AMAZING TRIP TO NICARAGUA!!!

My wife’s Rose’s recent mission trip to Nicaragua changed lives… including her own!!!
We used to struggle for interpreters when we started New Hope back in 2001. But, over the years, things changed until… we are blessed to have our daughter Charity interpret for us. We have been proud of how her grasp of the Spanish language has grown over the years. What a blessing Charity “has been” and “is” to the ministry of New Hope in Nicaragua.

I turned “73” this year with Rose turning “70.” Neither of us plan on letting up or slowing down. As long as we have breath and a heartbeat, we will continue doing our best to forward the Kingdom of God around the world!
And, New Hope is not slowing down. It’s still full speed ahead!

Since Charity has been spending so much time now in Nicaragua, working with the ministry and directing New Hope, I have taken the load off of her of producing News Break every month. Sorry about the delays in the past. I plan to update you every month.

NEW HOPE WAS “BLESSED” WITH OUR 16TH GRADUATION THIS PAST DECEMBER.

This year has been one of New Hope’s most challenging years. However, if there are never any battles, there will never be any victories!
Ever since Covid raised its ugly head in 2020, it has been so difficult for the teachers and the students to be faithful in school attendance.
In the midst of their poverty, who would think that they would face another serious opposition.
And then there are the challenges Nicaragua is facing that often seem to be growing day-by-day. This has also made things very difficult for New Hope’s ministry there.
But, through it all, God has been faithful! No doubt what the devil meant to be the end is only the beginning of a new and great chapter in the lives of the children we work with!
To it all we say, “TO GOD BE THE GLORY.”

NEW HOPE’S RENOVATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

It has been especially difficult for school now with our children, as the middle section of this part of our school is not finished. The truth is… New Hope has been without finances to move forward on this for several months.
As many of you know, our roof that was over this area was caving in. It was truly a sad situation. As they say in Nicaragua, the volcano ate it.
We are less than five miles from the Masaya volcano, which is still active. Since the wind often blows the volcano smoke in our direction, whatever we do in El Crucero is under constant attack. The acid in the air is constantly working against what we do.
After several months of not using my guitar, when I would open my guitar case, the strings, being steel, would almost be disintegrated. It’s hard to think it would permeate a hardshell guitar case, but it does.
After battling to save our roof of the school for some 15 years or so, it finally succumbed to the elements.

Now, we are rebuilding what we need in the middle of where our gym used to be with concrete. We are using wood for the structures of the classroom roofs so that we will never have this problem again.
Thanks for “agreeing with us in prayer” for the financial needs to be met so we can finish the areas in the school that must to be taken care of.
Although building has stopped… in Jesus Christ’s name the building must go forward!!!

Thanks so very much for
enabling New Hope to continue supporting the
children of Nicaragua.
Over the past 16 years hundreds of students have gone forth to share Christ’s love in Nicaragua.
Those of you who give monthly are a “vital link in the chain” to making this happen.

Tasmanian Update

As America enjoys summer, Good News Clubs in Tasmania have just finished Term 2. This Term God has brought growth in numbers to the club in the downtown area and new leaders as we have had to say goodbye to two of our faithful workers. The boys and girls plunged deeply into lessons from Jesus’ early ministry that helped to discover that He really is God. Jesus told the woman at the well things that only God could know. Jesus is the giver of life as he healed a nobleman’s son even from a distance. Jesus helps lead us out of the darkness of sin as He gave blind Bartimaeus his sight.
Over school holidays, Good News Club training will enable more teachers to share the Gospel with boys and girls. It is exciting that there is a 12-year-old coming along to the training who would like to teach memory verses to the younger children in Good News Club.

School holidays are also a time of planning for future events. A new Good News Club will start in Term 3 in the St. Leonards community. This is the community where my church is. It has taken a lot of groundwork to get to this place, but God is opening up the door to finally restart a Good News Club that Covid shut down in 2020. I will also be leading a children’s program at the Northern Tasmania Bishop’s Training Event soon. This will be a time for children of Christian parents, so a bit of a change from the evangelistic lessons of Good News Club.

Prayer Requests
• Praise God for the new Good News Club getting ready to restart in St. Leonards.
• Praise God for raising up eager workers for all three Good News Clubs.
• Pray for me as I prepare to train new workers that the Gospel will be front and center of what we do and that new leaders would gain a passion for that.
• Pray for children who will be attending the St. Leonards Good News Club that God would be opening their hearts now to hear His Word.
• Pray for a male leader for the St. Leonards Good News Club.

