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1 Other seeds fell on good soil and Preparing brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, The Soil some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen! BOARD OF WORLD MISSION of the Moravian Church North America 2012 Annual Report

2 Chairman s Message WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL REPORT of the Board of World Mission! On behalf of the Directors and Staff, I thank you for the privilege of accompanying you as partners in mission and service. Our work as the mission agency of the Moravian Church of North America is best accomplished through relationship. Actually, all mission is best accomplished through relationship. It is through our relationship with Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior that we are called to share the love, grace and peace that he provides. And we share those wonderful blessings that come from a relationship with Jesus by building relationships with one another. It is in the comfort and trust of a loving relationship that we can share the good news of salvation. Relationships are how Moravians do mission. So that is what this Annual Report is: a story of relationships. Through the Board of World Mission, the members of the Moravian Church in North America are in relationship with brothers and sisters around the world. In Tanzania, Honduras, Nicaragua, Labrador, Cuba, Guyana, the East West Indies, Kenya, Peru and Sierra Leone, we work in relationship and partnership to serve humanity by sharing the love of Christ. I hope that you enjoy reading these stories of the fruits of our relationships. Rev. Joe Moore, Chair Board of World Mission

3 BOARD OF WORLD MISSION of the Moravian Church North America From the Executive Director AS IN OUR REPORT LAST YEAR, the Moravian Board of World Mission in North America (BWM) has been seeking out the new thing that God is doing in missions. We celebrated the consecration of the first bishop of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Rt. Rev. Tshimanga Moise. We saw the first women s board installed in Cuba, the growth of the International Kindergarten in Nepal and new leadership at the Ahuas Clinic in Honduras, just to name a few. But the new possibility that God would provide for us depends to some extent on the soil that we prepare (Mt. 13:8). In this issue of our annual report, we look to how we cultivate possibility in mission. We do this in our efforts at reconciliation where conflict exists in the church. We consider our work with our new mission areas, helping them to discern the appropriate structure for their church within their context. We walk alongside the women in Gininiga and Magu, Tanzania as they try to develop community strengthening projects to better the lives of their families. We see ongoing efforts at education through the Kisanji Girl s School and Adopt-a-Village in Tanzania, plans for a missionary couple at the Bible Institutes in Honduras and a Spanish Resource Summit in Costa Rica. We work toward aiding our global partners in improving their financial accountability. Central to all, however, is the call to all of us to prepare our own soil, building that foundational relationship with our Lord who transforms all that we do. Joseph Moore, Chair* Southern Province Loren Jendro, Vice-Chair* Western District David Geyer, Secretary* Eastern District Roman Brady Board Appointed/ Youth Representative Becky Frey Eastern District Jack Geis Southern Province Peter Green Alaska Province David Guthrie* PEC President/ Southern Province Donna Hurt Mission Society/ Southern Province Kent Laza Unity of Brethren Shirley Louis Western District Betsy Miller* PEC President/ Northern Province Marion Perrin Canadian District Justin Rabbach Board Appointed Errol Connor EWI Province/ Advisory Member Joel Landreth, Treasurer * Executive Committee Rev. Judy Ganz Executive Director

4 Continuing Mission Guyana DESPITE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES it faces, The Moravian Church in Guyana presses on steadfastly towards its vision of being a spiritually empowered and growing church in and with the Lord. Membership of the church in Guyana has shown some encouraging improvement in the past two years and is currently 1,005. There are eight congregations served by three ordained pastors and eight lay pastors. They provide free medical outreach in their communities bimonthly, radio broadcast programs, work with HIV/AIDS and a school feeding program. The Lichfield congregation is making good progress on their new church building. The Guyana Mission Province has a goal to upgrade to a Unity Province by Rev. Brinmore Phaul, Chairman Nicaragua OUR NICARAGUAN MORAVIAN sisters and brothers continue to minister in five districts among people of five ethnicities who speak five different languages! There is an emphasis on education and a strong youth ministry throughout the country. Provincial women s ministries continue to grow and, inspired by the Unity Women s Desk, to join forces with women s groups in neighboring Honduras. The ADSIM (social ministry) program is focusing on smaller local community development projects that have more hope of being sustainable. The Board of World Mission and the Nicaraguan Moravian Church are very grateful for the work that Chuck and Esther Tesh have been doing with the welldrilling project in an effort to provide clean water in several communities. Spanish Resources Summit WITH MORAVIAN ministries among Latino people expanding, there is a need for Moravian materials and resources in Spanish. In 2012 a Spanish Resources Summit was held in Costa Rica. Representatives from North, Central and South America gathered to share resources and produce official translations of existing materials. Their labors resulted in Spanish versions of a Bishops Manual; the Church Order of the Unitas Fratrum; the Ground of the Unity; the Covenant for Christian

