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Urgent Request From The Kuwaa Mission

AN  URGENT  REQUEST  FROM  THE  KUWAA  MISSION

 

PDF Of Request Letter

 

Dear Christian Brothers & Sisters,

The Kuwaa Mission needs you and your love gifts to help finish the full medical clinic in Kondesu.  The Board of Directors decided to finish the project this dry season (Nov.– Apr.).  Most of the building blocks are made, some of the building material purchased, and a contractor retained.  The people are ready to build.  Funds are needed to complete the building project.  The clinic includes treatment rooms, patient rooms, reception room, and nurses quarters.  That is what the government requires.  The Mission also needs to purchase medical equipment and supplies so that the doors can open.  The people and especially the children desperately need medical help.  Join the Board in prayer that the Lord would bring the project to fruition.  Prayers & contributions are the foundation for opening up the doors.

For 4 or 5 months the Kuwaa Mission has been rather quiet.  Jensen Seyenkulo became the Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Liberia.  He is no longer the CEO of the Mission.  Dick Thompson & Stan Olsen were on sabbaticals during that time.  Ed Stelling went on a 6 week mission trip to China.  Last week we were all able to meet vis phone to resume work for the Mission.  Stan is the acting CEO until a new CEO can be found.  The search is not only for a CEO but for more Board members, and regional representatives.  The Mission needs help with presentations, fund raising, and finding volunteers.

For more information contact Cindy at: cwellis@kuwaamission.org.

Pray about the new leadership for the mission.

The mission still wants to dig more wells, handout more filters, build schools and churches, give school & student supplies out, and hold training workshops, but the focus for this year will be the clinic.  The other work projects will resume once the clinic is completed.

If you can help with a special donation, it can be sent to Bethany Lutheran Church, 1340 8th Street, Slidell, La. 70458, made out to the church and earmarked for the Clinic Fund or General Fund.  The second way to donate is through Pay Pal on the Mission website:

Your Christian brother,

Dick Thompson, Advisor to the Kuwaa Mission

revdrthompson@kuwaamission.org

 

August 2012 Prayer Letter

August Prayer Letter PDF

This letter is part two of my report regarding my recent trip to Liberia and the Kuwaa Chiefdom in March.  This letter will have photos of the trip not available earlier.

Teacher and Evangelist Training Workshops in Belle Baloma:

Thirty-eight mission and government school teachers came from 14 villages to attend  a four day class in Lesson Planning and Classroom Management.  The Kuwaa Mission then provided the schools with copybooks for the students and classroom supplies for the teachers.  Fourteen pastors, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers were also trained in Lesson Planning and Teaching Methods.

Medical Assistance for the Kuwaa Chiefdom:

In Fassama, we met with the government clinic staff.  The clinic is the only one in the chiefdom.  We took a tour and presented them with a large amount of medical supplies brought from the US along with other needed supplies purchased by the Kuwaa Mission in Monrovia and transported to Fassama.  The pick-up truck got hung up for an hour when a log bridge collapsed.

Several new wells are being dug presently and several wells are being repaired.  They  should be in service before “dry time” comes in December and the streams dry up.

Thank you for your prayers and financial support of the Kuwaa Mission and our Kuwaa brothers and sisters in Christ.  Please send your contributions to:

 

Bethany Lutheran Church

1340 8th Street

Slidell, LA 70458

c/o Lisa Dunk

designate: Kuwaa Mission

KUWAA MISSION CEO ELECTED BISHOP OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LIBERIA (LCL)

The Rev. D. Jensen Seyenkulo was elected bishop of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, April 28, on the first ballot at the denomination’s 14th biannual convention.
“This is a great honor for me, and I am humbled by this election,” Seyenkulo said in a May 1 interview. “I have dreamt that I would be able to return home and make a contribution to the Lutheran Church in Liberia, which has done a lot to make me what I am today. I am thrilled and absolutely flattered by the trust of the people, and I think it is by God’s will that I have been called to this position.”

Seyenkulo was born in the village of Kenata in the Kuwaa Chiefdom of Liberia. In 1982, he earned a bachelor’s degree in theology from Gbarnga School of Theology in Liberia.   He was awarded scholarships to support his studies in the United States. He received a Master of Theology degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. As a scholarship recipient Seyenkulo earned a doctorate in biblical studies from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Seyenkulo earned a second Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Luther and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago are two Lutheran seminaries.

In 2007, Seyenkulo cofounded the U.S. based Kuwaa Mission, providing safe drinking water, medical and school supplies, and building supplies.

Seyenkulo was pastor for two Lutheran congregations in Chicago, and was an adjunct professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He also was a “missionary in residence,” working to create awareness about Liberia among U.S. citizens. Seyenkulo and his wife, Linda, have three teenage children.

The Kuwaa Mission Board of Directors congratulates Jensen and encourages all the supporters of the Kuwaa Mission to uphold him and his family in prayer as they make this transition in their lives.  We have counted it a privilege and honor to have worked alongside Jensen as he led the Mission to send volunteer missionaries to Liberia and construct wells and medical clinics in the Kuwaa Chiefdom.