More updates from our News page!

Christians in Pakistan are in great need!

Christians in Pakistan are currently going through a very difficult period; the news coming out of Pakistan is worrying as a result of amongst other things, political unrest.   Many Christian families and communities face severe hunger and often fear brutality from opponents, who view them as second class citizens.    Fear surrounds Christian communities after the crazy actions of the Floridian pastor, who burned the Koran, resulting in some very severe actions from extremists against Christians.

Mission International supports needy children and families in Pakistan and we would like to help our friends get through this particularly tough period.

If you are able to help us support then please send your support to: 

Pakistan Appeal

Mission International

25 Tait's Lane

Dundee DD2 1DZ

Scotland

Cheques payable to Mission International - alternatively visit our Make a Donation page.

Horrors of the Rwandan Genocide

Rwanda is currently remembering those who were killed during the 1994 genocide.

New baby for 'Father's Heart Mobility Ministry':

Francis & Adrienne Mugwanya are now excited parents, please see their notice below.   Please pray for them as they see their little one become stronger and ready to go home. To see more on this ministry click here

A message from Uganda:

"Greetings from Kampala Uganda, especially from Bweyogerere Mult-Purpose Primary School, the School for impoverished, abandoned, and orphans.    Thank you Mission International for the Love and Support you give to these neglected, and orphaned children.   You can always notice the smiles on the faces of some of the children whose Hope is in GOD, MI, and this School.   Please let MI supporters know that their support, has made a big difference in the life of the School, and the children". Pastor Emmanuel Winye Sunday

Mission International is currently raising around £1000 to provide water tanks for the school to make sure they have water throughout the drought periods of the year.   If you can contribute to this project please visit our 'Make A Donation' page.

Nyembuye Clinic water supply project reaches its target.

Over the last seven months or so, last year's Burundi team have been busily fundraising to provide the resources to inslall a safe, clean and adequate water supply for the Nyembuye clinic in Burundi's Matata province.   We are now delighted to announce that £15000, all of the required funds, has been raised and that the project can go ahead very soon.   A UK project management team and project manager in Burundi will work together to make sure that this project is suitable well organised and that the water is piped from a local hillside spring to the large water tanks already waiting to be filled.   Updates will be posted on this page as and when any news comes to us.  To find out more please visit www.HopeCentreBurundi.com 

Japan Earthquake support:

LinksJapan a ministry serving in Japan and associated with Mission International recommend an earthquake appeal page to raise support for those who are suffering as a result of the recent earthquake and Tsunami disaster in Japan, if you would like to support this work please click on the image below.

8 goals for Africa:

Haiti mission team 2011 plans well under way!

Haiti is still reeling from the huge earthquake over a year ago in the capital Port-au-Prince.   News and documentary reports reveal a country on its knees due to poverty and corruption.   Mission International partners Trinity COJ and their pastor Rolex Poisson are excited about hosting this first team from Scotland to their region.   The team will be involved in supporting Trinity as they reach out to the urban poor their local area.   Evangelism, teaching, children's ministry and practical support will all be part of what the team will be involved in.   Trinity is responsible for many needy, orphaned and destitute children and families and as such the team will engage with them to bring support and encouragement for now and the future.

If you would like to know more then please get in touch with us on mail@mission-international.org 

Application forms are available on our teams website www.mission-teams.org 

News of progress on the clinic in Ghana!

Pastor Peter Awane of FILA in Ghana has just sent these pictures of the new medical centre which is being built in N E Ghana as a result of sponsorship via Mission International.   Good progress is now being made with this project.   Pastor Peter expresses his thanks and that of the whole community in Zuarungu, Bolgatanga as they excitedly watch the speedy progress of their new facility.   Medical facilities are poor in the area and those that do exist are too expensive for the major part of the community.   Mission International's partnership with FILA intends to make affordable medical care available in this area.

The project still has a way to go before it is complete.   The building work has to be completed, the fitting out of the centre and then stocking it with necessary medicines all still have to take place.   Pastor Peter says that there are a large number of retired medical staff in the area who are willing to get involved in the initial stages to see the project off to a positive start.   if you would like to support this project please visit our Make A Donation page.

