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  VOICE Philippines

FINALLY! The Truth & Honesty module for High School that has been out of stock for several years now has been updated/revised and is being sent to the printer! Praise God for answered prayer. 

A number of churches have now partnered with local police stations to teach Biblical values together in nearby public schools. Trained volunteers from a nearby church meet with the police to prepare the lesson and then they co-teach it together. 

And here's the proof. 
Wow, Praise God! VOICE is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! 

 VOICE Africa


A Biblical Values class showing their bookmarks which they received at the end of the series. 

A recent Teachers Training featuring the Forgiveness module.

A training was held for High School girls at a rather exclusive Girls Boarding School. These girls will now be teaching community children/teens during their weekends as part of their schooling.

Too cute of a picture not to include!

A Biblical Values Class being held in the Western Region of Uganda.

Beth with her recently graduated from university daughter who is now volunteering at a nearby orphanage, one of which spent some time with them outside of the orphanage. 

Beth was waiting for her car to be washed and got to talking with one of the attendants who expressed his desire to have a Bible...which Beth "just happened" to have in the car.

Beth recently spoke at a nearby church. And in the picture below, she is sharing the CrossTalk with some onlookers.

Chris and Beth recently went to the Refugee Camps in the north to do some training on various topics. As always their vehicle is stuffed full of clothing and food supplies for the refugees, plus other things for the ministry. 

One of the benefits of going to the refugee camps is passing through or close by one or more of the National Parks.

Beth and Chris with the refugees they trained centered on the Purity module.

Teaching some of the refugee children about Obedience.

And another class on Purity; they are singing the theme song for that module.

One of the trained teachers wearing a Scripture Union/VOICE T-shirt. 

A picture from Tanzania of Rodrick (left front) meeting with a Christian Radio Station. Rodrick is holding the Swahili VOICE module on Truth. Those with them are holding Swahili CrossTalks.

 Pictures from Canada 

A recent picture of Laura, her brother, as well as a caregiver (from Ghana!) playing Scrabble with dear Mom. 

Laura and Mom enjoying time together.

Canadian Thanksgiving meal, 3 Bonneys and the caregiver for that day. 

From Thanksgiving with her family, Laura went to visit Ruth's nearby nephew who also had hosted a celebration for many from his family--those from Nova Scotia has left already. In this picture are four of the six cousins who are now studying at NBBI. 

Pictures from USA

Dickens was recently in the USA, primarily to attend the orientation to the Global Outreach Mission. Here he is speaking to fellow attendees. He's now back in Uganda.
A recent birthday celebration for two family members in Ruth's kitchen.

Ruth and a long-time friend enjoying a meal together which ended with Cantaloupe Custard Pie! Bet you've never had that before!

Below are pictures from the previous blog.  

VOICE Philippines

An initial 20th Anniversary Celebration for VOICE Philippines.
The culmination of the Biblical Values class in Payatas, Metro Manila; the children are showing their Certificates of Completion
VOICE Philippines has seen encouraging signs of ministry among and with the police being reestablished. 
Another culmination celebration, this one in Orzamiz City, Mindanao
A group picture of a VOICE Training held in Malolos, Bulacan
The newly elected current Board of Trustees for VOICE Philippines
Group picture of one class of University students who were involved in co-teaching Biblical Values classes, either in a school or in the community. 
A new church in the Metro Manila area was started as a direct result of the VOICE Ministry! Here's their first meeting together as a group. 
A second group of students who have been saved, baptized, and become members of a Bible-believing church as a result of being taught values in their school classrooms. They came to the VOICE Philippine office to share their gratitude for what God has done.

 VOICE Africa

A Biblical Values Class
One Values Class  that has received a bookmark for completing the required number of activity sheets. 
Another Values class, studying Purity.
Group pictures of Christians trained to use several of the VOICE Africa curricula.
Teaching the theme verse of the Truth module, John 8:32
An outdoor Biblical Values class studying the module on Purity
Scripture Union Uganda videoed the teaching of the Truth module on the Lower Primary level about a year ago and have made it available on line. Now, they have just finished videoing the Forgiveness module on both the Lower Primary and Upper Primary levels. Once edited, it will be uploaded for viewing online. These three staff members and volunteers were the "teachers."
Another group who were trained to use several of the modules.
Group picture of those trained recently in Jinja to use the Forgiveness module.
A segment of the above training.
Group pictures of those who were trained to use the Obedience module.
A segment of the above training.
A lesson demonstration as part of the above training; lesson 6 which is the final lesson and focuses on the Gospel. For the module of Forgiveness, the lesson is the Prodigal Son.
A rare picture coming from South Sudan of a class that is being taught the Gospel using the CrossTalk tract. 
A load of Bibles arriving at one of the South Sudanese Refugee Camps in northern Uganda.
A Bible Class which is part of a Camp in one of the South Sudanese Refugee Camp.
A Biblical Values class being taught in one of the refugee camps.
Earlier in June, Dickens and Chris traveled to Tanzania to do some training with Scripture Union Tanzania. Since the Self-Control module will soon be printed, Lord-willing, in the Kiswahili language, they introduced the module, using the English modules.
Group picture of those who were trained in Tanzania. In the 3 chairs in the front, from left to right - Chris, Dickens, and Stella, Scripture Union Tanzania National Director
Chris (right) and Rodrick, one of the lead trainers in Tanzania, teaching the definition of of Self-Control.
As part of the training, these two of doing a demonstration of the first lesson from the Truth module, teaching John 8:32 in Kiswahili. 
Another training which Chris and Dickens led in Tanzania.
Back in Uganda, Dickens, Beth, and Chris are standing in front of the truck God has provided for the ministry. 

