PROJECT PROFILES 

BURMA
GIFT Training Centre
The GIFT training centre is located in Mandalay in the centre of Burma and began training its 19^th batch of students in May this year. There are 15 students in the current batch, and 5 of them are from the Irrawaddy Division, which was hit so hard by cyclone Nargis.

These 5 students have a vision to reach their own people, the Pwo Karen tribe.  After the in-house training, the students will go to their own villages for the 9 months on-the-job training. They will return to the GIFT center for a one-month final training to complete their 1-year course.

 It is expected that the cost of training for this year will be about $10,000. Our goal is $8,000. Amount still needed: $4,302.00

Lhao Vo Full Bibles
For almost 30 years ‘Brother Luke’ has been translating the Bible into the Lhao Vo language, which is a sub-tribe of Myanmar. He completed the New Testament in the 1980’s and has recently completed the Old Testament, enabling the Lhao Vo to read the entire Bible in their own language. The Lhao Vo Bibles are now ready to print and Mission Outreach would like to provide 1000 Bibles which are needed for new converts. Cost $11 each, total cost: $11,000

NEPAL
Radio Programme Ministry & Radios 
The Nepalese radio broadcast is currently available to about 1 million people. Although there are now a number of ministries broadcasting from within Nepal the two weekly broadcasts continue to bear fruit. Additional broadcasts have started in the minority Gurung tribal language and in English to reach students learning the English language. In addition to providing funds for the weekly broadcasts, Mission Outreach is also seeking to purchase 3 electric motorbikes so that the team can visit, evangelise and disciple the many ‘listener groups’ that have been formed as a result of these broadcasts.  Monthly Goal: $840, amount received last month, $466.00

Nepal Bible College
Mission Outreach conitunes to suport the running of this Bible College, which provides training ffor village pastors. The cost of running the training programmes for one year with two batches of students is $10,200 or $850 each month. A new batch of students began its studies in June. Amount received last month $225.00

Motor Bikes – Radio Ministry in Nepal                                                                  
The radio broascasts in Nepal are proving popular, with many ‘listener groups” starting up in Pokhara and environs. Mission Outreach would like to further support this mininstry by providing the GTN staff with electric bicycles so they can travel around Pokhara and out into the villagers to follow up enquiries from Nepalese wanting to know more about the gospel message.

INDIA
House of Hope – Bhilai (Chattisgar) and Garla (Andra Pradesh
The House of Hope in Garla is in a tribal area 350km northwest of Narsapur in Andra Pradesh. The people are the Lambardi tribe and are steeped in animism, including the sacrifice of children at times. The gospel is beginning to penetrate this region and bring about a change in the Lambardi people. The House of Hope is currently home to 18 children.

Monthly support required to take care of the children is $740. Amount received last month, Bhilai $516.00 , Garla $500.00    

Siliguri Medical Outreaches                                                   COMPLETED PROJECT!                                             
During their trip to NE India, a Mission Outreach team will be participating in five medical clinics. An Indian Christian doctor will see to the health and medical needs of hundreds of people while the team talked to and pray for the patients. These medical outreaches are highly effective evangelistic tools and are conducted in villages where a church planter has already been sent.

  We have completed this stage of our commitment for this project and wish to extend our gratitude to all of you who so generously gave. May the Lord richly bless and prosper you

                                                                             
LAOS                                                                                         
Livelihood and Bible Training                                                                                    
A Christian worker in Laos provides livelihood training coupled with discipleship training. The livelihood training includes instruction on the making of fertilizer, the growing of crops such as coffee, melons and vegetables, and as well fish and cricket farming. While doing the livelihood training the trainers are also able to teach the Bible to their students, many of whom are the pastors of village churches. This project ministers to both the spiritual and material needs of the community.

Mission Outreach would like to support two of the five trainings planned for five different locations in 2009. Each centre will train 20 students annually and will cost about $2,000 ($100 per student). Total cost $4000.00, amount still needed: $2,224.00

CAMBODIA
Help for the Poor Orphanage
Help for the Poor Orphanage is situated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and is currently home to 30 children. The children come to the orphanage through a variety of avenues. Some are left anonymously at the gates of the orphanage, while are others are rescued by Christian workers when their families become victims of domestic violence.  The day-to-day care of the children is provided by the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia. Mission Outreach would like to provide funds for the children’s education. Cost: $12/child/month for 30 children: $360 per month or $4320 for the year. Amount still needed: $1,444.00

Leadership Training
In Cambodia 85% of the churches are part of the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia. Much help is available through Christian NGO’s to assist in meeting the material needs of the Cambodian people, but there remains a pressing need to re-build the Cambodian Church. Mission Outreach supports training for churches and pastors to build up the spiritual capacity of the Cambodian church, which faces increasing pressure from the dominant Buddhist religion and Islam.  

One Church Empowerment Programme for 200 Pastors and Church Leaders: $4,500.00

VIETNAM
Mnong Tribal Bible                                                                                                        
There are approximately 80,000 Mnong tribal people who live in Dac lac and Lamdong provinces in the southern part of Vietnam.  There are about 40,000 known Christians from among the two of its three major subgroups.  Missionaries translated the New Testament in the Central Mnong group language (the largest group of Christians with about 36,000 members) but the original copy of the translation was lost when the missionaries were forced to leave the country during the Indo-China war in 1975.

Today, the new translation has been completed and this year, Mission Outreach hopes to provide 500 copies of the Mnong & Vietnamese (bi-lingual) New Testament.  Pray that the Lord protect the Bibles we are printing and plan to distribute to the growing Mnong Christian population. 

Cost to print, deliver and distribute:  $8/copy project total: $4,000, amount still needed: $2,109.00

REY AWATIN – TRIBES IN ASIA FOR CHRIST

Joshua Project                             Abra Update

TAC ministries train two batches of students a year to send to the tribal areas of Abra and Apayao. Mission Outreach would like to sponsor at least one batch of students. Total cost: $6000, amount still needed $2,246.00

Administration
A small administration fee is taken off projects to cover costs. We attempt to keep this fee at 10% or less. No amount is taken out of money designated for personal support.

Donations
Donations can be made by cheque to Mission Outreach NZ and posted to PO Box 506, Tauranga, New Zealand, or by direct banking to:

BNZ Greerton, NZ     020466 0034018 00