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2016International newsletter of the Revival Fellowship ISSUE NO. 28

News, photos and testimonies from Revival Fellowship assemblies around the world Once again we are pleased to bring you news of what God is graciously doing throughout the Revival Fellowship. We start with the results of the amazing Rally last September. Thousands were baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit. Countless miracles took place, and we include a selection of testimonies. There’s lots of news too on revival in , China, , and Vietnam. Outreaches are announced for Italy, , and , to name a few. In March, the biennial Australian Leadership Camp will be held in South . We give you the details later in this edition. As there is no International Convention in 2016- we also bring you information on some local and national rallies, including the European Conven tion in May. To conclude, we present a photo essay of some Christmas Camps conducted both in Australia and overseas. We pray God blesses you as you read some of the wonderful things he is doing.

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The 2015 PNG National Rally in Port Moresby was a great success, resulting in 1,993 baptisms and many miracles. Unagi Oval was the site for the rally which ran- from the 23rd to 27th of September. The huge crowd of over 20,000 people gathered daily to join in or ob- serve the proceedings, which revolved around the theme “What is the time? Today is the day of Salva tion” based on 2 Corinthians 6:2. As with previous rallies, the saints who travelled from all over PNG participated in a march through the streets of Pt Moresby to kick off the week, dressed in colourful meri blouses and t-shirts to represent their home assemblies. Children weaved around the group excitedly, and some elderly or infirm travelled by vehicle. A visiting Australian saint described what it was like to observe the march: “They sing choruses, wave and smile to the watching crowds, handing out invitation leaflets until they run out. Sometimes the choruses flow along from one assembly group to the next – it is an amazing, beautiful cacophony of sound- that just floats in the air!” Around 15,000 members of the church had trav elled from all over PNG to be at the rally. Some 12,000 of these camped nearby on land made available by a brother in the Port Moresby assembly. It was a- mammoth effort, with temporary accommodation, kitchens, showers, and toilets, plus electricity, run ning water, lighting and loudspeakers installed to facilitate food and shelter for the saints during the time of the rally. Mountains of vegetables and other Above and below: Saints marching to the rally venue foodstuffs were cooked by teams of saints daily. PNG

3 4 PNG Rally Hands raised to confirm miracles after prayer Three baptismsperpool More saints marching to therally “Hallelujah.”receivedaudience the ManyHolyin the Pastor Godfrey Wippon preaching at therally Left: Folk being prayed for at the rally were led away by the saints, to register. The PNG register.The to saints, the by away led were was healed of blindness. Another who was deaf and instant of testified Another healed. been had which was assignedto themfor contactandsupport. Ela Beach to be baptised in the sea. Baptisms were Baptisms sea. the in baptised be to Beach Ela Oval for the frail, sick or elderly who wanted to be to wanted who elderly or sick frail, the for Oval Spirit and spoke in tongues during this simple time simple this during tongues in spoke and Spirit baptised, but the majority were taken by trucks to trucks by taken were majority the but baptised, brethren have a well-organised system to ensure to system well-organised a have brethren baptism. Each person had their name recorded, and wheelchair his of out steadiedwas man One pened. portunity to preach on God’s healing power, andpower, healing God’s on preach to portunity prayer line where thousands of saints and visitors and saints of thousands where line prayer healing from mouth cancer (see photo).One woman healing. Another man told about a lifetime of asthma then encouraged the visitors to praise God, saying God, praise to visitors the encouraged then that those who want to be baptised can be support- be can baptised be to want who those that testimony ofGod’shealingmiracles andblessings. the spotswhere theunsaved congregated. conducted by the hundreds. Both Ela Beach and the and immersion by baptism for need the of minded mute was miraculously healed(seephoto). his for God praise and thank to forward came and couraged to come to the stage and tell what had hap- en- were healed were who Those thanksgiving. of according to their place of residence, an area leader ae u fr ryr Pso Gdry ok h op the took Godfrey prayer. Pastor for out came ed and encouraged by church oversight after their after oversight church by encouraged and ed sical item which was followed by testimony after testimony by followed was which item sical mu- performeddistrict a Each startedafter11:00am. At the rally meetings, preaching and singing items Those who had received the Holy Spirit were re - were Spirit Holy the received had who Those This was followed later in the afternoon with a with afternoon the in later followed was This The saints evangelised throughout the week in all Five inflatable baptism pools were set up at Unagi - 7:30 to 9:00pm. The crowd at therally September 2016 in Arawa, Bougainville. Why not plan baptism pools at the venue were places of action of places were venue the at pools baptism baptisms pools in their orangevests,readytheir in catchto pools baptisms sober.God become Drunkardsnew. a of beginning pools to maintaintheirprimeviewingpositions! period of the National Rally. In the month of October, ParliamentPNG the Speaker of the underscore this, the baptisms that they slept overnight alongside the tres inPNGfor 2015was 13,969! the country. the of reputation positive The declares. Bible the heals the sick and frees the bound. Criminals become licly commended the Fellowship. There were also were There Fellowship. the commended licly is not surprising that baptisms began during the day now to attend one of the most remarkable Christian broadcast also was rally The camera. on miracles model citizens. Jesus Christ died to break the power and continueduntillate atnight. watchkeentowere so saints excitement. Some and crews of media in attendance, who hoveredwhoattendance, in aroundmedia crewsof attended the opening ceremony of the rally and pub lives.ordinarypeople’s in dramaticto changes if As such of grow,because to continues PNG in church of sin. “If any man he be is in a Christ, new creature,” events intheworld! across baptisms rally,the 909 werefollowingthere free, and live, on national television each night from The next PNG National Rally will be held 24-27th held be will Rally National PNG next The cen- the all across baptisms of number total The The revival in PNG is by no means confined to the With 1,993 baptisms taking place over the rally,overthe place taking baptisms it 1,993 With Baptism marks the death of an old lifestyle and the - Above This woman was deafandmute andwas healedwhilebeingbaptised Above andbelow: recent Some photos from : Miracles happen! Below: This manwas instantly healedofmouthcancer

