JANUARY2021 MAKING A DIFFERENCE THAT LASTS
For 76 years the heartbeat of Every Home for Christ has been to deliver gospel literature to the world. We have found the most effective way to reach entire nations is for national workers to systematically map out and visit every home so that everyone has the opportunity to receive a piece of Gospel literature. The EHC worldwide 20year goal is to reach every home on earth with a piece of gospel literature, including Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and in December 2020, Every Home for Christ commenced an “every-home� distribution of Gospel literature in the south of Sydney. Our monthly newsletter highlights progress towards this 20 year goal with real stories of real people in many countries of the world. However, in this newsletter we want to share with you more detail about the overseas aid ministry of Every Home for Christ. As we go home to home we are confronted with the needs of the poor and disadvantaged so the second goal is to help the poor, not just with a handout, but by educating, training and equipping men, women and children so that they can experience permanent change. This newsletter will highlight those programmes. For a full report, including the Financial Statements, please visit
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BANGLADESH COVID-19 FOOD PARCELS Your faithful giving enabled this help.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
2020 REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ERIC LEACH
We have much to be grateful for .....
While the world at large suffers a great economic shock from the Coronavirus pandemic, we have seen our loyal supporters continue to value the work of Every Home for Christ, demonstrating their loyalty in continued giving and prayer. As a result we have not had to cut our giving to projects and programs overseas; we have paid all our staff and all our accounts, and sent remittances overseas. All of our overseas programs continue to make a difference to the lives of men, women and children who now exeperience better health, more income, new skills learned, increased educational opportunities and self-esteem and we are looking forward to the year ahead. For the last 43 years in Australia and New Zealand Every Home for Christ has continued its mission - to distribute Gospel literature to every home on earth and to assist the poor and disadvantaged overseas - without your help this could never have been achieved. Many, many thanks. Eric Leach Executive Director Every Home for Christ Australia: PO Box 168 Penshurst NSW 2222 Telephone: (02) 9570 8211 Facsimile: (02) 9570 4738 ABN: 88001276240 www.everyhome.org.au E-mail: ehc@everyhome.org.au New Zealand: PO Box 31-260 Milford North Shore City 0741 NZBN: 9429043322862 Telephone: Free call 0800 900 200 Facsimile: 0061 2 9570 4738
Malawi & Zambia
“The little we give brings so much joy� The villages we work in are in need of help as they are the poorest of the poor. For more than 15 years Every Home for Christ has been assisting the poor in Malawi and Zambia through the provision of funds, training, monitoring and evaluating the work, constantly changing and adapting to the needs of the communities as we asess what is working and what needs to change. Working alongside nationals, we have
been able to train farmers and provide seed, fertiliser, wells and toilets, as well as increasing skills and income. This has brought great joy to the lives of village men, women and children, providing security for their future! Thank you for for your wonderful help to make this possible!
Partnering with Malawi and Zambia EHC
Thank you
MAKING A DIFFERENCE THAT LASTS
The impact of this Food and Income Security Program in Zambia and Malawi has been to improve family food security, improve the ability to earn income, improve health and provide for orphans under 5 years of age. A Covid-safe plan was in place.
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men, women and children saw their lives improve and an evaluation of this project discovered that through the savings and loan groups, through the pass-on program of pigs, ducks and chickens and through home gardens and nutrition training, the women now have a sustainable income source to help them care for and educate their children.
Challenges were long dry spells, a worm infestation, unstable currency levels, cost of vehicle maintenance and government restrictions due to Covid-19. In spite of this, the maize yield increased by 67.7% and enough maize was able to be stored as a food source for another twelve months. Eating 3 meals a day, wells, toilets and mosquito nets all resulted in improved health.
malawi community development Over the last 12 months an emphasis has been on improving the health of the community, specifically targeting families who are caring for the elderly, orphans and the disabled, including Covid-19 education.