5 Reconciliation in Honduras IN ORDER TO PREPARE the soil for God s new possibility, we do the hard work of sharing our differences and finding a way to walk together. In July, 2012, Unity Business Administrator Jørgen Bøytler, along with Judy Ganz and Lorena Gray, met with pastors of the Honduras Province and the Honduras Unity Undertaking (traditional group) to dialogue about steps toward reconciliation. The majority affirmed that reconciliation was the ultimate goal for all. With this in mind, this past November the Unity Board approved the request of the Unity Undertaking to become a Unity Mission Province, giving this group of Mora- vians a legitimate voice at the world table. Labrador FOR LACK OF ANY monumental events, one might feel that very little has happened in Labrador during the last year. But looking back we see significant small steps along previously established paths. The Happy Valley- Goose Bay congregation is progressing toward selfsustainability under the leadership of Rev. Glenna Tasedan. Steps are being taken to build a new manse in Nain to replace the one that burned down several years ago. While attempts to find additional pastoral leadership have not always been fruitful, additional possibilities are being explored. Provincial leadership is developing under Sarah Jensen, who was elected as Provincial Chair at the Synod in October after she had fulfilled a previously uncompleted term. The province continues its focus on leadership development and is exploring on-line resources for Bible study. These small steps are the key to developing a strong church in Labrador. Loren Jendro, Labrador Liaison Living; an inter-generational Sunday School curriculum; Readings for Holy Week; and Ordination and Consecration Liturgies. At the time of the Summit, brother Zach Dease was beginning his Antioch Service in Costa Rica. The Costa Rica Provincial Board asked Zach to work with their youth program in an effort to disciple local leaders who might carry on this important ministry. Brother Dease s most significant contribution to the Summit (along with worship leadership) was to point out the need for solid Biblically-based resources on the nature and work of the Holy Spirit (since, in Zach s words, in the present catechism, the Spirit doesn t even get its own chapter! ). The group commissioned a new guide to be developed and published in 2013.

6 In Tanzania THE MORAVIAN CHURCH of Western Tanzania s orphan care initiative is now in its thirteenth year. It serves 38 villages and parishes, primarily in the Sikonge district. The Adopt-A-Village program began seven years ago to support their effort. It now includes 54 churches, organizations and individuals throughout North America. Currently 3,229 orphans are registered for assistance, a figure that includes 438 who are receiving their secondary or higher education on full scholarships. The village of Kavale was incorporated into the orphan program last fall, the first new addition in six years; it has been established as the eleventh orphan hub. An orphan center has been erected in the village of Imalampaka; it provides space for an office as well as storage of over 100 sacks of maize. The program has had two major accomplishments over the past year. Asha Mikadadi became the first girl to pass her entrance examinations for high school, where she is now enrolled in a tract for the exceptionally gifted. In addition, Leonard Sindano became the first orphan to graduate from teacher s college and begin work in his new profession. Evangelism of the Sukuma remains a major endeavor in western Tanzania. The construction of the first Sukuma Moravian church in the region has been completed and consecrated in the village of Mabangwe. Intensive work by pastor Oscar Pyumpa and two assistants, funded in large part by The Society for Promoting the Gospel, has resulted in 400 members of this reclusive tribe joining the Christian community. Moravian churches have been finished in the villages of Kiloleli and Ukondamoyo. A third has been roofed in Kavale and is being utilized each Sunday; it should be completed by the end of the year. Four additional churches are at earlier stages of construction. Drs. Bill and Peg Hoffman