5 PNG Rally Testimonies from Papua New Guinea PNG

6 Brother Kelly Leader Samson Leader Sevi Boera Village Goroka

Kelly was sick all his life. He For years Samson’s elder brother Before coming to know the Lord, couldn’t walk; he was just laid used to tell him about being Leader Sevi was a gun-wielding down and would shake all the baptised and receiving the Holy criminal who was wanted by the time, and have fits. He went to Spirit, but he was not interested in police. He had a sawn-off rifle, many hospitals and churches but what his brother was saying. One which exploded in his hand when there was no cure. As he got older day he became blind, but even he tried to shoot it, blowing off he would merely sleep, eat, and though he couldn’t see he was still his index finger. He was then shot drink alcohol. When he heard the not interested in what his brother by police in the back of head, gospel of salvation in the year was telling him about healing, slumped to the ground and was 2000, he was baptised and filled miracles and salvation. He tried all left for dead for six hours. Some- with the Holy Spirit, speaking in the medicines the doctors gave one found him, and realising he tongues. God completely healed him but nothing worked. was alive, took him to hospital. him of his condition! One night after he had been While in hospital, a Revival pastor blind for 18 months, his brother prayed for him and he regained just offered to pray to God to heal consciousness. Leader Sevi was his blindness. This time Samson later baptised and received the agreed. The next morning he Holy Spirit, and joined the PNG woke up and miraculously his Revival Church. He was also blindness was gone! healed of AIDS, and now rejoices That day Samson was baptised in a life changed by God. and received the Holy Spirit in- stantly, speaking in other tongues. He has been walking on rejoicing in the Lord ever since, and is now a leader in the church in Goroka. Lord together. now thefamilyare rejoicing inthe the desire to and smokeanddrink lost like Brother Annis. Martina too, innewtongues just speaking tised andreceived theHolySpirit were convicted, and were bap andherhusband Sister Martina nis andthemiracle ofhisrecovery, Annis, kepttelling themaboutit. whentheirson,BrotherGospel were notinterested inthetrue smoker. She andherhusband was agamblerandgreat Martina committed woman inherchurch, missionaries. Despite beinga who was aCatholic were priest, family. including inhisown immediate ofPNGandbeyond,Highlands great revival across theSouthern testimonyhim. His hascaused an attack that shouldhave killed brutally attackedraid, inatribal miraculously saved being after Brother Annis from PNG,whowas familiar withthetestimony of Many ofyou reading thiswillbe Mother ofbrother Annis Sister Martina After theattack onBrother An- andherhusband, Sister Martina - enjoying my life inthe Lord.” inPort Moresby andIamreally try them. my motheragain.Now Ilisten to I couldn’t disobeymy father and am enjoying my fellowship and my life was trulychangedandI received Isaw theHolySpirit. that you.” Irepented, gotbaptised and andnow Iwillfolloweverything at thatSo timeItold her, “sorry for many problems andsicknesses. She usedto pray for me. her andshewould say, “That’s OK”. taken over. Iusedto dispute with her becauseIdidn’t want my life a way out” butIcouldn’t listen to came backandtold us, “there is and received She theHolySpirit. repented, decidedto getbaptised wanted to do. I because Ijustdideverything was noharmony inthefamily I couldn’t changemy life andthere parents badchild. andIwas avery not good. Iwas disobedient to my ofthingswhichwerethose type chewing betel nutanddoingall up Ijoinedmy smoking, friends and mother, butwhenIgrew obey andto listen to my father Iwas smallIusedto “When MoresbyPort Sister Magdelence - Now Minis IamwiththeMusic After that Iwent through so When Iwas ten my mother power andmercy. Praise theLord for hishealing sons, now nineandsixyears old! two morehas carried beautiful salvation andthat thesamewomb her. completely andGod Spirit healed baptised andreceived theHoly 5th of December 2004shewas couldthat God healher. Onthe andsaid pel ofsalvation to Makali her. The sister preached thegos- for awhile, soshecameto visit moving around anywhereMakali in thefellowship hadnotseen just goto herbedanddie. Asister just leave heralonesoshecould husband to takethemaway and really upsether. Sheaskedher come nearheranymore, which odour andherchildren could not sent home. they could dofor her. was Makali could andthere was nothingmore given herallthemedicinesthey three months, had thedoctors oneyearhospital butafter and three years. Shewas admitted to was bleedingfrom herwomb for hadmany and sicknesses, Makali Madang Sister Makali Today rejoices inher Makali Makali’s bad bodyhadavery

