Greetings, everyone! We pray that 2010 has been a blessed year so far. Since our last journal our operations continue to go on regularly in South Africa and precious lives are being impacted. Don plans a trip to South Africa this fall for a month. Myrna continues to get stronger but not able yet to go back overseas. Please see the pictures below and read the touching testimonies from some orphans and destitute that Glory Power Ministries supporters are helping at our Glory Power Center (our main church and community center) soup kitchen in the village of Magona. Also, read on about many coming to Jesus, an update on our farm, and the impact Glory Power Ministries is having right now in a Muslim country. Glory Power Ministries also continues to partner with two ministries in India, helping with orphans and lepers in that country and helping train pastors there. Glory Power Ministries helps orphans in Ukraine, Uganda, and destitute in El Salvador, and ministers to the poor and hurting in the United States.

TESTIMONIES FROM GLORY POWER SOUP KITCHEN

"My name is Sagwadi Mathebula. I am an orphan (girl), I’m 10 years old and am in grade 4. My mother died in 2005 and my father in 2009. I do not know the cause of their death (likely AIDS). I stay with my grandmother. She is the one struggling to clothe, feed and take care of all my needs. We (her unemployed uncle also lives with them) depend on my grandmother's pension and it is not enough for all our needs. At home is usually pap (corn meal) and chicken feet (all that the destitute can afford.) I love the fruits, chicken and bread that I get at the Glory Power Center. I thank Glory Power for helping my grandmother to take care of me, because we never have enough food at home but through the soup kitchen at Glory Power I am able to have good meals each week. I am very thankful. I thank you, Glory Power Center, for giving me food that I enjoy. Pastor Patrick (our associate pastor in charge of the orphans) is teaching us a lot. I love singing, praying and saying the Bible verses." After asking Sagwadi about her biggest needs, she replied: "MY GREATEST NEEDS ARE A BED AND BLANKETS."

“My name is Zani Mattebula. I'm 9 years old. I am an orphan. I stay with my brother; he is the one taking care of me (there are five people in the family including her brother, two sisters and her sister's baby). My mother died in 2004 and my father died in 2009. Getting food at home is always a struggle, sometimes we go without food for a day, I thank you Glory Power Center for the food you are giving us, because at home we eat only chicken feet, vegetables and pap. I love Pastor Patrick because he teaches us to love God with all our hearts." After asking Zani about her biggest needs, she replied: "MY GREATEST NEEDS ARE BLANKETS, CLOTHES AND SOAP."

"My name is Musa Manganyi. I am 17 years old. I live with my brother and sisters and I lost both my parents some years ago. (There are five people in his family including his brother, two sisters and his sister's daughter.) My brother is struggling to feed us everyday. I do not receive any grant (welfare) from the government. The only help that I am getting is from Glory Power Center - the meals that I receive there each week is making a difference in my life. At home we normally eat pap and chicken feet, thank you Glory Power Center for giving us nourishing food. I love the teachings I am receiving at the church. I have grown to know God after coming to the Center. Thank you so much." After asking Musa about his biggest needs, he replied: "MY GREATEST NEEDS ARE A BED, BLANKETS AND CLOTHES."

"My name is Phyllis Chauke. Both my parents are alive but they do not have jobs to take care of us. (There are seven people in her family, the parents and five children.) It is difficult for them to feed us because they depend only on my grant which is only R240.00 (about $30 per month - for seven people!). Thank you, Glory Power, for giving me meals each week - it means so much to me. I am happy with the teaching at the Center because it helps me stay encouraged." After asking Phyllis about her biggest needs, she replied: "MY GREATEST NEEDS ARE FOOD, BLANKETS AND CLOTHES." Note: Since we received this testimony, Phyllis' father suddenly collapsed and died.

Our God cares about individuals - each soul is of infinite importance to Him. One of our dear partners told me earlier this year, "I just want those little fellas (and gals) in Africa to have a chance." They deserve a chance as much as anyone on earth.

One of our other churches, located in the destitute refugee camp in Mokgoba, just completed a two week evangelistic outreach there. This camp is an extremely difficult mission field, with abject poverty, hopelessness and great spiritual persecution. Our pastor there, Peter Matlapu, is a wonderful, dedicated man of God. Peter and his dear wife, Fanitije, gave up jobs to minister in this camp. Peter has had to battle with all sorts of persecution in his church. After prayer, Peter decided to have this evangelistic outreach to bring revival to the camp. We rented a tent and pastors came all the way from Pretoria (5 hours away) to help. We are so thankful to these wonderful pastors. The outreach was a tremendous blessing - some 35 people prayed to receive Jesus!

