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January 2012
During the year 2011, there has been much emphasis in this newsletter about the poor and the downtrodden. The war in Libya got rid of Khadafy but almost wiped out the Christian church leaving a small remnant struggling to survive to this very day.Appeals keep coming from Kenya to help orphans whose parents were killed because of riots following an election a few years back. The children needed to be rescued from the slums where they were used as prostitutes and forced to commit acts of crime. A struggling Chrisian group came to their rescue but even they had no means to take care of them.
In Haiti, the world responded after a terrible earthquake devastated an already impoverished country into a deeper maorass of futility and desperation. The entire world responded and I am pleased that MBL also responded.
In Nicaragua, Thom Walker has managed to start a school for children who have no opportunity to go to school because they are living in the remote areas of Eastern Nicaragua.
Years ago, Jesus made a statement as recorded by Matthew in his writings we call "the Gospel according to Matthew." It was this statement: "THE POOR YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOU ALWAYS" (Matthew 28:11). It was a response to Judas Iscariot's complaint that Mary's gift was a waste!
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Mission to Belize
A few years back, I took a mission trip to Belize City, Belize. The purpose of this trip was to visit a studentthat Margot and I sponsored. At the same time, it was a search mission to discover what kind of ministries were needed. At that time, we were identifying ourselves with an effort started by a fellow Christian named Frank McNeil. In Belize, the situation was that when a youngster completed 8th grade, he or she was then out ontheir own unless the family had enough resources to put them into a private school. It isn’t hard to figure out thatwhen the opportunity of education is lopped off, the kids become victimized by those who traffic in drugs, prostitution,crime, etc.
For Frank, this was a heartbreaker. Frank returned toSavannah and was able to secure 52 sponsors who forwarded $500 dollars to the education of a child. Margot and I had an opportunity to sponsor a student.
There was four of us on that first trip: Dr. Susan White and Dr. Janet Stone both professors with the Armstrong AtlanticState University of Savannah; Dr. Claudia Thomas, Psychologist. We represented Christ Church(Anglican) of Savannah.
As a result of that trip, Dr. Susan White came back witha passion for raising funds and returning to Belize. At the request of Belizean teachers and principals of their education system, Susan organized a program to upgradethe level of education among educators. Funding provided by the Stewart Huston Charitable Trust has made it possible to continue this very important ministry. I look forward to my visit to Belize as Margot and I have a second student that we have sponsored. He is thebrother Rashid, the first student who not only completed his high school education,but went on to college and has already graduated. Rashid also serves as Eucharistic minister at his church.
So now, we want to see this second student do as well.We thank God that Yassir is currently attending St.John’s Junior College.I count it a privilege to be invited to take this trip. Therewill be three of us in all. There is of course, Dr. SusanWhite and with her will Mr. Clark Smith, a SOMA missionary.
Once more, we will inquire to find out what new ministrycan the American Christians provide to the Belizean
Church. -John Novikoff
PS Frank McNeil will make a trip to Belize thiscoming May. This will be a father/daughter tripwith the goal of repairing and painting homes damagedduring the last heavy wind and rain storm.
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Frank and Melly McNeal MBL partners in Belize
A family walks through the Rain Forest in Nicaragua
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