Missions

RAC Missions Trip 2010

May 11 - 26th

Chris, Sherri & Ezekiel Westby, Kathy Cain, Patrick Carswell, Tyler & Erica Gray, Erin Antonowitsch, & Ashli Mills

They will be working along the Xingu River with the Bouthilliers. 

Please pray for Salvations in Brazil, strength, protection & health.

Missionary of the Month

Richie & Christy Bouthillier
Richard and Christy have been living in Porto de Moz, Brazil for many years. They live at the mouth of the Xingu River, about 20 miles from the Amazon River. They have been living to minister the good news of the kingdom throughout the Amazon Basin. They have been teaching, training, and equipping Brazilians to do the same. They have been church planting as well as working with a program called Thirst Relief. Thirst Relief strives to overcome death and disease resulting from the consumption of contaminated drinking water by providing pure water to those in need around the world.

Dorothy Gammie
Dorothy is an ACOP missionary to Berkino Faso, where she work with the leadership of the local church.  She specifically works with the Sunday School teachers and the other childrens ministries.  
Please pray for the health of our Bible School Students and families, the dust is everywhere now and out children are just not protected - pray they will not get meningitis!

Andrew and Erica Vahi
In November, 2007, Andrew and Erica moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick to build the Village of Hope in Canada.  They have started the program in the Victory Center, a former hospital residence for nurses, in the old Victoria Public Hospital. They are working together with Monty Lewis in developing the center and training staff while taking the first men into the program.  The missions statement for the Village of Hope is "to provide an organized opportunity for men and their families to overcome chemical addictions through a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ."

Gary and Shelly Langerud
Their present focus is to strengthen a local church as a "team" pastor in counselling, music, preaching, and leadership training.  They are currently aiding in a five year plan for church planting in Quebec, though strategy planning and leadership coaching.

Danny & Alycia DeLong
Danny and Alycia DeLong have been in England for the past 4 years with LifeFORCE Teams. They have sent out evangelistic teams to Canada, Spain, Malta and Africa, as well as facilitated teams from Canada. They are involved with many churches in the West Midlands of England, focussing primarily on youth work. As well, they are in the local public schools on a regular basis, speaking in assemblies and leading religious education classes.  
One of the major programs they run is Project Gambia. This is a poverty awareness course that partners with high schools. They prepare a group of staff and students to go to The Gambia, West Africa, and visit a number of Christian schools there. This program has been very successful with schools and churches in England and The Gambia. Not only have the Christian schools in The Gambia been greatly improved and many children sponsored, but the groups of British staff and students, who are mostly non-Christians, see the difference that faith in Jesus has made to these people. This has created many opportunities to share the Gospel with the groups and lead individuals to the Lord!
Please pray for the Lord’s continued direction, wisdom, and favour as well as for more workers, as there is always a need for people to be a part of these programs.

Gerald & Ruth Nygren
Missionaries to Latin Amercia. Please pray for health, strength, wisdom and anointing. As returning missionaries to Latin America, Gerald and Ruth will be involved in Bible teaching, translation, outreach evangelism and church planting.  Please pray for specifically for Gerald and Ruth as they travel to churches in Canada over the next few months to raise their support.

Gary & Molly Chupik
This couple have a vision to send people on short-term mission trips and to adopt an entire community in a developing country.  They are ministrering in the Seattle area, planting and establishing churches there.
Their vision is 
- To send people on short-term missions trips and to adopt an entire community in a developing contry
- To be intrumental in planting and establishing other churches in the Seattle area.
- To partner with the community in service that demonsrtares the love of God to meet the holistic needs of our community the our resources.
- To identify, develop and empower leaders to be light in the community and servants in the church.
- To be a church compiled of small groups that provide a path for leadership development.

Lorne and Shirley Marshall
Itinerant Missionaries to Southern Africa
Lorne and Shirley will be spending 2008 and 2009 on medical leave.  The Marshalls have spent 10 years teaching in the ACOP Bible Schools in four countries in southern Africa and will spend April of 2009 teaching and preaching for the first time since Lorne became ill.  Lorne and Shirley have had to cancel their trip due to shirley's health.  Please remember to keep both of them in your prayers.