2019 1st Quarter Newsletter

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

FIRST QUARTER 2019

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Remembering Judy Aitken ASAP Founder

FEATURE STORY

Remembering Judy Aitken

BY JOLENE ROOSENBERG

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udy Aitken, Founder of ASAP Ministries, fell asleep in Jesus on December 10, 2018. The following article is adapted from the life sketch shared during her memorial service at Pioneer Memorial Church in Berrien Springs, Michigan, on December 21, 2018.

A spiritual giant in the form of a humble, compassionate woman, Judy Aitken’s life was characterized by a commitment to others and a passion for local and foreign missions. God directed her path on a trajectory dedicated to building His kingdom throughout more than forty years of missionary service.

The oldest of three children, Judy May Aitken was born on May 2, 1943 in Joplin, MO, to missionary-minded educators, Dr. and Mrs. Boyd Olson. Soft spoken and introverted by nature, Judy enjoyed academics and was a good student.

She dreamed of studying medicine, but pursued nursing instead at her father’s urging.

Upon graduating from Pacific Union College in California, Judy married Jerry Aitken, whom she had met in college.

Their son, Jay, was born two years later, and soon after they received a call to go to Thailand as missionaries. While serving there, their two daughters, Jolene and Julia, were born. Judy would always say that she loved Thailand, and she had a fondness for durian fruit.

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During furlough, the family moved to Berrien Springs, MI, where Jerry studied in the seminary. Judy worked as a homemaker and nurse and volunteered with REACH International. One day, in 1979, she picked up a copy of Time magazine and was moved by the photo of an anguished Cambodian woman and malnourished child on the cover. That same week, she heard a call for nurses to go to Thailand as short-term volunteers for SAWS (now ADRA) to help the thousands of refugees who had fled the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Judy felt impressed to respond, and that short trip evolved into seven years of sacrifice.

Day after day, as Judy worked in a bamboo hospital along the Thai–Cambodia border, she prayed fervently while treating people who had survived the ravages of landmines, disease, and starvation. Her heart broke as she watched malnourished children pass away. During this time, Judy started an evening Bible study to introduce refugees to the comfort, hope, and peace found only in Jesus. As refugees accepted Jesus as their Savior and began witnessing to their friends the group grew. Judy realized that these people needed Jesus as desperately as they needed medical attention, so she stopped nursing to focus full time on self-supporting ministry, church-planting in refugee camps along the border.

Through God’s blessing, churches were started in several refugee camps, and Judy’s ministry expanded to include Vietnamese, Lao and Hmong refugees. Bibles were provided and new church members were nurtured and trained. In less than seven years, seventeen churches were planted and over 10,000 people were baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In 1987, as the refugee camps began to close, Judy returned to the U.S., but her heart remained in Southeast Asia. She could not forget the faces, the lives, and the passion of those she left behind. Shortly after her return, Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM) hired Judy as a refugee coordinator.

In this capacity, she made frequent trips abroad and worked closely with the Southeast Asia Union Mission (SAUM) to help establish the Adventist Church in Cambodia. Six years later, SAUM president, Robin Riches, asked Judy to establish a supporting ministry to work with the Mission. In 1995, Judy prayerfully started ASAP, a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping ethnic missionaries to share the Gospel among their own people groups. Endowed with God’s strength and a quiet tenacity, she also used her nursing education to train medical missionaries along with her best friend, Dr. Mary Ann McNeilus, over a twenty-year period.

Today, ASAP Ministries operates under the leadership of Judy’s daughter, Julia O’Carey, with the same goal of holistic church planting among the poor, persecuted, unreached, and refugees from the 10/40 window. The ministry continues to work closely with church leadership in Southeast Asia, supporting over 600 ethnic church planters, teachers, and medical missionaries, as well as more than 70

schools. In Cambodia and elsewhere, many of the district pastors trace their spiritual roots back to their time as refugee camp church leaders alongside “Mother Judy,” as she was affectionately known.

