World Missions Log

Operation Home Front

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Shelly Meyer

The St. Louis Dream Center (SLDC), an outreach of Joyce Meyer Ministries, recently had the opportunity to minister to some of our courageous US military personnel. Through Operation Home Front, an organization dedicated to supporting the troops and the families they leave behind, the SLDC was able to connect with the 354th Army Military Police Company. On October 10th the SLDC barbeque grill team and other volunteers threw a going away party for the 120 members of the company and their families. They were able to share encouragement as well as dinner with these men and women on their last day with their families before they left Missouri for their deployment to Iraq. What a blessing to be able to reach out and show our troops that we love and support them and their families. We anticipate this being the first of many more opportunities to serve those who put their lives at risk to protect us every day.

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House of Mercy

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Rick Renner
JMM Eurasia Director

Joyce Meyer Ministries partners with House of Mercy, a ministry in Russia that reaches out to the homeless with food and the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are feeding 180 homeless people each week in and around Moscow, and also visit an orphanage once a week. House of Mercy regularly ministers to 60 abandoned children and conducts a church service every week for the homeless. Thank you for your support of this terrific work.

We wish to start a significant outreach in partnership with House of Mercy to provide even more food for the hungry on the streets of Moscow. Please keep this entire project in prayer as we strive to show God’s love to the needy in Russia.

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A Special Day in Shams el Deen, Egypt

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Shelly Meyer

Providing the basic necessities of life can be very difficult for many families in the remote desert villages of Egypt. Joyce Meyer Ministries, in conjunction with Think and Do, held a special day for poverty-stricken and orphan children from Shams el Deen, Egypt. Almost 200 children were in attendance, along with 31 Sunday school teachers. During this day, the children received free school supplies, audio and video tapes and a lunch meal.

Aida, a 32-year-old housewife whose family participated in this special event, mentioned that she was worried about buying school supplies for her 3 children because her family didn’t have enough money. Due to her husband’s and her own health situations neither one of them were able to work to earn money for the much needed supplies for their children. But through generous donations made by the partners of Joyce Meyer Ministries, we were able to provide for her family’s needs of school supplies through the Think and Do spiritual day for children. Aida’s children received many school supplies, and other gifts too. They were very happy to have new backpacks and supplies for school, and were very thankful to God and Think and Do.

Thank you Partners for allowing us to help this family and many others around the world in similar situations. Visit our website for information about Hand of Hope.

Flooding in Cambodia

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Dr.Yem Tevyneath

We have never seen in the history of Cambodia such tremendous storms that have destroyed people’s lives, their homes and the rice fields where they make a living. I could not believe with my own eyes, trees that have been here for hundreds of years were completely pulled up from the ground as well as the many houses that have been completely damaged or collapsed from the storms and flooding. Even the Joyce Meyer Ministries Children’s Home was flooded. Praise God there was not any structural damage, just some clean-up work to do. But in the midst of the flooding, children were still able to go to church and praise God while the flood waters were literally under their feet.

The recent disastrous flooding and heavy storms have resulted in thousands of families living in terrible conditions in Kampong Tom, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham, and Ratanakkiri provinces. Please pray for the great needs of the thousands of families among the hundreds of local churches living in these provinces whose lives have been affected.

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SHOWING THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN CAMBODIA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Ashley Wilkins

JMM Medical Outreach Coordinator

I have just returned from an amazing medical outreach held in our new health center in Pursat, Cambodia. During the one week outreach, we were able to treat 4,363 patients and saw 3,667 salvations!

One of the patients who really stood out to me was a 10 year old boy named Rothtim. He caught my eye because he was crippled. As he walked across the concrete, the tops of his bare feet would scrape the ground with each stride. The tops of his feet were calloused from walking this way his entire life. I knew he needed a pair of shoes. We went to the market and for just $10 US dollars we were able to purchase clean socks and two new pairs of shoes for him. Most Cambodians live on just $1 US dollar per day, making the simple luxury of a pair of shoes not an option.

We washed his dirty feet and put the socks and shoes on him. He jumped up and started walking and the shoes actually acted as a corrective device and immediately he was almost walking normal! He was so happy and kept bowing and thanking us. The smile that stretched across his face was indescribable.

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RELIEF DELIVERED TO VICTIMS OF THE INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

David L. Meyer

Scott Norling, Director of our Southeast Asia office and I were able to get into the disaster zone and help deliver much needed supplies to the victims of the recent earthquake in Padang, Indonesia. Joyce Meyer Ministries has a children’s feeding program not far from here but not one of the kids was harmed by the earthquake, thank God. I personally have never seen so many buildings completely destroyed. In cooperation with local churches, we are showing the love of Jesus to the largest Muslim nation on earth. Thanks for allowing us to be there to help.

