TWK helps women and men to save money collectively. This money can then be accessed for loans, providing enough capital to jump-start a business and enabling them to strengthen their source of income. As members save money, they have greater access to bigger loans, which means more buying power. After just a few years, women are sharing about buying equipment that boosts production or moving from being an individual vendor, to being a supplier in their business. These changes impact the entire family in positive and healthy ways!

When Pastor Solomon’s father died, he left the family with very little. Pastor Solomon wants to leave a different legacy for his family. With his TWK loan, he purchased a motorcycle to use as a taxi in the rural community where he lives. With profits from the first taxi and a second TWK loan, Pastor Solomon purchased a second motorcycle and is now an employer! He believes part of his job as a pastor is to not only disciple his members but to encourage them toward constructive opportunities to help their families be financially stable. He is thankful that TWK, working with his local church, can provide those opportunities.

Deborah now has two outreach methods underway. One is public preaching in the marketplace. In this case, marketplace literally means the market; rows of commercial stalls where vendors sell their fish, electronics, stationary, pots, etc.
Here she captures people’s attention — people who might not otherwise hear the gospel. Her other method is quiet, private conversations with people.

Eventually, Deborah invites them to a place in another part of town where they can come for more discussion and Bible study; a place where they are not known and learning about Christ won’t put them into immediate jeopardy. Mali is about 90% Muslim which, for some, means risk if they are known to be showing interest in Christ. It is not forbidden to evangelize, but families and close associates may oppose one’s movement toward Christ.

Deborah and her people have joined us. We now have initiated the beginning of the Free Methodist work in Mali. Pray for them as they continue to meet new people and seek to make Christ known throughout Mali.

By Mike Reynen

In response, Men’s Ministries International (MMI) has created a new ministry called “Mech Men.” It all started when Adam, a professional mechanic in our local church, came to me with an idea. He said, “Pastor, I’d like to fix up old cars and donate them to people in need. Maybe others in the church could help.”

When he became aware of the plight of our sister refugee churches, he found an inexpensive minibus that needed a lot of work, and he was off to the races.  Others in the congregation joined in, and now a fully refurbished minibus is ready to be given to the Congolese FMC that meets in a city near us.  The Central African pastor recently testified .  “This single van will allow another fifty Swahili-speaking people to attend church every Sunday.”

The Lord of the harvest is multiplying immigrant churches all around us. Pastors and people from around the world are landing in cities near us. We can join in partnering to help them gather!

By Chris Pulice

Pray for good connections between Free Methodist immigrant groups. Also, pray for God to call some to be missionaries in Australia.

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