Contact Information: Stephanie Baughman
Address for Support:
Child Evangelism Fellowship
Warrenton, MO 63383 HQ 001586

Dear Friends,
God’s blessings to all of you! In many ways it seems like our
world is out of control. When you see the news, it is hard to
believe the things that are happening. Signs continue to
happen showing us that Christ’s return is getting closer and
closer. Along with the signs are the shakings that are going on
to draw His children closer to Him and to draw those who do
not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior to a relationship with
Him. Now is the time to keep our eyes on Jesus and trust Him
to bring us through the trials and tribulations that seem to be
so prevalent at this time. He is faithful.

Our ministry time in Guadalajara was awesome as we did
three children’s outreaches and a pastor’s conference. One of
the children’s outreaches was in a street in front of the house
of our Guadalajara Bible College Director, Jorge Miranda. Over
a hundred people of all ages attended the outreach and 60 +
people prayed to give their life to Christ. They all received a
great meal as well!

The second outreach was in a church in a real needy part of
Guadalajara and again 100+ people attended and 50+ people
prayed to give their lives to Christ. The third outreach was outside
in a real impoverished area and we ministered to 250 + people
and 200+ people, mostly children and youth, trusted in Christ.
In each of these outreaches, besides sharing the Gospel, the
children participated in games, sang children’s Bible songs and
each child or youth received a nice Blessing Bag. Many kids also
received a good used bike and parents were able to get nice
clothing for their families and reading glasses if they needed
them. Please pray for each of these new believers to grow strong
in the Lord and to become fervent disciples of Christ!

The Pastor’s Conference that we held in Guadalajara went very
well. Approximately 20 pastors attended. Each pastor who came
received 13 Bibles and two boxes of Gospel literature. The Bibles
will be given to people in their church who do not have a Bible
and the Gospel tracts will be given out to those who do not know
Christ to share the plan of salvation with them. Pastors who
needed reading glasses received them as well. Please pray for God
to use each of these pastors mightily and for each tract and Bible
that was given out to bear much fruit for the Kingdom of God.

All of the beans that were donated to GCOM a couple of months
ago by a fellow missionary have gone into Mexico and one half of
the beans – 2200 pounds – were used to supply seven feeding
centers with beans for a long period of time in the central state of
Veracruz. The other half will be given out as care packages at the
church plant in Nuevo Laredo, that will be starting in two weeks,
and a friend of the ministry will also bring them down to churches
in Oaxaca to distribute to people with immense need. Please pray
that these beans get to the people that have the greatest need!

We will be bringing a semi-truck down of ministry supplies to the
border to cross into Mexico in a couple of months and would like to
bring several more pallets of beans down to use during ministry
outreaches beginning in September. The cost per pound for whole
beans is $ .60 cents a pound so for two tons, the cost would be
$2400 which would be a huge help to the needy people in Mexico.
Please pray if this is something you would like to help with.

We are in need of car repairs on our two ministry vehicles. One of
them, the Suburban, needs work done on the brakes, steering, an
engine part needs to be changed and the back door locks and air conditioning
need to be fixed. The cost we were quoted was $1800.
The pickup that we use in Mexico primarily also needs repair. It is
experiencing turbocharger problems and is the vehicle we use for
hauling ministry supplies. This truck has taken a beating on the
bumpy Mexican roads. The mechanic says that a turbocharger
assembly replacement along with labor costs will run us $5200
unless we can find a good used turbocharger. Please pray for God to
help us to make these repairs as soon as possible! Please prayerfully
consider helping us toward these repairs
Thanks for the many ways that you partner with GCOM to reach lost
souls for Christ, to train future spiritual leaders, to get God’s Word in
the hands of those who are hungry for the truth and to start and
build churches. We thank God for you and pray God’s blessing over
you, your family and all that you put your hands to!

In Christ’s Love,
Rev. Kevin, Sylvia and Joshua Rosendahl

Ministry Needs

• The resources to fix our two ministry vehicles that need to be repaired –
  $5200 and $1800
• Beans for the poor and needy in Mexico – two tons – $2400
• Mission groups to come and minister in Mexico with GCOM
• People who are called to be full time missionaries to come work with GCOM
  in accordance with their calling, talents, skill and training. We need
  someone to coordinate crossing ministry supplies into Mexico on a regular
  basis. We also need people called by God to oversee GCOM mission bases in
  different strategic cities and strategic parts of the country. Also, someone to
  oversee our Video Bible Colleges throughout Mexico and to develop new
  schools.