Judy remained active in the Berrien Springs community until her passing. In addition to serving as part–time Development Director at ASAP, she volunteered with the breast cancer society and served as an elder at Pioneer Memorial Church. She was also very active in the lives of her eight grandchildren, whom she dearly loved. They, along with her many spiritual children and grandchildren around the world were the subjects of her consistent, fervent prayers.

On the morning of December 10, 2018, Judy peacefully fell asleep in Jesus at her home in Eau Claire, MI, with her daughters at her side. She left in the same manner she lived her life: peacefully. Though cancer swiftly took her body physically, her mind remained sharp and her spirit strong, allowing her to commune with Jesus, her Best Friend, till the end. She leaves behind a legacy of compassion and a shining example of a life lived for Jesus.

Judy’s funeral service was recorded and may be viewed on the ASAP Ministries website. Per her wishes, we invite you to give in memory of “Mother Judy” at asapministries.org/give

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Overcoming Evil With Good

BY BRENDA KIŠ

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for the sick woman. The relative nodded “yes” and Thomas offered up a heartfelt supplication to the Great Physician.

Within two hours, the sick woman improved greatly and was able to speak and rise from her bed. Now both she and her relative have evidence that God is real!

The police, village chief, and unbelieving villagers joined together to demolish the Seventh-day Adventist church building. Thomas and four other church leaders were arrested and imprisoned, and those of the believers who remained faithful began worshipping in secret.

Thomas has gone through many challenges and trials, but as he has remained faithful to God and focused on his mission, God has brought about the fruit he so greatly desired.

Wherever God puts us to work – in the church, in community leadership, or among the people who surround us, He is with us and will work things out for His glory.

he history of war in one closed country in Southeast Asia has caused Christianity to be seen as a hostile element and a dangerous influence from the West. Church buildings are forbidden and Christians are harassed. Thomas Xay’s* village was not spared this persecution.

Yet God has a way of turning things around. Thomas persevered in prayer and gradually the persecution diminished. Eventually, he was even elected to be head of his village for a few years! Fearing that Thomas would try to push Christianity in the village, some villagers and government officials protested, and he was barred from holding public office.

Thomas studies a Bible lesson with children from his village.

But this was not the end of the story. Thomas then went to Thailand for a month of missionary training. In the meantime, the village police, hoping to scare believers out of the church, told Christians that Thomas was back in prison. However, through social media Thomas reassured the believers that he was alive and well, learning more about how to share his faith.

When he returned home, he invited the village chief and unbelievers to join the church members for a Sabbath worship and lunch at his home. Surprisingly, they accepted!

Thomas had the opportunity to share God’s Word with them and teach them how to give massage treatments. He gave a gift to the village chief, and the goodwill generated by that occasion has opened the way for Thomas and church members to begin house-to-house visitation where they are able to share God’s Word and pray with the people. He has even taught their children to read the Bible and organized a Bible-reading competition for them, with prizes.

In addition to this house-to-house work, he was able to visit the sick and pray for them. In the hospital he met an old woman who was very ill and unable to talk. A relative was there caring for her and Thomas asked if he could pray 4

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21).

PROJECT UPDATE

Dr. Meried ministers to Eritrean refugees in the U.S. and abroad as a speaker and through the translation of spiritual resources.

Media Evangelism Bearing Fruit Among Eritreans

BY BRENDA KIŠ

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emnet Meried was born in Eritrea as a fourth-generation Seventh-day Adventist. Raised in the faith, his life was suddenly altered when he was 17 years old. In 2002 persecution began in the country and the church went underground.

In 2004 Bemnet entered medical school and immediately faced a hurdle: Saturday classes. Though he fasted and prayed for help to stand for God, the pressure was great and he gave in when an exam was offered one Sabbath.

The brokenness he felt afterwards led him to approach the program director and tell her that he would not be able to do this in the future because of his beliefs. Though he received letters of warning from the co-director, God intervened and saved him from going to jail. He was even allowed to take his weekly exams on Mondays instead of Saturdays “for the sake of your God!” In 2010 he obtained his M.D. degree, worked a year, and through a series of divine interventions entered the United States in 2011.

