Monday, August 30, 2010

From Africa with Love

Dear Partners and Friends,

I bring you greetings from Ghana, in West Africa, in a town just north of Kumasi called Mfensi. It was my privilege to teach at the Messiah Center all last week and the Lord’s presence was there! About 100 men participated in the National Conference for Ministers and Church Leaders. What a wonderful time of worship, teaching and fellowship. The event was organized by my Ghanaian partner, Evangelist Yaw Asante. It has been my privilege to work with him for several decades and I admire his heart for pastors as well as for the lost of Ghana, especially the Muslim north. Yaw is always urging men who have a heart for the Lord to become bi-vocational pastors and go north. During the conference, Yaw spoke on the hardships, long-suffering, patience and persistence necessary for success and fruitfulness.

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Monday, July 26, 2010

Partner Update - Ranjan Fernando - Sri Lanka

Ranjan Fernando has been a personal friend and partner for many years since God sovereignly connected our lives and ministries.  As a native of Sri Lanka, the small tear-shaped island off the East coast of India, Ranjan has been our primary partner there for nearly two decades in this largely Buddhist country.  I hope you will be blessed, encouraged and challenged by his latest newsletter. -  JL

July 2010 UCF Newsletter

Friday, May 21, 2010

My New Headquarters!

IOH headquarters
This small house behind my home has been my work shop and storage area for the 38 years we have lived here. Now we are gutting and remodeling it for my new office. Nothing fancy, only functional.

Dear Impact of Hope International Friends & Partners:

I am sending you these pictures below to update you on a “new direction” in my life. I am relocating my office from the NDI Headquarters to my home, which has been my consistent base of ministry and mentoring with young people and national partners across the years. My home office will be my new base of operation and office for Impact of Hope International (IOH), where I will continue to serve as the President of International Missions.

Since I am helping do a lot of the building work, I will not be able to answer many emails or phone calls until mid-June.  Thanks for understanding.  Please take some time to look at my pictures below or visit my Picasa web album here.

In His Healing Love,

Dr. JL Williams
Founder, New Directions International (Retired)
President of International Missions
Impact of Hope International

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Tree Planting Project in Haiti

Here is a brief video report on our efforts to begin a reforestation initiative in Haiti in remembrance of the estimated 250,000 people who lost their lives in the January 2010 earthquake.

JL’s Message at the Haitian Youth Rally

JL shared this message at the national Youth Rally held near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 26th.  The message is divided into two parts to meet Youtube’s time limitation’s.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

President Bush and Ambassador Lucke: Haiti March 22, 2010

President Bush with Ambassador Lewis Lucke

Dear Friends and Partners,

One of the brighter sides of my 3 trips to Haiti has been my interaction with NDI Alumni, Ambassador Lewis Lucke.  Because of his past deployment here as Ambassador, he was immediately redeployed here after the killer quake on January 12th.  And since we had come to Haiti together a little over a month prior to the earthquake, it was a timely redeployment for both of us to a country and people we both are passionate about.  In addition to overseeing the monumental tasks of rescue, relief and redevelopment, Lew has had to receive all of the US Government officials who have come down.  Members of Congress, Senators, Speaker of the House, Presidents Clinton and Bush.  Here is one that Lew shared with me of his greeting of President Bush on the tarmac when he recently visited Haiti.  These two men obviously have a warm relationship and great respect for each other.  If you will look back and look at my earlier reports on Lew, you will see a personal exchange between them on President Bush’s last day in office.

Ambassador Lucke passes the baton of leadership here on April 1st to other people.  He will return home to Austin, Texas, for some well deserved time with his wife, Joy.  They have been separated since the earthquake hit.  So pray for both of them that God would wonderfully restore the time that they were apart in some quality and quantity time together.

One thing for sure.  Both Lew and I have agreed that we will be back in Haiti together a number of more times in the months and years ahead!

In God’s Love for Haiti,

Monday, March 29, 2010

Follow me on Twitter!

I now have a twitter account where I will be posting quick updates on my travels and prayer needs from our partners around the world.  I hope you will honor me by following my “tweets”!  You can follow me here:  @jlwilliams_org.

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