“The Bee Hive Project” will purchase beehives, train local people as beekeepers, and sell honey so that needy families in Wadi Foquin will have incomes.
Source: Mission Education
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Date posted: Sep 18, 2009

I remember the painstaking way in which sinew and fat were removed from the "goat parts" and laid out in the solar ovens on a barren field in preparation for cooking.
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Date posted: Jun 25, 2009

Colegio Rio Colorado, a mission-founded school near Bolivia, Yucumo, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The institution, which focuses on agricultural, technical, and general studies for middle and high school students, was started as a partnership between the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia and the General Board of Global Ministries. Four missionary families have served Rio Colorado. Below is an account of the anniversary from John and Suzanne Funk, the current missionaries. It is from "The Vine," the Funk family's newsletter.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jun 18, 2009

US: Peace and Justice Served With Coffee; RESOURCES: World Malaria Day-April 25; US: Filling a Need; DRC: Farmers Produce New Foods; SUDAN: Improving Health for Thousands
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Apr 21, 2009

New York, NY, April 3, 2009--The head of the United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked the Methodist Church of Great Britain for its role in keeping the concerns of poverty and environmental protection in the public eye as representatives of the world's 20 strongest economies met in London.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Apr 03, 2009

Turtle Rock Farm is a 1,600-acre farm in the mixed-grass prairie of north-central Oklahoma, where the same family has grown wheat and cattle for more than 100 years. It is also a retreat center where guests come to connect with their Creator, their own deepest selves, and all of creation.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 23, 2009

The China News Summary is compiled monthly by the United Methodist China Program, Room 1335, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115.
Source: Mission Contexts and Relationships
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Date posted: Mar 16, 2009