One night he received a strong impression when God said, “Bemnet, what are you doing for your people?” He was then directed to write a tract in his language. It was the start of a ministry. Preparing Bible studies and DVDs and translating Spirit of Prophecy books, he eventually established a program on Facebook and began doing media work in a friend’s studio.

He became a church-planting consultant for Eritreans in North America and started to write his own books.

And this ministry is yielding results. After listening to one of his YouTube sermons on Job, a woman called to ask if this story was really true. When assured that it was, she shared her story of depression because her husband had left her.

Bemnet connected her with another Eritrean SDA woman and just recently she was baptized!

A Catholic woman heard about the seventh-day Sabbath on Bemnet’s Facebook program. She contacted him and was convinced of this truth. She is now taking Bible studies and witnessing to neighbors as well as to a cousin overseas who now attends church and studies with Bemnet via teleconferencing!

Another family in England has been convicted through his Viber group and is studying for baptism. In fact, says Bemnet, the most powerful means to reach Eritreans is through Viber, videos, and flash drives.

Through an ASI grant, ASAP has invited Bemnet to make quality DVDs at a local studio to reach and nurture scattered Eritrean people here and abroad, while continuing his translation work. We look forward to meeting God’s precious Eritreans in the Kingdom as a result of this ministry!

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EXCITING EVANGELISM

Pain Opened the Door

BY BRENDA KIŠ

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SAP medical missionary Kyaw Than* made a decision. He was going to visit a village known as a stronghold of Buddhism in southern Myanmar.

When he arrived, people greeted him courteously and asked where he came from and why he had come. But when he told them he was a Christian, instantly a barrier arose and they told him he must leave because he could not preach about God. “May I talk about health?” Kyaw Than asked. “Only if you are an official government worker; otherwise, we won’t listen to you,” they responded. Now Kyaw Than knew he was in a tough spot, so he did what he normally did and sent up a silent prayer. Let him tell the rest of the story.

God’s answer came quickly with a loud cry from the bathroom. “Why am I not getting better?” When I asked what was happening, the man told me his wife had diabetes and despaired of ever getting well. I offered to have a look at her but he questioned whether I really knew anything about diabetes. At this, I brought out my blood sugar measurement tools and went to work. The woman’s level was very high so I boiled a mixture of guava leaf, lemon, garlic, and onion for her to drink. Thirty minutes later her level had come down and the man apologized to me for his behavior.

For the next seven hours I shared the health message with them, talking about lifestyle and showing them the poisonous foods they had in their kitchen. At the end I told them that it is not my intelligence but a gift from God and I asked if I could share where it comes from. They said “yes” so I brought out my Bible and began to tell them the story of creation, why there is suffering, and that there is a cause for everything that happens. “How can we know if a person is on a sandy island?”

I asked. “By their footprints. This is the evidence that someone is there. And in the same way, we can know there is a Creator, by the evidence of His existence.” I told them that when scientists study the soil, they find the same elements there as in our bodies and that many plants that grow from the earth are good for us to eat. God has given us the power to sustain our bodies, and we have the power to choose what goes into them.

After sharing all these things, I was able to pray with them and they asked me to come back! Please pray that more villagers will see the evidence as well.

Extend the ministry of healing to Buddhists and animists in Myanmar by supporting an ASAP medical missionary. Visit the sponsorship section of our website to learn more.

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HELPING HANDS

Quarters for Secret DVDs

BY LISA ISENSEE

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t was Thursday morning at Wisconsin campmeeting and I had been telling mission stories every morning at the Primary tent. I started telling my very favorite, a miracle story that involves secret DVDs in a closed country in Asia.

I told them how a church member was impressed to bring a secret DVD to the marketplace and then I asked, “How many of you have ever had a quarter?” Every hand shot up around the tent! Then I told them, “Do you know, you can make an eternal difference with just one quarter. That is what it costs to print a secret sermon DVD for this closed country!”

