2nd Quarter 2018 Newsletter

NEWS FROM ASAP MINISTRIES—ADVOCATES FOR SOUTHEAST ASIANS AND THE PERSECUTED

SECOND QUARTER 2018

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The Biggest God Feature Story:

Isaiah Fifty-Eight Today

FEATURE STORY

The Biggest God

BY SCOTT GRISWOLD

Left to right: Praying together before a meal of sticky rice; Sharing literature and Christmas gifts with the residents of Rosharon; Presenting NEWSTART principles at a Buddhist temple

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n August 30, 2017, when the students were supposed to arrive for the new Reach the World Next Door training program, the airports in Houston, Texas were closed because of Hurricane Harvey. A week later, the waters had receded enough for ten students to arrive and for the devastation of thousands of homes to be clearly seen. I knew this first year was going to be unique. There was a work to be done to help Houston rebuild.

Soon, I was able to talk to Lisa Oun, a dedicated church member in Houston whose husband is Cambodian. “How is the Khmer community?” I asked, knowing her in-laws lived where about 150 Cambodian families had built up a village south of the city in Rosharon. There, they grew greens, had a Buddhist temple, and lived a life reminiscent of their homeland.

“Terrible,” was Lisa’s quick response. “It is so sad I can hardly stand it. Many have lost everything--their homes, their furniture, even their cars.”

“How can we help?” I wanted to know. She quickly arranged for us to visit the village. When we arrived, disaster response volunteers immediately put our whole missionary team to work visiting every home to assess the needs. Within three hours, we covered the area and had a good idea of what houses needed “mucking out” and where there were sick people who needed medical care. We discovered a few

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Laotians and Spanish-speaking neighbors, as well.

Over the next few weeks, we traveled to Rosharon whenever we could. Moldy sheetrock and soggy insulation had to be pulled out. Many of the houses had been flooded with three feet of water. Some even six.

Our students learned to install and finish sheetrock. They advised people how to stay healthy, and gathered a group at the temple to teach them about NEWSTART health principles. Friendships grew between us as villagers shared oranges, coconuts, and doughnuts.

By Christmas, students were eager to give gifts to their new friends. They decided to make cookies, share a picture of our group, and give them a pamphlet we wrote about the true meaning behind Christmas. We even offered it in Khmer, as well.

By January of this year, we could see a growing openness to spiritual things. Rachel and William, two of our students from Taiwan, fixed some vegetarian food for their Laotian friends to try. “Come say hi,” Rachel called. My son Josiah, Antoine, another student, and I went in.

Their house was just a tent. They had nowhere else to live because their home had been destroyed in the hurricane.

The wife opened up a big basket of sticky rice. “Yum,” I said.

“That looks just like what we enjoyed in Thailand!”

(Top) RWND team members pause to pray with a Rosharon resident (Bottom) RWND staff and students

“Help yourself,” the husband, Joey, smiled. We sat down, feasted and chatted a little in Thai, which most people from Laos understand.

Just when I thought it was about time to go, William spoke up. “Can I read you a story?” he asked. He had brought a book on creation for their grandchildren. The kids weren’t there, but he didn’t want the opportunity to pass.

“Sure!” they said. I realized the lady couldn’t understand English well, so I began translating as William shared. The couple soaked up the story.

William concluded by saying, “This world is not like it was when God made it. He wants to take us to heaven where there is no more suffering.” Then he added, “But how God will accomplish that is another story for another day.” That’s how Bible studies started in the home of this couple from one of the least-reached people groups in the world.

Another student, Eh K planned a lesson about the Flood for the Laotian couple. Eh K also speaks Thai and has worked alongside Joey helping his neighbors build their shack.

As we headed for the study, Eh K said, “I have the lesson prepared, but I want to know if they have questions that we can help answer.”

We realized his understanding of God wasn’t so clear. He then added. “I think to angels and God, too.”

His wife quickly added, “No, angels and God are different.”

They surely did. Joey said, “Why am I still suffering, living in a tent like this, after all the years I have worked hard and done good?” He added a little later, “Many people where I’m from say bad things happen to us because of something bad we did in a previous life.”

