Oscar's Christmas work in Nicaragua

Please be in prayer for Oscar in Nicaragua as the continue to distribute Christmas presents and share the love of Jesus with the families in Nicaragua. They want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. They are providing toys and basically a block party type outreach to some of the poorest children and families in the mountain areas of Nicaragua. Oscar asks – “Please keep us in your prayers as we are living right now to go to the mountains a 7 hour hike after four hour drive to get to the children where they have never recieved a Christmas present before.  In the name of Jesus we will be taking food, toys, candies, piñatas and most important the Love of the Lord with us to share with them. They hope to provide and update and photos of this work soon.

Help a Child in Nicaragua

The reason I am writing you is because we need your help. As many of you may know every Christmas we try to bless as many kids as we can each year. As the Lord provides, the idea is to be able to put a smile on a child’s face by sharing Christ’s love with them in a practical way by being able to buy a toy for the child. These are the children in some of the villages that we work with through our feeding programs. 

Each year, we go into their village an entire day and we do activities, games where the children can win prizes, bring in piñatas, candies, clowns, Christian music, and a hot special meal. This is similar to festival or block party that runs for the entire day. Many of these children will not receive a toy this Christmas because their parents can't afford to buy one for them specially if there are two or more children in the house. Please help us put a smile on the face of a child. Last year with the help of some of you and IIM we were able to bless 3500 children by providing a special day and giving them a toy. This year we do not have any funds for the Christmas party yet, but we believe we serve a great God and together the body of Christ will do great things. We need $ 2.00 dollars per child to cover all that I mentioned above and we also will share the gospel with the parents as they come with their children to the activity. Please contact Pastor Charles Pinkerton at IIM so that they can get the funds to us. We do everything through IIM. May the good Lord keep you and bless you and your families and ministries.

With love from Nicaragua,

Oscar Corea and family

Israel Francois Has Immediate needs in Haiti

Hello Charles,

I have been waiting for information about a Haiti trip. I have the following projects waiting for teams in Haiti.

1. Deteriorated Orphanage home, I have sent pictures, I can send them again

2. Run down church structure waiting to be built
3. Pastor's home in need of serious repairs. Rev Francin Francois

I spoke to you about my father a Haitian pastor. He's 86 years old and he was walked every where he went. He has Pastored a couple of congregations. He spent all his ministerial time serving the churches without any kind of salaries or benefits. While He was still serving, five to six months ago, he got a stroke that left his left side paralyzed. Prior to the stroke, He broke his left legs due to a fall. His faith is still holding on but He is physically incapacitated. Since the stroke, I have been to Haiti to visit him. Some family members and I have covered quite a bit of expenses: From hospital expenses, after care and daily livelihood. In Haiti there is no such thing as a retirement plan, insurance, Medicare packages etc. Do you have any one of your partners that can assist this pastor/ veteran in the faith with refurbishing his home where he suppose to be living or help with his medical expenses. I am still praying for a miracle for him but I am all confident God may use anyone he wishes to use under the circumstances. I thank God for our friendship and future partnership. I thank God for your ministry. I will be sending some pictures that I took when I was there via other emails.

In His service,

Israel Francois

Prayer Request for Pakistani Christians, Churches & Institutions

St. Paul Church Complex Burned by Angry Muslim Mob

Warmest Greetings!  As many of you know, persecution is not strange to the Christian in Pakistan. The Lord Jesus has taught us much about suffering and persecution from His word.

^{Mt 10:22} All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

^{1Pe 4:14} If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Angry Extremists Muslims mobs attacked the St.Paul Church complex in Mardan city in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province.

These same areas were affected by the devastating floods of 2010 and hundreds of  people were moved into this Church & its school where we at Gospel Light Ministries (Pakistan) ® helped to Muslims by providing Food and a free Medical camp in this Paul Lutheran Church building.

On September 21, 2012 St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mardan was burned by an angry mob protesting against the anti-Islam film. A  mob or more than 8,000 entered the Church compound many of them carrying gasoline used to burn the Church building, two Pastor’s  Houses, the adjacent Head-Teacher’s house of the St. Paul Church School, vehicles and motor bike of the Pastor.

The church and the Christian school had been looted and the newly-installed computers had been stolen by miscreants while the looters also stole other stuff from the church. The church’s Bibles & the books in church have also been burned. Several people staying inside the church complex were beaten. Since this incident Christian of that area, city & villages left their homes to save their lives. We are requesting that you remember our brothers & sisters in your prayers. In addition, please remember all Pakistani Christians & the properties of Churches in this area. It is our prayer that Pakistani Christians will be strong in faith and that God will use us for His glory & as witness so that Pakistan will come to know the Lord and many souls will be saved.

Thank you very much His Servant,

Ps. Imran Sadiq  

Gospel Light Ministries (Pakistan)

 

 

 

Help Needed in Nicaragua - Oscar

Oscar desperately needs help now in Nicaragua!!!

Item #1:

We need help with the Christmas outreach celebration for the children in December. We are trying to get this request out early so that everyone will have enough time to help us raise the needed funds. The cost per child this year is $3.00. We want to share the love of Christ in a practical way by getting each child one toy and preparing a nice meal for them. We hope to make a big day of it in the villages by bringing in clowns and having piñatas and candy with music in the back ground. It will be an all day activity where we will share the gospel with the adults that come on that day. Last year we were able to bless and put smiles on the faces of 3500 children with the help and support of IIM. This year we are waiting to see what God will do and you could be a part of this event. Please keep in mind that many of these children will never get a toy on Christmas unless we step up and do something because their parents can't afford to buy them anything in most cases.

Item #2:

We need help to be able to make the monthly payments on the new land where we have the warehouse used to store the food for the feeding units. This food is used to feed over 9000 thousand children a day in the different villages and cities in remote areas in Nicaragua. The monthly payment is $1200 for 12 months. We have been doing ok with payments with teams funds but as the year ends we do not have any more teams. Our September trip canceled therefore we will not have the extra funds to make payments until teams pick up next year. Anything we can come up with the owner will take and subtract it from the total amount. We are blessed that he is not very demanding on the time or the money. We will not have to pay any extra taxes on the land.

Item #3:

We also desperately need to update our truck. The white Chevrolet we have has a gasoline engine and is constantly breaking down. We are spending a lot of our resources to keep it running plus it uses a lot of fuel. If we could replace it with a better 4-wheel drive diesel truck that would be a big help! We must have a truck to deliver the food to the churches and villages where we feed the children. Many pastors, churches and villages are in the mountains in places we can only reach with a 4-wheel drive truck. This truck is also our primary way to get around to do sports ministry and all the other ministries God has sent us to do.

There are other needs in the ministry but we consider that these three are the main ones for now.

Thank you all for taking the time to read our needs. Please pray about them. On behalf of my family, our ministry and all the children and lives that we are able to touch because of your obedience to come down or to give to help the kingdom grow in Nicaragua thank you and may the Lord bless you.  

With Love in Christ always,

Oscar Corea and family

Family Mission Trip Cancelled

We are sorry to announce that the Family Mission Trip to Costa Rica scheduled for Sept 20 - 27, 2012 has been cancelled due to logistics. IIM hopes to offer this trip again in the Spring of 2013. Please contact Bro Charles Pinkerton for all the details.

IMMEDIATE - Job Opening in Costa Rica!!!

IIM has an immediate opening for a Spanish - English speaking pastor in Costa Rica. This is a great opportunity and is a funded position in a good location.  Contact Bro Charles for  details - (334) 685-4128!!!