December 17, 2004
Dear Friends,
We write to you our friends, encouragers, and supporters to say
how grateful we are for our relationship with you and the strength
we draw from you. Thank you.
For the past three months we have been traveling around the country
speaking to churches, presbyteries, groups, and individuals, telling
the stories of what we have seen God doing in southern Africa.
So far, we have spoken to 30 churches and two presbyteries. Although
it has been exhausting, it has also been very rewarding to see
so many people interested in the work in Africa.
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, our prayer is that your home
is adorned with His love, graced with His peace, and filled with
His presence.
Everywhere we visited people asked, “How can we help?”
We gave them a list of important needs to choose from and they
were very grateful.
Evangelism and church growth
- $25 buys four Bibles, 2000 are needed.
- $150 buys a bicycle for an evangelist/pastor in a rural area,
40 are needed.
- $500 gives a scholarship for an evangelist at special training
events, 15 are needed.
- $7,000 buys a roof a church in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique,
or Madagascar, 28 are needed.
- $6,000 buys a pastor/evangelist’s house, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Mozambique, or Madagascar, 8 are needed.
- $3,900 gives scholarships for pastoral candidates at Justo
Mwale Theological College, Lusaka, 15 are needed.
- $100 empowers women at retreats for pastors' wives in Zimbabwe
and Zambia, 50 are needed.
- $500 supports training seminars for elders in Tete Province,
Mozambique, 15 are needed.
- $10,000 builds a school in Tete Province, Mozambique, 12 are
needed.
- $100 empowers women in Zimbabwe (through the purchase of sewing
machines and peanut-butter machines), 55 are needed.
Ministry to children-at-risk
- $500 provides tuition and uniforms at day school, 20 needed
each year.
- $800 provides tuition and uniforms at boarding school, 12
needed each year.
- $1,200 sponsors a boy at Lovemore Home, 12 needed each year.
- $40 buys textbooks for one student, 60 needed each year.
- $60 buys a school desk (2 students per desk) in Mozambique,
200 are needed.
Your gifts can make a significant difference.
Send your contribution to:
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Individual Remittance Processing
PO Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700
Make checks payable to PC(USA). Write the title, “Evangelism
and Church Growth in Africa" and the ECO number on the subject
line (#404902) of the check and put it on your cover letter, too.
Send a copy of the cover letter to the Office of International
Evangelism at 100 Witherspoon St. Louisville, KY 40202-1396. Or
click on the button below.
It is also possible to contribute to these ministries by sending
checks to
The Outreach Foundation
318 Seaboard Lane
Suite 205
Franklin, TN, 37067
Make checks payable to The Outreach Foundation, marked “Bob
and Bobbi Snyder Ministry Funds."
In each case, please let us know of your intended use of your
gift: bbsnyder2004@earthlink.net.
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift” (2
Corinthians 9:15).
Rejoicing In His Service,
Bob and Bobbi Snyder
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