Lord, Claudia needs grace as she travels back home on Monday, grace to overcome fear. Gerson her husband needs grace to face up to the consequences of wrong decisions in the area of finance, and grace to submit his lifestyle to Your leading.

Laura and Monica need grace to hand over their fears and trust You, the One who is worthy of their confidence.

For Anita and Kathleen, Lord I take the words of 1 Peter 4 7-11 and pray that they be clear minded and self controlled in all the complicated situations they face every day. I admit I don’t always understand their prayer requests, but You do, so I trust you to supply all their needs, physical, financial, emotional and most of all spiritual

I ask You that they love each other and all those who You bring into their lives, with your Love, the Love that covers a multitude of sins.

I ask that they gladly give hospitality to those who stay in their home while they receive spiritual help, like Claudia, or who have come for a particular reason like Hector Fabio who is staying with them this week while he works on the publishing of the book.

Lord, teach them to use the gifts You have given them, to serve others, and to faithfully administer Your grace in its various forms.

Anita has several speaking engagements; Lord may she speak as one speaking the very words of God.

Both she and Kathleen are serving others. They have a very full busy week ahead of them. Lord I ask that they are always conscious of Your strength and serve in the strength You promise to provide, never in their own strength. It is Jesus Christ in them who pleases You Father God, and I pray that their aim is that allows Him to work in and through them, so that You receive all the praise

To You my Heavenly Father, be the glory and the power for ever and ever

Amen.

THIS SUNDAY – March 7th, 2010

11am Morning Programme

Guest Speaker – Craig Barrow
(Principal of Pathways Bible College).

11am LifeSwitchKids Programmes – for kids aged 0-10 yrs.
11am Ignition - for intermediate aged young people.

4pm The Fuse – Youth Programme for High School students

REMINDERS

A group from LifeSwitch will once again be travelling to the Life Conference in Auckland in May.
With international speakers such as Brian Houston, Robert Morris, and Paul Scanlon this promises
to be a fantastic conference.
If you are interested in more information please contact Brenden (lifeswitchkids@lifeswitch.net.nz).

CARE BASKETS

Several more baskets have been given out over the past few weeks to very appreciative families.
Stocks are now very low but we have a number of people we know are in need of a helping hand in this way.
Please bring donations of non-perishable food or household products to assist this much needed ministry. A basket for donations is at the information desk every Sunday. If everyone brought a couple of things along we could make such a difference! Contact Pamela Morris if you have any questions.

STARTING NEXT WEEK

BABYSITTERS AVAILABLE
We are able to work pretty much whenever and both have a lot of experience working with kids.
Please contact:

Rebekah Langley
ph: (04) 971 8600
mobile: 022 653 0644
email: rebekah.langley@hotmail.com
or
Kim Worth
ph: (04) 938 2746
mobile: 027 209 8255
email: kim–worth@hotmail.com

PLEASE PRAY

• For those in the LifeSwitch family who are bereaved or in ill-health or caring for someone in ill-health.
• For the Kickstart Youth Leadership Conference (on tomorrow). That it will be a great time of learning and encouragement for Youth leaders from around the region.
• For ‘Immerse’ – the Youth Camp happening next weekend at Forest Lakes.

5 March:

The Headspace team are now in the Havelock North region and have started their Packhouse experience. They billetted out in various homes.

Alycia works 7am – 5pm in the packhouse, 5 day a week, currently grading apples – she comments on seeing a never ending line of apples……

The Team gets together one night a week for dinner, debriefing and encouragement.

The purpose of the packhouse work is to raise funds for their forthcoming trip to Thailand in July.

Alycia appreciates your interest and prayer support.

26 Feb:

No news this week – the Team have been at Bethels Beach, which is apparently very isolated.

Today, the Team moves to Havelock North, and the start of their fruit picking/packing fundraising experience. Please pray for them in their travels.

18 Feb:

Hey everyone, how are you?

I have had a very fun few weeks here at Headspace so far (18days). We have had a very fun time. We started off the first two weeks at the Eden Christian Hostel where we were mainly doing team building activities. We have also had quite a few lectures from the lecturers at Carey Bible College and Pathways Bible College, as well as Michael Simkin from the Hebron House for International Students where we have been doing a Perspectives on World Christian Movements which has been really interesting, talking about the Abrahamic Covenant. At Pathways we have been doing an Overview of the Bible which took us right from the beginning to the end of the Bible. Learn lots of new stuff. 

