After the search and rescue phase of cataclysmic F4 tornados in Kentucky comes the long recovery and rebuild phase. Together with 2Serve, Gideon Rescue and the Kentucky Tennessee Conference, I represented AWA in a joint recovery effort focused on the Mayfield, Graves County region of Kentucky. Things were not much different around Mayfield since the [...]
The Guyana President, Mohamed Irfaan Ali was at the AWA Hangar on Monday, December 13th to share toys to the indigenous children of Mabaruma and the surrounding communities. That same week, AWA received a donation for a few bags of rice to share with people in the same communities. God is gloried as people are [...]
As we have written in our previous newsletters, many Venezuelans began migrating to Guyana in 2018, particularly the tribal Warraos. Your AWA Guyana team have since been ministering to the different camps in the Mabaruma area. Two boxes of Spanish Bibles were donated by a generous donor for the Venezuelan migrants of Guyana... Click [...]
Annely, Alfi and Lesa’s second oldest daughter, has indefinitely halted her third year of secondary education. Annely is an exceptional student, leading 2nd in her class since her nursery school years. She loves to read and loves animals. However, this school year, there are new mandated COVID requirements for school attendance. As a result, Annely [...]
Our hearts hurt; worry ensued—surely a predicament in our Guyana project with the additional travel requirements. Who will continue the ministries AWA started? Matthew 6:8 states that our Father knows the things we have need of before we ask Him. In Philippians 4:6 it says, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer [...]
We are extremely excited about how God is working in and through the Runne family as they progress closer to their missionary home in Guyana. Each missionary has unique experiences as they prepare for deployment to their respective missionary home abroad, but one thing is certain, it is a road less traveled, and the journey [...]
Have you ever felt overwhelmed? I can almost hear a “yes, of course!” A few days ago I woke up with that uncomfortable feeling, and I knew I had to start the day. of course; but with heaviness in my heart. “Father, I thought, I just don’t know how I am going to navigate [...]
Do you ever feel like you can only see as far ahead as the day you are living in even though you know there is so much more to do than can be accomplished in many days? We have been feeling that way as we juggle home, school, church, work, and training responsibilities. I am [...]
Members of our local worship center have taken the mantle of continuing the Lord’s work. In the past, when Bruce and I were leading the Hobo Hill Worship Center, Sabbath was always a high day packed with activities to engage attendees and the community. We led the worship experience from 9:30 am until after 12 [...]
For those of you who do not know, or have forgotten Tom, our Guyanese friend, Tom is an example of a changed life. He was 16 years old when he helped build our Learning Center. He was a young man who drank heavily and smoked, but he began attending church and quit all his vices. [...]