7 Testimonies Testimony from the

A brief testimony from the Philippines – an 85-year- old lady, the mother of a sister named Lydia, was- recently baptised. She later received the Holy Spirit, and after being baptised overcame her existing walk ing problems. Before her baptism she was barely able to walk and needed a cane. At the end of camp she was walking briskly across the field with no cane. Praise the Lord! The Philippine saints at a recent camp Brazil

See below for some photos of the first meetings of Africa2016 in Brazil at three of our centres there.

While Africa goes through Ebola virus outbreaks, civil war, unrest and extreme poverty, revival goes- on unabated in many countries in a continent nearly- four times the size of Australia. The Revival Fellow ship is represented in 13 countries, mostly in the east ern and southern part of the continent. Each week Philippines numbers of people are being baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit, often in remote areas where Sister Lydia’s mother getting baptised 8 small groups of new converts begin new centres. Over the last few years, the governments in many of these countries have begun placing restrictions on churches. In Rwanda for example, Pastor Ezron Ruturwa recently reported that three meetings were suspended by the government while insisting that halls be constructed. The Mission Fund has been able to help fund the construction of the halls in Rwanda, which are in progress as this magazine goes to print. With 17 pastors in 60 assemblies and 1,760 saints across the country under Pastor Sammy Mwanzia’s- leadership there is a wealth of experience that is now supporting developing assemblies in Uganda, Mala wi and Mozambique. Similarly, Pastor Eddie Kamavu, Above: A meeting in Gadelha, Brazil Below: A meeting in Tanque, Brazil who oversees more than 1,000 saints across many assemblies in Zambia, and Pastor Millan Nduwa also- from Zambia are supporting the growing works in Zimbabwe and DRC. This pastoral experience and lo