We have also done a lot of fun activities such as a photo safari, where we had to do like a scavenger hunt around Auckland. We also did a Amazing race which was fun, except for having to run up Mount Victoria and North Head. we also did a Challenge Valley which was a series of obstacle courses, a sand sculpture and a rap competition. We had to complete that in teams while at the same time carrying a jug of water and a raw egg which couldn’t touch the ground anytime during the competition. Our team won which was the first competition I’ve won during Headspace so far.

The people here are really nice. We have 8 girls and 7 boys. 

Me – -from Lower Hutt :)

Cherry from west Auckland – then moved to the bottom of the South Island

Chloe from Hamilton

Mable and Oretha from South Auckland

Janie and Michael from Christchurch

Olivia from Cambridge

Emma from Matamata

Josh k and Caleb – from Napier, identical twins which makes it very interesting cos we haven’t figured out an easy way to tell them apart, Josh W from West Auckland

Josh T from Hamilton/Ngaruawahia

Toby from Napier

Sam from Palmerston North

So we have people from all over the country and almost all of us minus the twins and Josh W and Sam who are Cousins didn’t know each other. 

We are moving to our third camp tomorrow – Karanga Camp which I’m looking forward to because it’s in the bush, but we won’t have any reception there so I am writing this email to you now. 

Just though I would give you a bit of an update so far. Love , Alycia

2 Feb: We have been cruisy the last couple days, not doing too much, just been briefed about what we are doing this year.

We went down to the park this afternoon and played a few team building games. Fun stuff. Then Cherry and I went for a walk to the top of Mt Eden, great view.

4 Feb:  I have just finished completing all my homework. 15 questions to be answered from articles in a very thick book. Spent three hours working on it yesterday and an hour today so its a lot. Doing the same thing again tomorrow.

Having a great time. we went to Carey College today .

8 Feb: We have had a busy week, with lectures, homework, but also some fun. On Saturday we went downtown in the morning, then went to Long Bay beach for lunch and the afternoon. It was really hot there, and probably the most populated beach I’ve seen in NZ that I can think of. On Sunday we went to Lincoln Road Bible Chapel in the morning. They had Murray and Joy Stevenson from Congo there, so Murray was speaking, then all 18 of us were invited out for lunch to Russell and Pearl’s place.

On Saturday when we were at the beach, Mrs S dropped off a card, notebook and a pen for me, which was nice of her. I’ve also been invited out for dinner with the S family this Saturday. We have free time from lunch onwards in the weekend, and I’m hoping I can see other friends at Eden church on Sunday when we go there.

Not much else has happened, but it has been really warm. Cherry and I watched a cool sunset last night, and I have a few photos so far of people and things from Headspace.

Alycia’s Iti nerary is below:

Headspace Itinerary 2010

Block One: Foundations

Friday 19^th February – Friday 26^th February

Karanga Camp

79 Te Henga Road, Bethels

Waitakere City, Auckland

(09) 810 9372

Block Two: Work Experience

Friday 26^th February – Friday 9^th April

(Depending on nature of work and Easter)

Hosted in Christian Homes by:

Riverbend Bible Church

354 Te Aute Road

Havelock ,North Hastings

(06) 877 8013

Friday 9^th April – Sunday 18^th April

Flexi home leave depending on work starting in Cambridge

Sunday 18^th April – Monday 7^th June

(Depending on nature of work)

Hosted in Christian homes by:

Raleigh Street Christian Centre

24-26 Raleigh Street

Cambridge

(07) 827 5794

Block Three: Cultural Orientation and Vocational Training

Monday 7^th June – Sunday 4^th July

Finlay Park

Cambridge

Camp Phone: (07) 827 2847

Sunday 4^th July – Friday 9^th July

Camp leaders at Finlay Park’s Kids Camp

Friday 9^th July – Friday 16^th July

Hebron House

1550 Great North Road

Waterview

Auckland

Friday 16^th July – Saturday 24^th July

Home leave to prepare for Thailand

Block Four: Off Shore – Ministry and Mission

Sunday 25^th July – Sunday 3^rd October

Thailand

Block Five: Future Directions

Return from Thailand Sunday 3^rd October (depending on flights)

