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PEOPLE FOR JESUS MINISTRY – July to Sept 2014 update

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Dear Saints, Friends, well-wishers, and Partners,

We are blessed and glad to send you Christian greetings from People For Jesus Ministry – PFJM (formerly known as People For Jesus International Ministries)

Many activities have been going on for regular Church daily, weekly and monthly programmes and projects. Some of the evangelistic activities are enlisted in the updates while many others are not. The Church works in communities with many poor orphans, widows, pupils, students, and people at risk who need our support but we thank God that we are able to help some of them with your partnership.

JULY 2014

The PFJM Missions/Outreach Council planted a new Church in Nyakach area of Kisumu county in western Kenya region and it was launched on 20th July 2014. The mission council sent other church leaders to launch the new Church since all the Missions/Outreach council team was visiting Christ Is The Answer Ministries Headquarters located in Nairobi city for missions partnership meeting.

PHOTO: BELOW – A PFJM TANZANIA BRANCH CHURCH. CHILDREN ARE MANY IN THAT CHURCH SUCH THAT A NURSERY SCHOOL IS BEING RUN BY THE CHURCH. THERE ARE THREE SUCH SCHOOLS UNDER GRASS-THATCHED SHELTERS. WE NEED TO BUILD PROPER SCHOOLS. IT COSTS JUST US$10000 TO BUILD A WHOLE SCHOOL. IT COSTS US$1000 TO BUILD A CLASSROOM. IT COSTS US$50 PER MONTH TO PAY A SCHOOL TEACHER. THERE ARE MANY NEEDY CHILDREN HERE WHO NEED EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT.

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PHOTO BELOW: PASTOR TOM AND PASTOR SHEM CONDUCT A BAPTISM CEREMOMY IN TANZANIA AT PFJM BWAWANI MAIN CHURCH IN MOROGORO PROVINCE.

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SEPTEMBER 2014

NAROK TOWN CHURCH IS STILL SEEKING FOR SUPPORT FOR THE PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH SANCTUARY. PLEASE KEEP US IN PRAYERS SO THAT WE RAISE US$35,000 FOR THE CHURCH BUILDING PROJECT.

ORPHANS/VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND STUDENTS SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP: The Church launched a serious ‘school drop outs back to school’ campaign programme in February 2014 as part of the Church sponsorship programme. The programme is targeting about 35 pupils/students who dropped out of school for various reasons especially among the Maasai communities in Narok county. Thanks to those who responded to our plea to help school drop outs plus those who have not been able to make it to school to go to school. We have not yet reached out target and many more children who need to go to school are increasing.   YOU CAN GIVE AS LITTLE AS £15 (US$25 PER MONTH OR £180 (US$300) PER YEAR TO ENABLE A STUDENT GO BACK TO GOVERNMENT DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL. About half of the funds is used for the purchase of school uniforms. You can also help a child go back to primary school by giving US$100 per year.

 

KANDARIA MIXED SECONDARY SCHOOL ELECTRICAL WIRING UPDATES

Remember that Menzieshill High school donated wonderful computers for establishing a computer laboratory in the school. The Church in collaboration with Kandaria community raised some funds on 9th August 2014 for electricity installation and for building teachers residential houses. But the funds were not enough. Thanks to our partners who donated funds for electricity connection fees. Electrical wiring is currently underway and the school will soon have electricity.   The school is urgently in need of residential houses for teachers. They also need more computers/laptops plus scanners/printers including science laboratory equipment. The school also needs volunteer teachers.

 

 

                 PEOPLE FOR JESUS MINISTRY MISSION/OUTREACH TEAM COUNCIL

People For Jesus Ministry has a mission team or Mission Council that plans and implements local, regional and international missions programmes. That includes crusades, church planting, prayers and intercessory prayers, community evangelistic Outreach programmes and projects. The team also mobilizes, recruits, sends and support long-term and short-term missionaries and teams to different parts of the world. The Mission Team also hosts volunteer missionaries from every part of the world. The Mission Council meets every month to pray, plan and implement Church mission programmes.

WIDOWS AND THE POOR PEOPLE’S PROJECTS NEED YOUR SUPPORT

PFJM has established a self-help project called ”Cluster Dynamics” which are designed to pull together groups of 5, 10 or 15 people from within a community group who are mutually in great need. The groups are tasked with developing a micro-project which will generate income for the group in order that they can support themselves and their families.

The groups mainly made up of destitute women, are poor for a number of reasons but mainly due to the tragedy of HIV/AIDS which affects each family in one way or another. Some suffer from the disease themselves, others as a result of losing their husband by HIV/AIDS. The result is that the remaining partner (usually wife and mother) is left to support a number of children. PFJM can help these groups get established by providing one time initial set up grant of £450, 900 and 1350 respectively, allowing them to get going with their project and bring in the much needed income that will grow the project and support the group and their dependants. PFJM will closely monitor the projects to ensure that they are profitable to the groups. You can invest in this worthy course that can profitably change lives of the poor widows and others for a life time. Currently, we have the groups of 5, 10 and 15 ready to move with any support that comes to them. PLEASE HELP THESE POOR PEOPLE TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES BY YOUR ONE TIME SUPPORT.

 

 

PRAYER/PRAISE ITEMS AND PLANS & HOW TO BE PART OF THIS WORK

The mission work we are involved in is too dynamic and enormous for us to do on our own. We surely appreciate your partnership by prayer, support, and personal involvement.

 

  1. Narok Town Headquarters Church Land Purchase and Church Building at a cost of United Kingdom Pounds £22,000 or US$35,000. We thank all who have thus far donated. We have identified a piece of land in Narok town which costs US$15,000. The land is not yet bought due to insufficient funds. We still need more funds.
  2. Monthly Pastor’s Family Support of US$300 (rural areas) or US$480 (urban areas)
  3. Orphans and Destitute children monthly support £20 or US$35
  4. Needy College/University Students support and High School Students support
  5. New Church Planting Mission in Pakistan at Lahore . Pakistan pastor being trained by PFJM so that he takes over the work.
  6. We need Church Sanctuary and Primary school buildings in Tanzania Church. School, orphanage, clinic and guest house Building proposals in Narok and in Kisumu areas in Kenya. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT: OUR MAASAI VETERINARY SERVICES ARE NOW GOING ON. OUR MAASAI VILLAGE LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME IS ALSO GOING ON.
  7. Mission Emphasis Programmes and community development projects in Kenya going on throughout the year.
  8. PFJM Tanzania Church needs prayers: To be officially registered by the Tanzania government. We have began a Bible school there.   That church needs to build a sanctuary.
  9. Thanks to God, partners and the Church. This year the PFJM Kenya mission/outreach team visited the Tanzania PFJM Church on 18th — 29th August 2014.
  10. Thanks for two new Church plants in Nyakach and Kitale in the months of July and September 2014 respectively.

 

WE THEREFORE TRULY VALUE YOUR PARTNERSHIP (PHILIPPIANS 1:5). THANK YOU!!!