A message from Ghana!

"... Greetings from Bolgatanga from all you know. We are so thankful to God for the great morning. Children are playing happily in school, laborers are working hard on building project specifically molding blocks to finish the clinic building, l am just feeling both Spiritual and physical relief in me and l don't know what is causing that except my strong believe that it is God time, l get calls from people who wants to give their lives to Christ through my radio preaching program, some praising God for an answered prayer..... I know that your support for this ministry is making great impact in the lives of many. Thank you so much for coming into my ministry and calling. I knew God had called me and what he wanted me to do but as l told you some time ago that l almost called it a quit. But thank you so much once again...." Pastor Peter Awane, FILA, Ghana.

Mission International is now partnering with Father's Heart Mobility to raise funds to provide wheelchairs for those who have mobility problems in Uganda. Francis & Adrienne Mugwanya are based in Uganda and are committed to resourcing those who are unable to get around by themselves.   We would be delighted if you can help.   To see more on this please visit our 'essential transport' page.

Video of wheelchair distribution in Uganda This is the kind of thing we can achieve with Father's Heart Mobility.   (can I recommend you have a handkerchief ready before you watch this video).   Psalm 113 :7 "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people". 

New web pages:

You may have noticed that some new web pages have appeared on the left sidebar of the 'About Mission International' site.   

• Church buildings
• Homes for the homeless
• Essential transport
• Bibles & Literature 
• Water projects

These pages are there to provide a flavour of what we do and will link you on to other pages for your information.

A service worth listening to - enjoy! Be challenged!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y8vry/New_Every_Morning_13_02_2011/

A message of thanks from the Maasai Mara!

Pastor Tom Opiyo serves amongst the Maasai people near Narok town in Kenya's Maasai Mara and is a Mission International partner.   He has recently returned from Olooltoto, a Maasai village where Mission International installed 2x10,000 litre water tanks during July 2010, with this message  "Greetings in Christ.  I have just come from the Olooltoto Church.  The place is very dry and water is in crisis.  I have just delivered 14,000 litres of water to the tanks there right now.   God bless you and we thank you for the tanks.  This water project is real and very helpful at the heart of the need in this community.  Greet the family and saints Pastor Tom"

Lots more from the News desk!

Newsletter from Mary Weeks-Millard in Rwanda:

Dear friends,

I am sorry that ir has ben a week since I arrived and I have not sent an email. We have had difficulty with internet connections.

Thank you so much for your prayers. It has been a good week. I arrived more or less on time with all my luggage intact!  Last weekend I was working with Rev. Nathan Amooti, at his church, The Blessed Mango Tree, and also at the school of which he is director, Star School.  The church is almost built. There is now enough money to put a roof on it, and I am sure Nathan will share about this when he comes to England in March. In the service there was also a thanksgiving for a new baby, and I was asked to pray for the child. I was able to give some baby clothes to th eparents which had been given to me by a friend at St. Aldhelm's.

On the Monday I was at Star School. Again, it is so encouraging to see the progress. Our Thursday Fellowship had kniteed a blanket of squares which they have been making through the winter. It was given to a lad who is an orphan from the genocide, probably late teens or early twenties, who is in senior five and paid for by a government fund. He had almost nothing, just one sheet for his bed. he was so delighted with the blanket and I was able to give some money that had been sent out with me, to buy other things he needs.

Then I spent an hour or two with the teachers of the nursery classes. This is a new venture and there are 10 children. They have almost no toys. If I get the chance  I want to try and buy some in Kigali for them. We talked about early learning etc.

Then, Tues we went to Cyangugu, a long journgey through the Nyungwe forest. We held a training session for advocates of family planning. It was OK, but the women were very poor, all on a feeding programme, and not all could read. The bishop's wife has promised to work with them. The next day we drove on to Kigeme. Here I felt the training was better. We had Mother's Union leaders from all the parishes, and they responded very well.

Next week we train in Shyogwe and Kigali Rural, (Nyamata). This weekend I will be in Kigali at the Cathedral, in th eEnglish service. Tomorrow I hope to visit the Rossingtons, AIM International missionary friends.

