Ashlee Englund and Roxene Lo As incoming Director Jim Lo and his wife, Roxene, began the process of learning their new roles with World Missions, they approached the World Mission Board with a suggestion. Roxene Lo would serve as Office Manager, using her attention to details and her knowledge of accounting software to capably handle office duties and financial matters. Ashlee Englund would be re-hired to handle Communications/Promotion, putting her in charge of newsletters,

Months of preparation are now nearing completion, and it is time to start the first of three two-week sessions of Translators’ Training Course 1 for new translators in the Solos and Petats languages. In the last newsletter we rejoiced that we were aiming for 12-15 new Solos translators and adding four new Petats translators. The committee has been working hard on awareness, and now we have 35 new translators signed up! Pray for these men and women as they come to the course,

The World Mission Board announces a change in leadership in the home office. This coming summer, Mark Surbrook will be retiring from his role as Director and passing the baton of leadership to Dr. Jim Lo. Gratefulness for Our Current Director Director Mark has served many roles in relationship to World Missions through the years, beginning with his role as missionary when he and Linda first traveled to Haiti in the 1960s. Through his work on the ground and in countless visits

We are grateful for new converts baptized in Jamaica! They were saved in revival services at the Barnette church and were baptized by Pastor Hopeton Sutherland. Two faithful ladies minister at Barnette, including Pastor Richards.

The Solos translation program has done some amazing work, but the past few years have been marked by more issues than progress. There have been encouraging signs: a huge interest in starting a new team in Gagan village in the more populous part of the language area, new people wanting to join the Coastal team in Tung village, and a growing awareness of the need to promote language use and development as a key component of cultural preservation. Larry just returned from a tri

A team of four men traveled to Ghana in late January to visit the work and teach at the Pastor’s Conference. The team consisted of Travis Sayler, former missionary Jere Gowin, Bill Lee, and Dr. Jim Lo. Dr. Lo, who was himself a missionary for several years in Africa and is a friend of Jere’s, brought his book God’s Call to Holiness , which he used as the curriculum for the training sessions at the Pastor’s Conference, January 24-27. Jere, Bill, and Travis participated in the