On Sunday, September 5, we had a fire in one of our orphanages in Kenya, the Hurma IPHC Children's Home, located in the Highlands conference. It houses almost 60 children and thankfully the whole group was in church when the fire began and no one was hurt. We are not sure of the cause of the fire yet, but the boy's dormitory was greatly damaged. The Police and the Fire Departments have investigated and they are still in the process of determining if it was an accident or vandalism.

We could really use some help! The boys have lost all of their beds, clothing, school books, and the building's roof must be replaced completely. If you would like to give toward the rebuilding and replenshing of the boys dorm at the Hurma IPHC Children's Home, please send your check, earmarked Eldoret Hurma Child Center #11576P, to IPHC WMM PO Box 270420 Oklahoma City, OK 73137.

Today is World AIDS Day, a day set aside by the global community to raise funds and awareness to fight AIDS. Mozambique is one nation that has been greatly affected by HIV\AIDS; 1.6 million Mozambicans have the virus, including more than 50,000 children.

Your missionaries are reaching out to the people of Mozambique. A water well, medical clinic, and church \ training center are all planned. Watch this video to hear Joe Delport's vision for the ministry.

To give to this project instantly and securely online, visit http://wmm.iphc.org/mozambique.html

 After the regional conference meetings in May and June, we hold district meetings until the end of November. The theme for this year was “Building the Church.” The focus is to develop people who will develop ministries to be functional in every local church. One ministry opportunity is a burning passion in my heart: seeing the preschool children reached and tought.
The strategy is to equip parents, family members, teachers, and youth to minister to this age group; first at home and then a preschool Sunday school class. Later, they develop a kids club, discipling and involving more parents in teaching activities. This training was presented in the central, northern, southern, and lakeside regions of Malawi.
Also, two special training efforts were presented to the unreached people group, the Yao, who live in areas around Lake Malawi. During classes, students accepted Christ. During outreaches to the Yao, in one group of 29 children, 21 received Christ.

During the southern Malawi Women’s Ministry conference, themed “Women of Faith,” women sought God in prayer, and were challenged to reach all preschoolers where they minister. They were given the opportunity to become the course coordinator, facilitating training in their area during 2010. They plan to invite all parents and youth 14 years and up to attend with the purpose of helping families gain more Biblical knowledge, communicating the Gospel to children, leading a child to Christ, counseling for salvation, and much more.
This is also a great opportunity to reach and impact orphans’ lives. The year 2010 will be devoted to this training and to develop national instructors for this course. Be in prayer for this ministry development and for passionate workers to arise.

Rev. and Mrs. Jettie L. Parker and family photographed for their first Faith Commitment card in 1953. The family later grew with the addition of another son and daughter.

Retired missionary, Rev. Jettie L. Parker went to be with the Lord this past Sunday, November 8, 2009. Rev. Parker is survived by his wife Sue, three sons, and two daughters. Approved as missionaries by the World Missions board in 1953, the Parkers spent the next 19 years in South Africa. A large portion of their service was at Freeman Bible College in White River, South Africa, where Jettie Parker served as the principal.

Later, the Parkers began another missionary career to Malawi. They were approved by the board in 1980, and after raising their support, they arrived in Blantyre, Malawi in 1981. Jettie Parker served as the principal of Guthrie Bible Training Centre for the next 6 years.

They retired in April 1986, after a total of 25 years of service in Africa, and the Parkers made their home in Sanford, North Carolina. During their retirement, the Parkers served as pastor at a local nursing home. Jettie Parker's last service was Thursday, November 5, 2009. Early in the morning of November 6, he was taken to a hospital, and he passed away Sunday, November 8.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, November 11, 2009, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Sanford First Pentecostal Holiness Church. The funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the church with Bishop Jimmy Whitfield, Rev. Greg Long, and Dr. Harold Dalton officiating. The graveside service will follow on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at 1:45 p.m. at Falcon Cemetery in Falcon, N.C.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Holmes Bible College, P. O. Box 14188, Greenville, S.C. 29517.

Kinston 1st Pentecostal Holiness Church has released Because of Mercy. Some of the album's proceeds benefit the Satellite-Riruta church in Kenya.

Order this video on a DVD to share it with your church. 

This urgent update comes from Kenya, where a disaster is threatening the lives of many in the region. For months now, a drought has caused crops to wilt and cattle to suffer, and countless are dying of thirst and starvation. Residents of Nairobi are only able to access water a few days a week. Those in rural areas must rely on lakes and rivers for water, and their resources are quickly drying up. Local IPHC minister Pastor Boniface believes the drought to be the worst in the Amboseli area, where people are dying at an alarming rate. People to People has partnered with its donors to send medical and ministry teams to the Kenyan Masai people. They are now in need of our help more than ever. If you would like to help with this urgent need, please send a contribution to our offices, earmarked “#15 Masai Famine.”

Wilmer Sowell, a former IPHC missionary to South Africa, passed away this morning, March 5. His wife Dorothy and two daughters were with him at the time of his death. The funeral services are scheduled for Saturday at 2pm at the Swicegood Funeral Home in Danville, Virginia.

The Sowells were missionaries to South Africa and Zambia from 1967 - 1993. After 12 years of service in South Africa, they arrived in 1967 to a revival in Zambia. Wilmer Sowell understood the importance of training national leaders. He began the Theological Education by Extension program, and 85 students graduated by the end of his first term. He expanded his emphasis on training nationals to include the development of Sunday school and youth programs, and a Christian Education department for Zambia was formed in 1986.

Today, the Zambian conference is strong. Writing for The Simulatneous Principle in 2005, Dr. Frank Tunstall describes the impact of Wilmer Sowell's ministry teaching national leaders:

"It is apparent the Holy Spirit sent Wilmer Sowell to help consolidate the revival begun during the ministry of John Guthrie. Today, Zambia is a thriving national church with three conferences. In addition, the General Conference of Zambia has been organized to bring the conferences together. Nationals lead the work."

Please pray for his family during their time of grief.