Word & Deed Summer 2018 Magazine

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Guatemala SeĂąorita Helena Hospital

Ecuador/ Nicaragua Partnership with MINTS

Indonesia

Self-Sufficiency Demonstrated

Myanmar

A Different Kind of Poverty

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In response to Jesus’ command to love others, Word & Deed is an international, evangelical relief and development ministry that provides funding to meet spiritual and physical needs among people in developing countries. With cooperating offices in St. Thomas, Ontario, and Hudsonville, Michigan, Word & Deed partners with Christian agencies in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Myanmar, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Malawi, and South Africa.

Canada Office PO Box 20100 St. Thomas, ON N5P 4H4 Toll free 877.375.9673 office@wordanddeed.org

Director of Projects John Otten Director of Public Relations Rick Postma Office Administrator Scott Koopman Support Staff John Kottelenberg Kara Luiting Board of Directors President – Harold Leyenhorst Vice President – John Vangameren Secretary – Dave Wielinga Treasurer – Henry de Waal Dr. Arjan de Visser Rev. C. Heiberg John Jagersma Bert Mulder Dick Naves Lyle Ypma Advisory Committee Mr. Jim Beeke – International Educational Consultant Dr. Gerald M. Bilkes – Professor of Old & New Testament, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

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URCNA Missions Coordinator Rev. Danny Hyde – Pastor, Oceanside United Reformed Church

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Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies, Mid-America Reformed Seminary Rev. Frank Van Dalen – Former Executive Director of the Foreign Missions Board of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

United States Office PO Box 157, Hudsonville, MI 49426 Toll free 866.391.5728 usoffice@wordanddeed.org

Office Administrator Heidi Pronk Board of Directors President – Pete Vander Stel Vice President – Paul Laman Secretary – Harry Kooistra Treasurer – Karen Vander Sloot Eric Brandt Peter Van Kempen Jay Van Voorst Registered Charity Number (Canada) 89 120 0941 RR0001 EIN Non-profit Number (USA) 37-1429283 Bible quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.

Jesus

Shows Who

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“Don’t you care if we are perishing?” That’s the question asked by the disciples in Mark 4:35–41. You all know the incident. Jesus and His disciples are in a boat and going over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

Scripture tells us a furious squall came up and the waves broke over the boat so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. Frustrated that their teacher is asleep in their stormswamped boat, the disciples rebuke Jesus for His apparent indifference to the danger surrounding them. They want Him to get up and help them bail water from the boat or help with the rowing or help control the sail and the rudder.

Is Faith in the Gospel. Faith to realize that Jesus is bringing all things to their appointed goal—namely, a perfect society of justice and righteousness in which He is glorified and His people are saved.

What does this mean for us today in the midst of conflicts and disasters and persecution and hunger?

Jesus does none of these things. Instead, He rebukes the wind and the waves: “Peace, be still!” (Mark 4:39).

In exercising control over the weather, Jesus forces the disciples to look at Him in a different way. He forces the disciples to see Him as Almighty God. He forces the disciples to see Him as LORD. This incident reminds us that Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords who commands even the wind and the waves. So there is nothing He cannot do.

Furthermore, Jesus challenges the disciples not to limit their expectations of what He does. This incident reminds us that Jesus has far more in mind than simply bailing water or rowing or fighting the rudder. So He asks, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40). Even though fear easily overrides faith under dangerous conditions, Jesus urges them to have faith anyway. Faith in Him. Faith in His mission.

Like the disciples, do we need to change our perception of who Jesus is? That He is Mighty God, King of kings, Lord of lords? We need to realize, as Paul puts it, that He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

And, like the disciples, do we need to change our perspective of what He does? Jesus is doing far more than bailing water or rowing or fighting the rudder. He is establishing His Kingdom and saving His people and growing His church. W&D Pastor Adrian Dieleman is the pastor of Trinity URC in Visalia, CA, and a board observer for Word & Deed USA.