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sanitation and hygiene and soap making was included as one of the many income generating activities. 12 water wells were built along with 10 Eco-San toilets (to assist the disabled), 300 mud toilets, 300 rubbish pits, 300 kitchens, 300 plate dryers and
300 clothes dryers to improve hygiene. As a result, there was a reduction of malaria, diarrhea, cholera and bilharzia. 500 families received mosquito nets, child protection clubs for 140 children were formed and 2,100 men and women agreed to undergo HIV/AIDS testing and counselling.
thank you for helping the vulnerable through your gifts
India The Community Development program in India has continued despite the restrictions of the Covid pandemic. 161 children were educated in the past 12 months with just over 50% being girls. All children graduated to the next class. Apart from the Project Manager , School Principal and 8 teaching staff, 9 or 10 local men and women find employment in the school as bookkeepers, cleaners, bus drivers, security guards and cooks. A new computer training program initiated by Microsoft USA is to be introduced in the school once the pandemic is over which will provide the study material, modules, train the teachers (who will be our own staff ) and provide Tutor Certificates from Microsoft to the teachers. They will also provide all required computers and necessary equipment ... a wonderful asset to the school program. The Love Anupampattu program also conducts a 6 months tailoring course for 30 women a year where women learn both tailoring and embroidery skills. One class works from the school premises and another class is trained in the community hall built after the Tsunami. Many of the graduates find work in an export company and the others use our project centre machines to earn enough money to be eligible under the EHC 50% saving scheme to receive their own sewing machine, a wonderful achievement for previously unskilled women; their pride in this achievement has been immense!
Our grateful thanks to the many sponsors who make this help possble
Bangladesh The Community Development program in Bangladesh includes 3 schools and vocational training centres in Dhaka and one in a country area. Over many years these schools have educated about 1,000 children each year - from extremely poor families (mostly from the slum areas) and enabled the women to gain a skill in sewing and earn some money. Many of the children have progressed to higher education and become engineers, doctors and government workers or are working in other professional positions. The schools set a good standard and almost all children passed the government-set exams this year. Girls are especially targeted so that they have the opportunity to be educated, as are the children of rickshaw pullers and the unemployed. Three parent/teacher days are held each year. Over the last year 230 women were trained in sewing skills, with 40 receiving their own machine, and 30 men were helped to own their own rickshaw or van, enabling them to escape from the payment of exorbitant rental fees and, in many cases, to move out of the slums.
In Partnership with India & Bangladesh EHC
Ethiopia 2020 was an eventful year for Eloi Ministries as, after much paperwork and setting up of policies and procedures, it gained NGO status in Ethiopia. In all of its 9 prisons it is introducing a 50% scheme where, instead of a “handout� in the prisons, the prisons themselves are being asked to contribute 50% of the cost of the project and Setatow Befekadu and a team of supporters visited 6 of the 9 prisons to evaluate progress and to introduce the 50% scheme. Some of the skills being taught in the prisons are tailoring, weaving, hairdressing, welding, handcrafts, wood-work, metal-work and brick making, allowing them to generate an income while in prison as well as upon release. Debrebrhan Prison embraced the scheme and Eloi Ministries was able to donate a bakery machine so that prisoners are learning a new skill and enjoying fresh bread. As the children of prisoners go to prison with their parents, one of the issues being addressed by Eloi Ministries is the lack of education for these children. Assela Prison agreed to rebuild a school for the children, paying 50% of the cost. Durame Prison has already built a school in partnership with a High School in Sydney and the school principal agreed to pay 50% of new toilets, a TV set and DVD player for the Kindergarten.
Eloi Ministries visited the Assela, Debrebrhan, Durame, Gilgelbles, Fiche and Ambo prisons in the 2019/ 2020 year.
EHC in partnership with Eloi Ministries
JANUARY 2021
Bible Readings: This month the daily text will be taken from the books of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation. For those wanting to do the one-year Bible reading program these chapters are in brackets.
