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ASA (missions) NEWSLETTER

© 2007 Jo DiStefano Kapus February 23, 2007

SUNDAY'S GUEST Alan Bender, 60, will be the guest this Sunday, February 25, at 2 p.m., on station WIBG, 1020AM radio dial. A former electrician, Alan, who hails from Philadelphia, dedicated his life to the Lord shortly after the loss of six beloved members of his family. For the past four years, he has committed his life to evangelize overseas. He first appeared on America's Silent Ambassadors on October 2, 2005, when he spoke about his trips to various countries in South America, etc.

Under the umbrella of Champions for Life, Alan has also continued his prison ministry overseas. (Over the years, he has ministered in 160 prisons, bringing the Word of God to hundreds of prisoners, calling it his "motorcycle ministry" here in the States.)

This Sunday, Alan will speak about his trip last month to Ecuador, in northwestern South America. Alan gives a vivid account of this trip, particularly in the dense rain forest area where Steve Saint's father, Nate Saint ("End of the Spear") was one of the five missionaries martyred on January 8, 1956.

Three days after recording this latest broadcast, Alan left for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to continue his work in evangelism.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED Please continue to pray for the 17-member Tower of Hope mission team in Uganda as they continue to evangelize and conduct free clinic/pharmacy visits to local churches and schools there. They are also helping to build a facility for hundreds of homeless children.

Also, please continue to pray for Les and Yvonne Parr. This is their first year as full-time missionaries in Rwanda, a country devastated by war, genocide, poverty, AIDS and broken lives. They recently wrote: "God keeps confirming to us we are to continue to love the people of Rwanda and to desire to live a simple life with them, keeping our eyes and ears open for what God would have us do in these lives." I was touched by the account they gave when they recently took out bubbles at recreation time for very young children. The Parrs thought there would be a riot! Children who never saw a bubble before screamed wildly as they tried chasing them. The game had to be stopped so the kids wouldn't trample each other.

Last, but not least, please pray for Mike and Dottie Clark as they travel through southern states, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc., visiting groups and churches for partners in their ministry. They are the founders (in 1989) and directors of Casa Para Niños Aleluya, a home for hundreds of homeless, abused and neglected children in Guatemala. It has to be difficult for the Clarks, who are now in their 60s, to visit older family members only once every two years here in the States. Please pray for safe journey mercies for them and that the Lord will bless their efforts to continue their work.

"Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." -- Matt. 19:14