Above: A meeting in Fortaleza, Brazil We didn’t want the saints to be soaked, as it would it as soaked, be to saints the wantWe didn’t Zambia withstand the heavy downpour of rains in the region. work in countries such as those in Africa and all con- al i Otbr a einl edr’ ap was Camp Leaders’ Regional a October, in Early Pastor Eddie’s wife, sister Emeldah, who was also in rain,not could it that God rainnot did it and accord - border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in and Congo, of RepublicDemocratic the of border but the camp site remained dry. The camp was not was camp dry.The remained site camp the but prayedto he and us like man a was Elijah problem. pastors in attendance were very encouraged with encouraged very were attendance in pastors to beheld. due was camp the where region the in rains heavy West- North the of district Mwinilunga the in held the teachings and promised to put the word of God of word the put to promised and teachings the has listened to our prayer. We praise the Lord for his Mwinilunga. from and to drove they as pastors the tributions are greatly appreciated. as- African the of most pastors, of needs travel the group, wrote about their experience: “Upon hearing gracious work andmighty hand.” ing to hisprayer 5:17).” (James rain.” ings were held in a thatched shelter, which could not meet- The drivingMwinilunga.whileto Spirit the in into practice. on rain not did it weather,and the by interrupted the resist to enough strong werenot tents camping disrupt the camp. Secondly, our car had developed a newer centres as they become established and lead- and until we could leave the region. We were praying come during our camp from day one up until the end trav pastors Zambian four of group the year.As of time that at rains heavy veryreceives that area an attendance said, “What a great God we serve, who serve, we God great a “What said, attendance Thirdly,rain. the drivein toour hard was it so fault a long way to supporting the growing internationalgrowing the supporting wayto long a go Mission One as such initiatives and assemblies cal African knowledge is invaluable in assisting these elled towards the district, they heard reports of very the to close is Mwinilunga Zambia. of Province ern from the Mission Fund. The donations through local ers are appointed andtrained. such a report, we prayed to God that no rain wouldrain no that prayedGod we to report, a such ebis ey evl o te otiuin made contributions the on heavily rely semblies “We resorted to prayer and trusted God to fix our fix to God trusted prayer“Weand to resorted Whether to purchase land, build halls or support or halls build land, purchase to Whether

Pastor Eddie Kamavu, who was travelling with the Pastor Eddie reported that the saints, leaders and iauosy te hl dsrc rcie rain received district whole the Miraculously, Group shotof saints at Mwinilungacamp - Leaders andpastors at Mwinilunga,Zambia Zambian sisters at thecamp Meeting inBrazzaville, Congo

9 Zambia Liberia

Revival continues in the West African coastal country- of Liberia, currently our most western work in Africa. Africa Three assemblies are now well established in Libe ria: one in Johnsonville on the outskirts of the capital Monrovia, and two in the rural town of Gbarnga to Gbarnga VI (Village) Revival Fellowship the north-east, known as Police Academy and VI (for Village). Halls have recently been completed in two- 10 of the assemblies. Brother Jude Nwachukwu leads the work in Li beria, where the saints also had to contend with the outbreak of Ebola virus. Despite this, the assemblies in Liberia enjoy regular baptisms and are growing- continually. Brother Jude recently reported on the hall com pletion at Johnsonville: “The hall renovation was achieved by the Lord’s grace, with the little tithes and offerings collected. At the beginning we never Newly renovated hall at Johnsonville thought that we could make it, but after praying for it, we trusted God to start with the little we had and today God has proved his might. We praise the Lord not only [for the contribution] of the members but Rwandaalso the community people also.”

The saints in Rwanda held their annual Christmas camp at Muzungira, and many of the Rwandan saints were in attendance. A great time was had by all, with eight people being baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking in other tongues, during the camp. Meeting in Gbarnga Police Academy Hall Saints at camp in Rwanda 200 baptised and Spirit-filled brothers and sisters at- Above wonderful time enjoyed by allwho attended. flourish in both countries. Since the first baptisms first the Since countries. both in flourish atr hre Mtsa rm ey rcnl re- recently from Mutisya Charles Pastor ey rprs ht vr 0 sit atne the attended saints 600 over that reports Kenya in assembly Kibwezi the from Mutisya Charles Pr Malawi, near the border of Mozambique in a place a in Mozambique of border the near Malawi, to continues church the that reportto Mozambique Secondary School in Kitui. 17 people were baptised were people 17 Kitui. in School Secondary Kenya tisms and new centres starting as converts travel to tending meetings across the eight assemblies in Ma there only a few years ago, the church now has over and Malawi in travellingassemblies fromto turned lawi, and over 300 baptised and Spirit-filled brothers meetings beingheldonevery visit. number of centres as the assemblies grow. Consider able effort is put into teaching the men in the fellow joyed somerevival (seephotos). new areas preaching thegospel. in Mozambique. Revival continues with regular bap called Bangula, where the saints have recently en- recently have saints the where Bangula, called and sisters attending meetings across ten assemblies Malawi andMozambique and received the Holy Spirit during the camp with a Tungutu at held Camp, Christmas Kenyan annual ship to take up the leadership roles with leadership There is a new assembly of about 30 people in people 30 about of assembly new a is There