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PRAY FOR DICK AND DEE EASTMAN Dick is the International President of Every Home for Christ with a large responsibility for EHC ministries across the world. 1 Peter 5 (1 Corinthians 8:1 to 11:1) PRAY FOR DIPLAVE POKHREL Please continue to pray urgently for the Immigration Department to approve Diplave's visa so that he can continue working with Every Home for Christ. 2 Peter 1 (1 Corinthians 11:2 to 14:40) PRAY FOR ERIC AND LORRAINE LEACH Pray God will guide Eric in his leadership in Australia, New Zealand and the Unite Kingdom and Lorraine with EHC office responsibilities. 2 Peter 2 (1 Corinthians 15) PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILY - sons, daughters and grandchildren, plus others to come to Christ. Get a piece of paper and write down their names. Get their photos and pray every day for their salvation; eternity without Christ is a long time! 2 Peter 3 (1 Corinthians 16) AUSTRALIA Please pray for families in 10,750 houses in Menai, Bangor, Alfords Point, Illawong, Barden Ridge, Woronora, Woronora Heights and Lucas Heights in the south of Sydney who are receiving gospel literature in their letterboxes. Pray that many will accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. 1 John 1 (2 Corinthians 1 - 7) ISRAEL Pop. 8,655,535 Map. 116 Pray for Jacob Damkani that God will give him a miraculous healing in mind, body and soul and bless him by restoring him totally to normality. He needs a miracle of all miracles! Pray for the protection of his ministry that it would not be destroyed at this time. 1 John 2 (2 Corinthians 8 - 9)
LEBANON Pop. 6,800,000 Map. 114 In a nation still reeling from economic and political strife, the gospel continues to go forth. Following the Every Home annual conference in Lebanon, eight people accepted Jesus! Please pray for these new believers as they grow in their faith. 1 John 5 (Ephesians 1 - 3) SAO TOME & PRINCIPE Pop. 220,000 Map. 22 Many who live on these islands suffer from extreme poverty, domestic violence, and child abuse. These trends have been worsening as the nation awaits a breakthrough in its agriculture. Please join the EHC team in praying that lives of many in this nation will be changed. 2 John 1 (Ephesians 4 - 6) CAMEROON Pop. 26,500,000 Map. 24 The Every Home office in Cameroon recently registered 221 new believers. Praise the Lord! These new believers have been connected to partner churches where they will be discipled in Christian community. Please pray for them to grow strong in their faith and to become bold witnesses for Jesus. 3 John 1 (Romans 1:1 to 3:20) HUNGARY Pop. 9,700,000 Map. 79 The EHC team in Hungary is currently creating their 2021 calender. Pray that God will inspire them to write a moving message in it that will impact many for the kingdom. Jude 1 (Romans 3:21 to 7:25)
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RWANDA Pop. 13,000,000 Map. 17 The Every Home team in Rwanda asks you to join them in praying for their Christmas project,that the Holy Spirit will guide them as they share the hope of Jesus with everyone they encounter, and that many will be brought into the kingdom of God as the gospel is shared. Revelation 1 (Romans 8)
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Pop. 10,800,000 Map. 192 This is one of the newer nations for Every Home outreach, but the team has found its population open and responsive to the truth and love of Jesus. "God is using the Every Home ministry to focus churches on the great commission," they report. Please pray that they will continue to see fruitfulness for the kingdom. Revelation 2 (Romans 9 - 11) CREATIVE ACCESS The team in this nation operates a safe house for Muslimbackground believers. This house gives them protection from persecution while also giving other believers a place to pray. Please pray for the safety of all who stay there and for God to help them grow in their faith amid the persecution they endure. Revelation 3 (Romans 12 - 13)
CREATIVE ACCESS Following a visit from the police, the Every Home office in this nation is safe for the time being. But a close friend of the ministry, an influential evangelical blogger, has disappeared. The team fears that he has been arrested and is being tortured for information. Please pray for his safety. 1 John 3 (2 Corinthians 10 - 13) CREATIVE ACCESS Months ago, a man named "A". received gospel literature during an Every Home outreach. He happened to be a friend of one of the pioneer missionaries. Since then, A. has become a Christian! Please pray for his spiritual growth and join him in praying that his wife will also accept Christ. 1 John 4 (Acts 18:12 to 20:1)
