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Friends Going to Burundi in August, In Need of Support

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:47:25 +0000

Hey all. Some dear friends of ours, Andrew, Besty and Noura Timbie, will be moving to Burundi in August for 6 months and they are in need of some financial support. The president of Burundi has asked a team of people from Hope Africa University to start a new radio stations that will:

play music that is modern
bring the Gospel to his people
help heal the divisions created from the civil war

Andrew will be working on this team there to start this new radio station and help oversee the birth of Burundi’s first Christian radio station in over 14 years!

They are seeking one-time gifts in any amount that you would be lead to give. They are still in need of approx. $5,000. Check out the Voice of Hope Web site for more information.

Donation Information:

Please send all checks to:

Friends of Hope Africa University Inc.

PO Box 580
Spring Arbor, MI 49283
Memo line: Voice of Hope Radio

*Please email the Timbies at: andrewtimbie@yahoo.com, when check has been sent in so they can track your donation.

Images of India (Photos and Video Slideshow)

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:29:05 +0000

I posted a video from my trip to Bihar, India, a while back, from this past November (Walking through Bihar) and have finally got around to narrowing down some pics to share. I have also put together a low and high resolution video slideshow with some background audio by Ravi Shankar. Enjoy!

(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)

Consider Supporting our Friends, The Thiemanns, in Lesotho (Africa) with MAF

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:16:33 +0000

Our friends, Jason and Joselyn Thiemann, are missionaries who work with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), and they will be moving to Lesotho (Africa) later this year. They are close to reaching their target fundraising goals, but they are still in need of some final support. Please pray and/or consider financially partnering with their ministry. Here’s a bit about what they’re doing:

“Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) provides vital aviation and radio communications services to national churches, the Flying Doctor Service, Christian missions, and non-government organizations (NGOs) ministering in Lesotho. They will live in the capital city, Maseru, and fly 5 days/week into the mountains to serve the Basotho people, in addition to being on-call Saturday and Sunday for emergency medical flights. They will be gone for 3.5 years before returning to the states for a 6 month furlough. When they first arrive, Jason will begin getting checked out at the difficult mountain “runways” and they will both start learning the Sesotho language. ”

Thiemann Home Page
Thiemann MAF Page
Download Latest Thiemann Newsletter (The Thiemann Trails)

Some Sobering Lesotho Facts:

Lesotho is a mountainous country, similar in size to Maryland, made up of tiny, often inaccessible villages.
Nearly half of all the native Basotho people are unemployed.
26% of the population is currently malnourished.
Less than 10 % of the land is arable (suitable for growing crops).
As much as 32% of Lesotho’s population is infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.
100,000 HIV/AIDS orphans live in mountain villages with little or no access to medical services.

Read More about their ministry

Here’s what they need financially to reach their monthly support target goals, they hope to have their funding in full by April 1st (They are currently at 83 % of their monthly target goal):

4 donors @ $10/month
8 donors @ $25/month
5 donors @ $50/month
4 donors @ $100/month
2 donors @ $200/month
= $1290/month

Click here to go directly to their giving options page