Mission International is now registered with give.net
Give.net is operated by Stewardship the long established charity finance management organisation. Now you can set up a sponsorship page (much in the same way as you might via JustGiving with whom we are also registered) and begin fundraising for Mission International. This added option to Mission International's giving choices makes it easy for individuals and groups to raise much needed funds for our projects in the developing world. Or you can give a donation to Mission International here.
4 Wheel Drive (4X4) Vehicles Wanted!
Now that large 4X4 vehicles are becoming a bit pricey to run you may find that you want to move on to a vehicle with a lower fuel consumption or carbon footprint. Mission International can use 4X4 vehicles in our projects in Africa for various reasons, including transporting teams and staff into rural, remote, difficult to access regions. We would also like to have a 4X4 for our Mission Teams work here in the UK. If you, or someone you know has a roadworthy 4X4 and would like to donate it to our work here and abroad, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us.
New Preaching Teaching Training page!
(Click on image below to visit this page)
If you are interested in taking part in a team designed to bring God's Word to pastors, church leaders and congregations in the developing world then we would love to hear from you. Many pastors have had little or no training and some are leading large churches and don't have access to Bibles and other materials in their language. You may be an experienced preacher/teacher/trainer and wish to share your experience with others. You may be just beginning on this road and would like to be paired with other more experienced volunteers as you learn. If so please 'Contact' us to discuss this further.
The BIG meal 2012
(To donate to the BIG meal via Just Giving click on image below)
You can now text your donation - Text BIGM50 £3 (or any other amount) to 70070 to feed a child on Christmas Day!
Get a place on a team in 2013!
Support our evangelism teams:
Please take a moment to visit our new 'Evangelism Page' to see how you can help support evangelism in the developing world!
Sponsor a Pastor: (and his family)
(Click on image below to visit 'Sponsor a Pastor' page).
Fix-A-Fix:
(Click on image below to visit 'Fix-A-Fix' page).
"When someone is in a Fix we help to Fix it"
Fix-A-Fix is a non-ring-fenced fund which allows Mission International to provide support for projects which are emergencies or do not fall into any particular category. It may be that someone's home has been broken or damaged by storms, flooding or fire, or that a crisis has taken place for a family or an individual. Giving to fix-a-fix allows us to quickly deal with emergencies which occur in communities where insurance cover is not available.
Please consider supporting the Fix-A-Fix fund and in so doing bring help in time of trouble.
Please help by local fundraising!
The David Jack Memorial Lecture 2011:
Animal Farm!
You may like to help a needy family in the developing world by donating a farm animal. The majority of those that Mission International supports live in farming communities, however when difficulties arise they can lose everything. Our donations of farm animals allow those who have faces difficulty and tragedy to rebuild once again. To find out more check our our 'Donate a farm Animal' page.
Consider fundraising for Mission International!
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Truck bound for Burundi is loaded!
Saturday 18.8.2012 - A small team of volunteers loaded the 'Container Relief' truck our current project bound for Burundi from the storage depot near Rosewell outside Edinburgh. The truck will carry a variety of goods required by Mission International projects in Burundi. Mission International already has plans drawn up to build a skills centre in Gatumba which will provide training for some of the many refugee returnees now back in Burundi after many years of exile and so the truck is carrying a wide range of hand and electrical tools which will be used in this crucial training initiative. Also a very generous donation of 500 pairs of shoes made by Ward Walkers, a Dundee footwear company, will be send to provide for needy families in the area.
The truck was donated by (Graham Rennie) 3663 the well known UK food distribution company and the cost of shipping will be covered by Kevin Dixon Commercials. We are very grateful to these two transport companies for their generosity and help in this project and in raising almost £3000 at a recent Bar-B-Q near Galashiels. There were many other donors (you know who you are) too numerous to mention who have generously given to this work, however there are some who should be mentioned. One selfless lady called Paula Godfrey provided a large number of 'Lucky bags' for children in poor families, She collected and boxed them up and delivered them to the truck ready to go, a large number of kids will be excited to open their gifts around Christmas time this year we hope. A further notable donor is a group called "Tools for Self Reliance" who have provided us with a large consignment of recycled and refurbished tools which will be used in the skills centre. And finally Dundee University School of Nursing & Midwifery donated 12 PCs c/w monitors, keyboards and mice etc.
It is hoped that the truck will be shipped via Hull to Dar es Salaam in the next few weeks and will arrives a few months later in Burundi where it will be used to transport fresh & frozen food to needy communities around the country.
Ghana Mission team gets to work!
