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Manna News. - November - December 2007
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USA - George Wynn has left Manna Publications, so the Broadway address we gave you in our previous "Manna News" is no longer valid. Our previous church in South Carolina, Ocean Drive Presbyterian, will continue to act as 'Banker' for us. ALL contributions should be marked "for Manna Publications" and sent directly to them at the address below.
ADVISORY BOARD - In November a letter of invitation to join Manna Publication's Board of Directors will be sent to people we had already contacted. We have prayed much about this and ask you to please continue to pray with us. Some have already indicated their willingness to serve.
MANIPUR (India) - We had the great pleasure of meeting in person with Rev. Stephen C. from Churachandpur, Manipur, India with his wife and baby son. He visited us with his US host. The Rev. Stephen spoke at the New Wilmington Missions Conference in where neighbors met him and offered him accommodation if he was to visit us. He lives on the Manipur-Burma border and ministers to people on both sides. The Lord has given us a burden for these remote parts of the world where very little Christian literature is available. We sent Rev Stephen home with books to be translated and some seed money to pay translators. Thank you for your part in this.
NIGERIA - Rev. Timothy Osinlu, Manna Representative in southern Nigeria hand delivered 500 copies of the Read-and-Color book THE POWERFUL LANTERN in Igala language to an orphanage four hours from his home. This response cheered our hearts: Crystal Gosnell, who is head of the school program at MOM has 200 books with plenty of crayons and will test them with the older children (class 4, 5 and 6) then take them around to neighboring village schools as an outreach program. One of the evangelist/Sunday
school teachers used them with his class. Forty-four children received and colored a book. He made sure they understood the significance of the light of God's word. The superintendent of Sunday schools (the mission has about 135 in Igala) has some samples and is considering how they might be used in the Sunday school program.
Lorna and a wonderful artist of 80 years, have together produced the Christmas story, WISE MEN SEEK JESUS. A very capable graphic artist loaded the drawings into his computer. The English edition only is available as a pdf file. Some 30 people in that many countries asked for a file. You can download it from mannabooks -at- the-kirkpatricks.com We trust this will be the first of several Read-and-Color books featuring Bible stories for children.
SUDAN - The need in Sudan is overwhelming. Pray for Jan King (UK) who has just returned to teach in southern Sudan. She took Manna Read-and-Color books to give to the wives of her students! Pray for Yasir Makki who parent's house in Darfur was destroyed in recent fighting. Praise God they are safe, but Yassir is quite discouraged as he struggles to help many traumatized people in that area..
ZAMBIA - Leonard Chibende wrote, "I have received the book "Resurrection to Life". It came at the right time, just as we were preparing men and women for water Baptism. We thank God for the good results in winning lost souls to Christ. There is famine for the word of God in this country. More Pastors are getting interested in the books and helping at our market stands. Wonderful things are happening in the Book Ministry and a wonderful fellowship is developing at the book stands.
NEPAL - After receiving a stent and lying on his back for a month under doctors orders, Loknath was able to finish THE BOOK O F THE PROPHETS. He completed proofing the Nepali translation and it is off the press. Nepalese people scattered around the world are eagerly awaiting copies. Most of these will have to be hand carried to them. The enemy tried in every way to stop this work. Pray that this book will be a great blessing in Nepal, and to Nepalese congregations around the world.
Thank you for your prayers and support. To receive a tax receipt please make ALL checks payable to "Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church," marked for Manna Publications and send to
Ocean Drive Presbyterian church,
Box 277,
North Myrtle Beach SC 29597
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