+UMAfrica – Fourth Year Announcement
Dears,

It’s an enormous pleasure to announce our UMA Mission website’s fourth year online! We thank each one of you that has been walking the path along with us.

We have gone quiet in the last couple years, but it is due to the fact that we lack the staff we wished to have, but this have not stopped us from doing what we were called to do. We have been supporting many missions and missionaries in the field, we have sent financial aid, bridged supporters from all over the world and provided guidance on several subjects. Unfortunately it took almost all our effort to focus on the actions themselves lacking time and skills to publish all we have been doing.

We are happy that God has provided skills and enough time to act, we only feel sorry because the lack of news does not help you, our public, understand and know what is going on. Good thing we do not rely on 3rd party financial support.

Let’s keep up the good work for at least 4 years to come.

Join our mission by spreading out this idea!

Sincerely,
+UMAfrica Global Coordinator

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We ask for your prayers:
1 - the seminar with the leaders, that the Lord will lead us, we depend on HIM, HisGRACE, anointing and authority.
2 - is an outreach, covering us in prayer, will be the first use of the sound system and I still need to learn some things.
3 - If the Lord confirmed, we will proceed with the project FOL in that region, it will make much difference to the local church and the leaders there. Pastor Patricio that will accompany us, is the pastor with whom we worked with in the first, second and thirdclass at the Training Local Workers (FOL).

We’re Together!

André, Dulciene and Stefano.

Visit us: www.africafol.com  ”

We are immensely grateful for your life and the affection that you have had with us, thank you for your prayers and support, by this means we are well.

We are in a time of organization, for out ministry or in any other undertaking business, we need both vision and planning, without one, the whole may be affected.

We are getting all the teaching material translated into the Macua dialect, putting together the construction plans for our base,  and then the request for the terrain and the legalization of the same. As the time for the renewal of our DIRE it’ll be done by our own ministry (FOL) and we have to get our paperwork ready for that on time.

The sound system (for our seminars and evangelism) is almost ready, there’s only the generator missing. So that’s why we say it’s time for getting organized.

We have already delivered some of presents we brought from Brazil, especially the motorbikes, the bikes are waiting for the workers who are still in the field, we are waiting for the seminar trip in order to deliver the rest of the gifts such as:  clothing and Bibles. We are about to start building the house of Pastor Sabonete also offered by the “Igreja Atos dos Apóstolos”, Pastor Regisnaldo – DF.
We are in good health, I had malaria but I’m fine, Stefano has had a throat infection but he’s also well, Dulciene as always took care of us, she is fine and devoting much of her time in the way of service social studies. Our “hug”, God bless you always

André, Dulciene e Stefano.

Visit us: www.africafol.com”

Their main project is “FOL” (“Formação de Obreiros Locais” / Development of Local Laborers), it’s a mobile formation reaching for the farther churches where the the harsh conditions limit proper training and development.

A number of local leaders (preachers, pastors, ministers, …) from many churches and denominations are gathered on a base site from 4 to 6 months, and on twice per month basis they meet during an entire weekend for classes, debates, meetings and lectures. The course is in modules and covers the areas of: personality/character, ministry, bible knowledge.

Motivations for this type of formation:

1. It’s a rare opportunity for a proper formation in these locations;

2. It doesn’t require from the participant to be far from home for long periods, thus his/her agriculture and other tasks won’t be impacted;

3. It’s the best way to reach for most number of participants and cover 2 classes every other weekend;

The project requires full support and sponsorship from third-parties (churches, other ministries, private donations, …) in order to cover all the expenses such as transport, material, notebooks, handouts, beverages & foods and bibles.

They’ve already formed many classes and most important the local people is more prepared to talk about our amazing Lord and Savior!
God bless this amazing ministry. We were happy to be with Andre & Dulciene in Mozambique during our “2009 Project”.

For more information about the FOL project, please visit their official website @ http://africafol.com/

First Class in Chica (Mozambique - 2009)

We are soon to add FOL to our “Missions” category, and of course they are “Safe for Partnership”

yours,
+UMAfrica Team

Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) — Final results of last month’s referendum show an overwhelming majority of southern Sudanese voted to split from the north, a result that will lead to the creation of the world’s newest nation, the referendum commission said Monday.

The chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, which organized the vote and includes members from both sides, said 98.83% voted for separation, while 1.17% voted for unity.

“It was a peaceful process,” chairman Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil said at a ceremony in Khartoum attended by Sudanese politicians, international diplomats, U.N. staff, academics and others. “It was a transparent process.”

“Not a single person” showed up to appeal the results, he said. Preliminary results had shown overwhelming support for separation.

The commission met Monday with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir to present the final results, state TV reported earlier.

Al-Bashir has stated his commitment to the results and said he will accept them, state TV said.

As a result of the government’s acceptance of the results, the United States is beginning the process of removing Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced Washington’s intention to recognize Southern Sudan as a sovereign, independent state in July, when a comprehensive peace agreement with the north is due to end.

“After decades of conflict, the images of millions of southern Sudanese voters deciding their own future was an inspiration to the world and another step forward in Africa’s long journey toward justice and democracy,” Obama said in a statement. “Now, all parties have a responsibility to ensure that this historic moment of promise becomes a moment of lasting progress. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement must be fully implemented and outstanding disputes must be resolved peacefully.”

Obama promised the United States would support the governments of both Sudan and Southern Sudan to ensure a smooth and peaceful transition to independence.

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain — which ruled Sudan between 1899 and 1955 — said he welcomed the Khartoum government’s positive reaction to the results and said the United Kingdom would support the country’s new chapter.

“It is a happy day for southern Sudanese,” said Louis Makor, 40, an activist from the south. “We have gained our rights, our self-determination, and I hope the best for both southern and northern Sudanese. And we will remain brothers.”

Those in the north had more varied opinions.

“I think it is better,” said Abd al-Aziz Ahmad, 30, a grocery store owner. “They can have their own country, and our problem in the north will lessen.”

Northerner Al-Razy Yassin, 27, however, said he felt very sad about the outcome.

“I believed that our strength is in our diversity,” he said. “This means the failure of the Sudanese national state, and I fear what might come.”

There were tears on the face of Ikhlas Garang, a woman who is half northern and half southern, who cried, “Why are we separating? Why are we separating?”

Sudan’s north and south fought a war for more than two decades, finally ending in a peace treaty in 2005 that paved the way for the referendum. The conflict, which left 2 million people dead, pitted a government dominated by Arab Muslims in northern Sudan against black Christians and animists in the south.

A majority of Sudan’s oil reserves are in the south, which was another flashpoint in the war.

Several million voters, including expatriates in the United States and seven other countries, cast ballots.

Before Southern Sudan can become independent, the two sides still have to address various issues including currency, citizenship, national debt, and how to divide the majority of oil reserves found in the south. The Abyei region — which straddles the border between the regions — remains a disputed area between the two sides.

And as the world’s newest nation, Southern Sudan would face daunting obstacles.

There is a desperate need for development in the south and a lack of a robust educated class to control the new levers of power.

A flood of refugees, eagerly returning to an independent homeland, could complicate matters in a place that already lacks enough schools and clinics and has few paved roads.

Longstanding grievances among rival southern groups could erupt in violence; several hundred southerners already have been killed in such fighting in the last year or two. Or the north could refuse to accept the results or stir tensions by trying to pit one southern faction against another.

The concerns run so deep that a year ago, Dennis Blair, then the U.S. director of national intelligence, warned the U.S. Congress of possible genocide.

“A number of countries in Africa and Asia are at significant risk for a new outbreak of mass killing” in the next five years, he said. “Among these countries, a new mass killing or genocide is most likely to occur in Southern Sudan.”

Al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes after mass killings and rape in the country’s western Darfur region, has said a southern vote for independence would be like “cutting off a part of the nation’s body, but not the end of the world.”

Still, al-Bashir has said he won’t hesitate to accept the results, because peace with the south is the ultimate goal.

