DONE Inc. News & Events

It was an exciting time because stewardship is now taking roots in the Church of Parcelles as it takes on a new look. One of the members said that the Sanctuary of God needs to be clean, well decorated and neat at all times. Therefore the best gift he could give the church was to help make it decent. So he singularly underwrote the cost and personally painted the entire church.
He said that the messages and prayer had helped him spiritually and this was his way of showing appreciation to God.
Speaking to the congregation the Bishop thanked the donor who asked not to be named in the Church; according to him what he did was for God alone to be glorified. The Bishop asked the congregation to always strive for God to be seen in their lives. He dedicated the new materials to the Glory of God and prayed that God will bless the donor.

Read more about this multi-purpose building that houses a church, Bible college & seminary, micro-enterprise and housing for DONE Inc. ministry here.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6

The good news of the birth of God’s Son first came as a proclamation from his prophet. How wonderful it is to celebrate new life! Especially when a child is born; It brings happiness, excitement, great expectation, laughter, commitment, provision, healing, etc.

Therefore as we observe and celebrate the birth of the greatest one who ever lived on the face of this earth, Jesus Christ, the Joy to the world, Let us make it our prayer that the message of Peace and Joy will be proclaimed to the ends of the world. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. Pray for the following:

PRAYER REQUEST

Pray that the Holy Spirit will work in hearts of those who listen.

Pray for the Fulanis, Wolof, and Serre tribes in Senegal, pray for the Bambara tribe in Mali and Moussi tribe in Burkina Faso, who have heard the gospel message, through believers, radio and even television broadcasts. Pray that words of Scripture, testimonies, Bible stories, and other Bible truths will return to their minds to stir their hearts to trust and obey Christ.

Pray for our Missionaries who are working in the villages in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal where Islam is highly dominated. Pray for God’s guardians, and support for them.

Pray for Pastor Browne as he set off on a mission trip to Liberia and, Pray for traveling mercy, God’s grace and for the will of God to be accomplish during his stay, pray for funds for his up keep in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Pray for Evangelist Babacar Ba and Pastor Antoine Dior who will be going on a mission among the Fullani tribe one of the most unreached people group in Senegal.

Thank the Lord for answered Prayers:

Thank God for the successful beginning of CPM (church planting)
Thank God for proving funds for Rev. Browne’s travel to Liberia

Thank God for proving funds for Pastor Peter Paye to go Liberia.

Thank the Lord for Pastor Jean Mara, after being rejected and persecuted by his church and people of his village he has been restored and leading the church.

Pictures of students in class and group photo at the Senegal Theological Bible College and Seminary in Dakar, Senegal.

After successfully completing three years at the Senegal Theological Bible College and Seminary, and trained in church planting, Abdell Aziz Hussin Ndalu goes to Ziguinchor in search of a man of peace. Ziguinchor (map) is a highly Muslim dominated region within Senegal and a strong hold of Islam. Aziz, a former Muslim and Marabou is one of the oldest and ministry sponsored students of the Senegal Theological Bible College and Seminary. He was converted in 2000. He is faithful and committed to evangelizing fellow Muslim. He is expected to depart at the end of September.

Also in other church planting developments Pastor Antoine Diop, a third year, ministry sponsored student of the Senegal Theological College and Seminary and trained in the church planting goes to Thiaroye (map) to work with Pastor Fernando and the church leaders. During his stay he will introduce church planting training for pastors and church workers.

While Arsene Obou, a ministry sponsored student, a graduate of the Senegal Theological College and Seminary and trained church planting goes to Sinthiou M’Badane or Mbad to work with Pastor Ajake and the church. He is expected to introduce church planting, train church workers and find a man of peace.

The Youth department has been very active over the pass month, holding revivals, series of youth meetings and engaged in physical work in and around the church. Therefore they decided not to just impart the church but to strategically reach out to evangelize the community.

To fully and effectively achieve their goal, the youth of the church organized a one day “Clean up Campaign” to clean the community and major street of Parcelles (map).

They spend 6 hours removing garbage, dirt and sand that had oven taken the street as a result of heavy rains. It was wonderful and exciting. This was the first time the community had ever experienced young people coming on the streets to work without asking or begging for funds from the residence, by passer, motorist or commuters. It was exciting and wonder. While the youth were concentrating on traffic control and getting the streets clean, the children were sharing tracks and witnessing to who ever came their way for the Lord.

