Andrew and Laura Kate Lupton (with Fox, Evie Jude, and Lucy) serve as church planters in Oslo, Norway with Mission to the World (MTW). The Luptons fell in love with ministering to international people as they revitalized an international church in Bogota, Colombia for nine years. Their new call to minister at the intersection of the nations and the next generation is especially strategic in a secular city like Oslo in which nearly one third of the population is born outside of Norway. In addition to church planting in Olso and launching MTW Norway, the Luptons will partner with Missional International Church Network (MICN) to resource international churches in other strategic cities to start and strengthen more international churches. 

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Church Planters in Taipei Taiwan

Kalan and Kayt (and their four children) work to plant gospel-centered churches and build healthy church-networks in Taiwan. Their particular focus is among working-class Taiwanese, a group that is less that is less than 0.5% Christian and views Christianity as a religion for social elite. Kalan and Kayt work in conjunction with Redeemer Presbyterian Church's global church-planting network (City-to-City) and local church networks. They planted New Blessing Church where they now serve. They also helped found the Friendship Church Network International, which seeks to develop healthy churches and church leaders throughout Taiwan. 

For more information, or to support the Spencers:

• Check out their latest video update by CLICKING HERE
  
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• Or e-mail Kaytlin to be added to their Prayer Update list.

Theological Education in South Africa

Ben and Beth (with their four children) live and work in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. They desire to see South Africans biblically and theologically trained in order to further the gospel. To that end, they are partnering with TEAM at Union Bible Institute to train up leaders for the South African church and beyond. Their hope is that through their teaching and discipling ministry, students at UBI will be prepared to make an impact for Christ in Africa.  

For more information or to partner with the Barthelemys:

+ find their TEAM profile here.

+ give here.

+ visit Beth's blog here. 

+ to receive prayer updates, email Beth.

Face of Justice

- Face of Justice Ministries defends and shelters women and children who are victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation. The Lord is so dearly involved in the ministry that it has expanded greatly by His hand continues. These are the fruits of His loving kindness;

The Freedom House I is the country's only safe house for teenage girls rescued out of sex trafficking. It runs at full capacity caring for 18 teenage girls.

The Freedom House II is a large new home under construction. It will house 24 more girls, and being situated in the countryside, it will have gardens to attend, lab retrievers to nurture and stimulate healing and more.

The Grace House is opening in February. This will provide a home for the girls after they turn 18 and legally must leave the Freedom houses. They will continue their healing, their education and solid skills training for future employment.

The Hope House is a day center for prostituted women seeking a way out. We provide English Classes, job training and small business development.

The Ajava Project is a mobile coffee cart allowing the 18 and 19 year olds to be employed with certified barista training.

To receive emails and updates simply contact Steve at Envelope and we'll get you added to the list. Phone calls and prayer are welcome. Steve's number is 506.886.0337 and Elizabeth's number is 506.7187.7719

Jason and Lisa serve at an orphan ministry in South Africa called Door of Hope. This ministry rescues and cares for abandoned babies, works closely with adoption agencies to find them good Christian families, and disciples them in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  

Door of Hope is in the process of building and developing a Children’s Village – a Christ-centered community – where orphans who do not end up getting adopted may find love and belonging.  At the Village these children will be raised in the faith and learn of their promised redemption in Christ and of his good purposes for their lives.  

The story of the gospel is the story of a God who has sought out his children who were once orphans in the world and adopted them into his family.  Jason and Lisa’s greatest desire for the orphans who come to Door of Hope is not only that they would be adopted into a loving earthly family, but that they would encounter their loving Heavenly Father and be adopted into His family as well.  

To find out more or join their support team:

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Or donate here.

When the Saints

David, Essy and Taji spend most of each year in Malawi, SA Africa and absolutely love it. David is from St. Louis and Essy is a Kenyan, but they met in Malawi in 2015 and got married in 2017. David founded an organization called When the Saints in 2011, which they currently still help to direct. 

When the Saints built the first and only long term trauma counseling safe home for girls who have been abused. There have been hundreds of girls that have come into the year long program. They also desire to see a sustainable reduction in the cases of abuse and have a program to help men walk in sexual integrity. 

To find out more about this ministry: www.whenthesaints.com

FFARM

Norina Purro is a missionary to Kitale, Kenya. She was lead by the Lord to plant an orphanage where eighteen children reside. The children were found sleeping in the dirt by the train tracks and begging in the streets for food. Norina’s team rescued them and brought them to Fun, Faith And Restoration Ministry, (FFARM). All eighteen children are attending school and are learning the gospel at home. The children, mostly very young, range from five years old to fifteen.

It is the desire of Norina’s heart to expand the ministry. There are many children in the streets of Kitale, Kenya that are orphaned. The house at FFARM is at full capacity. The vision is to purchase a farm where we can house a hundred or even two hundred children. Norina believes that all is possible with our Lord. We will be needing approximately $70,000 to purchase land. So far we have raised $6,000. Please pray.

Norina attended bible college, missionary school and was certified in biblical counseling at Calvary Chapel, Fort Lauderdale. In 1997 she trained as a missionary in Honduras with pastor Danny Morales, returning to Honduras eight times. She served for a short term mission at an orphanage in Haiti, one year in Costa Rica, short term to Nicaragua, short term in Requena, Peru, in the Amazon, and four and a half years in Medellin, Colombia, where she worked with trafficked, pregnant children, street gangs, and orphans. She was called out of Colombia and returned to Florida. She volunteered as a warehouse assistant for Restoration Bridge International, Lake Worth, Florida organizing and preparing food for the poor. In Israel, she lived and worked with trafficked women at Teen Challenge ministry, Ark in the Negev. Using the warehouse training she received in Florida, she was able to work in a warehouse with other missionaries in Israel. The ministry team meet with Beduin women in the desert offering them clothing and food and sharing the gospel with them. Living with broken women at Teen Challenge, reaching out to Muslim, Beduins, serving at Red Carpet in Tel Aviv and at a soup kitchen in Jerusalem were all experiences that led to planting the orphanage in Kenya.

FFARM is a 501C3 To Donate:

For Zelle transfers from your bank to the FFARM account without fees sign up for Zelle and use this phone number: 561 570 0036

Or deposit donations into Paypal at e-mail address below:

forhisglory_7@yahoo.com

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJwKdaSJ32E

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