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By Brian Dennett

Señorita Helena Hospital The year was 1954 when Mary Shaw and Helen Neuenswander settled in the remote town of Cubulco, Guatemala. They had a mission to translate the New Testament into the Achi language, thereby bringing God’s Word to the local people. They rented a small home and then made the mistake of sharing with their landlady that Helen was a nurse. The landlady proceeded to tell many others and shortly thereafter people were lining up at the door seeking medical attention. At that time there were no medical professionals in Cubulco. Seeing the need, Helen began attending to patients with medicine that had been brought for their own personal use. In the decades that followed, a small clinic was built. In the 1980s, Helen’s dream of constructing a hospital was realized. AMG International assumed responsibility in 1990, shortly before Helen’s death.

Building on years of partnership, Word & Deed began supporting some of the work of the hospital in 2008 and then the hospital operations in 2012. In 2015, AMG began discussing the prospects of an overhaul of the hospital. This overhaul included the addition of some new valuable services which were very much needed: gynecology, maternity, ultrasound, vision care, trauma/ emergency care, and an expanded laboratory. Specialty services would also be added on a rotating basis, keeping locals from having to travel hours away. AMG’s first retail pharmacy would sell medicines and products to the public, increasing selfsustainability.

In February of 2016, a ground-breaking ceremony was conducted. Over the next year and a half, a new building was constructed on the site of Helen’s original clinic. Construction took longer than expected and challenges with the government, due to a corruption scandal within the Guatemala customs office, made their plan of importing used medical equipment from the US difficult. As this article is being written, the new hospital building is mostly finished and 80% of the equipment has been sourced from within Guatemala.

Please pray for the funding and procurement of two additional surgical lamps and equipment to digitize the X-ray suite. With the new building complete, renovations are in full swing in the old building, which will be the home of “new” operating rooms and a greatly expanded emergency room.

The hospital is now ready to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of Cubulco for years to come, providing excellent healthcare and the life-transforming message of the Gospel. W&D Brian Dennett is the President of AMG Guatemala.

Word & Deed and AMG partner on various projects in Guatemala including education and medical projects.

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The Cubulco hospital is located in one of the poorest rural areas of Guatemala. The hospital offers 24-hour emergency services, minor surgery, maternity, ultrasound, and nutrition and agricultural programs. Visiting teams of specialized surgeons perform more complicated surgeries. Most important, the Gospel is shared with many of the 14,000 patients that are seen each year.

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By Dr. Eric Pennings

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Teaching a counseling course in Ibarra, Ecuador.

Students in Nicaragua.

system through agricultural restoration. Eventually Carlos Coffin, one of the MINTS students, became the director of the project, which continues to this day. He and another MINTS student have been instrumental in the forming of the first Reformed church in that community.

In the interest of fulfilling the Great Commission, both Word & Deed and MINTS International Seminary have had the privilege of complementing one another in their respective ministries especially as we work together in Nicaragua and Ecuador. We have enjoyed a wonderful ministry partnership in finding an avenue for the fulfillment of the holistic ministry model as presented in Colossians 3:17, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

In Ecuador, the joint ministry started as a vision of Fred and Arlene Jonkman (Ecuador Missions), who, with their local consistory in Quito, Ecuador, saw a need for Reformed training of pastors. In 2005 they contacted Dr. Neal Hegeman, who at that time was the Academic Dean of MINTS. They started out with one course in Quito and currently have 151 MINTS students in various communities in Ecuador. One of the Masters level students, Luis Carlos Moreno, is now serving full-time with the development of the MINTS program.

In Nicaragua, the joint ministry began in the Atlantic region after I taught a course on biblical worldview in August 2007. The practical assignment was to find an opportunity to participate in a ministry of compassion and apply the Gospel message in that ministry and write a report on it based on what they had learned in the course.

Three weeks later, on September 7, Hurricane Felix battered this Miskito indigenous community, leaving many without homes and contaminating the primary water sources. I contacted Word & Deed and, with their support, this group of students formed a team to provide a system of purifying the water in the wells, building homes, and rebuilding a grass-roots sustainable economic support

It is indeed providential to see how MINTS and Word & Deed have reached out to one another’s ministries over the years. In Nicaragua, MINTS sought out Word & Deed to begin a ministry of compassion. In Ecuador, Fred and Arlene Jonkman sought out MINTS and Word & Deed to support them in starting a ministry of the Word. It’s encouraging to see how MINTS and Word & Deed have worked together over the years for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom. W&D Dr. Eric Pennings is the International Academic Dean of MINTS International Seminary and an ordained minister of the United Reformed Churches in North America.