Prayer Needs
− Total healing for Sylvia – she still has ringing in her ears and headaches.
− Favor as Kevin speaks in churches this summer
− For God to multiply our Video Bible Colleges in Mexico and around the
world
− For God to send pastors and leaders of integrity to work with GCOM
− For guidance as we plan for our fall outreaches and in every decision
− For Joshua to continue to grow in his spiritual maturity daily and to
guide and direct his every step
− Healing for Joshua’s allergies
− Abundant finances for everything God wants the ministry to do
− For God to send laborers from the US or to raise up Mexican workers to
help GCOM with various areas of ministry
− For our warehouse that is filled right now in Laredo, Tx to be emptied
quickly and for the supplies to be a blessing to the people that receive
them – clothes, medical supplies, windows, doors, etc.
− For our church plant in Nuevo Laredo to grow quickly. It will start in two
weeks.
− For spiritual protection over the pastors who will start the church

The churches…had peace

If you take out the names
reading the gospels and the
book Acts, you may get a
feeling you are reading the
same book! Preaching,
persecution, healing, raising
from the dead. Well, the
answer is on the surface – it is
the same Jesus in all these
books. He was bound by time
and place in the gospels and He
was unbound in the Acts. But it
was still the same Jesus. We
live in the era when He is not
bound by time and place. He
wants to continue doing the
same things but, this time,
through us. And, there is a
constant writing of the book
Acts going on, this time,
including our lives.

Family Summer Camp

Our highlight of the year is
coming up. The dates of the
camp, June 26-31. Please be in
prayer for spiritual protection
of all participants. Pray for safe
travels of everyone to the site.
Pray for all necessary equiment
to come. Also, pray that those
non-Christians there may see
the light of the gospel in the
camp. Pray for those who are
born again to grow spiritually.
Finally, pray for us to “present
every man perfect in Christ”.

Other Prayer Points

As we wrote to you previously
we got involved with children
and teens in our neighborhood
during the lock down. Now we
meet with them every night for
some games and fellowship.
That leads us wanting to make
a next step – make a vbs type
program. Please pray for their
sensitivity to the good news.
Pray for their parents to give
their permission to continue to
meet with us.
Pray for preparation and a fresh
start of a next year for our ESL
school. As I wrote we need to
come up with a new name for
the school. There might be
some other adjustments that
we will have to make. Pray for
wisdom!

Friends and Family

Tim has passed his finals. Big
relief for us and time to
recuperate before the new
school year. Liliya dad’s health
continues to deteriorate.
Please be in prayer for that
also.
We thank God for each of you
who dedicated time, talents
and treasures for the cause.

You can make tax deductible contribution to
Ufa Bible Ministries which is recognized by
the IRS as a 501c3 non-profit entity. Make
checks payable to:
Ufa Bible Ministries
PO BOX 1761, Columbia, SC 29202

So much news! Where to begin??

Containers… lots of them

After shipping 2 containers in January a third one containing food was shipped in February.  After the 2 containers arrived in Haiti they were sitting on the dock waiting for the inspector to approve them and a gang came and emptied both containers, dumped out boxes, stole many things, mainly food and left a giant mess.  It has been a headache trying to get everything back to the right mission as we had 7 missions on these two containers.  When things got dumped, they were picked up and placed in any box so we just returned a few boxes last week to the rightful owners.  Fortunately, our food container arrived after a very leisurely trip around the Caribbean but things went very smoothly.   Only 4 missions shared the food (1,000,000 meals) of packaged soup and the food and the Haitians doing the pick-up were all safe.  

Church

Pastor Charles’ village church in Gonaives celebrated their 8^th anniversary in May with revivals, food, singing and many other activities.  

Pastor Gilbert started a new church near Saint Marc and was blessed with a donation that will pour the concrete floor and possibly put a roof on the church.  They are looking for chairs to be donated, either plastic stacking or folding chairs. If you have a lead, please let me know.

School and Sponsorships

The school celebrated Flag Day with children playing instruments and singing and having a small parade. This is a big day in Haiti.  The food arrived at the school and as you can see it was welcomed with great gusto.  We had one of the sponsored children’s 18 month old sister die and it sounds like it was from starvation.   The same week the child’s sponsor also passed away.  We are looking for people that want to sponsor ($25 a month, $300 per year)   Things are really hard in Haiti with no president, very little law and gangs ruling the country.  Kidnappings are rampant and stealing is out of control. People are starving to death as many of the missionaries have pulled out.  Schools will be out the middle of June but we are happy that the soup is there to provide meals for the children in summer.  If you sponsor, we collect money even in the summer which is then used to cover the cost of school uniforms, shoes, books, bags, and more.

