IDEAS. Mark & Dayna are thankful and excited to be new associates of IDEAS (International Development and Educational Associates). They have two big opportunities with the organization. One is to help their new colleagues thrive as they leverage their skills to restore hope in marginalized communities around the globe. The other is to help local churches better understand and engage with IDEAS.

They plan to make their home base somewhere in Hawaii. From there they can engage IDEAS associates remotely, encourage local churches and their leaders, and travel to places IDEAS serves around the world. They would appreciate our prayers as they embark on this new ministry.

POWER MISSIONS. Vitalino is engaged with this mission that supports the work of church leaders in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Congregations have been started there, leaders trained, and lives are being transformed by the Power of the Gospel.

ABC INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AND ENDURING LOVE. Daniel and Sarah labor in Beirut, Lebanon, where Daniel teaches at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. This institution prepares leaders for ministry primarily across the Middle East and North Africa. Sarah ministers to women in prison, as well as advocating for human rights and fighting human trafficking. Beirut has had a particularly difficult year. In addiition to the  COVID crisis, the country has struggled with political and economic strife, and an explosion that devastated the main port and surrounding city area. New City Church helped with a special offering to the Chetti’s this year.