In 2004, Liebenzell Mission Ecuador purchased a small AM radio station in the northern city of Ibarra. Today “Radio Punto” broadcasts the gospel message in Spanish and Quechua to more than a quarter of a million people. Improvements to the station include  a new tower on a hill overlooking the city, three studio rooms located in the Puente de Amor Church in Ibarra, and a new mixing board, computer, and recording equipment.

The station is facing some challenges in the months ahead. The Quechua language program is beamed in from another studio location; recently, it’s been disrupted by some sort of interference, and technicians haven’t yet identified the cause or a remedy. The station also needs another announcer/technician as is searching for a believer with some aptitude, if not experience. Pastor Diego Galarza continues to help with programming and Bible teaching programs.

The station would be able to increase broadcast hours and efficiency with an automated programming system. Station manager Ned Farnsworth estimates the cost of a suitable system at around $4,000.

Finally, Radio Punto is pressing ahead with plans to add an FM station. This would allow greater coverage and expanded programming in both languages. The station needs to submit a professionally prepared study along with it’s license application; this study will cost around $1,000.

In spite of the challenges, the staff is encouraged by the positive feedback they receive. “The radio station is doing okay,” wrote Farnsworth recently. “We appreciate your prayers and support.”

With the help of a former World Cup soccer star from Argentina, the Hongodai Christ Church in Yokohama, Japan, started the Esperanza Soccer School in 2003. Nearly 300 youth, aged 4 to 15, learn soccer skills along with the Gospel. Since its founding, the school has brought over 1,800 students plus their families into the Hongodai Church for worship. Three years ago, the rented soccer field became available for purchase; meanwhile, the city told the church it needed to relocate to make room for a new highway. Project Yokohama will provide a permanent home for the soccer school and the church at one location.

Almost four years after work first began, staff and students at the Ministry of Mercy in Nigeria moved into their new school building on January 16th, 2012. This is the first phase of an ambitious project to construct three new classroom buildings at the orphanage and school in central Nigeria. Over 300 orphans and unwanted children are raised in a Christian atmosphere. Many have been abandoned because of chronic illnesses, physical or mental handicaps, and poverty. Children are educated through grade six on the compound.

Although they are now using the building, Crystal Gosnell explains that there is still much work to be done. “We began using the building even though windows, interior doors, ceilings, electrical fixtures, painting, and furnishings still aren’t complete. There's also a bit of outdoor cement work (steps, ramp, sewer chambers) that still needs to be finished. But, there's a roof, running water, a floor, exterior doors that lock and burglary-proof grates covering the window openings, so we’re making do right now.”

This building is designed to be a nursery school, but Ministry of Mercy is holding all of their classes (Nursery 1 through Primary 6) there for the time being.

Your gifts will go toward purchasing materials and supplies to complete the present building, making it fully functional. And Crystal makes no secret about her desire to start on the next building as soon this one is complete!

Student tuition covers only a portion of the operating costs for Pacific Islands University in Guam. With the goal of training servant leaders to reach the islands for Christ and build strong disciples throughout the Pacific Rim, PIU plays a vital role in the region’s future. This fund assists PIU with support for operating expenses and capital improvements.

Amano Christian School is an international boarding school operated as a joint partnership between Liebenzell Mission International and CMML. More than 120 students are enrolled in grades 1 through 12. Located on an old farm just a few miles from the largest city in Zambia’s “Copper Belt” district, the school uses a modified British curriculum and all teaching is in English. Along with children of missionaries in Africa, the student body also includes children of international workers employed in Zambia’s lucrative copper mining industry. Additionally a number of places are reserved for AIDS orphans; tuition for these children is totally suppled by gifts and donations.

Amano has grown slowly since its founding in 2004; the eventual goal is to have space for up to 350 students. A good education with Christian values is of great importance in Zambia. AIDS experts estimate that only 50% of Zambian children will reach the age of 30.

Your gift will be used to help to cover the operating expenses of the school, especially with regard to AIDS orphans and other disadvantaged students whose families have no way of supporting them.

The school presently has a waiting list of over 60 students requesting admission – but there are not enough teachers, dorm parents and administrative staff to accept them.

Ministry of Mercy (MoM) is home, school, and medical clinic for about 300 of Nigeria’s least, last and lost children. The MoM population includes orphans, those with physical and developmental handicaps, those with medical issues such as AIDS or polio, and unwanted albino children. This fund will help MoM meet the immediate physical and educational needs of the children: food, clothing, medical care and school expenses.