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FEATURED STUDY CENTERPray for the Buddhist Study Center based in Thailand. Study Center director Scott Griswold especially asks for prayer for the church planting movement in the central valley of Thailand. Please pray that God will touch people’s hearts in this region.

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Haiti carries the unenviable badge of being the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with a shocking history of violence and

political unrest. The U.S. State Department travel warnings are clear—avoid visiting there if you can. But if we always followed the State Depart-ment’s advice, we’d never visit many of the countries that are on our Global Mission prayer and planning lists.

So Andrew King, a video producer for Adventist Mission, and I went. And we were blessed. Some of the stories we collected will be broadcast soon on our Hope Channel® Adventist Mission program.

Talking to Pastor Theart St. Pierre, president of the Haitian Union Mission, I asked him about the many problems in the country. I wasn’t prepared for his answer: “We thank God for them.”

He explained that the uncertainties of life in Haiti often make people far more responsive to the good news of salvation. The church now numbers more than 300,000 members.

On Sabbath in Port-au-Prince, the capital, I watched as truckloads of baptismal candidates arrived at an open-air swimming pool. Adventist pastors lined up across the pool as person after person made public their newfound commitment to Jesus Christ. It wasn’t a spectacle organized for Andrew and I; it was just a typical Sabbath. And most of the people baptized had been reached through the witness of lay people.

Lay people drive outreach in Haiti. I met many people who have day jobs, but conduct public evangelistic meetings every night for more than half the year. In southern Haiti, lay people have even formed an evangelism club with 80 members who regularly conduct evangelistic meetings. They meet for four hours every Sunday morning for Bible study, training, and fellowship.

The church in Haiti is poor in materials and resources, but it is rich in spiritual fer-vor. Thank you for your prayerful support of Global Mission, which touches thousands of lives in even the poorest countries of this earth.

Yours in Christ,

Gary KrauseAdventist Mission director

Many youth in Denmark struggle with personal and societal problems that can easily lead to drug abuse and crime. In this country where some 85

percent of the population is Christian, but few attend weekly services, Global Mission is reaching out to young people. Not long ago a group of pioneers started Remix, a non-traditional church plant in Svanevej, to give youth a safe place to discover a new life with God.

Pioneers began building trust with the youth by hosting Friday night small group meetings in their homes every other weekend. Post-modern youth fi nd experience more important than hard truth, so it’s important for the pioneers to help the Svanevej youth develop a sense of community, so that they can openly share their religious experiences.

Once a month pioneers hold a meeting at Remix, where regular attendees are encouraged to bring a friend for the fi rst time. At these services one person gets up and shares their personal religious journey. This makes the gospel tangible and can help bring teenagers to a place where they can accept Christ as their personal savior.

Today some 20 youth attend the weekly church service at Remix.

To support Global Mission church planting in Trans-European countries such as Denmark, support Fund #7310.

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Jai Bahadur wasn’t content. As a Global Mission pioneer in New Delhi, India, he was assigned to work in the city’s Nepalese community. But he couldn’t

resist taking on more and asked the mission to give him another district as well. He was assigned the nearby Sakur Vasthi community.

As he made his way around the new town, he met Ina. She and her family were distraught over her son’s health. For weeks her son Krishna had run a high fever with no end in sight. They had given him a series of medicines to no avail. They didn’t know where to turn next. Jai asked if he could pray for Krishna. As staunch members of another faith, they were skeptical of a Christian who wanted to pray for their son. But they had tried everything else.

The next day Jai stopped by to check on Krishna and found him out of bed. He felt well for the fi rst time in weeks. They family were so amazed by Jai’s powerful witness and their son’s miraculous recovery that they asked to take Bible studies. Others in the community followed suit, and now a small congregation is meeting each week in Sakur Vasthi.

To support Global Mission pioneers in South Asian countries such as India, support Fund #7240.

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For Eve, waiting to be baptized wasn’t an option. Although she wanted to wait for her husband to return from his long trip, so they could

decide together, her conviction was just too strong to postpone her decision.

Eve and 30 other people were baptized not long ago in Ivona, Kenya. They were part of some 40 people who initially asked for baptism at the conclusion of a two-week evangelism series. The night before the baptism, some community leaders went door-to-door trying to convince people not to join the Adventist Church. Ten people were persuaded and weren’t baptized. Because of the animosity in the community, Eve is concerned that her husband will cause problems for her when he returns, but she trusting that God will see her through.

To support Global Mission work in East and Central African countries such as Kenya, support Fund #6100.

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Denmark is one of the world’s most secular nations. The Adventist Church has lost

some 10 percent of its members over the past decade. Please pray for creative ways that Adventists can use to share their faith in God with the unreached population of

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Slightly more than two percent of India’s one billion people are Christian. Thanks in

part to Global Mission, the Adventist Church in India grew by some 17 percent last

year. Please pray for the growing church in India, and the many members who have no

churches in which to worship.

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Recent social unrest in Kenya has displaced many people including some Adventists. Please pray for our Global Mission pioneers and church members as they look for stability in the country so that they can continue reaching the

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