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By Pastor Yonson Dethan

Self-Sufficiency Demonstrated

John Kottelenberg meeting with students from the Reformed Hospitality Educational Center.

Self-sufficiency is one of the most important aspects of doing charitable work. Many nonprofit organizations do not look at self-sufficiency as an important matter. I would like to share with you all how we, as the Board of Children of Light (COL), have collectively concluded that we must, as much as possible, be independent from our North American partners and be ready and able to support our own projects.

In order to be independent, we first need to support our own projects however we can. We try our best to give our time and abilities to achieve this.

Of the 1,500 students we have enrolled at our schools, Word & Deed

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supports 350 students via the sponsorship program, while the rest of the students are supported by our own local churches and local community. This is very important for us to get away from the mentality of depending on our partners and to allow us to use the gifts and abilities of our own local people. Using the potential of the local people is very important to become self-sufficient and allows the local people to become involved in our projects.

Second, we realize that having a mentality of depending on our partners will lead us to destroy the potential of the local people themselves. There are many examples

of mistakes that people have made in running projects where the time and resources of the local people is not utilized. In these cases, the donors do the work that the local people can and should be doing. As a result, the local people are not only being spoiled by the help and support, but they also become very dependent on the outsiders and they do not see the projects in their homeland as their own projects but as the outsiders’ projects. The result is that they do not give much attention to those projects and soon become very passive. These projects soon go from bad to worse and some even end up closing. This mentality is dangerous. The COL Board has realized this danger of dependency and so we make sure that we are not 100% dependent on Word & Deed to keep our schools going.

Third, in order to be independent from the donors in the future, two years ago we decided to establish our own local institution called Jomare, which is an independent organization that is not supported by Word & Deed. Through Jomare we lead some Life Skill Trade Vocational Training courses. All of this training is supported by our own people and community without any support from Word & Deed or any other organization. We run training courses for things such as hospitality, English courses, and all kinds of life skills education. One of the projects that we are now doing is called the Reformed Hospitality Educational Center (RHEC). This is a type of college where the government allows us to train the young people here in Indonesia to do restaurant and housekeeping work.

Because of the knowledge gained in these courses, the students have the skills to apply for jobs in restaurants, hotels, and cruise ships. It is our hope that while doing this work they also share the Gospel with the people that they serve. The students must pay tuition to our institution to get this life skills education. By receiving these fees, we are preparing ourselves to be independent.

We plan to use this income for our own projects to be independent from the donors of Word & Deed. This topic of self-sufficiency is on our mind all the time and we are still thinking of new ways to be independent. Having said all this, we as the Board and the local people refuse to have the mentality of being dependent on our donors and look forward to, D.V., being independent in the future while continuing to depend on the Lord and His grace. W&D Pastor Yonson Dethan is the chairman of Children of Light and a graduate of the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Fourth, our board is opening another project through Jomare called “Kampung Inggris.” In this course, our instructors work together with the local government in Kupang to train the young people how to speak English.

The students, or any other adult who would like to improve their English skills, must pay a fee to get their English training.

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By JOHN KOTTELENBERG

A

Different Kind

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Children at the Good Shepherd Home.

We often think of poverty as a lack of material essentials. However, poverty is much more than that and it especially manifests itself where there is a broken relationship with the Lord. In the remote villages of Chin State, Myanmar, poverty is defined by broken families, a lack of education, a lack of economy, and a lack of true biblical knowledge.

Word & Deed supports two children’s homes in Chin State. Children in these homes are sent there by their parents due to a lack of economic resources and inadequate schools in their own villages. Children’s homes are a phenomena in Myanmar. In the 19th century, missionaries came to Myanmar and established homes in larger cities where children from villages could live and then attend a local school. These homes contribute largely to the cycle of poverty that is prevalent in the remote areas. Many children do not return to their families once they have finished their education, resulting in a lack of development in the villages.

Word & Deed believes that, among other things, these homes do not follow God’s model for a Christian family. Interestingly, most of the children that live in the homes that Word & Deed supports are from families belonging to the Myanmar United Reformed Church and the Evangelical Reformed Church. In

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partnership with these denominations, Word & Deed hopes to develop a model of education that will keep children with their families.