Halls Halls or temporary shelters have been erected in a : Bangula assembly,: Bangula Malawi Below: Maloassembly, Mozambique

- - - - Below: Chilase assembly, Mozambique Above Baptisms inChilase,Baptisms Mozambique : Makoko assemblyMalawi : Assembly inMozambique Below: Assembly

11 Africa 12 China The newgroup ofhappy saints inthevillagenearXi’an Those who cannot run meetings in their own city own their in meetings run cannot who Those Early in October last year, 20 saints from China, Hong Fellowship campinChina. Kong,,Australia and village gathereda at hn, hr sal rus f ans fellowship saints of groups small where China, China time of fellowship and were encouraged by the talks, refreshing a enjoyed saints The Christ. of body the of part be to means it what on centred ministry to the saints in China, and is also frequented by others living inSingapore andAustralia. meetings andsharingoftestimonies. Revivalsecond the for Xi’an of city the near resort join a weeklya join forup set is that video meeting online Kong. Hong and Zuhai Guangzhou, Xi’an, regularly: condition. Heisnow rejoicing invictory. liverlife-threatening a from healing miraculous of At the moment, there are four main centres in centres main four are there moment, the At The theme of the camp was “One Body”, which led One brother from Hong Kong shared a testimonya Kongshared Hong frombrother One Communion, after thebaptismof thenewsister The newsaints nearXi’an reading the Word with the Holy Spirit immediately, speaking in other immediately,in Spirit Holyspeaking the with pore and brother Keen from Perth visited the saints the the communion service so that she could participate the Holy Spirit. During a meeting in Zuhai, a new lady, in the communion. The lady was baptisedand filled in Guangzhou and Zuhai, where meetings were held convicted by the gospel, asked to be baptised before with filled and baptised were people new four and After the camp in Xi’an, Pr Colin Tan from Singa - Tanfrom Colin Pr Xi’an, in camp the After Saints atSaints inChina thecamp tongues. The meeting then continued with the new sister taking communion as a new daughter of God! After returning from a camp in last March, one of the sisters from the Xi’an assembly was moved and inspired to share the gospel with her friends and relatives living in a village, about three hours from Xi’an. During the New Year holidays, a few saints from Xi’an went with the sister to her village to preach the gospel. This resulted in nine baptisms early in the new year! All nine can now speak in other tongues as proof they have received the Holy Spirit, and are Saints from India at the Singapore Year End Camp rejoicing in their new experience. What a great way to start 2016! IndiaPlease keep the saints in China in your prayers. Rockhampton Outreach

Since our last report there has been some revival in Early in October, around 70 Queensland saints and

- India the South of India, with Spirit-filled folk now located- visiting Pastors Aquila and Waqa from supported in five centres. Brother Ranjith reports that there are- an outreach weekend in Rockhampton. The activi now a handful of saints in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Vi ties included a healing seminar on the Saturday night sakhapatnam (known colloquially as “Visag”), Wa and a concert at the Capricorn Caves on the Sunday rangal and another 20 in the brand new centre of night. Two ladies received the Holy Spirit and were Kollam. - later baptised. A great time was had by all involved. The centres are quite far away from each other. 13 Fijian pastors perform at the Capricorn Caves in Rockhampton Even the two closest locations, Hyderabad and Wa- rangal, are three hours’ drive apart; whilst to drive from Visak to Kollam can take 25 hours. Consequent ly few of the newer saints have met their brethren in the other centres. The Indian saints are planning to hold their first camp in Kollam, in the picturesque southern state of Kerala, later this year. Camps are wonderful for both fellowship and learning about walking faithfully in the Lord. Please uphold them in your prayers as they grow from strength to strength.

