2013 Our Year in Review (January 2014)

     It is always good to look back over the year and thank God for His faithful direction and     provisions.  Your encouragement through your prayers, gifts and volunteering has been vital to the health of this ministry and its outreaches.  Because of your faithfulness ETS was able to help 1886 clients in 48 different countries this past year.  We were able to send 3 tractor trailer loads of used clothing and medical supplies to Jezreel Ministries International, a ministry that works in Eastern Europe with Jewish refugees.

         ETS sponsored several projects this past year.  We were able to send $5,000 to Galcom International who is partnering with Far East Broadcasting Company to provide low power     Christian FM  radio stations and solar powered fixed tuned radios to give to victims of the      Philippines super typhoon Haiyan.

    ETS teamed up with Christ for All Peoples to supply the Jesus Video DVD and a trained volunteer to go door to door welcoming immigrants and giving them a DVD in their language.  We were able to donate $7500 to this ministry because of your giving.

     The Milton Driver Memorial fund for the purchase of Bibles for Ohene Kumi’s ministry raised $1220 .  ETS  will be applying this money for the purchase of the Daily Walk Bible New Living Translation to this  ministry of school age children in Ghana, Togo and Liberia. The Daily Walk Bible  offers a simple daily reading plan and tools to  see how the Bible fits together.

     Thank you for your time, money, prayers and support.  We look forward to partnering with you in 2014.          The ETS STAFF

A Moving Experience

    People cry for various reasons.  Most people cry when they have been hurt, either physically or emotionally.  Some people cry when they are especially happy or when a story or event has deeply moved them .  ETS had a moving experience just recently when we were able to fill a 53 foot tractor trailer with clothing, medical and dental supplies , 3 dental chairs, hospital beds, and medical equipment for Jezreel International Ministries.

 

      “Moving Day” is a special time here at ETS.  It’s the culmination of months of hard labor and   hundreds of volunteer hours . It’s a time of celebration and joy as we watch the items loaded into the truck.  We know these items will bring joy to displaced refugees in Israel or Eastern Europe.  “Moving Day” is also an expression of hope and the love of Christ to people we will never meet and  who can never thank us.

   “Moving Day” doesn’t happen without lots of help.  We are especially thankful for our area Teen Challenge Group for their help, enthusiasm and muscles in loading the truck.  These young men are such a blessing to us and we were moved by their sincere prayers over the trailer’s contents before the door was closed on the load.

    “Moving Day”  doesn’t happen without your prayers, and support.  Without your financial support  we would not be able to put fuel in our vehicles to pick up used clothing and donated medical supplies.  Without your prayers and support we would not be able to donate over 150 thousand dollars  in materials and equipment for this ministry .  Seeing items leave our building headed for overseas ministries moves us emotionally and gives us the desire to continue working knowing  1 Corinthians 15:58 “You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless.”

                            

                                                    

ETS  PRAYER REQUESTS

· Please pray for a   ministry home for two trucks we have.

· Continue to pray for more pairs of hands to help us do our work. (Staff and volunteers)

· Please pray that we will be able to find a manufacturer for our  vitamin formula who is reasonably priced .

· Please pray for several of our regular volunteers who are healing from recent surgeries.

My Order Arrived in Great Shape….

       These are words that every business loves to hear.  We recently got a very nice thank you email from a first time customer.  We would like to share it with you.

“Hello, Brother John Starke.  Thank you! It was great to receive my order today.

This afternoon I found the parcel from you left by my front door.  This was my first order from your organization and I was delighted to see that it had arrived.  The box was in perfect condition.  I opened it to take a look and everything was there, nicely packed.

I placed this order because I have some “home missionary” friends in a central California area who told me that they could use some Christian items in Spanish.  I did some research on the internet and, praise God, among the places offering literature in Spanish, I came across your web site.  You offer such a large variety! “

     The writer went on to explain more about her home missionary friends and their needs and concluded with ….”I thank the Lord that I can use internet access to locate Christian businesses such as yours that are thousands of miles away and which I never otherwise would have learned of.”

     We loved hearing these kind words and it makes the work we do exciting and far reaching.  Let us help you with resources, materials, literature and information.  Tell your missionary friends and pastors.  Let us help you.

                              Check out our website

                                   The ETS Staff

ETS  PRAYER REQUESTS

· Please pray that we will be able to find our specific  formula for vitamins that will be affordable.

· Please pray for our regular volunteers who are facing surgery or recovering from surgery.

· Please pray for Keith as he drives our truck to pick up and make deliveries.

Ghana Bibles Delivered

In December  we gave our donors an opportunity to help send Bibles to Ghana, to be distributed in the public schools.  We were able to send 3,000 Bibles to our friend and partner , pastor Ohene Kumi.  We are thrilled to share some pictures with you of students actually receiving their own personal copy of the Word of God.



Tyndale House Publishers created a Ghana Student Bible with a glossy, faux leather cover featuring the Ghanaian national colors of red, yellow and green.  The New Living Translation is the entire Bible in today's English that tells the powerful stories of how people's lives are changed by the love and sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 


Thank you for your help, support and prayers that made this project happen.  Please continue to pray for the impact that God will make through His Word on the future leaders of Ghana.  A Bible can change a life, a family, a city, a country, a nation and a whole continent.

Please Continue to Pray:

• We need to sell our 3 trucks; one sale may be pending
• Strength for us as we enter a season of leading more volunteer teams
•  Healing for some of our key volunteers

      

23,794,669 Blessings!

     How would you like to be able to provide this many blessings around the world?   We have been able to do this at ETS through our vitamin ministry.   We are seeking a grant to help provide vitamins at low cost, and the foundation we have approached asked us to calculate the number of vitamins we have purchased and/or sent out over the last 5 years.   This includes

* 17, 772,839 children’s vitamins,

*  2, 782,950 prenatal vitamins,

*  3, 238,880 adult vitamins.

      Our cost for these tablets was over $400,000.   Some we were able to donate; others we have provided at cost.   When you realize that we are providing these at well below wholesale value, this means we have made available nearly a million dollars of product!

      The impact vitamins make in the majority world cannot be overstated.  When children grow up without proper nutrition, their bodies and minds never fully develop.  When pregnant mothers lack prenatal vitamins, they frequently have babies with birth defects (spinal bifida and cleft palate for example.)   How much better that we prevent these defects, rather than    correcting them after birth!

       Finding good sources for these vitamins remains a challenge surprisingly, there are not many pharmaceutical companies that will work with us to provide a product that meets our qualifications and at an affordable price.  Please pray for us, that we will continue to be able to find good  vitamins that we can make available to our missionary partners at a price that they can afford.

      Maybe you would like to help provide vitamins.   Consider a special donation earmarked for this project.   Or maybe you know of a foundation or source that could finance vitamin purchases.   If so, please contact us!

            The ETS Staff