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PADANG, INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:15:00 +0000

David L. Meyer

Today our team from Asia visited the earthquake zone in Indonesia where hundreds of people have lost their lives and thousands more are reported as missing. It has also been reported that more than 88,000 homes have been destroyed. What gripped me the most was people checking the list at the government hospital for the whereabouts of their loved ones. Please continue to pray for the families affected by this tragedy.

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ZIMBABWE FEEDING PROGRAM

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:20:00 +0000

David L. Meyer

This week we had the privilege of a much anticipated return to Zimbabwe. We have been working there for around eleven years with children but due to political issues, this was the first chance I have had to return since August of 2000. It was great to see how well the children are doing and how happy they seem to be. The picture on the left shows our area coordinator Dave Van Rensberg feeding some of the children we help. Dave is originally from Zimbabwe and has such a heart for these children.

When our South African Director Ron Martin (pictured on the right), realized he was dressed similar to the children in school uniforms, he jumped into the feeding line! It was a fun moment. We feed around 20,000 daily in Zimbabwe. This is a country that has had it pretty rough for the last several years. Thank you Partners for your faithful support that allows us to continue programs like this. God bless you!

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MEDICAL OUTREACH IN CAMBODIA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Ashley Wilkins

JMM Medical Outreach Coordinator

The Medical Outreach in Cambodia has been awesome! Joyce Meyer Ministries’ hospital in Pursat is such a blessing to the people of Cambodia. So far, we have seen over 3,000 medical and dental patients, all of them receiving free care. We have had over 2,300 people give their lives to the Lord—including two Monks! God has blessed this outreach in so many ways.

We have had some heavy winds and rain today that are the results of the typhoon, but no damage. We are working with many of the same translators we worked with during Hope Cambodia in 2007. It is cool to see what God has done for them in the last two years. Many are studying in school and some of them even want to be doctors. It is awesome!

Please pray for the people of Cambodia as this outreach comes to an end. There are so many needs here. But even after our teams leave, they will still be able to receive quality health care because of the hospital. What a blessing!

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UPCOMING MALAWI OUTREACH

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:07:00 +0000

David with Children in Malawi.

David L. Meyer

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. I am here along with our African director Ron Martin, Asian director Scott Norling and African outreach coordinator Dave Van Rensberg. We are making final preparations for our next big outreach trip into the continent. In November, Mom and Dad (Joyce and Dave to you), along with a large team will arrive here to try and help in a variety of ways. It is going to be great and the local pastors and leaders seem very excited that we are coming. Stay tuned for more details as they occur.

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BURKINA FASO FLOOD RELIEF

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Shelly Meyer

In September of 2009, the African nations of Burkina Faso and Senegal experienced the worst flooding there in years. More than 200,000 people were displaced due to the high waters. Some areas received one foot of rain in just twelve hours. It was, and still is, a devastating time.

In response, Joyce Meyer Ministries has partnered with Burkina Faso Outreach, headed by Lynn Peters, to provide support to these flood ravaged areas.

“Many of the homes that have been weakened by the flood are still falling, so we don’t know the full extent of the damage yet,” Lynn says. “We do know that the aftermath of these high waters always brings the very real possibility of diseases. Also, roads are washed out; bridges are falling; mud homes are disappearing. It truly is extremely overwhelming, especially in a country such as Burkina Faso that already sees so much poverty. Joyce Meyer Ministries provided financial support and we were able to visit some of the sites and help with some of the distribution of much needed supplies. Please pray that the Lord will show His provision and mercy through this. Thank you to Joyce Meyer Ministries for the financial and prayer support you have shown during this time. It is greatly appreciated!”

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PREM KIRAN TRANSFORMATION CENTER

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Shelly Meyer

There are roughly 35 "red light" areas throughout Mumbai, India. Although prostitution is illegal in India, there are an estimated 100,000 people involved in the sex trade industry in Mumbai.

Supriya was just one of the many people trapped in the sex trade industry. She wanted to get out of it but lacked any formal education or skills that would allow her to change professions. Our team met Supriya and her son and gave them a chance at a new life. They were moved to our Prem Kiran Transformation Center for women who have been rescued from the brothels in Mumbai. After a time for healing and restoration, she is now a resident mother for 30 girls at the center and her son attends an English school that is fully funded by Joyce Meyer Ministries.

Prem Kiran means "ray of love" when translated into Hindi. Thank you friends and partners for your generous support that is providing a ray of love to Supriya and others like her who are in similar situations. Transforming lives is God's handiwork. We are blessed to be a part of it.

