AFRICAN TRACTS

Dear Ryan,

Recent shipments to several African countries have begun arriving. Africa in particular has been plagued with corruption in government agencies and our shipments have at times been “held ransom” for unreasonable customs, processing, or other charges. Please be in prayer especially for these African shipments over the next few weeks:

Burundi – 2,610 boxes (1,258,200 Scripture portions)

Cameroon – 2,570 boxes (907,770 Scripture portions)

Central African Republic – 4,140 boxes (1,674,170 Scripture portions)

Burkina Faso – 560 boxes (203,500 Scripture portions)

Benin – 1,428 boxes (567,730 Scripture portions)

Ivory Coast – 4,215 boxes (1,452,875 Scripture portions, plus 28,000 French New Testaments)

Democratic Republic of the Congo – 4,204 boxes (1,709,441 Scripture portions)

Zambia – 4,216 boxes (1,958,430 Scripture portions)

Uganda – 4,213 boxes (1,643,795 Scripture portions)

Liberia/Guinea – 4,199 boxes (1,742,600 Scripture portions)

South Africa – 4,216 boxes (2,079,975 Scripture portions)

Of special note –

1) The Cameroon shipment is at the port, and our coordinator is doing battle with the shipping agency and government officials there; for this shipment, we have an agreement through our U.S. shipping agent for fixed clearing and onforwarding costs; the agency in Cameroon is not happy that they are being held to this agreement; please pray for Brother Aloma (our coordinator).

2) The DR Congo shipment is about to arrive; our last experience with sending to DRC was VERY EXPENSIVE because of (what I believe to be) corruption charges; our coordinator there Brother Sita is arming up with documentation, funds, and experience – to hopefully make the reception of the container go more smoothly this time.

3) The Burundi shipment seems to be stalled; our coordinator Brother Evariste has recently been recovering from malaria; he assures me that everything is proceeding smoothly, the container is enroute to Bujumbura, but I have not heard back from him in the past week.

4) The rest of the above shipments are also subject to whims of officials, dangers on the road, etc.

Thanks for praying! And thank you for your interest in the ongoing ministry of World Missionary Press.

Harold Mack, Director of Global Distribution

World Missionary Press, Inc.
PO Box 120
New Paris, IN 46553
Email: mailroom@wmpress.org


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Dear Ryan,

Thank you for your prayers in behalf of on-going financial needs at World Missionary Press.

As of the morning of February 24, we were yet about $70,000 below income budget for February. And during the first four months of our fiscal year—October through January—we received $451,289 less than income budget.

But God knew in advance what our income would be during those months, so He provided a large gift at the end of September, 2009, which has enabled us to maintain our production budget of 6 million booklet equivalency each month this fiscal year in spite of below-budget income.

On February 22 our Volunteer Advisory Study Group (VASG) met, the staff group that studies our financial situation and then counsels what level of production we should realistically aim for, and decided that we needed to slow production from 6 million per month to 5 million per month for March and April.

We never like to move in that direction.

But God . . . .

But God intervened February 24 by hand-delivering an estate settlement in the amount of $362,500! We rejoice for the man whose heart was in tune with God’s Word and God’s work at World Missionary Press, motivating him to designate WMP as a beneficiary of his estate. What a blessing he is! What an awesome impact he will have in millions of lives through the power of God’s Word made possible through his gift!
How our hearts rejoice! We will not need to slow production after all for the time being! God’s timing is perfect. God’s provision is amazing!
Your involvement in the worldwide ministry of World Missionary Press is deeply appreciated!

The need before us for producing more and more of God’s Word is great. We continue to plan emergency printings for HAITI and are beginning to print inside CHINA once again. Plans were in the works for production of two containers for CHILE when the earthquakes struck there. We will continue to respond to needs as God makes it possible through gifts and prayers of His people.

May God bless you with His joy and peace.

Your friend in Christ,