A Mission International team now serving in Zuarungu, Bolgatanga, N E Ghana is working hard to complete the Medical Centre which was started last year with funds from our projects fund. The team will be in Ghana for a few weeks and will also be involved in outreach to the Frafra people via mission International partners FILA Ghana. (Foundation to Improve Lives Africa).
Mission International is now recruiting for Mission Teams for 2013, so if you would like to be part of a team please get in touch or visit our www.mission-teams.org website to get more information.
Keller on word & deed ministry!
Haiti Mission Team presents Bibles!
Mission International's Haiti team 2012 were able to provide Bibles in Creole for the Trinity Church members whom they served with in Haiti during July this year. Many believers in churches where members are poor do not have the funds to purchase what is an essential item for study and worship. We are grateful, as the Haitian believers are, to those who made it possible for them to have their own Bible.
Bibles for DR Congo:
Bibles purchased after a donation from Mission International's literature fund have been distributed to refugees in DR Congo. These precious people have been uprooted from their homes due to war in the east of DR Congo next to the Rwanda border and are now homeless. They have however been blessed by the gift of a Bible and are happy that they can now read God's word for themselves. Thank you to all of those who make these donations possible. If you would like to support this project please visit our 'Make a Donation' page.
Truck/Mission - Newspaper article:
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Burundi/Rwanda Team video:
Truck gets shoes for Burundi!
Left to right: Hugh Henderson, David Jack (Sen) Marie Henderson (on the truck) Marianne Jack (all of Mission International) and Roy McLean of Ward Walkers - Photo by Gordon Reid of GSR Photographic, Dundee.
The Burundi bound truck arrived in Dundee Saturday 4th August to pick up a consignment of 500 pairs of shoes donated by Ward Walkers a footwear company based in Dundee. Added to this were some computers and printers donated by Angus College.
Haiti Team Video:
The Haiti team has just returned from their mission trip with news of a new initiative 'Hoops4Haiti'. Watch this news page for more information as it develops.
"A city set on a hill cannot be hid" - Matthew 5:14:
This scripture refers to the church and Jesus is telling his church that they are to be obvious like a shining light in a dark world. Even today we are experiencing some tremendous darkness and even today Jesus' call to be 'the light of the world' remains a central priority for the church. The image below shows a city, not what we might have in mind though. This is a city of refugees in Rwanda fleeing the problems in DR Congo, this 'city', a refugee camp is the overspill from another camp further north in Rwanda which has become too full and further land was needed to provide a place for these fleeing families to find refuge. I drove past this new camp in Kigeme as I returned from Cyangugu in the south to Kigali, Rwanda's capital city via the Nyungwe Forest road on Monday of this week. Frankly I was astounded at the numbers of families which have now been displaced and had to stop to take some photos from the distance. These dwellings, seen in the image below, are made like simple tents with no flooring and no amenities. The church across Rwanda has been called upon to help by providing whatever they can, however Rwanda remains a poor and very densely populated country and thus has little to spare. Rwandans of course remember when they themselves were refugees in DR Congo and Tanzania and I am sure wish to help their neighbours in whatever way they can.
The refugee camp in Kigeme, Rwanda used as overspill accommodation for Congolese refugees
Mission International partner in DR Congo (Pastor John Paul Munganga) tells me that 230 families have arrived in his church alone in Goma (DR Congo side of Rwandan border) as they flee the fighting. He asks if there is any help that we can give to help his church respond to such an influx of refugees and the many orphans associated with the fighting. Currently Mission International does not have funds to send to him, however if you are able to help we can forward funds which will help purchase simple shelters and basic supplies for these dear people. To find out how to support Mission International projects please visit our "Make a Donation" page.
Refugees turn up in large numbers and surround the Goma church pastored by John Paul Munganga
Children look after babies as adults set off in search of food.
Teams news:
The Haiti team and the Burundi/Rwanda team are now home. Their service to those in need cannot really be easily measured since the spiritual significance of their time spent with those in need is unable to be measured in human terms. A blog for our teams can be see here http://www.missioninternationalblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Our Ghana team are already preparing to go, they begin their deployment 10th August 2012. They will travel to the capital Accra and from their to Zuarungu near Bolgatanga in the north east sector of the country. They will serve amongst the Frafra people involving themselves in construction work as well as encouraging the church and the community there.
Recruiting teams for 2013: We hope to deploy a number of teams next summer in various places. Their deployments will depend on numbers and so we are now recruiting for 2013 teams to the following destinations:
- Burundi
- Ghana
- Haiti
- India
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Uganda
If you would like to be part of a team for 2013 please let us know as soon as possible so that we can send you the relevant information. You can keep up to date with teams information at our teams website www.mission-teams.org