“Yes,” I said, “God is the one who created angels, just like He created humans.”

We opened the Bible to John 9 where Jesus’ disciples asked a very similar question regarding the man born blind. Jesus made it clear that his suffering didn’t come from his sin, but was an opportunity for God to show His goodness by helping him.

There was a clear dawning of understanding in an area we had assumed they knew. It was a great reminder of the huge need among the refugees and immigrants God has sent to America. Our students are now involved in five Bible studies in the Rosharon village, eagerly praying for God to lead them to a solid, saving relationship through Jesus.

We also pointed out that much suffering comes because of evil spirits, and that we are caught in a war and get injured like civilians often do. Shortly afterwards we asked Joey what he should do if evil spirits harass him. He answered, “Pray, I guess. Pray to mama and papa, to whoever is out there.”

She looked at me very seriously. “Oh,” she said, pausing for a long time. “Then this God is really big. He’s the biggest.”

Please pray for this mission field. Please invite young people to apply to be missionaries with us in the next training program, which starts at the end of August. Please pray for God to send our present students to where He needs them.

Please join us to Reach the World Next Door.

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The Rescue

BY BRENDA KIŠ

The woman looked up and down the road before laying down her bundle at the side. Then she quickly disappeared before someone could associate her with the abandoned burden. Soon a young girl appeared. As she walked along the rutted road under the hot Cambodian sun, she heard a pitiful sound like the cry of a baby, an abandoned baby.

“What should I do?” she wondered as she pulled back the wrap. “I know. I’ll take him home with me!”

“Home” wasn’t much. Since her father had abandoned the family, life was hard. A place to live, food to eat. This was the focus of her mother’s life. Yet her mother did not hesitate to adopt the little boy in the dirty blanket, and the little girl suddenly became a big sister to baby Banh Van Thi. Years passed and the baby became a toddler, then the toddler a happy four-year-old. One day a neighbor told Banh’s mother about the Vietnamese Adventist School in their part of the city and how they taught children to read and write there. Poor as she was, a dream began to grow in Mother’s mind: my son must be educated. Maybe she knew that this was a Christian school and maybe she didn’t. No matter. She brought little Banh to the school and he began to learn. More important than reading and writing, he began to learn about Jesus. Wanting to be involved in her son’s life, Mother came to church with Banh on Sabbaths and little by

little she began to learn, too. In 2009 Mother was baptized.

Three years later Banh was old enough to take that step himself. And a few years after his baptism, Big Sister made her decision as well.

Banh completed all nine grades offered at the school and began assisting the teachers with various tasks. The principal, recognizing his gifts, began to tutor Banh so that he could pass his exams in Vietnam. When Banh was only 17 years old he started teaching at the school that had brought so much wonderful knowledge into his life.

The following year Banh suffered a shock when his mother divulged the secret she had successfully kept from him throughout the years of his young life. She was not really the one who had brought him into the world. His sister wasn’t really related by blood. This upheaval in Banh’s life troubled him for some time until he realized how much his adoptive mother had done for him, how she had rescued him from death or worse. Her love and kindness had given him life and joy and purpose!

Today, Banh Van Thi is 20 years old. Last year he taught guitar to fifth and sixth graders at the Vietnamese Feed and Read School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tall and winsomely humble, this young man knows what it means to be saved and he wants to pass on the gift of life to others abandoned alongside the road of brokenness and dysfunction. His dream is to go to college and become a teacher.

What Satan intended for evil, God rescued on the road of life.

“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans … to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)” 4

PROJECT UPDATE

Building a Stronger Foundation

BY PASTOR SAENG SAENGTHIP

In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus talks about wise and foolish builders. He differentiates between them based on how they set their foundations during the construction process.

The wise invested his time, energy and resources on the foundation, digging deep through the sandy surface until he reached the rocky layer beneath. Once he had located the solid surface, he set the foundation footings right onto the rock.

ASAP Ministries and the local mission leaders believe that in order to build a strong foundation for the work in Laos, we need to establish a school where we can educate and train young people early in life. For this reason, we have joined our efforts to start the first Seventh-day Adventist school in Laos —Living Water Academy.