 Pictures from Canada

April 30 - Dickens with Ruth's nephew and family.
May 8 - Beth arrived in Saint John!
May 12 - Beth & Laura met with True Life Church Missions Committee.
May 19 - Beth & Laura enjoying a New Brunswick food--fiddle heads!
Beth enjoying a meal on Laura's back deck with Laura and the Filipina who boards at Laura's home.
May 3 - Laura and the Filipina gals during their Values/Baking Saturday morning class; chocolate chip cookies were enjoyed that day.
May 29 - Laura's Mom enjoying company.
June 1 - Mom & Laura back to their favorite together-activity--dominoes.
June 2 - Laura visited a Filipina mother and her first born.
June 7 - A long-time friend of Laura's turned 90 and Laura joined her party.
June 7 - Laura snapped this picture of Mom with her now-a-few-months-old "97" balloons and quoted Mom as saying "97 and waiting for heaven."
June 12 - Laura met with some of her elementary school classmates for a meal and reminiscing.
June 12 - The niece of our "favorite" helper during our Philippine ministry immigrated to Canada for join her husband who has been here for two years...to Summerside, PEI! And the day after they arrived, they drove to Sussex to visit Laura and deliver a "pasalubong" (Filipino culture of a gift from where you have been) of fresh peanuts from the area of the Philippines where she and her family live. What a surprise and fun connection!
June 14 - Laura visited a Lemonade Stand being run by a Filipino boy and met several other Filipinos patronizing the business.
Laura and her Mom often enjoys fellowship around the Daily Bread readings.

June 22 - Ruth is back in Canada for a quick visit and enjoyed reconnecting with Laura and some of her family, especially her dear Mom.

Pictures from USA

Beth attended a week of orientation with the mission, Global Outreach in Mississippi the first of June.
Beth with the Global Outreach group, participating in one of the final gatherings together.
During Beth's final week in North America, she visited this young family and enjoyed their twins.
May 1 - Celebrating a mutual friend's birthday at Ruth's brother and sister-in-law's home. 
May 9 - Celebrating Ruth's brother's birthday with family and friends in my home.
May 31 - Ruth and her brother joined a cousin's family as they laid to rest an Uncle's remains.
June 16 - Ruth celebrated her Uganda friend's birthday by going for ice cream. 
June 19 - Back to the same Ice Cream place to celebrate a both a birthday and an anniversary within our family--always a fun time together.

14 comments:

  1. Love seeing the pictures of your life there. Will be praying for you as you minister to the little ones on Thursday...and look forward to seeing some pictures of their precious faces.

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  2. How interesting to see highlights of your travel! We pray for wisdom and discernment for the VOICE ministry in a different context. I'm sure you must often think, "this is the way we did it in the Philippines". May the Lord lead and guide. We're starting to feel like winter is coming--no frost yet, but maybe later this week. Blessings, Jake & Lillian

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  3. What a Saviour indeed! I think the banner with the lion and the Lamb is such a cool, tangible reminder to the two of you of the presence of the Lion of Judah

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  4. Nice to be able to see some of the process in picture form.

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  5. WELL! you ladies are just like machines...........you don't quit going and going and going.........churning out materials and entertaining and teaching and and and........... SO LOVED hearing about Joyce's new awareness of being special to God. I read it to my sister Christine as she experienced much the same awareness when she was nine and it changed her life too!

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  6. Love seeing the pictures. The last one from last week (that looks like a pink blossom having a bad hair day) reminds me of mimosa which I remember from the southern US.

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  7. Lovely pictures except for number 4...about which I have one word - YUCK!

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  8. MERRY CHRISTMAS Ruth and Laura! Praise God for His indescribable Gift and His goodness in letting us be used to offer that Gift to others.

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  9. Your family is such an example of living for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ Ruth. Thank you for sharing it with us through these pictures and comments. Prayers for you as you return to Uganda! Words fail to express what's in our hearts for you at this time. Hugs!

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  10. I was wondering if you might get to see Mon. Glad it worked out to get together--before that unexpected medical emergency! We'll be praying for a good recovery.

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  11. Love seeing all these pictures. I missed last week's for some reason. Thanks for taking the time to share the beauty of Uganda, the work God is doing through you and the people He has chosen to share your journey.

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  12. Great pictures. Fun to share your journey. Laura, you are a very diverse driver...not only can you adjust to driving on either side of the road in various driving conditions, it looks like you'd make a fine boda driver too.
    Praying you are both recovering from jet lag and adjusting to being back in North America.

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  13. Such wonderful pictures! They are so wonderful to have and share. Love to see you always seem to find plenty of food to sust ain you in your travels. Happy birthday-belated to you Laura amd your dear Mom. So great to see all your family. Such blessings!!!

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  14. AWESOME AWESOME PICTURES!!! What a whirlwind trip. Thank you Lord for all you are accomplishing through it for your glory! Amen!

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