Sunday 3^rd October – Monday 11^th October

Home leave

Monday 11^th October – Monday 18^th October

Camp Wainui

Wainuiomata

Wellington

Camp Phone: (04) 564 5305

Monday 18^th October – Friday 22^nd October

Ngaruawahia Christian Camp

148 Waingara Road

Ngaruawahia 3720

Waikato

Ph: (07) 824 8495

Friday 22^nd October – Friday 29^th October

Camp Maynard

101 Paremoremo Road

Albany

Ph: (09) 415 8393

Friday 29^th October – Monday 1^st November

Campbell Park Youth Camp

280 Molesworth Drive

Mangawhai Heads

Northland

Ph: (09) 431 5730

Monday 1^st November – Saturday 6^th November

Karanga Camp

79 Te Henga Road, Bethels

Waitakere City, Auckland

(09) 810 9372

Saturday 6^th November

Headspace Celebration Service at Lincoln Road Bible Chapel

66 Lincoln Road

Henderson

Auckland

Starting at 2 pm followed by afternoon tea

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For progress reports for Alycia, please email robert.park@xtra.co.nz

We fully recommend the Headspace programme as an excellent way of studying God’s Word, and being involved in cross cultural Mission at the same time.

What is God’s will for my life? What am I here for? Headspace will give you some answers. Enquire now to join the Headspace team for 2011. Email headspace@gcim.org.nz for further information.

• Barnabas Fund – Magazine, Prayer Guide and the 2010 Praying for the Persecuted Church in Lent magazine. Plenty of prayer material here – provided so that your prayer time can be more effective – Check www.barnabasfund.org
• Bible Society – Easter letter from Mark Brown, outgoing CEO. Features Bible Society work in Pakistan – Check www. Biblesociety.org.nz
• Keith-Gillon, Kathleen and Anita, Colombia – see separate item elsewhere on this Mission News Page;
• Mission Aviation Fellowship – Monthly report from the Flight Deck and daily Prayer Calendar. Check out what MAF is doing in Haiti – Check www.mafnz.org.nz
• OMS – Into The Harvest Newsletter – latest reports from workers around the world – plus Haiti Update and daily Prayer Calendar – Check www.oms.org.nz
• Operation Mobilisation – Ship to Shore Newsletter – Doulos retires after 32 years of ministry with OM – Logos Hope is currently in the Carribean – Check www.omships.org
• Redit, Colleen, Christian Missions Charitable Trust, India - see separate item elsewhere on this Mission News Page;
• SIM Serving in Mission – Magazine: Featuring ‘Medicine and Ministry – healing the whole person”, plus many other items of interest – Check www.sim.org.nz
• The Treasury Magazine – March issue – Features: Faith and the Treaty; Prayer Garden; How de we see the World?’ Pearls before Swine – plus the latest in Mission News from New Zealand and around the world – To subscribe, contact Robert Park.
• Totara Springs Easter Camp, Matamata 2010 – Speakers: Craig Ashby, Steve Murray, plus Live Bands, Mainstage Cafe, Gladiator Battles, Missions Dinner. For costs and further details check www.totarasprings.org.nz

YOU can be involved in the above ministries, in many practical ways! Have you thought about praying regularly for these workers and ministries? Writing to these workers? Reading their reports? Going on a Short Term Mission Trip (Some are taking bookings now). Giving financially to them? Such involvement is good to for soul! Make a contact with some of them today, and be a part of God’s great team.

Most of this information should be available from the Lifeswitch Information Desk; or by contacting the organisations directly; or maybe from robert.park@xtra.co.nz

Many magazines, letters and leaflets are available from the Information Display Board (Behind the Information Desk) each week for your reading enjoyment. Please help yourself to any of this material.

John and Winsome, Asia, ask for prayer for nationals they have worked alongside in Surkhet (Nepal). The local pastor is planting three daughter churches as a result of  the Sowers International programmes. Please pray that these new congregations will have an impact on the communities around them.

Jason and Shirley, Philippines, write; Please pray for us as we continue to work on getting all the required materials completed for our translation check in May of Genesis. This is a massive job of 50 chapters requiring a Back-to-English translation and a number of pre-checks being done before our consultant begins the work of checking through it thoroughly.

Headspace has now moved to Hastings and started their work component. Please pray for the gappers in their new work environment that they would form good relationships with their co-workers.

Another major disaster this past weekend has displaced 2 million in Chile. We need to continue to pray for those affected by these earthquakes, including the people in Haiti. There are a number of Christian Brethren Assemblies in the effected areas of Chile. Please pray for these folk as they work out the most effective ways to help the communities around them and support those who have lost loved ones.

