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ARM Prison Outreach
-- Worldwide
Branch Reports
Formerly the "Foreign
Report"
January
2006
NOTE: These
summaries from the leaders of ARM's foreign
branch ministries are intended to encourage the
reader and stimulate prayer. Note
the "Quick Link" menu to the left; it will aid in
navigating DIRECTLY to the article(s) you choose.
Feel free to be a selective reader; should you
have interest in only one or two of these
reports, you can easily select those reports
from the "Quick Link" menu.
In
His Service,
Rod
Farthing, National Development
Director
ARM's Rapha House (Home
for Girls) in Cambodia
Part of
our Cambodia director's January
letter:
- One new 14-year-old girl
from Thailand arrived on January
19.
- Four Vietnamese
girls who came to Rapha House in
December are doing well.
- All Children receiving hygiene
materials and training.
- All children in the center
attended basic health education session.
- The girls attend public school
everyday they also study English one hour
everyday as well.
- There are 5 girls at the center
studying music one hour a week.
- Staff and Volunteers of ARM's
Rapha House led "raising awareness"
sessions with 10 groups of children and
young adults on trafficking and violations
-- 40 sessions. There
were 120-150 participants attending the program
--most of them children and young adults.
One of the new
girls at the home
ARM is
ministering to needy girls in Cambodia
thru the Rapha House. These girls have been
victimized in the human slave trade. Some
are as young as 8 years of age. Gifts
of any size may be sent to ARM, Rt. 5 Box
159, Salem, MO 65560.
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1. The
earliest to celebrate Christmas; The Church @
Aplaya. The official Congregation of the Team.
Established by the ARM Ministry on May 7, 2005.
The Church celebrate its first Christmas and
Thanksgiving last Dec. 4, 2005 with overcrowded
attendance more than double from the regular
attendance of 35-40 every Sunday.
2. The team
moved to Gen. San. City last Dec. 13 for ARM
Christmas Presentation. The inmates felt the
Love and Care of the mission and appreciate very
much the presence of the ARM. The team distributed
Christmas gifts; used clothes relief goods,
towels with ARM Logo Print for the inmates and ARM
printed t-shirts for guards.
3. On Dec. 17
the team went to Panabo City Jail conducting
Christmas Presentation, giving Christmas gifts and
snacks. After the Christmas Fellowship, 3 inmates
were baptized.
4. Dec. 18
the Team attended and participated in Tagum Church
Christmas and Thanksgiving. Ernesto was the Guest
Speaker and Dante Tawi, Charlie Salina, were the
guest singer. The Church @ Tagum is the official
residence of the Team in Davao del Norte during
Jail Ministries. The most active congregation
helping and assisting the ARM Jail Ministries in
Tagum City Jail and 2 Provincial
Jails.
5. Dec. 20
the Team had a big Christmas presentation @ Maa
Jail. The attendance overwhelmed the chapel.
Public officials, male warden and female warden
were the keynote speakers. All of them were very
thankful for the active programs of the religious
sectors especially the ARM Prison Outreach. We had
delicious Christmas lunch, distribution of used
clothes, relief goods, noodles, laundry soap, bath
soap, t-shirts with ARM Logo Print. Ernesto Alocelja received gold medal
and certificate of recognition for the active
contribution of the ARM Ministry in Maa City Jail.
After the Thanksgiving Fellowship lunch; the
program continued in Parlor and Bible Games,
Literary and Musical Contest.
6. On Dec.
24, the Team was in Carmen, Cotabato. Ernesto's
hometown. During his days, Carmen was conquered by
the Blackshirt - a Muslim Outlaw. During this time
no Christian Church here. Ernesto's dream that
someday the congregation will be established here
-- and now after 30 years Carmen Church of Christ
was planted! And on Dec. 24, he was the Guest
Speaker of the Church's Christmas and
Thanksgiving. This time Ernesto met his cousin's
Pastor and Mrs. Erlinda Manaay of the Independent
Baptist --he had not seen them for more
than 30 years. He met also Dante Escarpe, an
ex-convict from BJMP- Digos City baptized by the
team. He married here and put up an electrical
shop; he was a blessing in Carmen Church for God
used him for helping this congregation. At 1:30
p.m. 2 young adults were immersed @ Alambatin
Swimming Pool. Now, we are very happy that Carmen
became a very peaceful community and the center of
progress in the Province of North
Cotabato.
7. On Dec.
25, the team went back to Tagum attending the
Fellowship at the Church and conduct Thanksgiving
Service for Andrin Family and Relatives at Purok
8, San Miguel, as an extension worship service of
Tagum Church. During this time one soul accepted
Christ and baptized in the
ARM collapsible Baptistry.
8. Dec. 26,
the team conducting a Christmas presentation and
Feeding Program @ BJMP-Digos City. The inmates as
well as the guards on duty were very
happy for the Christmas gifts they received
from the ARM ministry. The outgoing OIC warden
INSP/ ERVIN R. DIAZ appreciated very much the
Spiritual Assistance given by the ARM for the
reformation of the inmates. He said
that wherever he was assigned, he wanted
the ARM team to be there also ministering to
the Prisoners. And he is now opening the door of
City Jail in Island Garden City of Samal for ARM.
