What's happening in PK and how you can help

Recently, 17 souls gave their lives to Christ after a week long convention. The President of the Guyana Conference was with us and he encouraged us in the work. More so, he challenged the newly baptized members to remain strong and steadfast in the word of God. 

To get more people in the church involved in of winning souls for the kingdom of God, we started a program called "A Pound Of Love." Members bring a pound (or pounds) of what ever food they can afford and then after church we make food baskets and distribute them to sick and elderly people in the community. God has been faithful to us and we want to keep being faithful to Him.  

We have many different needs to be able to continue to work God has put before us:

First, above all, we would like to ask for your prayers for this project and the people that are willing to work with us in spreading the gospel to every person here. 

Secondly, we have plans to dedicate the church in February of next year (2019). However, we still have a few things that need to be completed before than can happen. We need wood for the benches, cement for the floor, tiles for the floor and paint.

Finally, we are also trying to complete the mission house. We still lack: beds for the rooms, a toilet and bath for the bathroom, paint, cabinets for rooms and kitchen, tables and chairs, and a good water supply. 

Between the church and the mission house, we are short about $8,000 USD. This may seem like a lot but we serve a living and powerful God who has always provided for us and who has never failed at reminding us to stay faithful to Him.

If the Holy Spirit moves your heart to contribute to this project financially, please click "Donate" on the home page. Either way, we solicit your prayers for the people of PK and the work that the Lord is doing here. 

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you. 

Blessings. 

Our background in PK

We moved to Paramakatoi (PK) to take up the responsibility of being boy’s and girl’s deans for the dorms at PK. The secondary school dorms accommodate children from about fifteen outlying villages surrounding PK and is the only secondary school in the sub-region. The Catholic Church is the main denomination in this region and the Wesleyians is the mother church in Paramakatoi.

As Seventh Day Adventists, we knew that this would not be easy and that God was calling us to do this work so we didn’t waste any time. The first weekend we held worship in our home and by the fourth and fifth Sabbaths our home was too small to accommodate those coming to worship with us since kids from the school and other villagers began attending.

We knew we needed a new place to worship so we asked permission to use one of the classrooms in the school but after a time that was also too small. With this in mind, we began to think about building a church in the village so we applied for a plot of land to begin building. It was turned down because they already had churches in the village and didn’t want any more. We knew this was Satan working to stop the work of God. When we applied again it seemed we would get the same answer but God put new people in the council to carry out His plans and we got a letter of approval!! To God be the Glory! Great things He has done. By this time, there were already over seventy precious souls that had given their lives to Christ: children from the dorms, and four persons from the village.

One thing we will always remember is the time 34 children from the dorms gave their lives to Christ. 11 of them are from Kurukubaru, a Catholic village. As well, a priest lives there and has a great influence over the people but God has plans bigger than the devil and we were amazed at His power as we watched the kids change more into the likeness of God. These were children who mocked worship and did not want anything to do with the Sabbath but I am here to say that when God is in control, things happen! We know time is running out and realize that Christ is even at the door, so we solicit your prayers and ask your support to spread this everlasting gospel to the remote areas of Guyana where people are craving to learn more about a Christ. 

In almost every surrounding village there is already a child that gave his or her life to Christ and was baptized but we need to visit and nurture these children. Unfortunately, distance is a challenge because it takes a couple days to walk to some of these villages over high mountains and rough terrain. We are praying for the Lord to provide the means for travel and willing souls to accompany us.

But there is no mountain too big for God and we place everything into His hands as we commit our lives into His care. We fully realize that we cannot do anything by our strength but, as Paul reminds us, we “can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.” God has been working mightily and we know His is able to continue. We will continue being faithful so He can use us. We know the work is far from finished and so we happily put our hands to the plow!