Clockwise from top: Micah, Moriah, Luke, and Melanie eagerly gave quarters to help buy sharing DVDs for ASAP workers in a closed country.

At that moment Maddy, her blue eyes shining, shot both hands up into the air. She was clutching a quarter in each hand. “I have two quarters right now. I want to give them for secret DVDs!” I hadn’t been expecting an immediate response, but I took those two quarters, put them in my pocket, and continued the story. I was touched by Maddy’s unprompted gift, but little did I know that with those two quarters she had started a movement of mission giving.

That afternoon a boy came rushing across the grass towards me, “Pastor Lisa! Pastor Lisa! I have a quarter for secret DVDs, too!” Later two curly-haired brothers, Moriah and Micah, found me and exclaimed, “We have quarters for DVDs!” But that was only the start of their giving. Their grandmother later told me how excited and busy they were looking for ways to earn more quarters at campmeeting!

Friday morning before I started my story, I reached into my pocket and brought out the growing collection of jangling coins. “Look at how many secret DVDs we can buy now!”

Later that morning two more girls found me and gave. Then a brother with two little sisters eager to get in on the giving. The kids kept coming.

By Sabbath morning when I stood up to talk, I had quite a pocketful of money. But then it happened. Before I’d even begun to speak, children from all over the tent spontaneously stood and began to walk towards me. About two dozen smiling children came, pressing quarter after quarter, and even some bills into my hands. I left with a heart full of joy in these mission-minded children and now two pockets full of money.

By that evening I had $50.50, enough to purchase 202 DVDs. Before I left, one little girl, her brown eyes sparkling, promised, “I’m going to save money this year for secret DVDs. I’m going to save until my bank is stuffed to the top!”

DVDs are the most requested resource in one closed country where ASAP works in Southeast Asia. Will you help us inspire more children to join this movement of giving?

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REACH THE WORLD NEXT DOOR

Pastor Scott Griswold told a story about a young refugee boy whose parents had taught him to pay attention, to listen carefully for sounds of fighting and war so that he could move to escape the violence in his home country and find refuge across the border. Pastor Scott shared how listening carefully to their parents’ advice now could save them from lots of problems in this country, too. This story especially connected with one of the older girls who had gone through something similar.

Julie Griswold enjoys a learning activity with refugee children; Below: Pr. Bernabe Diaz talks with a new friend.

Helping Refugees Rise High

BY SANDIE GROSS

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his was the most fun day ever!” shouted a small Afghani refugee girl as she ran over to her mother, carrying a coloring page. She had just participated in Rise High, a character-building children’s program sponsored

by Reach the World Next Door. The curriculum helps children practice attentiveness, patience, compassion, politeness, honesty, and more. Parents are involved to help their children build life skills that will prepare them for positive leadership in their community.

Every other Sunday, the RWND team and church members in Houston meet at an apartment complex that is home to many refugees and immigrants. On the porches and in the stairwells, one can hear children calling to each other and to their parents in Urdu, Pashtu, Nepali, Spanish, and more world languages.

On a Rise High Sunday, children rush to the playground area to participate in storytelling, crafts, games, science projects, singing, and character-building activities.

Some of the children can hardly speak any English, having just arrived in America. During one of the science projects, Josiah Griswold conducted an experiment with colored oil and water.

The children were completely engaged, eagerly volunteering to help pour oil into the water and asking questions. One little girl kept repeating, “This is so much fun! I learned all the words.”

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While the children participate in the program, mothers, fathers, and grandparents gather around the playground, watching and learning, too. Many of the mothers stay after the program to speak with team members, sharing their appreciation. They also share what life was like in their home countries, what it was like to live in refugee camps, and stories of the challenges they are facing here. Some of the families have been in the US for two years; others have been here only three weeks.

Recently a mother invited Julie, Rachel, and Scott to visit her home. It was cold in the house. The mother had her six-year-old boy translate about the broken heater. Scott wrote a simple note she could take to the manager to fix the problem.