I had the privilege of visiting a couple of the remote villages connected with these denominations. I was welcomed with appreciation for the support that is given to the village children through Word & Deed’s sponsorship program. I soon learned that many parents longed to keep their children at home but did not even consider this as a possibility.

After talking with some of the local leadership, I am confident that if these leaders form a Board of Directors under a unified non-governmental organization (NGO) they will act as a catalyst to change the cycle of poverty. Families will stay together. Educated children will be more likely to stay in their native villages. The economy will grow. Most important, it is our prayer that the Gospel will penetrate the lives of the village children and that they will tell “the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.” (Psalm 78:4) W&D John Kottelenberg works for Word & Deed in Project Management and Public Relations.

Higher Education Sponsorship Word & Deed offers funding for post-secondary education through our partners in Colombia, Indonesia, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Potential recipients of this funding must submit an application form that shows the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; commitment to their studies, to the Lord, and to continued involvement in their communities.

Sponsorship throughout a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post-secondary years is a potentially life-changing gift! For $50/ month, you can help to support and encourage one of these students in their post-secondary studies. Contact Kara at office@wordanddeed.org if you are interested.

S P O N S O R S

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Antonide Country | Haiti Area of Study | Nursing Length of Program | 3 Years

Blanca Country | Nicaragua Area of Study | Teacher Length of Program | 4 Years

Joel Country | Nicaragua Area of Study | Public Accounting & Finance Length of Program | 4 Years

Kent Country | Nicaragua Area of Study | Systems Engineer Length of Program | 4 Years

Lohammy Country | Nicaragua Area of Study | Business Administration Length of Program | 4 Years (one year complete)

Robenson Country | Haiti Area of Study | Computer Science Length of Program | 4 Years

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>FROM THe BOaRD

By Pete Vander Stel, US Board Chair

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You may have wondered how someone becomes a board member for Word & Deed. When Word & Deed USA was organized in 2002, the Word & Deed Board was made up of members from the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area. In recent years, we have expanded our presence to many new areas and we realized the importance of having board members throughout the US. We look for board members who: 1. Have a passion for missions.

2. Have experience on other boards.

3. Exhibit integrity based on character, reputation, and biblical knowledge.

4. Have professional and/or leadership skills.

5. Are members of a NAPARC-affiliated church.

6. Have a history of being a Word & Deed supporter.

Before inviting someone to join our board, they join as an observer for one year in order to become acquainted

Softball Tournament Coordinator Needed

After several years of faithful dedication, the current Softball Tournament Coordinator in Paris, ON, is looking for a replacement to train.

Over the last four years, this tournament has raised close to $70,000 for Word & Deed projects around the world.

If you are interested in serving in this way, please let us know by sending an email to office@wordanddeed.org.

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with one another. Board observers can contribute to the meeting but do not have full voting privileges. After observing for a year and if no objections are raised, the person is invited to join the board. The US board currently has members in Michigan, New Jersey, and South Dakota. There are currently three observers—Rev. Adrian Dieleman (Trinity URC–Visalia, CA), Paul Beezhold (Oak Glen URC–Chicago area), and Eric Greendyk (HRC– New Jersey). We are very appreciative of the time these men have given to Word & Deed and we look forward to working with them in the future. W&D

Thank You, Hanna After almost nine years of service, Hanna Korvemaker has transitioned from her position as a Word & Deed employee to a volunteer editor in order to leave more time for her growing family. Hanna and her husband, Ian, along with their daughter, Damaris, welcomed a new baby boy, Thomas, into their family this past April.

Hanna began working for Word & Deed in 2009 as the Administrative Assistant. In 2012, she transitioned to working full-time in Public Relations and more recently transitioned to part-time hours.

Hanna has been a valued member of the Word & Deed team and we look forward to her continued contributions as a volunteer. Hanna, we warmly thank you for your many year of faithful service to this ministry and wish you and your family the Lord’s blessing!

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Myanmar [ A Different Kind of Poverty ] • Praise God for the willingness of the Myanmar United Reformed Church and the Evangelical Reformed Church to work together to develop a model of education to keep children with their families.

• Pray for wisdom as Word & Deed works with these partners to develop a unified NGO. Guatemala [ Señorita Helena Hospital ] • Praise God that equipment for the hospital could be found from within Guatemala.

• Pray that the remaining equipment would be found quickly and that the hospital would continue to be used to bring physical and spiritual relief to the people in Cubulco.