Several years ago, the idea of having an Adventist academy in Laos was just a dream, but today it is becoming a reality.

The first phase of the project began in March. After the workers’ training came to a close, twelve ASAP church planters along with four other volunteers spent the next few days helping with the construction of the caretaker home, the bathhouse, and a fence that runs along the south side of the property. After three days of hard labor, the fence was completed and foundations were laid for the caretaker home and the bathhouse, leaving the rest of the construction work to be continued by local builders and volunteers.

I was blessed to be part of the team of volunteers during this groundbreaking event. We started each day with morning worship and finished with a time of sharing and prayers. It was a bonding experience for us. New friendships were started and old ones strengthened. It was a delight to witness how our volunteers are catching the vision.

They understood that they were part of something very important. By investing in this land, they were investing in the future of their descendants. They labored joyfully in spite of intense summer heat because they knew that they were building a stronger foundation for the gospel work in their homeland, and making a difference for eternity.

Top and middle: Volunteers began construction on bathroom facilities and fencing.

Bottom: Pr. Saeng and volunteers at the future site of the caretaker’s home.

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EXCITING EVANGELISM

From Soldier to Saint

BY SAM NGALA (CONDENSED BY B. KIŠ)

After five years, I returned to normal life. But I soon discovered that while I was serving Buddha as a monk, my sister had become a Christian and was serving Jesus! After reading a brochure I was somehow attracted to Him. At my sister’s Methodist church I felt welcomed and accepted. But there was no job for me in this area and I had to move again to hunt for work, this time in Yangon, the capital city. A large landowner seeking an honest worker to care for her orchards and crops hired me. There I met Daw Hla*. She came often to buy mangoes and we fell in love as we got to know each other.

At first I told her I could not marry a Buddhist woman since I was a Christian. She was offended and tried to sell off her own land so that she could return to her hometown and forget about me. But the land wouldn’t sell. In the meantime, I realized I didn’t want to let her go and we eventually married in spite of our different beliefs. Two weeks later her land sold!

My name is U Aung* and I grew up in a Buddhist farming family in Myanmar. At age 18 I left home to enter the army.

Even though I was able to send my parents money, I was not happy as a soldier. I didn’t want to kill people. The army provided rum as part of the provisions for soldiers and I started to drink, gamble, and participate in rooster fights.

These soon became addictions.

After 15 years of military service, I got married. My wife and I soon had a daughter to brighten our home, but when she was just one and a half years old my wife died. We’d only been married three years! My relatives encouraged me to become a monk and let my younger sister care for my daughter. And so I moved into the monastery and began to obtain merit.

In Myanmar many people encourage their sons to become monks because they earn merit for the whole family. One can remain a monk for as long as he likes and quit when he wants.

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Now she discovered my addictions, and ASAP medical missionary Adam Htway* discovered me. He began coming to our home every three days to share about Jesus. This disturbed Daw Hla* because the work had to stop when he showed up. But she was polite and stayed to listen to him as she cooked. Things were going from bad to worse in our home. I started to drink more and broke things when she scolded me. Daw Hla* was desperate and cried often. One day she decided to try the God of the Christians and screamed out, “If You are real, would You please do something about my husband?” Soon after her prayer, I began to reduce my drinking. She earnestly prayed for victory and by God’s grace my addictions were conquered!

Today I find joy in sharing Jesus with others who come to buy mangoes from me. Three years ago we got baptized, and now we’re a team for the One who saved us and our marriage.

Today I find joy in sharing Jesus with others who come to buy mangoes from me. Three years ago we got baptized, and now we’re a team for the One who saved us and our marriage.

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HELPING HANDS

Teaming Up to Tackle Trauma

BY JOHN PRESS

Saw Thin Paw* was five years old when the Burmese soldiers entered his village, threatening to kill everyone who did not leave. Hurriedly grabbing the few possessions they could carry, Thin Paw and his family fled into the jungle. This ordeal would be repeated many times throughout his childhood in Myanmar. During one flight, Thin Paw’s father stepped on a landmine. The family carried him for two days before reaching a hospital, where doctors amputated his leg. Following another horrific experience, Thin Paw’s sister committed suicide. Such traumatic stories are all too common among the nearly 100,000 Karen people living in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border.