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ANGEL MISSION ON A MISSION!

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:17:00 +0000

John Bongiorno

President, Angel Mission

Nearly one billion people still lack clean water and safe sanitation around the world. Angel Mission, a ministry that Joyce Meyer Ministries supports, has been helping communities in Africa gain access to long-term sources of clean water. One such village is Gidamilanda, a group of Datooga people in Tanzania. The Datooga are considered primitive not only by Western standards, but also by East Africa standards. Ninety-nine percent of the people are illiterate and nearly fifty percent of children die before the age of five.

Angel Mission began drilling water wells for the Datooga in 2008. This safe water source has impacted the lives of the Datooga. Water that was polluted and dangerous has been replaced with safe, clean water.

Thank you to Angel Mission and the partners of Joyce Meyer Ministries for reaching out to people in need.

Visit our website for information about Hand of Hope or our partnership with Angel Mission.

HELPING FLOOD VICTIMS IN WEST VIRGINIA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:38:00 +0000

Kaye from West Virginia

“I am from a small (not even a red light) community in Mingo County, West Virginia,” said Kaye. “We were hit hard from the flood earlier this year and so many people lost their homes,” she said. Their church linked up with another ministry and they raised $7,500 to help feed 400 families and buy backpacks filled with supplies for the school children. “It was announced from the pulpit this week that Joyce Meyer Ministries made a donation toward our goal. Wow, I watch you nearly every day but with a different perspective now,” she said. “What a blessing knowing that you have no idea who we are or where we are, but you gave. God will surely bless you a hundredfold for having a heart for our people who were already so poor, even before losing everything.”

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:14:00 +0000

Rescuing One Girl at a Time

Chris Caine

Equip & Empower Ministries

Natasha was trapped in human trafficking and felt hopeless. One evening as she walked the streets waiting for clients, a grenade exploded under her feet. Her traffickers watched from a nearby car while others fled from the scene. She was suffering from severe burns and fragments of a homemade bomb lodged in her leg.

Her traffickers imprisoned her and she began to starve as a result of their neglect and her inability to take care of herself. When her weight dropped to 35kg (77lbs.) she was brought to the outskirts of the city and dumped.

Our team in Kiev heard about Natasha and drove two days searching for her. When we found her, we cared for her and the conversation soon turned to Jesus. She prayed with our team and invited Him into her life!

We are now helping Natasha receive the necessary medical attention for her leg. Please keep her in your prayers. The operations needed in order to save her leg are quite complex.

Visit our website for information about Hand of Hope or our partnership with Equip & Empower Ministries.

MOTHERS AND BABIES SAVED IN MALAWI

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Pat Laforet

Lifeline Maternity Clinic

With the generous and timely funding from Joyce Meyer Ministries, The Rose Tree Maternity Clinic started admitting pregnant mothers on the 25th of May 2009.

Thus far, Lifeline Malawi Ngodzi Maternity unit has admitted 23 mothers and delivered a total of 16 babies. Three of the patients were taken by ambulance to Salima District Hospital due to fetal distress.

Our head maternity nurse, Violet Pota, reports that the women of Ngodzi love the maternity clinic. It is clean, they feel safe, and their babies were born healthy and problem free. She also indicated that the three that were rushed to the hospital would have never gotten as far as the hospital had they been in that kind of distress trying to give birth in their villages with traditional birth attendants. She is certain that the clinic has already saved lives.

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HONORING OUR VETERANS

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:09:00 +0000

A group of volunteers from the St. Louis Dream Center visited the Veteran’s Hospital in St. Louis to distribute comfort items in gift bags to the patients there. The group was allowed to go room to room to hand out the items, including the intensive care and dialysis units, and they found veterans of all ages in the hospital. They were able to personally tell each person how much we appreciate their service to our country, and our volunteers were touched by the genuine gratitude of the patients as they accepted their gifts. Shaking hands, smiling, encouraging, and words of appreciation can change a life for eternity! Looks of discouragement, pain, and depression were replaced with smiles as the veterans realized that somebody really cared and appreciated them. Visiting family members were surprised to see someone coming in with a free gift of appreciation for their loved ones, and they were comforted to know that Joyce Meyer Ministries and the St. Louis Dream Center appreciate the sacrifices that were made by our veterans and their families so we could enjoy our freedom.

The teenagers who helped distribute the gifts told us that they had previously not given much thought to the armed forces here or overseas, but suddenly they realized that these are real people with real families who have made sacrifices for their country. The other volunteers agreed that they had been moved by visiting these veterans, and in the future they would be praying more diligently for our military and their families.