Thanks so much for your prayers,

With love,

Mary

(Mary and her husband Malcolm have served God in Africa for many years, Malcolm could not travel to Rwanda this time for health reasons, however Mary continues the good work in his absence).   Mary has written a number of books on her experiences in Africa, to get more details send us a message on mail@mission-international.org 

Summer teams prepare!

If you would like to be part of a Mission International summer team, please get in touch with us soon to make sure you get a place.   We are now at the point where we need to seek tickets/flights and so please don't miss out on your place, get in touch now!   A  new on-line application form is available as well as a printable copy too!

Justice:

An Invitation to Justice from The Justice Conference on Vimeo.

Check out Keller interview on justice

On-line mission teams application form now available:

You can now complete an on-line mission teams application form right from our website.  Of course there is a paper copy too which you can print off, complete and send by mail.   Either way we want to hear from you if you would like to be part of a team during the summer of 2011.   Please get in touch with us if you have any questions mail@mission-international.org .

Mission International double page spread in new Broadcast magazine distributed by D4C

Glorious Outburst!

New Mighty Meals page on Just Giving:

Mission International's Mighty Meals programme has now set up a brand new Just Giving page to accept donations.   Just Giving is a simple, secure way of donating funds to our projects.   If you want you can set up your own page and do some local fund-raising for Mission International.

Nyembuye water supply - funding getting close to total!

The water supply for the Nyembuye clinic needs a total of £15000 to complete, we can tell you that of this morning 3/1/2011 that the total stands at £11,800.  We hope with your support to be at the required total soon!   Have a look at www.HopeCentreBurundi.com/watersupply for the most up to date information.

Having a New Year clear out?

New Year is a great time to begin the clear out after Christmas.  The gifts we receive are often replacements and updates of older technology with new more state-of-the-art equivalents, the outdated items being consigned to the back of a drawer somewhere.   Mission International can use working yet outdated technology in the developing world.  

• Mobile phones
• Digital cameras (1-megapixel upwards) 
• Memory Sticks/Flash drives (low volume drives are very useful 256MB upwards)

Have a look at our Mission Technology page to see more options.   Please send any items to Mission Technology, Mission International, 25 Tait's Lane, Dundee,DD2 1DZ, Scotland, UK.

Christmas 2010 - News Items:

The BIG meal feeds many kids around the world:

Children in Uganda line up to get their BIG meal at Christmas time.   

Mission International partner pastor Emmanuel Winyi from Bweyogerere 

shared the meals out with other villages around the country.

To see more on this click here.

Kids in Haiti receive their BIG meal on Christmas day 2010.   

Children in Narok, Kenya also enjoyed a wonderful day, over 220 children 

enjoyed a beautiful meal, Local American missionaries made 1000 cookies

to add to the festivities, for which everyone was very grateful. To see more 

visit the Big Meal pages.  Kenya partners PFJIM held BIG meals in 4 different venues.

The FILA team in Ghana carry Christmas food parcels to the rural villages around Zuarungu

where Hungry children are fed and told the Christmas story.  There was much rejoicing in the

villages as they appreciated the love of strangers who would send them food at Christmas.   To

see more on this story visit the Fila Blog.

The Hope Centre in Burundi celebrates Christmas with a BIG meal, in all 87 kids were fed

those who live in the Hope Centre and some of the local kids from the community too.

To see more on this story visit the Hope Centre website.

Photos from Pakistan show children eating their Christmas BIG meal.   Pakistan has, and continues to have a huge struggle to feed its population after the recent devastating floods which affected large parts of the nation.

Here kids in Visakhapatnam in India receive their BIG meal.

More photos of other BIG meal venues to follow.

Angus College Nursery raises funds for the BIG meal 2010

Mission International would like to wish all of our friends and supporters a wonderful Christmas 2010 and a happy and prosperous New Year 2011

click on image to enlarge

More news items:

The BIG Meal 2010

Posters and forms available now

Or    Donate via Just Giving 

Scottish Government Cuts will affect Scottish Charities!