7 Annie B Mission GOD HAS BLESSED Annie B Mission this year and seems to have bigger plans for us in the future. To date, Annie B Mission has raised $21,000 for Star Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Ramallah, West Bank. The staff there recently received speech therapy training through the Red Crescent Society of the Red Cross. For in-field training, two staff sat in on actual speech therapy sessions, learned about how plans work for individual clients and were shown how educational toys were used for speech therapy. These teachers taught what they had learned to the rest of the staff at Star Mountain. The Red Crescent Society continues to supervise the staff s progress once a month. Star Mountain hired a part-time speech therapist in February She has more than ten years experience and has been helping the members at Star Mountain and people in the community. She also assists in training the Star Mountain staff. We appreciate your ongoing support of this important work. Nepal NEPAL, A LAND ONCE closed to the Gospel, is now a land open to not just the Word but the work as well, which is an integral part of the Good News. Lives of many youth and adults have been touched and transformed by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God. But, Christians have now risen up to be more involved in preparing the soil for the future through the ministry of education. Children between the ages of 18 months to six years spend several hours each day away from home and come into an environment that is different, as it is under the Christian leadership, the Moravians. As the Apostle said, I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (1 Cor 3:6) We too have planted what we inherited from Christ, trusting that someone will water and God will give the fruit in His time. In partnership, we are preparing the soil for God s Kingdom. The Revs. Shanti and Vani Pradhan Partnerships

8 Antioch WAS A FRUITFUL YEAR in preparing the soil for continued development and growth of ministry partnerships through Antioch. Electronic 2012 resources have enhanced our ability to better communicate and collaborate with our global Moravian partners and even meet them before an Antioch servant arrives on site. This allows for better preparation for mission all that is done by the church and individuals to serve God. We are so grateful to God who enables us to serve together in this world that we share. Here are reflections from Antioch servants who served this past year. Jill Kolodziej, Director of Antioch Kisanji Girl s School, Tanzania AS CUSTOMARY, at the end of teaching my class, I ask the girls if they had any questions. The questions were rarely about the lesson at hand; instead, they were more curious about my life or what living in America was like. Will you marry one of my brothers? Do you have children? Why do you have so many ear piercings? But today all those lighthearted and fun questions were absent. One of the more reserved girls slowly raised her hand and asked, Why was America so successful while countries like mine are full of poor people living in poverty? I was taken aback, but managed to ramble something about how the industrial revolution sparked our economy but I was not positive. I assured her that it was not fair nonetheless. She went on to question me why I was allowed countless opportunities in America and why her government did little for their people and was unable to provide them with basic needs. I was stunned at the seriousness of the questions. I explained that America no doubt had flaws and that like them I could not trust the government to take care of me. I told them that education would provide them opportunities and a way to achieve a job that could support them one day. I blindly assumed the blissful idea that people are content to live their lives with what they have because they do not realize the amenities that others have. This was not the case at the school. The girls showed me the mold on the ceilings, the long walk to get water when their pumping system failed and their lunches of porridge. On my last day at the school a small assembly was held for me. The same girl that asked me those tough questions left me with these thoughts, Forget any bad that you saw here at the school, we are trying our best, she said. Please just remember the good here and in the world. Life is not long enough to sit on the bad. Please tell America how much we appreciate their support. Meredith Berk

9 Antioch Ray of Hope, Kenya IT TOOK LETTING GO of the life I was used to and accepting the way things are done in Kenya to have of the best experiences of my life. The beauty of the land around Ray of Hope and the generosity and thankfulness of the children I met proved to me that God was working in this place, even through me. I learned so much about life from just a month and a half in Shimba Hills. Working at the preschool every day taught me Swahili, while at the same time I was teaching English to children as young as two. I learned to cook Kenyan foods and understand the customs and culture of Kenya. Near the end of my trip, I climbed one of the hills around Ray of Hope with my friend Adynice and one of the children, Ali. We reached the top of one of the tallest hills and the view was breathtaking. In one direction, there were palm tree covered hills for miles. In the other, we could see all the way to the Indian Ocean. It was so peaceful and it seemed to me that God was saying, Look, didn t I tell you that this place would be good for you? Didn t you believe me when I told you this is what you should be doing? When it came time for me to leave, tears were shed and Cecilia, one of my hosts, asked if I would come back. My answer then and now is the same: I would go back in a heartbeat. Kayla Beckerdite Alaska Youth Conference WHEN I FIRST STARTED thinking about going on this trip, I had feelings of great anticipation. Justin Rabbach called me and first told me of the opportunity to go to Alaska roughly a month prior to the trip. I was thankful that my name came up in conversation to go, but I had my hesitations. In the back of my mind I knew that it wasn t everyday that God calls me to go on a trip to Alaska. Within days I decided to go. I experienced six very memorable days in Alaska. We were in Kong for the annual Alaska Moravian Youth Festival, organized by the Alaskan Province director of youth ministry, Rev. Arthur Coolidge. The festival is held every November and can draw anywhere from youth flying in from neighboring villages. During this particular weekend, about 60 youth and an equal number of people from the village participated. The theme focused on looking outward at our international Moravian brother and sisters, specifically through Antioch. I helped lead events and shared my experiences in Nicaragua through Antioch. The photos I shared sparked conversation with many different people (both youth and village members). I sense a very real passion from the Alaskan congregations for world missions. Dan Miller I sense a very real passion from the Alaskan congregations for world missions.

