We’re so thankful for Empower Minister Sally Bryant, who has faithfully brought the Empower training to Malawi for more than a decade. While some countries in Africa remain locked down, Malawi is currently open. Here’s Sally’s report on her upcoming trip to Malawi. Please join us in supporting Sally in prayer (read to the end … Read more
Several of our teams are traveling the globe this month and next. This week on the blog, we’re highlighting each of our teams. Empower Ministers Sally Bryant and Suzy Powers are currently in Malawi. Suzy leads His 2 Offer (H20) and is a reading specialist whose expertise is a welcome addition to the training. For the second … Read more
Several Empower ministers are traveling to Africa this summer to bring a variety of training seminars to people who are eager to learn. We will have teams in Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. We could not do this important work without your prayers and support. Thank you! (If you’d like to make a tax-deductible contribution to … Read more
by Wayne Pelly Well, I admit that this Trip Report on my recent mission trip to Tanzania and Malawi is a bit overdue. This was my fifth trip to east Africa with Empower International Ministries, and I’ve found that I typically return to a backlog of responsibilities both at home and at church, where (for … Read more
Empower President Dr. Carrie Miles, and Empower Missionary Donell Peck are in Uganda right now, at about the halfway point in trip that will include seven events in three countries. Please pray for their continued endurance and strength as they travel. After visiting with an Anglican bishop in Rwanda who has expressed an interest in … Read more
Children who lose their parents go through unimaginable trauma. The loss of the person they’ve just begun to attach to, especially at a tender age, interrupts their emotional and intellectual development. Those left to care for them are often traumatized as well. In areas devastated by the AIDS pandemic, poverty, hunger, and other challenges, trauma … Read more
Donell Peck and I (Carrie Miles) traveled to Kenya in January to conduct two New Man, New Woman, New Life seminars for St. Paul’s University and for another university. We had conducted executive sessions at both of these universities in 2015, which received us with a lot of enthusiasm. The original plans were for us … Read more
Read our annual report! 2015 Newsletter
Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior.This Sunday at the church we are taking our problems to the cross of Jesus (an exercise from Healing from Trauma). Last Sunday I told the church that everyone when coming should bring some paper where they are going to write about their problems to … Read more
Thank you for your prayers for Sally and Aimee as they changed planes in Nigeria. They were really needed, as you will see in Sally’s account below. Click to read Sally Bryant & Aimee McKone Trip Report as a pdf or continue below (a bit harder to read):
Dear Friends, Family and Prayer Partners, We are joyously and safely home from Africa thanks to your prayers! Considering that we had 8 flights where multiple things could go wrong with each one, we had very few glitches-one suitcase that arrived a day late, and one delayed flight which meant we missed our connecting flight … Read more
by Russ Ikeda I just concluded my fifteenth year (2013-14) with Emmaus Ministries of Silicon Valley by joining Linda on a mission to Malawi and Kenya, Africa from July 9 – 26. In preparation for this trip we decided to adopt a Pilgrim’s Creed. These statements of belief, served as a guiding document for … Read more