The suicide rate in some of the larger camps is three times the global average. In response to this crisis, ASAP Ministries recently partnered with the Social Work department at Andrews University for a mission trip to provide trauma awareness and intervention at Karen Adventist Academy (KAA) in Mae Ra Moe refugee camp.

Initially, the mission team wondered what they could accomplish in such a short time, given the language and cultural barriers. “With much prayer, God led us to design workshops to incorporate things that transcend human experience,” reports Ingrid Slikkers, Assistant Professor of Social Work. Building on the theme “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” Slikkers and her students shared with KAA teachers, students, and parents how God designed humans to learn and heal in the context of community. We taught “the children about their senses and emotions through fun, tactile experiences,” explains A.J. O’Carey, Master of Social Work (MSW) student. “We also instructed the teachers in classroom strategies to lessen the chance of retriggering students with traumatic pasts.” In addition, through personal testimonies and a Sabbath sermon by ASAP Refugee Coordinator Bill Wells, the mission team shared how Scripture and a friendship with Jesus can help people deal with challenging situations.

As the trip progressed, many Karen young people, teachers, and even translators like Thin Paw opened up – some for the first time – about the trauma they had experienced. Two teenage girls invited Social Work major Mikelle Wile and her classmates to their home. The girls’ mother “told us what

Top to bottom (clockwise) MSW student Jharony Gibbs hands out balloons for a sensory learning exercise; A.J. O’Carey explains the wonders of the human brain; Mikelle Wile and Joanna Rivera teach Sabbath School; ASAP Refugee Coordinator Bill Wells preaches on Sabbath morning; Professor Ingrid Slikkers leads a trauma workshop

an honor it was that we had come to visit,” relates Wile. “I realized that she was honored not because I am a particularly important person, but because someone cared enough to speak with her and listen to her story.”

“Probably the most significant thing that we accomplished was providing moral, spiritual, and emotional support,” says Wells, who led in planning the trip. “The fact that we went there to see them and that they were our sole focus was really meaningful. It was powerful to see the kind of affection that was developed from just a few days of interaction!”

The blessings went both ways. “The resilience of the Karen people is truly inspiring,” says Joanna Rivera, MSW student.

“It reminded me that God can take people out of testing situations and bring healing. In the midst of hopelessness and devastation, the Karen people’s faithfulness and devotion to God is amazing! I left with the desire to strengthen my own faithfulness to Him.” *Saw Thin Paw’s name has been changed to preserve confidentiality.

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REACH THE WORLD NEXT DOOR

make the journey, people you know you will never see again?

Many refugees come from communal societies in which people are highly involved in one another’s lives. When they arrive in North America where privacy is an important value, they struggle to find friendship. Those without families or people they know on their journey here are particularly isolated. Some orphans not only witnessed the murder of their parents and siblings but had to find a way to escape to safety.

These survivors need people to come alongside and bless them.

The team prepares to visit refugees in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Michigan Refugee Ministry

BY BRENDA KIĹ

How do you spell refugee ministry? O-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y.

Bill Wells, ASAP Refugee Ministry Coordinator, has a passion for displaced peoples and the chance to serve those who are unsettled physically and emotionally from trauma in their homelands and abroad. In conjunction with the Andrews University Ministerial Association, the Religion Department, and ASAP, he organized an opportunity for fourteen Andrews students to meet Kalamazoo refugees on Sabbath, February 17.

Collecting and packing boxes of winter clothing, from donations students solicited and from clothing donated to ASAP Ministries, preceded a training session to sensitize them to the experiences, feelings, and needs of people coming to a new country; encountering a new language, customs, and climate; trying to find jobs, housing, clothing, food, and schools for their children all while wrestling with loneliness, homesickness, and recurring images of the nightmare they left behind. A loss simulation exercise helped the students understand the frightening choices refugees are often forced to make in a short amount of time before they leave their homeland. What do you take? What do you leave behind? How do you say a final good-bye to relatives and friends too old to

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People who needed that blessing on February 17 were four Congolese families to whom Bethany Christian Services of Southwest Michigan directed the student group. These families had the opportunity to make new friends and receive the warmth of their love and donation of warm clothing.

