To our LifeNets Supporters and Friends!
As we enter the last quarter of this year 2021, we want to share with you some of the highlights since our last eNews.
We want to wholeheartedly thank our donors who have generously supported LifeNets scholarships and projects. You have provided us with the ability to keep up with our commitments to help as we are able.
With the ongoing pandemic all over the world, we have needed extra funds to share with those who have been under lockdown. To the best of our ability, we have been able to help those who expressed a serious need.
Thank you for your prayers and interest over the past year. Please enjoy the stories in this eNews and please pray for God's continued blessings and protection for the work that we do. As you can see in these stories, our supporters have made a life-changing difference in the lives of many people.
Please go to our Website http://www.lifenets.org for more stories. You can also make donations directly from our site.
Again, thank you for your support.
With love and appreciation to all of you,
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India has suffered serious Covid-19 disruptions this past year. In early May of this year, we let you know about the great need for aid. The spike in infections (about 300-400,000 new cases per day) was unexpected and has led to deadly shortages of oxygen, ambulances, and hospital beds. Countries around the world are now taking notice and have pledged to send aid in the form of medical supplies as well as other aid.
LifeNets thanks all who contributed towards relief. V. Srikanth in Andhra Pradesh, India (shown on right) writes a report to thank those who helped through our senior pastor David Schreiber and his wife Jolinda who live in southern Minnesota.
We have also helped similarly in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Three New Boreholes in Central Zambia |
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From Major Nawa Talama in Lusaka:
Kindly, be informed that the boreholes at Namukombo, Kasumpa and Lukanga areas were successfully drilled with a sufficient yield of water. The boreholes were handed over to the responsible members of the church namely, Edify Ntitima (Namukombo), Loyd Mulomba ( Kasumpa) and Hendrix Chingunde (Lukanga) respectively.
We inspected and checked that the boreholes were completed, as laymen we were satisfied that the job was well done.
We would like to confirm to you also that we took the time to inspect the harvest. We discovered that the harvest was good and encouraging for this year, 2021.
Hopefully, no one from this area will request relief food. Pictures were taken from some members (farmers) just to show how much produce they got for this season.
Suffice to say that the boreholes are serving the communities and their livestock in those respective areas. With the gardening activities going on, we think that will help some of them to generate funds for their school-going children and also buying groceries for themselves.
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Malawi Scholarship Converts to Career |
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Beverly Chonde is currently doing her 3rd year Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, as part of the training she has started producing programs for the College TV Station and Radio. Below are some of the pictures sent to us. She is enjoying her course. Her grades are also very encouraging. She is attending is African Bible College where some of the core courses include Biblical understanding.
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My wife Beverly and I are so happy for her namesake whom we have known from birth. She is doing well at ABC (African Bible College) and on her way to a career in journalism!
-- Victor Kubik
From Beverly Chonde:
Everyone in life has a goal or let’s call it a dream. My dream was quite different, while some kids dreamt about becoming doctors, teachers, pilots, and etcetera; me, on the other hand, I wanted to live in the TV screen and that was my dream.
It was during one evening, I sat with my mother in the living room. My mother was busy watching the TV as Tamara Chafunya was anchoring the news on Malawi Broadcasting Station (MBC) by then Television Malawi (TVM) while I on the other hand was not getting anything from the news; I just enjoyed my mother’s company. Even though I was just there seated the other part of me was in another world wondering how people get to be seen on TV screens.
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I then popped a question to my mother “do those people we see on TV live inside the TV screen?” I asked looking all confused. My mother responded while laughing at my silly question “yes they do” she answered that way just to stop me from asking any further questions because I was that kind of a child who never got tired of asking questions. With my mother’s response, I was like “really mum, then I also want to live in our TV screen like them”. My mother then looked at me with a smile on her face and said “you have to grow up first and work hard at school and I shall later let you open my screen and live inside it”. With joy written all over my face I shouted “yeeeeeh!” from that day onwards I dedicated my life at school so that someday I would be able to live in the TV screen. |
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That was my dream when I was 6 years old; as I grew up I realized that it wasn’t actually about entering the TV screen so that someone can be seen on TV. I realized it was about being behind the camera. I also discovered that my dream was not only about being behind the camera; I wanted a lot. I discovered that I loved stories, uncovering the truth, being observant and speaking as well. I wanted to become the voice of the voiceless, I wanted to bring out issues that affect our daily lives through my career; to speak out. That is why today I am at African Bible College pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication. |
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My journey in Mass Communication at ABC hasn’t been easy but it is exciting because I am finally doing what I have always dreamt of. At the beginning of it all, I thought of quitting or just changing my major because mass communication involved a lot. Waking up at 3 am every day to open the station while my fellow students are having their beauty sleep not only just that sometimes writing a script just for your senior to call it trash, funny I know. Sometimes waking up without any idea of what I will write about for that day’s news or without anything to speak about on the Radio. Indeed, I thought that was the end of my journey. I would go in the TV studios but I literally didn’t know how to operate the camera and my producer being there expecting a lot from me while I don’t know what to do. With all that I went through during my learning process, I realized that there is no sweet without sweat and that determination is the key. Eventually, I started to work extra harder asking people who seemed to know more to help me through the journey.
I started loving what I do and little by little am getting there. One thing I love the most is being behind the microphone and in front of the camera; which is being on radio and TV. It is quite an experience. I get to educate, motivate, encourage, inspire, raise awareness and elevate someone’s mood. Going into the streets interviewing different people, I get to learn a lot as well. Radio and TV have given me the power to shape people’s perceptions. All in all, I enjoy what I do knowing that I am the reason someone is smiling today because of what I just said on the radio or maybe on TV. Having good response from listeners that they enjoy my programs is an inspiration, it makes me happy. In short with my career I do have fun, the kind of fun the Bible advocates for; that is fun without penalties. one thing people don’t realize is that; you have fun in helping someone find his lost hope. My motto is: fun is fun if it is still fun the following day.
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25th Anniversary for "Revival" Centre in Ukraine |
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On Friday, June 25, 2021 we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the "Revival" Children's Rehabilitation Centre in Chernihev, Ukraine via Zoom. We had representation from the United Kingdom and the United States online for this joyous event, even though it was over Zoom!
LifeNets is honored to be a part of the foundational work of Dr. Vasyl Pasichnyk and his wife Dr. Natalya Zenchenko.
Click on the image on right to see video produced by local television station about the "Revival" Centre.
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Annual Report for 2020 Online |
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Contact Information
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513 843-7744
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1227 Woodchase Trail
Batavia, Ohio 45103-2605
513 843-7744, 513 201-8850
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