Some of the saints at the Rockhampton outreach

A baptism in China Indonesia

14 Year End Camp group photo in Singapore Asian Leadership Camp -

The Singapore assembly hosted the first Asian Lead- ership Camp in early December. There were over 100- saints present for this camp. People from many na tions in the Asian region, as well as a number of sen ior pastors from Australia, gathered together at the Tanjong Puteri golf resort in Johor, Malaysia, for two- days prior to the start of the Singapore assembly’s Saints visiting from Year End Camp. There were representatives from In- donesia – a large group lead by Pastor William from Bali, West Timor and Papua – the Philippines, Thai land and from relatively new assemblies in China, India, Nepal, Vietnam and Malaysia. The camp was an intense two days of learning,- with many presentations from Council and liaison- pastors on various aspects of the church and leader- ship. These ranged from basic topics, such as evange lising and giving a talk from the Bible, to more com plex subjects such as Bible prophecy. The attendees Saints visiting from Nepal also broke off into workshops at various points for individual regions. Pastor Sammy Mwanzia from Kenya spoke on the work in Africa and lessons to be learned from the many new assemblies there. The leadership camp was held just prior to the Council pastors’ regular meeting, and on one afternoon the two groups combined for discussions. This was a wonderful opportunity for the leaders in the Asia region to meet up and fellowship together whilst deepening their understandings of their role in their local assemblies, as well as getting to know- Saints visiting from the Philippines the Council pastors better. The camp segued directly into the Singapore as sembly’s Year End Camp, where the learning and fellowship continued for a further four days. By that time there were over 240 in camp. Additionally, there were six baptisms during the camp. Throughout both camps there was a great sense of both achievement and unity, and a strong desire from the participants and organizers to hold another similar event in the near future.

Saints visiting from Indonesia Council Meetings

The Revival Fellowship is guided by an international- Council which meets twice each year to catch up on news from around the world and iron out any dif ficulties that arise. Our second meeting for 2015 was- held in Malaysia to coincide with the Singapore Year End Camp and the Asian Leadership Camp in Decem ber, 2015. - Most of the Council Pastors made it to Malaysia and spent a day going over reports from our Liai- son pastors who care for different regions around the world. Revival has taken off in a couple of unu sual places – particularly in Asia. There are now a couple of centres in Vietnam, as a result of saints transferred there temporarily for work who began Fellowship over dinner preaching. The social and political circumstances are delicate so we can’t say too much about it at this stage. Revival has spread to a couple of other spots in India, and despite the trials of massive earthquakes and political upheaval, the fledgling work in Nepal now numbers eight assemblies. The standout for revival remains Papua New- Guinea, where a couple of hundred folk are baptised on average each week. The recent National Rally with its 1,993 baptisms underscores the power and reality of the “gospel with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven”. RF Council Pastor Sammy Mwanzia and his wife, Christine On another note, the size of the Council had slipped from the original 12 members down to 8 this year. There has been a strong push at Council level 15 to ensure all pastors have a succession plan in place, so it seemed the right time to bring in a couple more pastors into the Council. - Pr Bob Beverley, who supervises New South Wales in Australia and the Vanuatu fellowships, had decid- ed that Pr Michael Nagy would succeed him, and as such, he was brought onto the Council at this meet- ing. In addition, the Council has often enjoyed the sage advice of Pr Sammy Mwanzia, who runs 62 cen tres in Kenya, so he too was asked to join the Council. Pastor Michael Nagy and his wife, Angela His experience throughout Africa will be invaluable. The Council thanks all who serve, in any capacity, throughout the work. The Bible describes the church as a “Body” – every member is important, and critical,- for the effective working of the whole Body. The Council again acknowledged the amazing con tribution of saints in many Western countries with collections for the Mission Fund – where so much is- achieved by relatively few. Wherever you are, and wherever you are preach And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due ing the Good News, keep up the good work! season we shall reap if we faint not. “ ” (Galatians 6) Joint meeting with the Council and the Asian leaders Pastor Jock cuts the ribbon NSW 2016 State Rally

There will be no International Convention in 2016; however, many Australian states are planning local rallies and outreaches. Sydney and the NSW assemblies have started plans for their 2016 NSW Rally to be held in Sydney at The Concourse Civic Pavilion venue in Chatswood. The event will run from Saturday 11th to Monday 13th June 2016 and all are welcome. This is the same venue as the successful 2012 Sydney Rally, and is well located for evangelising, accommodation, and retail food outlets. Further information will be available through Folk at the Euro Convention 2015 your home assembly shortly, so save the date in your Eurodiary and Convention make sure you get there!