It was amazing to see the young as well as the old Muslim receiving tracks from the children in public, something which would have been difficult or impossible for an average person to do in the public. The children distributed over 450 tracks and as a matter of fact they ran out of tracks. The move by the youth has been welcome and highly appreciated by the community.

Nobody made commitment to Christ or rededicated their lives to Christ, but both Christian and Muslim, especially the Muslim are still talking about the orderly, disciplined and kind attitude of the youth.

Our prayers is that the Holy Spirit will work in the community and in the lives of all those who received tracks from the children. We pray that God will help us to lead his people by his wisdom and enable us to minister to them according to his grace.

Classes begin at the Senegal Theological Bible College & Seminary. Many new students from the local churches in Dakar, Senegal.

Additional information to be posted.

Registration and admission into the Senegal Theological Bible College and Seminary is in progress and will end on Friday, September 28, 2007. Classes will officially begin on Monday, October 1, 2007 according to schedule.

The admission process was made possible through an appeal by the Bishop to educational authorities in the country to defer a pre payment of $4,000.00 United States Dollars or its equivalent as collateral for reopening by two months.

The news of Registration and admission has been highly welcome by the Christian community and pastors who see this as a God send opportunity for them to further their education.

A total of 14 churches have been contacted. They all welcome the idea and promised to fully cooperate and support the college by sending their workers, evangelist and pastors to be trained. Former students of the first and second year classes are all excited and have begun their admission process.

It is the ministry prayer that within the two months extension, the Lord Almighty will touch the heart of someone who will come up with this amount. Up to this point the college has only been able to raise about one third of the minimum amount of $4,000.00 United States Dollars required as collateral for reopening.

Bishop Ba and Doris have decided it advisable to send their high school children to a Missionary School in Ghana. They feel this environment will best prepare Emmanuel and Viola for missionary work in their future. Doris writes, “I want to thank God for the experience they will have with other missionary children and the Christ-centered staff they will have. Abdoulaye Baby Ben, Emmanuel, Doris, Viola and I continue to trust and believe in God for the remaining of their school fees..” If God lays it on your heart to give to this need, note BA Children’s Schooling on the memo line. Or contact DONE with any questions or more information.

The church is embracing the rains, despite its heavy down pour. Tanoe reported that since he moved to the village about five months ago things are beginning to happen. He has found three men of peace and the people themselves have constructed a temporary place of worship on their own as seen from this photo. For the first time, he reports that the place of worship is embracing the heavy down pour of rain without making an SOS call to Dakar. He said the members saw the need and prior to the raining season. Therefore they got together and contributed their labor, material, and funds and renovated the church. He said that he is amazed with the cooperation and support that he is getting from the congregation. His prayer now is to raised up a leader through the CPM pyramid so that he will move on. He is currently living with one of his man of peace in the village. He has found three man of peace. The amazing thing according to him, is that three man of peace was found in the same week.

In other developments some members of the church ( men, women, boys, girls, The just married and even young babies) are affected with a skin disease as a result of toxic waste that was dump along the coast of that country (read news story here).

Pray for church members and nationals of the Ivory Coast who are affected with a skin disease as a result of toxic waste that was dump along the coast of that country.

Please Pray for the wife of Pastor Tanoe of the Ivory Coast. She has been hospitalized. She is suffering from cancer in the breast. This was brought to our attention two years ago. The situation is very serious. Pastor Tanoe has now left the village and returned to the capital to attend after his sick wife

MBAH: In December of 2006, we reported that Pastor Adjake of Mbah left his wife in charge of the church, which mostly comprises of teenagers and moved out to another village in search of a man of peace.

Pastor Ajake says everything has worked well except finding a man of peace and starting a church. According to him, he is loved and known as one of the many small businessmen who provide basic commodities for the villages. His new career puts him in position to meet and discuss with a variety of people on what they would need to buy on market day. It is a day set by the villagers, when the entire village will meet to buy or sell whatever commodity or produce they might have. (Market day is once a week.) There are no stores or shops where items can easily be purchased. Commodities are brought in from the city or far away towns. Everyone in the village meet on this day to buy or sell. If you did not purchase a basic item during this time you will have to wait the following week market day to do so. Therefore everyone made sure that their basic needs were available during “market day”. Therefore they would inform traders like Ajake in advance what they need the coming Market Day. So Adjake had the opportunity of meeting a lot of people.

It has been a little over seven months since he left his family and started his new career in search of his man of peace. He says the business aspect and the relationship building is paying off and very effective, but he has not been successful in finding a man of peace. He is expected to return to Mbad by the end of this month to pray and consider another village and strategy.