The woman in the picture above from a nearby city brought 15 black people to the crusade one night and they all received Jesus - eleven were from a popular cult church. Glory to God! Fifteen of these new Christians are now coming to our church in the camp. Another woman who received Jesus was a practicing witch in the community. Still another woman who accepted Jesus at the outreach was training to be a witch. Praise God that these two who worked closely for the enemy now belong to God. Please pray that all these new Christians grow as disciples to glorify God with their lives.

During the outreach in Mokgoba, Glory Power also provided the staple food, corn meal, and blankets to the most destitute who attended. It is winter now in South Africa and temperatures can get into the 30's at night. Peter reported that these people go hungry often and that scarce blankets were being shared by people, e.g., 5 people were sharing 2 blankets. Peter also wants to start a soup kitchen to at least feed the hungry children once per week. May God provide so that we can help these people with basic needs.

WEEKEND PRAYER AND FASTING

God continues to work in our main church at the Glory Power Center in Magona. Our pastor there, Esther, is a great woman of God and prayer. She has also done a phenomenal job in the area of extreme withcraft - greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! Recently, the church had a prayer and fasting service that started on Friday night and went on non-stop until Sunday morning. Thank God for the dedicated people in the church who humbled themselves for such prayer. God always honors such sacrifice.

GLORY POWER FARM UPDATE

A big project that we are working on is establishing a farm near our Glory Power Center in Magona, so that we can feed many more orphans and also provide work for the older orphans. Also, the orphans and destitute will be able to sell some of the extra produce from the farm to bring themselves a little income. We have picked out a plot of fertile land, the size of two football fields, several hundred yards from our Glory Power Center. On Don's last trip to South Africa, he was able to see a beautiful farm in a nearby village that is the same size that we plan for our farm. On that farm Don saw all sorts of vegetables and fruits being grown there, including tomatoes, spinach, carrots, squash, corn, and mangos. This farm will be a model for the Glory Power Center farm.

The orphans and the destitute are in desperate need of such nourishing produce, as you could tell from the testimonies above. The women in the church could run this farm. As things tend to go in Africa, the process to purchase the farm land has been slow with the municipality in charge, but we now have the quotes for this entire farm project and expect this will move along now as the funds come in for the project. As soon as we can purchase the land, we will begin clearing it of trees and bushes - which should only take about a month. Then we plan to purchase the equipment for the farm and set it up. We are so excited about this farm!

If you want to experience the joy of helping desperate orphans and children, you can mail a check or money order or donate by credit card on our secure donation page.

The mailing address is:

Glory Power Ministries
PO Box 50875
Bowling Green, KY 42102

For online donations, in the Designation drop down menu you can select "Help Desperate Orphans" if you want to help them with food, blankets, clothes, beds, soap, and other necessities. If you want to help specifically with the farm, you can select "Farm Project." CLICK HERE FOR SECURE DONATION PAGE


MINISTRY IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY

You may recall that in one of our journals last year a Ukrainian missionary named Roman went to a Muslim country for a couple of months to help build a missionary school. Roman is back again in this Muslim country, and because of the danger of sharing the gospel of Jesus in this country and to protect Roman, we are not giving the name of this country. Roman is continuing to help build this school. This school will be used to house and train missionaries to share Jesus to the people in this country, as well as neighboring countries. Glory Power Ministries is supporting Roman in this effort, and we are so proud of what he is doing.

Roman has a wonderful testimony, having had a terrible heroin addiction in Ukraine for many years. After coming to Jesus some time ago, he was completely delivered from his addiction by the power of God. Now Roman is completing Bible school and serving the Lord in ministry. Roman will be working with others on this school for another couple of months until the walls and roof are finished. Please pray for his safety and for provision for this important work.

Thank you for taking the time to read how lives are being changed. Again, it is about giving these souls a "chance." Jesus said that one soul is worth more than all the riches in the world. We are called to help orphans and the weak and destitute. We are also called to share the love of Jesus with this world and help make disciples, so they, in turn, can help and teach others. Glory Power Ministries wants to honor God and to show this world that there is hope in the son of God, Jesus, the ONLY hope. Thank you to everyone who is standing behind us with your prayers and support - you are giving the souls in Africa and around the world a chance for a better life and future. Be blessed.
On to victory,
Don and Myrna Paprocky