Animal and Agriculture Projects

Pastor Charles has been sending pictures of new baby goats being placed with families.  Some of our older students are now taking responsibility for the animals.  Charles inherited a large piece of land when his father passed away.  He is wanting to take the children there and teach them agriculture. There were 700 packets of seeds on this container for the garden and the children to use to grow food for the school and their starving neighbors.  One of the things we have talked about is fruit trees.  For about one dollar you can buy a fruit tree. Within 8 months the banana trees are producing fruit.  The obstacle to this is most of the people rent their property.  Very few own the house or land they live on.  So, we would like to put their trees on Charles’ property.  We are still in need of a bus to transport the children to the garden and to soccer games and other outings.  Can you imagine living within several miles of the ocean and never having seen it or gone swimming? He also has a place to take church members for a retreat in the country side but we cannot do that without a bus.  

Fundraising

The 5^th annual golf scramble was held on May 28^th with lots of golfers, best prizes ever, great weather and donations that helped with the cost of shipping the food container.  Thank you Joe Mica and Ken Strickland for chairing this and all your great helpers!  We can’t say thank you enough.  

We Finally Have The Keys!!!

Greetings loved ones! The time has finally come for us to
celebrate a major victory! After months of back and forth with lawyers,
fine tuning of contracts, and negotiations, we’ve finally secured the space
in Galway City center that we’ve been dreaming of for many years! Last
month we shared the story about how God confirmed this was going to be
our space, using the phrase “to the right of the cross,” and then seeing the
random cross-like structure just outside the building.

The space is everything we’ve been dreaming of. We
envisioned something central, which this space certainly is. We envisioned
something that is on the major footpath, which this space certainly is as
well. Larena had a vision back in 2021, when we were driving to Dublin.
She was listening to The Greatest Showman soundtrack, and saw us
standing in the streets of Galway, in a specific part of the city where the
pedestrian walk opens up really wide. She saw me dressed up like Hugh
Jackman in the movie, singing and performing for the crowd. As she
looked around the crowd, everyone was black and white. But sparks of
light began coming from us as we performed for them, creating color.
Larena was going around handing people little pieces of paper that began
turning the crowd into color. It was an amazing vision that spoke to us
about the impact we will have on bringing people to the Lord. What’s
interesting, as we look back, is that the space she saw us in just so happens
to be directly in front of the place we now have! Praise God!

Something we also envisioned was that the space would be
within the original city walls. You see, years ago God gave me a vision of
the city walls surrounding Galway. Most of it is already gone, but in this
vision it was a representation of the historic and spiritual walls that
surrounded the city. As I stood there watching, He sent an enormous tidal
wave, which knocked the walls down. Then he spoke to my heart, this is
the time to take ground for Him. It was a powerful vision, which we kept
in our hearts for years. Now, as we step into this space, we realize the
fulfilment of that vision. We are taking ground for the Lord, in a place that
has historically been shut off to a powerful move of the Holy Spirit.

Recently I felt prompted to look up the exact location of this
space, in respect to the historic city walls. It turns out the space is right
inside the original front gates! There’s something very symbolic and
powerful about how God has positioned us here. I love how He’s put
together all of these amazing subtle details that pack so much meaning.
God is so good! Now begins an exciting journey of faith and trust, as we
seek to fundraise and furnish the space, transforming it into a beautiful
setting for large group meetings, Bible studies, and Alpha courses. We are
reaching out to people, asking for their help in our networking efforts. Our
goal is to reach several churches, who might be willing to partner with us
financially each year, so we can keep the momentum going. So far, we’ve
had a couple great leads, and we’re currently putting together a video and
a webpage to illlustrate our needs for this project more clearly. Do you
have any connections that you think might want to partner with us in our
Galway City efforts? If so, let us know. We would love to share our call
and vision.
We have another amazing praise report. Liam’s rash has finally
cleared up! This poor kid has been suffering for months now, breaking
out in an itchy rash that kept waxing and waning over and over. He was
scratching non stop, often breaking skin and causing bleeding. It was so
stressful. Everything we tried failed. Everything the doctors suggested
failed. Finally, Larena was having a conversation with her sister, who
suggested that maybe it was a certain kind of hives, triggered by allergy
and the immune system’s overload. It was exactly the piece of the puzzle
we needed to finally tackle the situation. We got some treatment
specifically for these hives, and after a few days he was completely clear!
It was a huge relief!

