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Sneeds' 2019 Year in Review<\/h3>\n
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USA Furlough<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We started the year in the U.S., raising support for the ministry in Kenya. Many of you responded with invitations to speak and commitments to give. By March, we had raised the commitments we needed for another term, and we appreciate all who responded. Your giving helped to make 2019 a successful year for both our family and our ministry, and we stand in gratitude to God and you.<\/p>\n

East Africa Bible College <\/strong><\/h1>\n

At East Africa Bible College (EABC) this year, we hosted students from seven nations, including Kenya, Rwanda, Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Malawi. We held a graduation for our main campus in May with eight students finishing their two-year diploma program and two students finishing a certificate program. The valedictorian for the class was Daniel Balume from Congo, and the Salutatorian was James Matua from Kenya. Among the various awards we give each year is the Winston C. Hollingsworth service award in honor of our school\u2019s first director. The recipient of this award for 2019 was James E\u2019mongole from Kenya. Bishop Berrings Mlambya from the IPHC in Tanzania was the guest speaker.<\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Summer<\/a><\/p>\n

We also held a graduation at our off-campus learning site in Eastern Kenya in May, where 17 students completed a certificate in ministry program led by EABC alumni, Bishop Joseph Mbake. We have seven sites like this operating to teach ministers who are unable to travel to our main campus. In December, Kevin traveled to Uganda to meet with the leadership there about opening at least two new learning sites in the country in 2020. Pray that we can successfully expand into Uganda next year.<\/p>\n

\"Graduates<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Graduates<\/a><\/p>\n

A highlight of every year is visiting our alumni across the region to see how they are serving the kingdom of God. This year, we visited alumni who are pastoring, planting new churches, serving orphans, evangelizing unreached people groups, and teaching. Many are successfully using agriculture to provide for their families and ministries. We are glad to continue offering agriculture courses at EABC alongside other ministry and life-skills courses.<\/p>\n

\"Graduates<\/a><\/p>\n

Conference and Special Events <\/strong><\/h1>\n

This year, we were invited to speak at many conferences and special events around the world. In February, we spoke at the SEND missions conference at Emmanuel College in Georgia. In April, we were glad to participate in a special conference celebrating 40 years of official IPHC ministry in Kenya. This conference was held in Nairobi and led by Ron and Sharon Wooten. The conference also honored the longest-serving IPHC missionary in Kenya, Gailya List, as well as the first residential missionary in Kenya, Joseph Arthur. We taught at five IPHC pastor\u2019s conferences in Eastern Kenya, Western Kenya, Coastal Kenya, and Uganda. In September, Kevin was especially honored to speak at the IPHC World Missions Ministries Missionary Retreat in Bulgaria. Finally, in October, Kevin was privileged to participate in the IPHC All-Africa Leadership Conference in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

Girls\u2019 Ministry <\/strong><\/h1>\n

Many doors were opened this year for Summer in Girl\u2019s Ministry. In January, she spoke at the North Carolina Conference Women\u2019s Ministry training day. Then, in February, Summer was honored to speak at the IPHC Global Assembly in Santiago, Chile. In April, Summer traveled to Malawi to speak at the first national Girls\u2019 Ministry Conference, where more than 200 girls and women attended. Throughout the year, Summer traveled to several conferences in Kenya to promote Girls\u2019 Ministry and conducted district level training events to equip local women to do Girl\u2019s Ministry. Finally, in December, we traveled to Chebarus, Kenya, to hold a special Girl\u2019s Ministry Christmas event where nearly 60 girls attended.<\/p>\n

Visitors and Teams<\/strong><\/h1>\n

This year, we had many visitors from the U.S. who traveled to Kenya to help us in the work. In April, we hosted Joseph Arthur from North Carolina. Under Rev. Arthur\u2019s leadership, East Africa Bible College was built and opened in 1986, and we have been blessed to minister alongside him several times in Kenya. In May, we hosted Billy Pittman and Richard Hoard from Georgia. These men taught courses at EABC for three weeks. We were glad to welcome Chris Dunlap to Kenya this year. Chris spent over two months with us doing his internship from Emmanuel College in Georgia. Chris was a blessing to us and the ministry. He preached and taught agriculture at EABC, as well as other churches, conferences, and children\u2019s homes. For the month of May, Chris was joined by his fianc\u00e9, Alicia Philipps, a recent graduate from Emmanuel College and minister from LifePoint Ministries. We also welcomed Mariko Kawabata from Japan. Mariko has committed to serve at EABC for at least one year to help us in the ministry and has been a great blessing. Over the summer, we also had two interns from The Awakening. Reagan Case and Veronkia Jones from Oklahoma served at EABC and with other IPHC ministries in East Africa. We are happy to report that this was the best group of interns we have ever hosted. In June, Ronnie Turner led a team from LifePoint Ministries to serve at East Africa Bible College. The team included long-time friends, Kenneth Edge from Emmanuel PHC and Holly and Lilly Davis from Ruhamah PHC in Georgia. In July, we hosted a large team of 16 people from Grace Fellowship Church in Athens, Georgia. This team was a huge blessing. They taught courses at EABC, ministered in numerous local churches and at Huruma Children\u2019s Home, and conducted a Girl\u2019s Ministry camp with Summer in the Eastern Conference of Kenya. Finally, in September, Hugh and Lois Hoyle came and taught two courses at EABC. This missionary couple has been helping us at EABC for nearly 10 years.<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/a><\/p>\n