10 Board of World Mission Initiatives Congregational Partnerships Adopt-A-Village M3 (M-Cubed) Youth Star Mountain (Annie B Mission) Sierra Leone Mission education Short-term Missions Antioch (young adults) Retirees and older adults Nepal Tanzania Ahuas Costa Rica Labrador Church Camps Congreg Partne Short-term Missions Volunteer Resources Katrina Relief Sandy Relief Work Crews: Alaska, Honduras, Haiti and others Volunteer Resources

11 Board of World Mission Initiatives ational rships Global Partners & New Work Global Partners & New Work Western Tanzania Guyana Labrador Eastern West Indies Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras Cuba Peru Sierra Leone Likewise Ministries AIDS Ministry Honduras Community Development: HUKWAFA in Tanzania Likewise Ministries

12 Cuba THE MORAVIAN WORK IN CUBA was accepted as a Mission Area of the Board of World Mission in January, Under the leadership of Rev. Armando Rusindo, the ministry has grown and expanded in Havana and 4 other provinces: Mayabeque, Matanzas, Camaguey and Holguín. About 800 people participate in 22 small cell groups and house churches. In November 2012 a Women s Conference was held with the participation of sisters from North America. Peru THE PERU MISSION AREA was delighted to host a team from Friedberg Moravian and to spend time working and worshiping together with them. The ministry in Peru focuses on the San Juan de Lurigancho area of Lima (under the direction of Manuel and Carmen Verástegui) as well as the Cruz de la Esperanza area of Chiclayo, where the ministry is led by Walter and Monica Calle. The soil is being prepared and seeds are being planted. Pray for a wonderful harvest celebration in God s time! Sierra Leone OUR LORD IS DOING A MIGHTY WORK in the village of Luawa Yiehun, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Reverend Mohamed and Safiatu Braima are ministering to the adults and children of this small village. Besides having a Moravian Church where God s Word is proclaimed, they have built a school where children are taught about Jesus, as well as other basic educational classes. Many of these children suffer from malnutrition. Therefore, the Braimas have begun a program of feeding the school children lunch twice each week, which promotes their learning. Feeding the children is a huge undertaking since all cooking is done over an open fire and there are about 200 children in the school. Many individuals and church groups have adopted one or more children for $20 a month to help support this program. This enables the Braimas to purchase the food and pay some of the village women to prepare and serve the meals. What a blessing it is to feed children both physically and spiritually! Claire Wilson New Work

13 HUKWAFA Strengthening Community HUKWAFA (acronym in Swahili for Huduma kwa Watoto na Familia Serving Children and Families) is a thriving grassroots project in the villages of Magu and Gininiga, Tanzania, under the auspices of BWM Likewise AIDS Ministries. In addition to food distribution and ensuring education and health care for 250 vulnerable children, groups of local villagers in Magu and Gininiga have taken full ownership of projects for income generation. Groups are comprised of both men and women (who share in the leadership), young and old. Each has between 9 and 21 members. They have managed and added to the start-up funds that HUK- WAFA had provided them. The immediate benefits are so important, as villagers are finding ways to support their families. Equally important are the long-term skills they are learning, such as leadership, community development and entrepreneurship. HUKWAFA has provided workshops in budgeting, handling, and lending money and how to market produce. The villagers are so thankful to God for these opportunities and are clearly enthusiastic and proud of their accomplishments. One group leader, David (not his real name) is a beautiful man with no legs; he walks on flipflops tied to his stumps. Smiling broadly, David told us that his group has increased their capital with loan proceeds and has now rented land for planting rice together when the rainy season comes. Some groups are growing beans or cotton, while others are investing in chickens or goats for their own use and to sell at market. We rejoice in the hope, determination, and improved lives of these villagers in Magu and Gininiga and give thanks for the Likewise funds that support the HUKWAFA project. Alice Sears, Likewise member It was transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine. Ezekiel 17:8