Refugees and participants took time to talk and listen to one another. The families had the opportunity to choose which clothes they needed and would like. When it was discovered that three of the families are Seventh-day Adventists, you can imagine their mutual joy when the believers came together.

A final opportunity awaited the students when they went to the home of a Muslim social worker and family who had left Libya before the war and who have a burden to help people fleeing the devastation of traumatic life events. Grateful to receive the remainder of clothing for other refugees in need, they hosted the group for an hour before it was time to leave.

Both the refugees and the students were beneficiaries of this opportunity to meet, to share, to give and receive clothing, to hear stories, to gain new perspectives and a vision for life service. Are you a young person seeking a ministry or a parent seeking godly options for your teen or young adult? Are you mentoring a young person or leading out in a young adult ministry? Give them the gift of opportunity. Reach the World Next Door training center staff in Houston, Texas, would be happy to talk to you about their refugee ministry training program. Visit reachtheworldnextdoor.com or call 818-5150360. Don’t miss this opportunity!

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IN GRATITUDE IN MEMORY OF

IN HONOR OF

ASTON WAITE, by Rosa L. Miller • AVA DE PINA, by Manuel De Pina • BABY HECTOR, by Pamela Blaedow • BOB & ELMA ISAACS, by Berwyn and Barbara Rogers • CINDY WATSON, by John and Harryette Aitken • CLEMENTINE TAYLOR, by Aphzal and Vashti Mohammed • DAVID SYMONDS AND PHILLIP RIESS, by Harold and Tammie Riess • DR. E.R. WASEMILLER, by Mark Wasemiller • DR. WILFRED STUYVESANT, by James C. and Judith A. Culpepper • E. JENICKE & J. KRAVIG, by Sandy Monette • GEORGE MILLS, by Eunice Mills • JACK PENNER, MY FATHER WHO LOVED MISSION WORK, by Laurie Larson • LAURA CLARK, by Barbara Doles • LORI E FORD, by Leona Coutts • MARK ASHWORTH,

by Warren and Carolyn Ashworth • MARY GRACINE CRIDER GILBERT,

by Kimberly Crider • MR. LEK. SEM, by Darren Pen • OUR PARENTS ROBERT AND DORIS STRICKLAND; ANDY AND LOUISE WOLCOTT,

by Dale and Nancy Wolcott • REGGIE MATTISON, by Ellen Mattison • RONALD NEALL, my beloved father, by Byron and Carol Reynolds • SHERRY ROSE, by David and Esther Duffy • WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH KUZMA, by George and Kathleen Kuzma

CHAD BUMGARNER, by Zachary and Leah Page • DAD, GENE ZIMMERMAN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY ON 1-20-18, by Donald and Ellen M. Amador • DEBBIE AND DARRELL HAWLEY, by Zachary and Leah Page • JACK AND BETHENE GRISWOLD, by Geoffrey and Shelley Hayton • LARRY HERSEY, by Dawn Sater • LUCILLE NEELEY, by Joyce Wiseman • NANCY WOLCOTT, by JK and Esther Martinez • WAYNE SMITH, by Jonathan and Lindsay Reynolds

IN THANKFULNESS OF ALWAYS JESUS, JESUS CHRIST, JESUS THE SON OF GOD, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST by Wyman Kingsley, David Roberson, Patrick Andrakin, and Katherine Chopin • GOD AND HIS GOODNESS, by Sharon van der Westhuizen, E. Denise Purkiss, and John E. and Joyce B. Marter • GREAT FAMILY, by Kevin and Teresa Jepson • JESUS’ LOVE TO MY FAMILY, by Susan McPherson • KHAMPHO OHNO, by Anna Ursales MARK 4:20, by Wyman Kingsley • MOTHER, by Harley Hollis and Carol Reid • ROB AND CHRISTINE NEALL, by Harriet Clark • TIM SIEDENSTRICKER, by Brian D Boyle • ALLEN AND PATTY HAMILTON,

by Wendy Hamilton

Would you like to reach the Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, New Agers, and secular minded people in your community for Christ?

