AFLC World Missions director Del Palmer and his wife Karen will be traveling in Brazil for the next two weeks.
They will be discussing future goal and plans for the work in Brazil with the national church. Pastor Palmer will also be teaching at our seminary there as well as doing a risk assessment for missionary Jonni Sliver.
Please pray for the Palmers as they travel and minister in Brazil.
The countdown begins! This month marks six months until the first class of students- Lord willing- begins the one-year Bible School program. Momentum is building as preparations continue. The potential is so exciting! Yet, the
obstacles are certainly present.
We are reminded that this is the LORD's work. It is only by HIS power and strength that it will come to pass. Yes, there is much yet to be done! But the greatest work 
is prayer. Would you please join us in praying specifically for the Bible School in the months to come? You can count on one hand our top five prayer requests. Here they are!
Check out what each finger means and how to pray specifically for the Coyles by reading the rest of their newsletter here.
The Darwin Jacksons are on a leave of absence from mission work with World Mission Prayer League. Therefore, they will be on a leave of absence as AFLC Missionaries On Loan as well.
We will not be accepting support for the Jacksons while they are leave. Please be in prayer for them during this time.
We praise the Lord that on February 4th a new Ambassador Institute class was begun in Kamuli (see previous post on the Jore’s blog “Pray for Kamuli” for the background). Four churches joined together to invite Godfrey to come and train their members. Thirty-five students have been faithfully coming, which makes this the largest AI class we have seen so far. Godfrey reports that they are very interested in understanding the Bible and growing in their faith. Godfrey himself is very excited when he thinks of the impact that this will have in his home area. Thank you so much for your prayers.
I want to share a story that parallels what is going on in Kamuli. As you know, our vision for the Ambassador Institute is that the training be self-sufficient, that is, that it does not rely on outside funding for its continuation. That means that each of the teachers are teaching out of a sense of calling from God, and they are looking to him to provide for their needs. For most of them, the commitment entails about 1 full day a week away from their usual work, as well as transporting themselves to and from the training.
In Godfrey's case, the cost to travel to Kamuli and back is 10,000 Ugandan Shillings (about $5). Assuming a salary of 200,000 / month, (about $100, which is average for this area) and traveling to Kamuli 4 times in a month, that means one fifth of his salary would be spent on transportation to carry the training to Kamuli. Could you spend a fifth of your pay check to go and teach people the Word of God?
Well, we serve an awesome God. At the exact time that Godfrey was preparing to go to Kamuli to train, trusting God to meet his needs, God provided in a miraculous way. Godfrey got a contract from a hotel in Jinja to deliver 280 chickens to their kitchen one day a week. After buying the chickens from the chicken projects and selling them, Godfrey was getting a 2,000 shilling profit on each bird! Do the math! Instead of blessing Godfrey with the needed 10,000/week for transportation, he blessed him with 560,000!
Now there are many people who would become unfaithful when entrusted with such money, but Godfrey sees it as a provision from God to enable him to carry the Gospel to others. I am thrilled to see the floodgates of heaven opened and His blessing being poured out on His servant who trusted Him and yielded himself to His service. It also thrills me that the supply came in a way that is self-sustaining.
The World Mission Committee has approved Brandon Marschner as a missionary candidate. Brandon, from Dickinson, ND has felt a call to world missions for a number of years. He graduated from AFLBS and Northwestern Collage and is now enrolled in AFLTS.
Please pray for Brandon as he completes his educations in preparation to serve on the mission field.
Our short term assistant Cassie Nash who works at an orphanage in Haiti was married and is now Cassie Jean Louis. She and Almando Jean Louis were engaged last October and were married in Haiti on February 11.
The World Missions Committee has announced that the Pillmans can depart to following the AFLC Annual Conference in Thief River Falls, MN.
Please pray for the Pillmans as they have a number of things to accomplish before their departure. Also pray for Patricia as she has been hoarse for a number of months. She will be seeing a specialist in the next few days.
Missionary Todd Schierkolk and World Mission Director Del Palmer are traveling in Mexico. They will be visiting pastors and people in churches. Todd needs to renew his visa at this time.
Please pray for them as they travel.
Almost everything new is exciting—a
Nearly all of the children in the Miriam Home today are 10 years old or over. All of them come from situations where they had to take care of themselves; now they have what probably seems like so many “aunties”. To begin with that is pretty hard all by itself - it feels less like being cared for and more like being bossed around, by everyone! The rules that keep the Miriam Home from falling apart feel very restrictive during the first few weeks. But the loving hearts of our house moms are quickly winning over the children.
The next new factor in the kids lives is a new school year! Soon classes will begin again and, believe it or not, the children are looking forward to it! Many are going to new schools and all in new grades and though summer vacation is fun for a while it is nice to get back to the rhythm of classes, sports and "normal" life.
The biggest “new” in the lives of all the children is the simple un
Editor’s note: To read more about the new school year starting and meet some of the new children you can read Jonni’s entire newsletter here.
