Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 5/16/12
Recently, missionaries Britt and Alison Gilmore visited Florida. Now that they are back at the East Belfast Mission in Northern Ireland, Britt shares with us this exciting story.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 4/25/12
"...And pray that our lives, actions and words will share the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ to those around us in Japan..." asks Florida missionary Jonathan McCurley in his latest blog post. As you join Jonathan in prayer, remember: "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." James 5:16
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 4/14/12
Missionary Alison Gilmore will be commissioned in Tampa, FL, on April 29. Alison and her husband Britt Gilmore, a clergy member of the Florida Conference, currently serve at the East Belfast Mission in Northern Ireland. Alison works as a counselor in one of the mission's ministries, a counseling center that seeks to offer emotional healing resulting from years of conflict in the area.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 4/2/12
In the spring of 2007 Tom and Ingrid Jones decided to visit a child they sponsored at a Christian school in Sosua, Dominican Republic(DR). After traveling to the DR, Tom and Ingrid met with Luisa Colon and her family. While visiting in the family home, which was a ranshackled wooden hut, the Jones' felt a "nudge" from God that they should help reconstruct the house.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 3/26/12
"There is no question we will see God's hand at work and many will leave healed in body and spirit and be set free...", says missionary Delbert Groves in this Spirit-filled letter about the work of the Holy Spirit at New Life Center, in Zambia. Delbert asks United Methodists in Florida to be part of this ministry by praying for the Holy Spirit Encounter event, coming up.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 3/19/12
God continues to bless and widen Connie DiLeo's ministry in the Dominican Republic. In this Spirit-filled letter to churches in the US, Connie reports how "friendship evangelism" and "exercise classes" are drawing in people from the community as well as opening up a safe space for children, youth and women. Connie, our prayers are with you!
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 3/12/12
Cuba is a very special place for me and not necessarily because I was born there. When I visit the Methodist Church in Cuba, God always sends an unexpected blessing that renews my life and my love for the Lord's work. Recently, that blessing came through an unplanned encounter with Rev. Jorge Luis Hernandez of La Pastora Methodist Church in the Central district.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 3/4/12
Salvador comes from a very poor farmer family in Lunda Norte, Angola. Angolans would say that he comes from "o mato" (the bushes, in Portuguese). He knows the stinging taste of hunger and the chilling sounds of bullets and bomb explosions. He remembers riding on his father's back as they ran for their lives. He recalls the endless days hiding in the tall grass as his village was being torn apart by rebels.
But life is very different for Salvador these days and the memories of war are just that: memories of the past.
Posted by Larry Rankin on 2/27/12
In January 24-28, a Florida delegation went Haiti to negotiate the final revisions to the Covenant. Revs. Dionne Hammond, Haiti/Florida Covenant Task Force Chair, Fawn Mikel, Covenant member, Dr. Larry Rankin, Conference Global Mission Consultant, and Rev. Craig Nelson, District Superintendent of the Southeast District negotiated the Covenant during the EMH district conference session.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 2/20/12
At the recent Annual Conference event of the East Angola United Methodist Church (February 7-12, 2012), missionaries Leonardo and Cleivy Garcia, from Cuba, received an unexpected appointment to the Quessua church, mother of Methodism in Angola.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 1/3/12
The Rev. Delbert Groves and his wife Sandy are United Methodist missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries based in Kitwe, Zambia. They serve at New Life, a center established in 2001 through the Groves' efforts, that has grown into a resource for the young United Methodist Provisional Conference of Zambia.
Here, Delbert and Sandy share words of gratitude for a fruitful ministry in 2011 and hope in the Lord for 2012.
Posted by Armando Rodriguez on 1/17/12
"Mom, don't worry about us being hungry; we have been hungry all our lives and we know how to cope. Just help us to get an education." These were the words from Jorge Mucuta, a high school student at the Boarding House in Quessua Angola, when Icel and I finished our mission term in the East Angola Conference and were heading home for good.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 1/3/12
The Rev. Fletcher Anderson, a retired missionary of the United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries, continues to serve as professor of Biblical Hebrew and other disciplines at the Methodist Seminary in Havana, Cuba. Read his latest letter here.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 12/20/11
The Rev. Connie L. DiLeo is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries assigned to the Dominican Republic. She is an ordained deacon of the Florida Annual Conference, who is developing a new congregation of young adults and youth in the village of La Hoya. In her December newsletter Connie shares the many ways in which her church community in La Hoya is celebrating Christmas
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 12/15/11
Experienced UMVIM team leader, Dr. Dick Daily, has just returned from his most recent The Haiti Mission trip. He visited several of the sites that future teams from the Florida Conference will be working on in the Cap-Haitien area in the northern part of the country.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 12/13/11
Ana Ingles, president of the United Methodist Women (UMW) of the East Angola Conference visits the US at the invitation of the Wisconsin and Florida Annual Conferences of the UMC.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 11/17/11
The office of Global Mission of the Florida Conference is promoting several conference-wide mission trips for 2012. A limited number of partial scholarships are available.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 10/24/11
With the arrival at Quessua, Angola, of Rev. Dr. Leonardo Garcia and Rev. Dr. Cleivy Benitez, a new chapter in the relationship of Florida and East Angola has begun.
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 9/23/11
Is your church interested in a week long mission trip to Cuba? There is no better time than now to prepare for a mission trip to Cuba in 2012!
Posted by Icel Rodriguez on 9/22/11
Florida missionary Jonathan McCurley brings us an update on the situation at the Asian Rural Institute in northern Japan, where he serves. Jonathan shares: "We were very excited to hear that this past Sunday one of our Japanese graduates from last year was baptized at a local church in the area she is working. This gives us hope that the seeds we are planting here are bearing fruit in many ways, including new lives deciding to follow Christ."
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