14 Moravian Volunteer Resources WAS A YEAR 2012 OF HIGHS and lows for Moravian Volunteer Resources as we continued to try and serve those that were in need of hope, but it was all for the glory of our Savior! The lows included Hurricane Sandy which wrecked the lives of many in the Northeast. Under the leadership of Northeast Moravian Disaster Response (NEMDR), our Moravian effort to help rebuild is in full swing with teams serving on Staten Island. Also with the help of the United Brethren s Churches of Staten Island (UBC), funding has been received and distributed from around the larger Moravian Church to help in this effort. This effort will continue for some time and we will continue to need your help, either by serving or giving!! Another low was the closing of our Mission House in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. In seven years of love to those on the Gulf Coast, you answered the call and blessed so many by helping to bring their lives back to normal and sharing the love of Jesus. Special thanks go out to Joanie and Weldon Harris for their three years of selfless love serving as House Hosts and Work Coordinators also saw the continuation of our work in Honduras with teams visiting Ahuas to do a number of projects including an airplane hangar, roofing, electrical work and plumbing. In addition to all of the volunteer hours there, the BWM was able to purchase welldrilling equipment to help bring a clean water source to the Moravian Clinic and the surrounding villages. This water project will need your help as well, by serving or giving, as we continue to dig wells for many. Each well takes around two or three days to complete and the cost for each well will run approximately $1000. Alaska is another place in which we had volunteers serve. With the help of other denominations, volunteer teams built a new parsonage for the Moravian Church in Bethel. There was also a team of youth that served in the villages leading Vacation Bible School. Many of you did things we know nothing about and for those we give you thanks for being Disciples of Christ. All in All, 2012 was a good year and we should simply rejoice in what He, our Lord and Savior, has done through us, may He be ever praised, Amen! Mark Ebert

15 Medical Services Ahuas Clinic IN A PLACE LIKE the Ahuas Clinic one marvels first at the amazing, complex medical orchestra which requires so much cross-cultural and spiritual teamwork to allow the multiple instruments and melodies to produce healing among the sick. This living organization changes has seen unusual areas of transition during these past months. Pedro Cedrack and Sosan Jacobo had been named by the Honduran Moravian Provincial and Medical Boards as Clinic administrator and bookkeeper. Employee incomes now meet or exceed government salary minimums; all current employees are registered in government programs for retirement or disability pensions. Financial constraints continue to cause real challenges as the Clinic attempts to provide fair compensation to employees and deliver good medical care. These areas of transition reflect considerable effort by many volunteer groups at the Clinic. Over the past three months at least eight separate international groups have contributed to Clinic development: electrical, administrative, spiritual, well drilling, medical and surgical and engineering. It s been great to see people working together and see people s needs met much of the time. Dr. Kenneth, as one example, volunteered to travel from Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, as a Miskito surgeon and retrain our medical staff to do needed prostatectomies. Now men de la tercera edad (i.e. senior citizens) like Edwin and Marcelino walk about free from indwelling catheters and have returned home to assume their respected family positions. We hope to encourage this type of local Central American assistance in the years to come. Dr. Benno and Teresa Marx Bilwas Clinic THE BILWASKARMA MORAVIAN CLINIC in Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua, under the direction of Dr. Patricia Ballesteros, continues to prepare the soil of healthcare with its outreach project for health education and a preventive health delivery system that impacts many small villages in its region. Village leaders are selected and trained in health topics and then are able to share this information with others in their village. The program resulted in an infant mortality rate down to zero in the past three years, as well as no childbirth deaths of at-risk mothers. Nutrition standards were raised and contagious disease reduced to a minimum. The clinic also treats basic ailments and refers more complicated cases to the hospital. It is expected that preventive health education will be the backbone of rural health in the ten villages served by the Moravian Clinic. Dr. Peter Haupert, with Jill Grant, Andy Herriott and David Haupert

