/11

Captains Timothy & Camie McPherson (Zachary & Nathanael)

Corps Officers

Die Heilsarmee

Am Martstall 25 30159 Hannover GERMANY Email Timothy_McPherson@

gmx.de, [email protected] Birthdays 5/22/06 (Zachary), 8/16/07

(Nathanael), 10/5 (Camie), 11/3 (Timothy), Anniversary 10/12

Majors John & Nancy Mowers Training Principal / Asst. Training Principal Ejercito de Salvacion / Escuela de Cadetes

Avenida Tte. General Donato Alvarez Nº 467 (C1406BOC) Caballito,

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ARGENTINA Email

[email protected],

[email protected] Birthdays 4/26 (Nancy), 9/25 (John) Anniversary 12/17

Commissioners William & Nancy Roberts Territorial Commander/Territorial Leader of Women’s

Ministries The Salvation Army, PO Box 660 Kakamega, KENYA 50100 Email

William_Roberts@KYW. salvationarmy.org,

[email protected] Birthdays 2/26 (William), 10/27 (Nancy) Anniversary 11/16

Justin Rose Territorial Youth Worker The Salvation Army, PO Box 660 Kakamega, KENYA 50100 Email

[email protected] Birthday 8/21

Major Cindy Shellenberger Corps Officer The Salvation Army 1 / 76 George St. Norwood, SA 5067 AUSTRALIA Email

[email protected] Birthday 11/23

Aux. Captains Albert & Darlene Simmert Projects Coordinator/Child Sponsorship Coordinator P.O. Box 242 Lahore 54000 PAKISTAN Email

[email protected] Birthdays 2/19 (Al), 10/9 (Darlene) Anniversary 3/5

Colonels Dennis & Sharon Strissel Territorial Commander/Territorial President of Women’s Ministries The Salvation Army

PO Box CT 452 Cantonments Accra, GHANA West Africa Email

[email protected], [email protected] Birthdays 3/4 (Dennis), 10/7 (Sharon) Anniversary 6/14

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