EUROPE

·        Daphne, Andrew and Daniella Kirk/Generation 2 Generation (England)

·        Jones and Christie Chuks (Niger)

·        Kouami and Afi Midekor (Togo)

·        Moses & Esther Nganga (Kenya)

·        Aurora Castillo (Uganda)

·        Gary and Marilyn Skinner (Uganda)

·        Don and Mary Bryant (Tanzania)

·        Bob and Pam Brownfield (Mozambique)

·        Cheryl Ann Batson (Zimbabwe)

·        Sherrie Bumstead (Zimbabwe)

·        Nedson and Lynne Shoko (Zimbabwe)

·        Harold and Maud Weistz (South Africa)

·        Eddie and Monika Landry (East Asia)

·        Abraham and Tawnya John (India)

·        Steve and Liz Gilbert (Kazakhstan)

·        Eddie and Rose Leo (Indonesia)

·        James and Christina Weidner (China)

·        Richard and Beverly Felmey (Haiti)

·        Israel and Francy Francois (Haiti)

·        Carlos and Marta Mina (Argentina)

·        Moyses Ferrara (Brazil)

·        Robert and Karyn Barriger (Peru)

·        Terry and Arlene Dupont (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)

·        Godwall and Ruth Martinez (Costa Rica)

·        Oscar Correlas (Nicaragua)

·        Roger and Rhonda Euscheda (Nicaragua)

·        Bob and Myra Troleese (Nicaragua)

·        Eric and Melissa Weber (Nicaragua)

·        Tim & Rosa Posey (Honduras)

·        Julio and Patty Contreras (El Salvador)

·        Steve and Pam Kern (El Salvador)

·        Nelson and Rosemary Rivas (Guatemala)

·        David Ford (Mexico)

·        Chad and Dawn Richardson (Alaska)

·        Phillip and Tariro Chabata (Dallas)

·        Karen Geoffrey (Houston)

·        Ron and Emily Herrod (El Salvador, India, Nicaragua, U.S.A.)

·        David and Patty Hankins (Louisiana)

·        Wayne and Martha Jenkins (Louisiana)

·        Jon and Wendy Gerhard (New Orleans)

·        Greg and Wren Hand (New Orleans)

·        Paul and Barb Malinich (New Orleans)

·        Duane McDaniel (New Orleans)

·        Stephen and Shingi Suluma (New Orleans)

·        Cornelius Tilton/Christian Bible College (New Orleans)

From Terry and Arlene Dupont

God bless each of you and thank you for your continued support of OEM through prayer, mission teams, giving and through the many other ways you have helped OEM. Each of these blessings God has given us are also blessings you have helped to give OEM and the people of Central America.

God Bless,

Terry and Arlene

Zimbabwe Musings for April, 2011

By Cheryl-Ann Batson

I trust you have all had a wonderful Easter weekend and hope you came to a new understanding of how much Christ loves you. He could not have given us anything more precious than His life, blood and His name. As Christians, we have an unbreakable covenant with the Lord and nothing can stop our receiving the costly inheritance of His salvation. We are truly accepted in the Beloved.
Moses had a wonderful 9th birthday on the 10th of April. He spent some time with us and enjoyed a grilled chicken dinner with chips (French fries) and salad. His Uncle Paul Mtisi was with us and Moses was so glad to see him. Pastor Raymond Gwindi stopped by to love on him. He and his wife, Pastor Gao, gave him a cool new jacket. I gave him a really nice black t-shirt with camouflage trousers. He wore the whole outfit to church the next Sunday along with new tackies (athletic shoes) from Compassion Ministries; he looked so good! Several friends stopped by our table at Connections and he got birthday greetings from the USA. Moses said everyone made him feel so special. His Uncle Byron and Aunt Louise Venturas gave him and the other two Ivordale April birthday children a very large Black Forrest Cake. It was an exceptional day for him.
Social Welfare has denied me the privilege to continue to foster Moses. There are 3 reasons given for this decision and they are:
1. I am over 65 years old.
2. I am not a Zimbabwe citizen.
3. I do not have another child at home so they believe Moses would be isolated.
Social Welfare is doing what they believe is best for him. This is the current law and they are abiding by it. Please pray for peace that goes beyond all understanding (Jehovah Shalom); and that we accept this decision (Jehovah Tsidqenu) for He is a holy, righteous God and He expects us to be righteous as well. Faith contains hope for the future so we trust in the God that put Moses and I together will now champion us (Jehovah Nissi). In Jeremiah 29:11 “for I know the plans that I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope”. I do not know what the future holds, but I trust my God….”Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”, Matthew 6:10.
Celebration Church has given the approval for me to do some Life Skills training for the young people leaving our shelters. Rather than just setting them loose, we will get them further education, vocational training, mentoring, apprenticeship positions for work experience, budget planning, etc, etc. We want to provide for them all the guidance, support and caring natural parents supply for their children.
God bless you in this season of the resurrection of our Savior, may you live daily in the joy of that knowledge. I promise to write again soon, bye for now.