At Rise High another staff member learned of a family of nine who had only one pot to cook in. He contacted a church who donated kitchen utensils and toys for the children, who had basically nothing.

At the end of one program, a small boy very politely asked a team member, “Could you come back every day and play with me?” Rise High is allowing RWND to find common ground with people of cultures from around the world who value similar character traits. If you would like to sponsor a RWND Rise High children’s program, please donate online through the Gift Catalog at asapministries.org.

To apply for next year’s on-campus training program, call 707-380-9554 or visit reachtheworldnextdoor.com

MEET OUR WORKERS

Meet Our Worker

BY BRENDA KIŠ

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lejandro “Jhun” Cardeinte grew up in a very poor Adventist home in the Philippines. But God ensured that the young man was able to attend Mindanao Mission Academy and Mountain View College where he came in contact with the SULADS (Socio-economic Uplift Literacy Anthropological and Developmental Services) program. Established in 1969 by an American SDA missionary, SULADS (from a Manobo word meaning “brother/sister”) sends out young people to serve the hill tribes. Catching the missionary spirit, Jhun spent five years as a SULADS student missionary working with Buddhist, Muslim, and animist peoples in the Philippines.

God was preparing him for his future work.

After graduating with a theology degree, he went to Thailand in 2004 at the invitation of an uncle who lived in Bangkok. Immediately he wondered if there was a ministry like SULADS in Thailand and eventually came in contact with Brian Wilson, a missionary working among the Mien people.

This led to Jhun being sent to Pangkhon, a Mien village. As he met with the challenges of reaching the Mien, he made a conscious decision to stay as an unsalaried volunteer, but

God again met his needs. He remained a full-time missionary among the Mien until 2009.

Since then, Jhun has obtained a graduate diploma of teaching and a Master’s in Educational Management. He has also served as a pastor, teacher, and tentmaking missionary, training and coordinating SULADS missionaries in Thailand and Laos. ASAP recently invited him to join the team to supervise thirteen ASAP youth evangelists in Thailand and Laos. Speaking Tagalog, English, Mien, and Thai, he will work closely with ASAP Associate Director Saeng Saengthip and the Thailand Adventist Mission.

We welcome this happily married husband and father of three as he fulfills his calling of cross-cultural ministry to the unreached.

Help ASAP Youth Evangelists Share the Gospel with Thailand’s Unreached Millions “God is so good! He never leaves us, even though we are few in number. He sent willing volunteers to help the work here and encourage us!”

This is the testimony of the small group of Adventist believers in the village of Thongchai, in northwestern Thailand, where Somchai and Sukanya serve as ASAP youth evangelists. Recently, this young missionary couple helped organize a multifaceted outreach effort, together with local church members and a team of volunteers. Over the course of several weeks, they coordinated a health expo; English camp; and the distribution of clothes, blankets, mosquito nets, and seeds, followed by evangelistic meetings in a nearby village. Their outreach culminated with a special Sabbath program at which twenty people were baptized, including four from Tongchai!

There is still much work to be done in Thailand where more than 88% of the country’s sixty-nine million people are unreached. You can introduce them to Jesus by sponsoring an ASAP youth evangelist (see reverse for more information).

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IN GRATITUDE IN HONOR OF

AND JEAN GALBRAITH, MARION AND LUCILLE PIERCE, by James and Sue Pierce • PR. VICTOR LIDNER, by Lauri Wood • WHITNEY WATSON, by Donn and Esther Latour, Rahel Hartman

JOLENE ROOSENBERG’S BIRTHDAY, by Stanley and Joan Smith SHARON LYNCH, by Eldon and Sharon Lynch • WAYNE SMITH, by Jonathan and Lindsay Reynolds