GC Aid will be receiving financial support for the Chilean earthquake. Please send your gifts to GCIM, cheques can be made out to GC Aid. For internet banking you may send it to….ask us for our Account details). Please make it clear in the reference section that it is for Chile. We do not take expenses for monies going through GC Aid.

Chris and Karyn, India, write; We have decided to leave Hebron School and India and return to New Zealand in December. Please pray as we consider what is next for us and for our three children, Mikaela (13), Samantha (12) and Alexander (10) as they will have adjust to being Kiwis again.

Richard and Nancye, Unites States of America, ask for continued prayer for their visit to Colombia and the ministry to the people down there. Please pray also for the Latino believers here in Los Angeles.

This weekend the GCiM Board is having its retreat at Lake Taupo. Please pray for the board members that the time together will be profitable.

Tonight Claudia arrived after a 7 hour bus journey to stay for a week. She is Gerson’s wife and we ask you to pray for a time of blessing as she unburdens and gets direction in her Christian life.

Tonight we have reached chapter 10 in yet another proof reading of James Stacey’s book. This time we are reading on paper (the trial copy) instead of on the screen, so tiny errors are more easily spotted and corrected. Pray we have it ready to begin printing this week. Pray for the missing details that we need in order to begin printing the advertising for his and Tina’s visit.

Tonight Laura came over for a while. She is so much better. Keep praying for total healing please.

Tonight we look back and see how God answered your prayers for the retreat on Saturday. Many understood that although adverse circumstances have put the in the prison of bitterness, the length of the sentence depends on them. Forgiving will allow them to see that the prison door isn’t locked.

Tonight we prayed once again for God’s light to shine on William’s life. God is at work and we trust Him to finish what He has started. You pray too please!

Tonight the News brought us more horrifying scenes of the earthquake disaster in Chile. We can only pray for mercy and protection for the thousands of suffering.

Tonight we ask you to pray for protection for our property. Yesterday we came home to find that the little roof over the front entrance had been yanked off leaving ugly holes in the wall.

International Bible Teaching Ministry

of Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc.

___________________________________________________________________________          

   Piasek, February 28, 2010

Dear Friends,

We thank God for your partnership in the ministry of ‘Proclaiming the Word!’

Proclaiming the Word directly

Poland, February 7: Church service in Zywiec. Very encouraging seeing many old friends who took part in our children’s camps! The Word was received very enthusiastically!

Ukraine, February 11-15: Teachers and parents conference Beregove. 119 Hungarian people took part! I taught 8 lectures from the Word of God there! Great to see the growth!

Poland, February 17: Winter camp for children in Piasek. This is the village where we live.

Kyrgyzstan, February 18-23: CEF Central Asia and Caucasus Conference in Bishkek. 78 workers and their children from that area and from Russia and Ukraine took part. I shared 7 Bible lectures on encouragement for them. It was a great joy for me to be with those whom we brought into the ministry in the past. Many of them come from a Muslim background. I also preached in one of the Kyrgyz churches in Bishkek. Many ex-Muslims!

Poland, February 26: Winter camp in Gora for the children from outside the church. 

Czech Republic, February 28: I preached twice during church service in Havirov. Our friend Vilem is 75 years old and he does the correspondence courses in the Czech Republic. Praise God for the believers who share the Word in this most atheistic country in Europe!

Proclaiming the Word through the Internet

During the last 8 months our Web site www.proword.eu has been visited by people from 112 countries! My outlines of the Bible messages can be now read in 29 languages! Translation work is being done in 89 languages. This February the Creole language (spoken in Haiti) has been added to this list!  Preachers and teachers need our help!

Proclaiming the Word through CDs

In February we have distributed more than 500 CDs with the New Testament in the following languages: Azeri, Czech, English, Georgian, Kyrgyz, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian and Uzbek. More CDs are being prepared to be sent to Africa, Asia and some European countries.

Plans for March 2010

Northern Ireland – Conference and churches: March 4-16

Poland (Wodzislaw Slaski) – Dedication of children: March 21

Austria (Vienna) – Church meeting: March 28

We would value your prayers for our ministry in those places. Perhaps God leads you to help us? Write to us if you can, please.

Your co-workers in Christ

Czeslaw and Helena Bassara

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ul. Dworcowa 14, 43-211 Piasek, woj. slaskie, POLAND

Phone and fax: -48 32 211 46 37; E-mail: czeslaw7@eta.pl; www.proword.eu

Issachar and I are back in New Zealand for the month of March for a short break and also attend my best friends wedding. We are so happy to be back, even for a short trip! Felito is still in Maputo holding the fought and looking after Paulina.