Rita Evering

Supervisor, St. Louis Dream Center

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRISON OUTREACH JULY 2009

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Tom McKaskill

JMM Australia/Pacific Rim Director

The prison outreach during the Festival of Life in Papua New Guinea was a tremendous success.

We had a fantastic time ministering to the men and women of Gili Gili Prison, our first prison stop, with 37 of them accepting Jesus. The responses from the prisoners in each of the prisons that followed were incredible and we had tremendous favour from each commanding officer throughout the project.

Daily reports flowed in from each of the other two teams, as they traversed the country visiting the various prisons and establishing great relationships with the inmates and authorities. It was definitely God’s timing for the prisons in PNG.

The highlight of the outreach was Bomana Prison, where Dave and Joyce were able to minister to the prisoners and hand out the hygiene packs to the individual inmates. Dave, Joyce, Stephanie Meyer, the broadcast team and Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong Band all handed out the gift bags, giving life and hope to the male and female inmates. The prisoners had made an extra special effort in decorating the oval to a newly constructed stage, and there was also some talk about naming the oval, “The Joyce Meyer Oval,” in honour of her visit.

In all, we visited a total of fifteen prisons, handed out 6,136 prison hygiene packs and books, and saw a total of 971 inmates, as well as two guards, give their lives to the Lord for the first time. Now that is revival!

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WHAT A WEEK!

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +0000

By Joyce Meyer

We have just completed one of the best weeks of ministry in our history. Papua New Guinea was ripe for all things “Jesus”. Conservative estimates are that over 1 million people attended the festival meetings in the 2 cities of Mt. Hagen & Port Moresby. Our medical teams treated over 4,500 people. In addition, every prison in the country was visited, 3 churches were built, 3 fresh water wells were dug, 2 million pieces of literature were distributed, 2 medical wings built, and almost 10,000 leaders trained. Thanks to Hillsong, Go Global, MAF, JMM staff, and all the many churches and volunteers! All Glory to Jesus!!!

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REACHING THE MOST REMOTE REGIONS

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:08:00 +0000

David L. Meyer

The people of Papua New Guinea speak over 800 separate languages. This past week we were able to visit many of the areas where these people live. From North to South and East to West, we sent teams all over this country to minister. Above is a picture of Joyce taken when we visited a very remote village where neither electricity nor currency are used. They gave us a very warm welcome and we gave them Jesus!

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WHAT A START!

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Joyce Meyer

As I entered into worship being led by my good friend Darlene Zschech, I said to God, "I do not think I could love you more than I do right now!" We are so honored to get to be here ministering to these sweet people. Tonight we saw over 100,000 come to the grounds and it is only the first night. God is on the move here in Papua New Guinea!

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WHAT INCREDIBLE PEOPLE!

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:05:00 +0000

Dave Meyer

Over the past few days we have had such an incredible time of ministry here in Papua New Guinea. The people here are so warm and welcoming. We have visited our medical clinics, dedicated a church and fresh water well, ministered in the prisons, preached to over fifty thousand in the city of Mt. Hagen and we are only halfway finished. I continue to be amazed at all God allows us to do and be a part of. Thank you so much to all our friends and partners who are bringing the help and the good news to this nation.

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HELPING THE PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:34:00 +0000

Ashley Wilkins

JMM Medical Outreach Coordinator

People have been traveling from all over the region, walking for days to get to the clinic and are so happy that the medical team has come. The team has seen quite a few very sick patients who had to be admitted to the hospital. They treated over 300 patients, and more than 400 teeth were extracted. Tonight they had an hour and a half church meeting with the villagers and 300 souls were saved. It was a really great time with the people of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea!

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:09:00 +0000

OFF TO A GREAT START

Ginger Stache

Chief Media Officer

After many months of preparation our Festival of Life activities are underway in Papua New Guinea. We are thrilled and honored to be here and the wonderful people of PNG are truly enthusiastic and grateful. I met a woman this morning who told me with tears in her eyes how much it means to her that after years of watching her on TV, Joyce would fly half way around the world to be here. She said, “This shows me that the love of God she talks about is genuine.”

On day one Joyce dedicated a new clinic wing for pre-natal and well-baby care. And today we head out to another new clinic, church, and fresh water well. And that’s only the beginning ― can’t wait to see what God does here.

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ADVENTURE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

noreply@blogger.com (JMM 2007) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Joyce Meyer

Today was a unique day in my foreign travels. As you can see from the picture, we got a little stuck in the mud. This was only after our first car broke down an hour outside of the city. In spite of all this adventure, the ministry still went on as planned. Today we dedicated a new church and fresh water well in the city of Kwakila. Great things are ahead of us here in Papua New Guinea.

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