People in Southern Sudan have long felt dominated by the north, ever since slave-raiding parties from the region penetrated the south around 1840. The raids instilled a collective hostility toward northerners that successive generations in the south nursed until they erupted in open war.

When it ruled Sudan, Britain administered north and south as separate entities, preventing travel from one region to the other. The imbalance that resulted sparked southern fears of northern domination when the British announced plans to leave.

Southerners took up arms against the north in August 1955, six months before Sudan’s independence. Most jobs in the new national government went to people from the north, which also dominated the process of drafting a constitution.

The insurgency that started in 1955 killed several hundred thousand people and forced many more from their homes, until a peace deal silenced the guns in 1972. Barely a decade later, though, war resumed after the Sudanese president split the south into three regions and sought to impose Islamic law on non-Muslims.

The 1989 coup that brought al-Bashir to power let him steer the ship of state by the compass of Islamic extremism. He praised the 1979 Iranian revolution and offered shelter to many groups the United States views as terrorist organizations.

Osama bin Laden arrived in Sudan in 1991, long before he became a household name. The United States added Sudan to its list of state sponsors of terrorism two years later.

Peace talks to end the war were well under way in 2003 when a mostly unrelated conflict erupted in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Marginalized non-Arab Muslims there rebelled against the government by attacking a military garrison.

The Sudanese government responded by arming and cooperating with Arab militias that killed, tortured and raped thousands, mainly targeting tribes from which the rebels drew strength, according to the United Nations, Western governments and human rights organizations.

The United Nations says 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced in Darfur, though the government of Sudan says the toll is lower.

Al-Bashir’s role in Darfur led the International Criminal Court to indict him in 2009 on accusations of war crimes.

Even as the killing continued unabated in Darfur, al-Bashir’s government made progress in negotiations with southern rebels. That progress resulted in a landmark agreement in January 2005 between the Sudanese government and the main rebel group in the south, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for the referendum that took place last month.

Journalist Isma’il Kushkush in Khartoum and CNN’s Aliza Kassim and Mark Bixler in Atlanta contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/07/sudan.referendum.results/index.html

Our Purpose

 1995 I made my first journey to Uganda, Africa with 8 team members from AL. GA. & TN. Following an invitation from a young black man from Uganda, I sensed the Lord’s prompting to go Pursue the Macedonian Call; Acts 16:9-10. Then after Pastoring a local church (Brindlee Mtn. Baptist Church) for 15 years I resigned to begin this ministry of “Call to Africa”.

  Our vision is to see the continent of Africa transformed by the power of Christ, one village at a time. So everything we do is based on partnering with local African Pastors and Leaders who are trustworthy and accountable to work side by side for comminty transformation.

Perhaps you’re looking to invest a week of your life doing hands-on ministry inside village or orphanage in Africa. Or maybe you want to invest your money so others go. Either way, Call To Africa is a not-for-profit ministry organization with years of sound reputable financial accountability. And we have brought hundreds to mission fields of Africa from all areas of the U.S.

Please contact us for more information on how you can get involved.

Rev. Ken and Renate Galyean

Official Website: http://www.calltoafrica.org/
Country: Continental Africa
Rating: “Unknown for Partnership”

To know more about the Welch Family and to read their testimony go to: http://www.themercyhousekenya.org/about/

Official Website: http://www.themercyhousekenya.org/
Country: Kenya
Rating: “Unknown for Partnership”

 Amongst other things it includes: a church, a bible school centre, an orphanage for 400 children, a feeder, a primary school, a library, a health centre.. and other facilities, more details within their official website below.

 We are proud to say that this is the first official UMA partnership. More info shall be make available soon.

Official Website: http://www.nwhope.net
Country: Mozambique
Rating: “Safe for Partnership”

 After around almost 6 months we are releasing the first picture from our 2009 Project Trip. The pictures have been taken by Filipe Ghirardello, a Brazilian photographer that travelled along with us producing an extraordinary amount of visual data including pictures and videos.

 Check soon for more updates and documentaries.

 
2009 Project – Mozambique – Nampula       ©Filipe Ghirardello 2009

yours,
+UMAfrica Team