While Im back it would be great to catchup, just email me and we can arrange a time and place.

God Bless you all
Thank you

ANNA

Anna Utuie
Africa On Fire Ministries
www.africaonfire.com
www.annauinafrica.blogspot.com

• Keith-Gillon, Kathleen and Anita, Colombia – see separate item elsewhere on this Mission News Page;
• Redit, Colleen – Christian Missions Charitable Trust, India – Letter with latest news and prayer requests from this large ministry in Chennai – Check www.christianmissionsindia.com
• Redit, Colleen, Christian Missions Charitable Trust, India - see separate item elsewhere on this Mission News Page;
• Rhema Broadcasting Group – Letter from John Fabrin – Check www.rbg.co.nz
• TearFund – Our children – Our World – Compassion Day 2010. 10 days of compassion. Sponsor a child – $45 a month. Check out the latest Tear Correspondent paper. Check www.tearfund.org.nz
• Voice of the Martyrs – Magazine – Reaching out to a tortured nation. Check www.persecution.co.nz

 YOU can be involved in the above ministries, in many practical ways! Have you thought about praying regularly for these workers and ministries? Writing to these workers? Reading their reports? Going on a Short Term Mission Trip (Some are taking bookings now). Giving financially to them? Such involvement is good to for soul! Make a contact with some of them today, and be a part of God’s great team.

Most of this information should be available from the Lifeswitch Information Desk; or by contacting the organisations directly; or maybe from robert.park@xtra.co.nz

Many magazines, letters and leaflets are available from the Information Display Board (Behind the Information Desk) each week for your reading enjoyment. Please help yourself to any of this material.

11am Morning Programme

‘Extreme MakeOver – God Edition’
Part 4:  Extreme Generosity – with Mat Kearney.

11am LifeSwitchKids Programmes – for kids aged 0-10 yrs.
11am Ignition - for intermediate aged young people.

4pm The Fuse – Youth Programme for High School students

REMINDERS

BOUNCE is happening this coming Wednesday! (March 3rd)

Can you help by donating 2nd hand clothes suitable for children aged 3 years and under?

We would love to be able to offer a selection of good used clothing to these young mums for their children.

Please bring whatever you can spare along to the information desk at church this Sunday or contact Mindy if you’d like someone to collect them.  Email clint_mindy@xtra.co.nz.

Thank you to everyone who had donated their time, gifts and money so far.  This is going to be a fantastic community event.

A group from LifeSwitch will once again be travelling to the Life Conference in Auckland in May.
With international speakers such as Brian Houston, Robert Morris, and Paul Scanlon this promises to be a fantastic conference. If you are interested in more information please contact Brenden (lifeswitchkids@lifeswitch.net.nz).

Journeys is a five week video series designed to introduce Christianity to people in the 21st Century. It is a unique blend of stories about faith, told by regular people whose lives have been impacted by God. A new course is being planned to start soon at LifeSwitch. If you are interested (or know someone who might be), please contact Shayne Fairbrother email journeys@lifeswitch.net.nz.

CARE BASKETS

Several more baskets have been given out over the past few weeks to very appreciative families.
Stocks are now very low but we have a number of people we know are in need of a helping hand in this way.
Please bring donations of non-perishable food or household products to assist this much needed ministry. A basket for donations is at the information desk every Sunday. If everyone brought a couple of things along we could make such a difference! Contact Pamela Morris if you have any questions.

NEXT WEEK

BABYSITTERS AVAILABLE
We are able to work pretty much whenever and both have a lot of experience working with kids.
Please contact:

Rebekah Langley
ph: (04) 971 8600
mobile: 022 653 0644
email: rebekah.langley@hotmail.com
or
Kim Worth
ph: (04) 938 2746
mobile: 027 209 8255
email: kim–worth@hotmail.com

PLEASE PRAY

• For those in the LifeSwitch family who are bereaved or in ill-health or caring for someone in ill-health.
• For BOUNCE (March 3rd).  That the girls/women attending will be blessed by the evening and that some great relationships will be formed.
• For the Kickstart Youth Leadership Conference (March 6th). That it will be well attended and will be a great time of learning and encouragement for Youth leaders from around the region.
• For the upcoming Journeys Course. That people will be prompted to sign up and attend.
• For the young people who have joined LifeSwitch as interns for 2010.
• For Mat Kearney as he prepares to teach this Sunday during the Morning Programme.