Praying for the world

By Scott Griswold

With this new edition of Praying for the World Next Door, you can enjoy learning more about these unique people and their beliefs as you pray for them to know God. $6/booklet suggested donation. Contact us or visit the ASAP gift catalog online to order your copy.

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MEET OUR WORKERS

Angy Plata

BY ANGY PLATA

I became a Seventh-day Adventist when I was 9 years old, but there were a lot of things that I was not exposed to in my Christian walk. I never heard about or met any missionaries, never heard about the unreached, and I certainly never imagined that in 2011 God would put it on my heart to be a missionary in a place I had never heard of before.

I went to Laos as a student missionary for one year, but God gave me such a burden and love for this unreached people group that I knew I couldn’t leave. And so I stayed in Laos for 5 years until I returned to the U.S. in order to complete my Master’s degree in Community and International Development. I pursued this degree with the hope that it would make me more effective in meeting the needs of the Lao people as well as give me a way to stay more permanently in Laos. God really knew the desire of my heart because in April 2018, He opened the door for me to join ASAP as a Field Special Projects Collaborator based in Laos.

It is such a privilege and honor for me to serve God in this capacity. In 1 Chronicles 29:14, David said, “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your hand.” When I think about the fact that God has invited me to partner with Him in serving the unreached of Laos, my heart is overwhelmed with gratitude. I am not sacrificing anything at all, for everything I give back to the Lord is His in the first place.

Angy Plata

Meet our part-time workers: Paul Pellandini — Donor Ministry Coordinator John Press — Public Relations Assistant Daniel Rojas — Spanish Communications/ Media Coordinator

Go online to view their profiles.

Left to right: Paul and Linda Pellandini; John Press, with his wife Ashley and daughters, Luci and Gia, son Micah (not pictured); Daniel Rojas

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GIVE COMFORT TO LEPERS IN A CLOSED COUNTRY

FEED HUNGRY STUDENTS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF MYANMAR

Lepers are treated as outcasts who must live far from family and friends. This isolation is also accompanied by poverty and inadequate living conditions. Imagine not having a comfortable bed each night or having to fight mosquitoes during the rainy season. Fifty simple mats and thirty-five mosquito-repelling lamps would greatly increase the comfort of these suffering brothers and sisters.

This boarding school in a dangerous, drug-infested area is seeking to save young people from the addictions of their parents and community. People here die young because of their addictions and many children are left as orphans.

The Canaan School provides not only an education for such children but also a “family”. Please help us feed them so they have hope for a better life.

$720 NEEDED

$300 PER MONTH/$3,600 PER YEAR NEEDED

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TRAIN REFUGEE YOUTH TO BECOME CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AMERICA Many refugee youth live in dreary inner-city neighborhoods without access to nature. ASAP is planning to train individuals to lead some of these promising young people on America’s beautiful hiking trails where they can learn how to work as a team and rely on God, where they will be challenged physically, socially, and spiritually to become powerful Christian leaders in their own communities.

$5,250 NEEDED

FINANCE A CHURCH BUILDING FOR A MISPLACED TRIBE ON AN ISLAND From just twelve families displaced nearly one hundred years ago, there are now 6,000 tribal people on this island where evangelism is restricted. Many of them are new Christians without a church building where they can worship, fellowship, and receive health instruction and job training. This is an opportunity to provide a place where church members can invite friends to learn Bible truths.

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ASAP Ministries is fueled by mission-minded, faith-filled individuals whom God impresses. Be assured that 100% of your gift goes directly to the projects you specify. However, in the blessed event that the project you chose is fully funded, ASAP will use your gift for a similar project or where most needed to help spread the gospel and ease suffering where ASAP operates. Because ASAP is a §501(c)(3) non-profit organization, your donations are tax-deductible in the USA. ASI MEMBER ASAP Ministries has been a member of ASI (Adventist-layman’s Services and Industries) since 1996 and is grateful to be an ASI grant recipient.

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