Word & Deed in Partnership with MINTS • Praise God for the faithful partnership that Word & Deed can have with MINTS International Seminary to support training in the truths of God’s Word.

• Pray for our partners in Nicaragua and Ecuador who seek to use the MINTS material to train Christians in their countries.

Indonesia [ Self-Sufficiency Demonstrated ] • Praise God for the desire that the Children of Light Board has to utilize the resources and talents of their local people.

• Pray that the Lord would give wisdom to the COL Board as they explore new ways of finding financial independence.

Word & Deed North America • Praise God for the generosity of so many Christians across North America who partner with Word & Deed through financial and prayerful support.

• Pray that God would provide our local partners with wisdom and growing maturity in the knowledge and love of God.

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Word & Deed Board Changes After many years of service Corney Les (Canada) and Anita Sikkema (USA) have ended their terms on the Word & Deed Board. Their participation in the leadership of Word & Deed has been appreciated and we wish them God’s blessings.

Corney served on the Canadian board for the past nine years– the last three as chairman. He has been a member of the Membership and Public Relations Committee. We look forward to hopefully welcoming Corney back to the board in the future after a break from service.

Anita served on the USA board for the past four years and as a member of the Public Relations Committee. With her husband, Dave, she has been very helpful in setting up contacts in Michigan and California. We look forward to continuing to work with Anita in the future.

Jay Van Voorst recently joined the Word & Deed USA Board.

Jay is the owner of American Electric Company, an electrical contracting company operating out of Sioux Falls, SD. He and his wife, Stacia, have two children and are new grandparents.

They attend Doon United Reformed Church in Doon, IA. Welcome, Jay!

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Transforming Lives Now and for Eternity 1. Consider the hardships that Sender has faced growing up in Guatemala. In what ways has enrollment at La Palabra Christian School in Guatemala transformed his life?

2. “Empty stomachs don’t have ears.” Explain this statement in your own words.

New Beginnings at Nakekela 1. Visit the Nakekela website (www.nakekela.co.za) to read about the history of the organization on the main page.

How has Nakekela grown since its inception in 2004?

Mercy and Glory at the Nakekela Step Down Facility 1. Put yourself in the shoes of somebody living in the KwaMhlanga community. How would you feel about the opening of the HIV/AIDS Clinic and why?

2. How has the community perception of the Nakekela Clinic changed since its inception? Why has it changed?

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Describe how this happened ‘immeasurably more than all we ask when they arrived in Cubulco lack in of food, and an inability to provide their children in Nicaragua (for more information or imagine.’” Why is this true?

1954? Consider how the Lord with may proper clothing and school supplies.”

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CDA: A Transformational Approach to Poverty Serving Through theemphasis Written Word beneficial or not? Why or why not?

Board puts on self-sufficiency? What 2. Put yourself in the shoes of a parent in 1. The mission of CDA is carried out through projects in 1. Discuss the following statement: “The written word are two projects they established to Myanmar who has no good options for five main “programmatic areas.” List those areas and is powerful and should be handled carefully.” help them be self-sufficient? the education of their children in their Partnership with MINTS do some research to understand what they entail if 2.

Martha mentions the different talents andmany privileges 2. What are some of the village. How would you feel and what 1. Word & Deed and MINTS International you’reyou not sure. that each of us areadvantages given by God. Compared students of having localto people would do?

Seminary work together and 2. Re-read the stories of Andrea, Shirley, Juan David, each other in in the developing world, what unique privileges have involved in and managing their own complement Nicaragua Genaro and Briceida. List which of the five CDA been given? How can you use them for God’s glory? projects? and Ecuador. Describe the you different roles of these two ministries and how

Integration: Integrate Bible, history, geography, critical thinking, current events, and reading comprehension (etc.).

Missions: Challenge students to consider short-term mission trips and the use of their time, talents, and money to the glory of God while also having them ponder their relationship with the Lord.

Problem Solving: Develop problem solving skills in response to problems presented in the articles.

Awareness: Dramatically raise students’ awareness of what people in the developing world face on a daily basis. It will shape them for life.

Compassion: Elicit compassion when students come face to face with the very difficult lives of their peers in the developing world.

Thankfulness: Encourage thankfulness for God’s blessings in their lives.

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