The Dutch assemblies are now preparing for their big event, the Euro Convention to be held 5th–8th May, 2016. The venue will be the Ahoy Convention Centre in Rotterdam which boasts plenty of seating for all participants. Revival Fellowship members- from all over Europe will converge for four days of

Vanuatu spiritual encouragement, hearing miracle testimo nies, fellowship and evangelism. The theme this year Pastors and leaders from Vila, Santa, Malekula, and Abae with their wives of “A New Beginning” is a great reminder of the work that Jesus Christ wants to perform in the lives of folk 16 everywhere. Pastor Pieter Visser tells us, “We are also working- to get Pastor William from Bali to attend and Pastor- Eddie from Zambia. There is a great number of peo ple in Holland, particularly in Rotterdam, who origi nate from Indonesia and Africa. Hopefully we will attract some of them by advertising their attendance.” It promises to be a great weekend: make your plans now to attend! Please register in advance at “Euro Convention” Pastor Michael teaching in the Vila hall Vanuatutab on the Dutch Rally website www.revivalfellowship.nl.

- You may remember that in March 2015 Cyclone Pam passed over Vanuatu and caused major damage, par- ticularly on Tanna Island. - As we reported in our previous issue, the mis sion fund provided assistance with funding to re build a number of the church’s buildings that were destroyed by the cyclone. We are pleased to report that the new halls at Green Point and Enaraiua are complete. The pastor’s house at Yeruareng and the

The new hall underway at Green Point, Tanna – Milanarea. A Vila in May 2016. Many saints who live in the outer the in live who saints Many 2016. May in Vila 15th. The saints in Canada invite you to join them in May in them join to youinvite Canada in saints The you could help with, then pack your bags and contact out chilling and follow-ups doing villages, visiting It willbevery exciting!” Brother Michael Monteodorisio and his wife Lyndawife his and Monteodorisio Michael Brother Mark Lindal ([email protected]) to register your in- your register([email protected]) to Lindal Mark brother Paul Trad at [email protected] to register (or register to [email protected] at Trad Paul brother person per night (roughly $A65), which includes a includes which $A65), (roughly night per person bella Italia can contact him at Michael.Monteodori at him contact can Italia bella part of Italy, expecting the Lord to bless a new work Italy Outreach Italy Canada Outreach Rally to do the Lord’s work, and time for relaxing as well. as relaxingfor time and work,Lord’s the do to drainage with complete tanks,water litre 2000 two there. With baptisms from their recent visits, plus visits, recent their from baptisms With there. north-western the in live to out ventured just have two leaders’ houses at Yetavak have been rebuilt. been Yetavakhave at houses leaders’ two terest. toria,fromBC May 20th–23rd. Pastorcontact Please Vic in place take will outreachrally. The 2016 their to 10th July. Anyone interested in helping out in la in out helping in July.interestedAnyone 10th to group of 10 fellowshipping regularly in the San Remo make enquiries). something like sounds this If paradise.tropical a in islands will be attending as well. The rally will run will rally The well. as attending be will islands cooked breakfast. per VT5000 of rate flat a at hall Vila the to close and guttering. and litre 5000 four supplied we addition In clones. cy future withstand to havebuilt These been again. business in and finished is Lenakel at store the and outreach rallies over the weekend of the 14th and 14th the of weekend the over rallies outreach otcs n hi arvl te nw ae small a have now they arrival, their on contacts from the 11th to either the 18th or 23rd with the main for four uplifting days of outreaching as they hold they as outreaching of days uplifting four for er Italian outreach and rally from around 26th June 26th rallyaroundfrom and outreach Italian er snorkelling and swimming, etc. There will be time be will There etc. swimming, and snorkelling [email protected]. new church shelter has been built at Kombaku, at built been has shelter church new To augment the work, Michael will conduct anoth - The group will stay at the Coconut Palms ResortPalms Coconut the at stay will group The We will be holding the next Vanuatu Rally in Port The organisers promise, “We will be outreaching, It sounds like a wonderful week of evangelism of week wonderful a like sounds It Some ofthesaints atSome inCanada camp 2015 - - - Two pastors, aleader, abrother, andayoung friendoutsidethestore. The rebuilt store andnewwater tankinLenakel, Tanna Preaching at market alocal duringthe2011rally in Vanuatu