It is one of the most attractive tourists Resort
in the Philippines.
9. On Dec.
28, Ernesto and Dante Tawi went back to Tagum to
officiate the Wedding Ceremony of Rosie Maquiso to
Silvinio Hinggo Jr, newly baptized member. Both
parents and relatives of the new wedded couple
invited the team at their places to conduct
evangelistic rallies. Hinggo's parents and relatives
residence; Fatima New Corilla. Before it
was a communist rebels infested area but a
peaceful and model community. Rosie Maquiso's
parents and relatives resident of Concepcion,
Asuncion. A multi-awarded community and awarded as
clean and green municipality and the Mayor were
one of the 10 outstanding Mayors in the
Philippines.
10. The ARM
Philippine Team Christmas Party, Prayer rally for
the ARM Worldwide and New Year's Program was
scheduled, December 31, but postponed to January
4, 2006. After the party one young people immersed
to Christ.
Happy New Year to all
workers and supporters of the ARM Prison Outreach
International! "TO GOD BE THE
GLORY" Prepared by:
James M. Alocelja
ARM
Philippines
Report From Dr.
Nicholas E. Alyoshin-- ARM Branch Ministry
in Russia
Glory to Christ, my
beloved bro!
This is the summary of 2005
December report!
1. I immersed D.
Petrosova - the editor of the independent
newspaper Eye of Light".
2. We spread in prisons
150 praying booklets of International Evangelical
Alliance.
3. We spread among
Moslems newly donated books with the retelling of
the Bible in Moslem terms.
4. DOM ARM representative
(my daughter Nike) visited Maikop (Adyg Republic
Capital) to evangelize local
University
students.
5. We produced the
new methodology to preach Christ to
Moslems.
6. The political
persecution of our bro Rakhimov in Tashkent has
been stopped by the God Almighty!
7. I spoke in front
of the conference of 1000 students of 6 different
Universities.
8. We had the
contacts with influential mass media
(including Faith in the 2 World" - Zurich,
and Newsweek").
9. One of DOM
ARM contacts was illegally by force put into the
psychiatric hospital (by police).
10. We-Go mission
coalition" of Max Goins passed along our
support.
In Jesus our
hope! Nicholas E.
Alyoshin Prof., DOM ARM chaplain
Dear Rod, Thank you for these
updates! I always read these and share them with
the folks here at Hillside. What a privilege
it is to share the reports and celebrate The
Lord's work and power in other places and
lives!!
Blessings, Dale
Day
Rod, I can never say enough prayers as I
read these reports each time. It is as
though I am sitting at the foot of the God's
throne as I try to comprehend all the victory
& yet hardship that takes please in each
location. How we want to be able to meet these
loved ones in the Lord someday.
Loving you all in the Lord, Juanita
Mabie
What an encouraging report from prisons
around the world.
In His Service, Mary
Lou Brainerd
Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year 2006 to everyone. Thank you
very much for sending me funds for organizing
Christmas parties for people in the prisons. It
means a lot to us and to the prisoners too. I
spent this sum of money to organize the Christmas
parties in three prisons as
follows:
1)
Juvenile Detention Center,
2)
Phayao Central Prison,
3)
Fang District Prison.
I used the money to buy things
that are needed for everyday life, which were
soaps, toothpaste, detergent, sweets, and oranges.
I put all these things in a bag to make a gift
bag. I had altogether 350 gift bags; I then
gave one to each prisoner. It seemed that everyone
was happy to get a present from us this year,
thanks to you.
Even though we could
not give presents to all the prisoners in the
three prisons, we asked the prison administrative
to choose the prisoners who did not have any
relatives coming to visit them and who were in
need first. I do hope that next year, with God’s
help, we will be able to give presents to all of
the prisoners.
I thanked you very
much also for the money you sent to me for
printing the three Bible study books. Right now,
we are in process of having the books printed (the
printer wants us to make some changes concerning
the form of the book and the covering page so that
the books will be nicer and more modern before
they are printed).
This year, I intend to include
Fang District Prison in our prison work too. At
first, I planned to include Teung District Prison
which is on the East side of the country close to
Laos border, but while I was praying for the final
decision on this matter, I received a letter from
the prisoners from Fang District Prison who asked
us to go visit them and to teach them about the
gospel of God as no one went there to help them.
Therefore, I decided to go to Fang Prison instead.
Please pray for us in this matter
too.
Fang District Prison is
located in the northernmost part of Thailand
- close to Burma border - about 150
kilometers north of Chiang Mai. There are about
880 prisoners there, 802 are men and 78 are women.
These prisoners are from different tribes: Lahu,
Chinese, Aka, Thai Yai, Hmong, Burmese and locals.
The prison itself is pretty full of trees and the
weather is cool all year
round.
As always, I would like
to thank you for all the support you gave us last
year. It was a great help to us and it meant a lot
to us. Because of your help, we were able to serve
God successfully and efficiently. I would like to
thank all of you, Bill VP, Bill ARM and Ref. Rod
and all ARM staff for all the help we
got. May God’s richest and finest of
blessing be with you and your team to have good
health and happiness
always.
Sincerely yours, Boonlerd
Chomphucheeree
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