This month we had a visit with a girl named Abbie, who we’ve
known for many years. Abbie was one of our interns several years ago.
She helped us with our youth and young adults ministries. She helped me
build pallet benches for a 4th of July party. Little did we know, the trip
she took over here to help us really impacted her in a huge way. It was
here in Galway that she realized that she wanted to go into ministry. She
has worked with Chi Alpha at the University of Wisconsin, and now
pastors a church in Madison, WI. We enjoyed catching up with her,
hearing her journey, and spending some time together. The process she
went through to start the church in Madison was very similar to what God
is calling us to do in Galway, so it was very encouraging to hear how she
did it there.

We now begin a long process of preparing the space for
ministry. The first step was to knock out a wall to make room for a larger
kids ministry area. I was able to pick up a sledge hammer and demolish
it all in one day. Now, I need to organize the cleanup of all the drywall
and framing. Next step, we will be plastering up holes in the walls and
painting. In the meantime, we’ve found a used door that we were able to
save quite a bit of money on, that will go in as my office door. Please keep
us in your prayers as we tackle all of these projects little by little. We wish
we could fast forward and have everything ready right now, but we know
there’s an important process to this. We’ve reached out to a few people
we are currently ministering to, asking them if they’d be willing to give a
hand. Every one of them is excited about the space and is enthusiastic
about helping. Praise God for what He’s doing. We are so thankful for
His faithfulness, His promises, and we’re thankful for you! If not for your
support, this wouldn’t be possible!! We love you! ~The Johnstons

Prayer Requests
We would be honored
if you would pray with
us concerning:
Please pray for the process
of renovating, painting,
cleaning, furnishing the
space in town for ministry.
Please pray for the
fundraising process. We
are praying for churches
and individuals to feel led
by the Lord to help us.
Please pray for the hearts
in Galway. For the people
we are to minister to now
and in the near future.
Please pray we will be able
to share Jesus with the
people on the streets, the
homeless, college
students, buskers and
everyone in between. May
we see the Lord transform
their lives and give them
living hope!

Support
Information
If you would like to team
up & contribute to this
important mission, please
make checks out to:
Hope Ireland Missions
229 W. Exchange St.
Crete, IL 60417
(Chris & Larena Johnston
on the memo line)
Simply go to:
www.hopeirelandmissions.com
& click on “partner.”

Transition in life is inevitable! Our family is experiencing much transition
this summer…now we will have our sons David and Jonathan in Texas, while
Emily, Analynne and I will stay in Guatemala.

This time, after Jonathan left, our family has been very emotional.
The house is quiet, his room is so empty, and we have been adapting to the new family settings.

In the last couple of weeks, we have been giving away Jonathan’s old
clothes and selling some instruments and electronic equipment….as you can
imagine, this has been very emotional due to the fact that Jonathan has
been part of our family worship team for the last eight years.

A few weeks ago, after my car accident, I participated in a
leadership conference as one of the speakers. Due to the social
media platform, we were able to reach people in different
locations in Guatemala and in Mexico.

On Saturday mornings, I have been teaching an apologetics class for ASELSI in Chichicastenango, and in the afternoons I have been teaching the art of communication class online for students from Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala and Texas. This has been a transitional way of teaching after the COVID restrictions.

Emily is experiencing a big transition not only with Jonathan leaving but as many of our closest missionary friends are returning to live in the U.S.; please pray for us to make new friends. As the elementary principal at Christian Academy of Guatemala, she is also praying for all of the teacher positions to be filled for August. If you know anyone who might like to be a missionary teacher, please let us know!

As we prepare our suitcases to go to Texas and visit our family, we know that God is faithful. He never leaves us or forsakes us, and we will continue to serve Him, teaching His Word and serving the beautiful people of Guatemala.

One of the families leaving to live in the U.S. is the chaplain’s family from the kids’ school. As we were saying goodbye, the chaplain
said to Analynne, “I think you could be the next student chaplain; I know that you have what it takes!” What a privilege to see our children growing in the Lord!

We will be in the DFW area for a month from June 15 to July 15. We are ready to see our family and visit our ministry supporters. Please pray for favor and opportunities to connect with more people and to continue to raise some funds to get a newer family ministry car. Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.

In His hands,
Carlos and Emily Romero

Donations: H.F.N P.O. Box, 18161, Keller TX 76244