Here are some excerpts from long-time BelPres missions partners, Mike & Brigit Adams, with Far East Broadcasting Co.. I only included a bit of the letter, and there's quite a bit more family news. If you would like to receive their e-mailings, or a copy of the full letter, let me know and I can put you in touch with them.
-Nan
Summer 2011 News from Mike & Brigit Adams
"It's been a very busy few months for us, with lots of coming goings.
Colleen returned from her travels at the beginning of June. You may remember that she was in the Phillippines working at a YWAM hostel for abused girls, but had been hospitalized with dengue fever. She spent 5 days in hospital although she was feeling much better at that stage, having repeated blood tests (17 in all) until the results showed the necessary improvement. While in hospital she was accompanied by another of the YWAM staff who was her designated 'carer' and who arranged paying for and collecting her prescriptions from the pharmacy, which the hospital staff then adminstered. She then had 2 more weeks at the Nehemiah House, some of which she pent being the 'carer' for other girls who contracted dengue fever! At the Nehemiah House she was a 'house-mother' to the girls, which involved looking after them, doing schoolwork with them, playing games, and generally helping them to learn to trust again--she says it was the best part of her travels. Thank you to everyone who prayed for her at the time.
Mike is now in Yogykarta, Indonesia, on the slopes of Mount Merapi, which you may remember erupted last year and caused much disruption as people were moved away from the mountain. The Disaster Response Radio training involves participants taking part in a class, then being trained to teach the course, and finally demonstrating their proficiency by runing a course for new participants, including running the 3 day practical field trial under realistic conditions at a previous disaster area. It is this last phase of training that Mike is supervising this time.
In April, with barely enough time to recover from jet-lag after his trip to India, he went to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the annual International FEBC Conference wher eFEBC leaders representing 21 different countries met together to discuss strategy and ministry planning, and to learn about and be encouraged by what is happening in other areas of ministry.
One outcome of the conference was the agreement that the team Mike works with, the International Office (IO) is going to be restructured, bringing all the international teams under one management, leading to a a more efficient use of resources and personnel. In July we (both of us) are attending an IO conference and retreat in Singapore where the practical details of this restructuring and change of leadership of the IO will be addressed. Please pray for us as we discuss the new working structures.
Saipan: As most of you know when we joined FEBC 25 years ago we went to work on Saipan, from where FEBC has been broadcasting for over 30 years. But as technology has been changing, with a variety of new methods and strategies being employed to reach new listener (podcasts, use of MP# players, Internet broadcasts, IBMD--Internet Broadcasting via Mobile Device, etc) and a decline in 'traditional' listenership in the major language groups, the FEBC board decided after much prayer and consideration that it was time to cease broadcasts from Saipan. As part of the strategic planning, all three transmitters will be shipped to FEBC-Philippines to increase FEBC's broadcast capabilities from there. So it was with mixed emotions that on April 30th broadcasts ceased from Saipan, the island we called home for 13 years and where our children were born. To mark this occasion, the FEBC team on Saipan held a special Thanksgiving Service to give thanks to God for the ministry He enabled, and honour the contribution of all those who have served and contributed to the ministry on Saipan. We would love to have been there to say goodbye but perhaps it is easier to remember it as it was. Give thanks for the safety of all those involved in the dismantling--particularly when the 4 towers came down at the end of May.
Thank you again to all of you for your prayers, financial support and notes which have sustained us through a very hectic few months.
Brigit & Mike
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