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SWITZERLAND Pop. 8,700,000 Map. 62 This team will conduct an outreach in the town of Romont using a new piece of gospel literature called "Come Out Victorious and Alive". Please join the team in praying that many lives will transformed as a result. Revelation 4 (Romans 14:1 to 15:13) UGANDA Pop. 45,700,000 Map. 26 As part of its Christmas project, this team recently visited a refugee settlement. Pray that the seed of the gospel planted during this visit will result in many from the settlement encountering Jesus, even after the team has gone. Revelation 5 (Romans 15:14 to 16:27) LITHUANIA Pop. 2,700,000 Map. 99 The team in this nation wants to see a revival among its population. Please join them in praying that God will bring fruit from their Christmas outreach and that who don't know Jesus will be transformed by His love. Revelation 6 (Acts 20:2 to 21:16) THAILAND Pop. 69,800,000 Map. 136 Please pray for all the believers who have recently been trained in evangelism, that they will put this training into practice and help reach communities in the eastern provinces with the Gospel. And pray that those they reach will receive the saving love of Jesus. Revelation 7 (Acts 21:17 to 26:32) MALAWI Pop. 19,100,000 Map. 15 "E". was a Muslim but recently accepted Jesus as her Lord and Saviour. Since then, she has received many threats from former friends and others in the community. Please pray that the Lord will protect E. and that she will not be tempted to go back to her old beliefs. Revelation 8 (Acts 27 - 28)
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CREATIVE ACCESS "N.", a young soldier, has been calling the Every Home office in this nation to ask many questions about the Christian faith. He has decided to take the Bible seriously and is now reading both the Old and New testaments. Please pray that the Lord will speak to N.'s heart and lead him to believe the Gospel. Revelation 9 (Colossians 1:1 to 3:4) CYPRUS Pop. 1,200,000 Map. 113 The Every Home team has been sharing the gospel with a Muslim man named "M." So far, there has not been a breakthrough. Please join them in praying that the Lord will open M.'s heart and mind to experience a life-transforming encounter with Jesus. Revelation 10 (Colossians 3:5 to 4:18) FRANCE Pop. 65,300,000 Map. 89 In the French territories of Martinique and French Guiana, the COVID-19 pandemic remains worrying. Authorities have taken strict measures to limit the spread of the disease, and this has decreased church activity. Please pray that the Gospel will still be proclaimed and find its way to many hearts. Revelation 11 (Hebrews 1 - 2)
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MALI Pop. 20,300,000 Map. 49 Believers in Mali are looking for economic, social, political and spiritual restoration for their nation. Pray that the Lord will open the hearts of those who receive Every Home gospel literature and that the Holy Spirit will transform many through the love of Jesus. Revelation 12 (Hebrews 3:1 to 4:13)
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SERBIA Pop. 8,700,000 Map. 71 Please pray for pioneer missionaries named "B." and "I" who had COVID-19 a few months ago and are continuing to suffer symptoms; doctors are investigating their cases. Please pray that God will heal them. Revelation 13 (Hebrews 4:14 to 7:28)
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CREATIVE ACCESS There are still many Every Home workers and other believers in prison for their faith in this nation, some for as many as three to seven months. Pray for God to comfort them, to provide for their families while they are away, and for their swift release. Revelation 14 (Hebrews 8:1 to 10:18) CHILE Pop. 19,100,000 Map. 220 The economy in Chile is suffering, and there is a sense of social discontent in the nation. Political changes are occuring which could determine the nation's future. Please pray for the Holy Spirit to move in power and for God's will to be done. Revelation 15 (Hebrews 10:19 to 12:29)
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ZAMBIA Pop. 13,400,000 Map. 14 A gospel outreach in Magazine Compound in Chipata resulted in 308 new believers. Praise the Lord! Please pray that all those who gave their lives to Jesus will find a solid Christian community where they can be discipled and encouraged in their new faith. May their lives be a bold witness to those around them. Revelation 16 (Hebrews 13) CHRISTMAS OUTREACHES Please join us in praying for all the Christmas outreaches that have taken place across the globe to share the gospel in the country’s own context. Please pray for hearts to be soft to the message and for many to come to faith in Jesus. Revelation 17 (Titus 1 - 3)
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REP. OF MOLDOVA Pop. 4,000,000 Map. 102. Please pray for gospel outreaches in the villages of Ciorna, Bosernita, Solonceni, and Tarasova - for good weather and the Lord's protection as believers enter these communities. Pay for open hearts to receive the love of Jesus. Revelation 18 (Philemon)
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DEM. REP. OF CONGO Pop. 89,600,000 Map. 19 The team in this nation created a new piece of Christmas gospel literature to share about Jesus. Please join them in praying that the Holy Spirit will move mightily through the literature distributed at Christmas and that many will come to trust in Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Revelation 19 (1 Timothy 1 - 3)
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