Family News <\/strong><\/h1>\n

Our family was blessed in 2019. Abby turned six-years-old in April. She graduated from kindergarten in July and started first grade in September. Nate turned 4-years-old in August and started pre-school in September.<\/p>\n

Christmas 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The month of December was a busy month with various Christmas events and ministry opportunities. The year ended well for us, especially since we were able to partner again with Jamie and Jessica Dunning and People to People Ministries to provide a great Christmas party for the kids at the IPHC Huruma Children\u2019s Home. The kids enjoyed a fun day with lots of food, goodies, and new shoes provided through the Dunning\u2019s ministry.<\/p>\n

Conclusion <\/strong><\/h1>\n

In 2019, the ministry took us to 62 churches, in 10 countries, on four continents. Thank you once again for helping to make all of this possible. We are so glad you chose to work with us to make 2019 a successful year of ministry. May God bless you as we enter 2020 together. May you have a happy and blessed new year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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La injusticia en el \u00c1frica moderna<\/span><\/h2>\r\nJoe Delport - Director Regional de \u00c1frica del Sur<\/strong><\/em> Al considerar el tema de la IPHC, \"Valoramos con justicia la justicia\", quiero reflexionar sobre las muchas injusticias que prevalecen en el mundo donde vivo. La justicia, para muchas personas, se refiere a la justicia. Pero si bien la justicia es importante para casi todos, significa diferentes cosas para diferentes grupos. En \u00c1frica, la justicia parece ser lenta e injusta. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 las personas parecen tener que tolerar tantas desigualdades en la sociedad en la que viven? Un anciano, que vive en la calle de Johannesburgo, que tose y lucha por sobrevivir, se encuentra con miradas y burlas de los transe\u00fantes, pero nadie es lo suficientemente compasivo como para acudir en su ayuda. La estructura del gobierno social en el pa\u00eds est\u00e1 fallando debido a una financiaci\u00f3n inadecuada, a la corrupci\u00f3n, a la falta de preocupaci\u00f3n o a la espera de que empresas privadas externas o donantes llenen el vac\u00edo. Esta experiencia parece ser a trav\u00e9s de todas las fronteras en \u00c1frica. Los sistemas judiciales en \u00c1frica est\u00e1n llenos de leyes que protegen las injusticias de la sociedad, ya sea el maltrato infantil, la trata de personas o las atrocidades humanas. Pero, sin embargo, estas mismas leyes parecen estar solo en el papel y no se hacen cumplir en absoluto. Todos los d\u00edas escuchamos historias traumatizantes donde las personas son tratadas injustamente pero no tienen recurso a la justicia. Parece que si una persona m\u00e1s pobre o desfavorecida tiene menos posibilidades de disfrutar de las leyes favorables que fueron creadas para protegerla. Los aventajados son aquellos que son ricos, de alto perfil o estatus de celebridad. Como misionero, siempre me desaf\u00edan las injusticias que veo en mi rinc\u00f3n del mundo, que es muy frecuente. Incluso yo, en muchas ocasiones, soy incapaz de ayudar. El ap\u00f3stol Pablo hizo una declaraci\u00f3n en 1 Corintios 9:22 diciendo: \"Me he convertido en todo para que todos puedan, por todos los medios, salvar a algunos\". \u00c9l era celoso de llevar a la gente a Cristo. Aunque a menudo me siento impotente ante tantas injusticias en \u00c1frica, y me doy cuenta de que no puedo ser todo para todos, sigo siendo celoso de guiar a las personas hacia el conocimiento, la justicia y la esperanza de Jesucristo.","author_name":"Kevin and Summer Sneed","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Missionary-NL-Featured-Image.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-Uj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}