16 Financial Results PROVED TO 2012 BE a continuation of the financial markets rebound by adding approximately $170,000 of realized and unrealized gains to the unrestricted funds of the Board of World Mission (BWM). The BWM continues to support longtime partner provinces and other ministries by again this year expending funds in excess of revenues by $45,639. Throughout this year s annual report you will see where and how these funds were utilized to bring the good news of the gospel to so many. BWM staff continue to be good stewards of funds entrusted to this interprovincial agency by cutting operational costs where possible and by having four of the seven staff members perform their duties on a part-time basis. The BWM expended $382,657 in support of the traditional partner provinces and an additional $570,039 in support of the various mission programs and initiatives that have been ongoing along with new initiatives. An additional $231,163 of temporarily restricted funds were also expended in support of ministry efforts in Nicaragua, Honduras, Tanzania, Antioch Servants in various locations, and medical clinics in both Ahuas, Honduras and Bilwaskarma, Nicaragua. The accompanying pie charts give a graphical representation of where the BWM s funding comes from and how it is expended in support of the worldwide mission efforts of the Moravian Church. The audited financial statements give additional information related to the financial position and results of operations on a comparative basis for both 2012 and If you would like to have a copy of the audited financial statements please contact the Bethlehem office of the BWM. Joe Landreth, Treasurer

17 Financial Results 2012 Revenues Unrestricted Contributions $80,489 Temporarily Restricted Funds Released $231,163 Southern Mission Society and Belo Estate $36,000 Investment Returns $170,357 Society for Promoting the Gospel $181,833 Northern, Southern and Alaskan Provincial Support $517,516 Total 2012 Revenues $1,217,358 Total 2012 Expenditures $1,262,997 Net excess (deficiency) ($45,639) 2012 Expenditures Assistance Grants $643,012 Ministry Management $246,370 General Operations $310,301 Supplies, materials, occupancy $25,957 Publications, communications $14,443 Travel, meetings $31,914

18 Moravian Missions Around the World SOME OF THE 21 PROVINCES that make up the Unitas Fratrum the worldwide Moravian Unity have mission responsibility for areas around the world. The Provinces shown here are responsible for six Mission Provinces and 14 Mission Areas. The Worldwide Unity as a whole has two Undertakings: Star Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Ramallah (Palestinian Territory) and the Unity Archives in Herrnhut, Germany. Unity Provinces Mission Provinces Mission Areas Alaska Northern Province Southern Province (Board of World Mission) Guyana Labrador Cuba Peru Sierra Leone European Continental Province Czech Mission Great Britain and Ireland South Asia Honduras Belize Garifuna Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Haiti Nicaragua Honduras Mission Suriname French Guiana Tanzania Southern Tanzania Eastern Ruvuma/Njombe Zanzibar Tanzania Southwestern Zambia Tanzania Western Burundi Kenya Rwanda Uganda

19 A Final Word AFTER JESUS HAD SENT OUT one of the first (and most unlikely!) missionaries a Samaritan woman he said to his disciples: As you look around right now, wouldn t you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I m telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what s right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It s harvest time! John 4:35 (The Message) It is our hope that the pages of this report have given you an opportunity As you look around, don t miss what God is doing right in front of you... to look around. You ve looked around at the work that God is doing all around the world in Cuba, Peru, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Labrador, Tanzania, the Eastern West Indies and beyond! In John 4:35, Jesus tells his disciples that it s good to look around and see the amazing harvest that God can produce, but they also need to look at what s right in front of them. What is God doing right here and right now? Given their cultural context, it may have been difficult for the disciples to think that God could be doing anything good in Samaria. But Jesus said, It s harvest time right here and right now! How surprised they must have been. We believe that God can surprise us as well! As you look around, don t miss what God is doing right in front of you. How can you be a part of it? What can God do in you and through you right where you are? You might be surprised! So let God go to work on your heart preparing the soil and planting seeds letting Jesus live in you! Then join in the harvest time in your own Jerusalem and let God lead you outward through Judea and Samaria and into all the world! Rt. Rev. Sam Gray

20 BOARD OF WORLD MISSION of the Moravian Church North America Stay in touch! How to contact the Board of World Mission On the web: Through the mail/on the phone: Board of World Mission PO Box 1245 Bethlehem, PA fax: Via Board of World Mission 500 South Church St. Winston-Salem, NC fax: Judy Ganz, Executive Director Sam Gray, Dir. of Intercultural Ministries & New Work Mark Ebert, Director of Volunteer Ministries Sheila Beaman, Admin. Assistant, Winston-Salem Jill Kolodziej, Director of Antioch Barbara Ottervik, Admin. Assistant, Bethlehem Many thanks to the contributors who provide articles, information, photographs and other material for this year s Annual Report. Originally published as a special section of The Moravian Magazine, this Annual Report is also available in digital format from the Board of World Mission. Design by Mike Riess, IBOC 2013, Board of World Mission