According to news just coming out via the 'Third Sector' magazine, Scottish charities will lose funding amounting to around £8.5 million around 24 per cent, after the Scottish Governments most recent budget.   Charities like Mission International will still however make sure that the donations made to our projects are valued at 100%.   Mission International currently does not levy any administration costs to our donations making sure that 100% of what come in from our donors goes to our projects.

Kabanda's Dad receives a wheelchair:

During October of 2010 a team from Dundee in Scotland visited Uganda, they carried with them a wheelchair which had been donated locally and this was passed on to Kabanda's dad who had been seriously hurt in a road accident.   This gift is currently his only way of getting around in hospital since the uninjured leg is a lame leg meaning that he is now unable to support his weight on either leg.

Due to the serious nature of the injuries he has sustained to his leg it has been necessary to undergo several operations which in Uganda cost a lot of money.   The cost of staying in hospital too is expensive (no NHS providing food or bandages or anything else for that matter).   Unable to go to work he does not bring in any income and relies of donations from friends and family to survive.   If you are able to contribute to this then it would be very much appreciated.   Kabanda's dad is a Moslem, however he has been really touched by the support he has already received via Mission international donors.   We pray that he will not only fully recover but also come to know the one who loves him more than any other, our Lord Jesus Christ.   Please continue to pray for him and for the whole family that they respond to the Good News!

Pastor Tom Opiyo visits Tanzania:

The director of People for Jesus International Ministries has recently visited the Mang'ati people near Morogoro in Tanzania.   To see more on this story click here.

New water project in Ghana:

News has just arrived of the water project, funded by Mission International, in Ghana.   To see more click here. and scroll down to find the Ghana section.

National Director of YFC Burundi 'Freddy Tuyizere'

To see the interview click here

Nyembuye Clinic Water Supply - support site now available!

Now that the Burundi team have returned they have set to work to try to raise funds for the Nyembuye clinic water supply.   The clinic is situated in Nyembuye, a remote village in the province of Matana near to Rutana town.   The site found here is designed to receive support for individual metres of pipe to bring the water from the hillside spring to the clinic's water storage tank.   Please have a look and get involved with this very worthwhile project if you can.

The picture shows the Nyembuye Clinic

Click on image to enlarge

Uganda team a triumph!

As I write this message I am sitting in the h

ome of Jez & Helen Fage and their three kids.   This family are mission

aries from a church in Swansea in Wales and

 

 have been serving with ARMs for a couple of years.   Last night Jez t

ook me to the airport from my 10 o'clock flight with KLM bound for Amsterdam, after Helen had prepared a wonderful meal before we set off.   The flight was full and took off on time, however as the nose of the plane lifted an extremely loud rumbling crunching and groaning with a serious vibration began and continued as the plane climbed slowly over the lake.   Passengers all grabbed the seat in front of them as it was abundantly clear that there was something seriously wrong with the plane.   The crew, who did a wonderful job throughout, let us know there was a problem but they did not know what it was.  Some news came through that we had 

 

a hit a very large bird (the size of a cow if the noise was anything to go by) and we had lost one engine as a result and so we would need to return to Entebbe,   A lot of prayers were prayed during the few nervous moments as the flight was brought safely back to earth.   Jez returned to the airport to get me and took me back to his home where I slept the night and from where I write this message not knowing when I will get home.

Mean time the team are in Rakai, they have spent a wonderful 2 weeks in Gabba, Bethany Village and visiting projects such a Mighty Meals in Bweyogerere.   In the next few days they will visit the Murchison Falls game park and Dwelling Places in Kampala.   All in all it seems like it will be a really eventful trip with all sorts of stories to tell on our return to Scotland.

For more information on this team please click here.

Sponsor kids in Kenya:

A new child sponsorship project as been added to Mission International's Global Sponsor child sponsorship programme.   After the return of our mission team during the summer of 2010 we have been given the names of children requiring sponsors in Narok, Kenya.   If you would like to sponsor a child in Kenya or elsewhere with Global Sponsor, please follow this link.

Burundi team returns:

To see a short video of the team at work at the Hope Centre click here.  

More here

Hope Centre website with lots to see