IN THANKFULNESS FOR

IN MEMORY OF

ARME BIBLE CAMP, by Lynette Rosenberger • AUSTIN RAY, by Anita Ray • CONNIE LETNIAK, by Ron and Connie Letniak • GOD, GOD’S GOODNESS, GOD’S LOVE AND GRACE, GOD’S MANY BLESSINGS, by Rosa Miller, CARE Group B, Carla Andersen, Jeewa Moses, and John and Joyce Marter • GREAT FAMILY, by Kevin and Teresa Jepson • GRISWOLD FAMILY, by Dr. Torrey and Nadia Laack • JESUS, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, by Dawn Johnson, Dillon Flannery-Valadez, Eric Manro, and Wyman Kingsley • KHAMPHO OHNO, by Anna Ursales • PSALM 107:1, 8, 15, 21, AND 31, by Wyman Kingsley • RUTHIE REEVES, by Joseph and Ruthie Reeves • SAENG AND MILEICY SAENGTHIP, by Jimmy and Rebecca Munoz • WILSON SDA CRADLE ROLL AND KINDERGARTEN SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES, by Brandee Groleau • YVONEE LOEKS, by Vern and Yvonne Loeks

AVA DE PINA, by Manuel de Pina • DON ROTH, by Johanna Rita Vital DORIS ILES LEE, DOROTHY CORRIS, AND JOE SHEFFIELD, by James and Judith Culpepper • E. JENICKE AND J. KRAVIG, by Sandy Monette • FAITH MARIE LIRA, by Stanley Lira • HARRY OLSON, by Janet Olson • JUDY AITKEN, by Douglas Hegstad and Alane Samarza, James and Ann Fisher, Jean Hall, Judith Tuttle, Lauri Wood, Max and Carolyn Hammonds, Olav and Judi Falsnes, Rosalyn Nash, Byron and Carol Reynolds, Dr. Gilbert Chapman, Marguerite Ross, Ralph and Carol Kurti, Andrea Litchfield, Christie Lee, Edwin and Connie Reynolds, Jonathan and Becky Sumner, Patrick Trainor, Winston and Jeanie Craig, Henry and Saowarat Chai, James Lianzo, Vandy and Sereivudh Ly, Maritza Osuna, Suan Khai Khai KATHRYN KEMPF, by Michael and Kimberly Hakeem • LISA DEBOOY, by David and Ruth DeBooy • RIM PHAN, by Michael Vuthy Sarunn • JAMES

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PROVIDE MENTORING FOR REFUGEE LEADERS

SOW SEEDS OF HOPE IN LAOS

As the immigrant and refugee population grows, the number of church plants among them also grows! The leaders of these young churches struggle both to adapt to their new country and culture, and to help their congregation adjust. This project will connect refugee group leaders with mentors who will enable them to better serve their communities.

The vast majority of Laotians are farmers, but they don’t have the skills, knowledge, or equipment necessary to effectively support their families and benefit their communities. A new organic farming ministry will not only equip farmers to better manage their land and be more productive, but will also serve as a tool to reach others for Christ.

$4,000 (ANY AMOUNT APPRECIATED)

$7,055 NEEDED (ANY AMOUNT APPRECIATED)

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HELP ADVENTIST EDUCATION MUSHROOM IN MYANMAR The Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary is the only Adventist center for higher learning in Myanmar. Unfortunately, due to poverty and other challenges, students struggle to pay their tuition. The Seminary is launching an organic mushroom cultivation project that will not only help alleviate students’ financial difficulties, but eventually fund an English Language and Community Center building as well.

$8,520 NEEDED (ANY AMOUNT APPRECIATED)

SPONSOR A CURRICULUM/ TEACHER ASSISTANT IN CAMBODIA Curriculum building can be challenging for schools in any country, serving any population; for the Battambang Academy in Cambodia, the challenge is compounded not only by the need for English/Khmer translation, but also by the need for materials that promote the Adventist message. Help ensure that these students receive a quality, Christ-centered education!

$340/MONTH OR $4,080 TOTAL (ANY AMOUNT APPRECIATED)

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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) nonprofit organization, your donations are tax-deductible in the USA. ASI MEMBER ASAP Ministries has been a member of ASI (Adventistlayman’s Services and Industries) since 1996 and is grateful to be an ASI grant recipient.

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