17 Canada Australian Leadership Camp

Do you aspire to be used in the church? Perhaps you’re interested in a leadership role, or just want- to serve more in your assembly. Or maybe you’re already taking on roles of responsibility in the fel lowship, and you’d like to further explore what you- can do in your ministry. Visitors from all around the Saints at the camp in Tasmania - world are invited to join us for a weekend of inspira tion and education at the biennial Australian Leader ship Camp, held at Carrickalinga camp near Adelaide- from March 11th–14th, 2016. The camp is fully catered and very economical. Cost is $100 per person includ- ing all meals. Grab a cheap flight and come on over! For more information contact Pr Paul Nobel at the [email protected]. Camps

Camps A skit from the Ballarat folk at the Adelaide camp

Various Christmas, Winter and Year End camps were held around the world in December, where the saints took time out from their busy lives to dedicate to 18 faith and fellowship. Here are a selection of photos from some of these camps.

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19 Camps AUSTRALIA Melbourne Pr Darryl Williams 9877-9767 Nth London Pr Martin Polhill +44 (0) 20 8954-3483 Canberra Pr Bob Beverley 6282-9935 Warrnambool Rob Peterson 5561-3834 Pr Warren Sharrock +44 (0) 20 8287-7213 Yorkshire Pr Bob Hutton 07840 343971 NEW SOUTH WALES WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tom O’Brien 00353-1610-0552 Albury-Wodonga Pr Rob Angus 6040-2094 Bunbury Pr Tim Cope 9796-0889 Armidale Pr Jeff Mason 6775-2515 Perth Pr Kevin Quirk 9437-5533 FIJI Central Coast Pr Peter Moore 0417 856 129 Pr Ilaitia Rokoua 623-6022 AFRICA Coffs Harbour Pr Lyle Willis 6658-4774 (Australian contact: Pr Brian Allen +61 8 8725-4117) INDIA Goulburn Pr Craig Southwell 4845-1495

Contacts Burundi Pr Désiré Niyoyitungira +257-799-40793 Contact Pr Colin Tan (Singapore) +65 9028-0807 Lismore Pr Peter Miller 6624-4491 Congo (Brazzaville) (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Merimbula Pr Grant Medway 4474-0037 INDONESIA Congo (DRC) (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Moruya Pr Grant Medway 4474-0037 Bali Pr William Wijaya 62 81338796000 Kenya Pr Samuel Mwanzia +254-721-590-809 20 Newcastle/Lake M. Pr Mark Hall 02 4946-1687 Kupang Pr Teddy 62 811 395-879 Liberia (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Port Macquarie Pr Greg Frost 6582-5074 West Papua Pr Ken Suebu 62 82399039095 Malawi (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Shoalhaven Rob Ferguson 0417-087-693 Mozambique (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Sydney Pr Andrew Riggs 0408-088-355 Rwanda Pr Esron Ruturwa +250-788-416-785 Auckland Pr Wayne Edwards (09) 277-2940 Tumut Pr Darrell Griffiths 0400-605-332 Pr Ronnie De Jager +2783 644-6683 Bay of Plenty Pr Alan Butler (07) 573-5840 Wagga Wagga Pr Graham Webster 6933-1461 Uganda (Contact Pr Brian Allen) Christchurch Pr Mark Wattchow (03) 358-8829 Wollongong Pr Tim Rogers 041 883-2391 Zambia New Plymouth Pr Bryan Smith 021 732-766 NORTHERN TERRITORY Kitwe Pr Eddie Kamavu +260955-759-598 Wellington Pr Sascha Bramao 021 204-5634 Alice Springs Pr John Mennie 8952-5717 Solwezi Pr Millan Nduwa +260967-574-521 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Darwin Pr Daniel Lee 8945-6909 Zimbabwe Terrence Benhura +263-773-647-945 Pr Godfrey Wippon 7275-1651 QUEENSLAND ARUBA PHILIPPINES Brisbane Pr Brad Smith 3889-3879 Johan Leertouwer +297 630 8237 Ariel Galang +63-998-556-5416 Bundaberg Pr Bill Walsh 4153-1740 BRAZIL (Aust. contact: Pr Manuel G. +61 8 8945-3998) Cairns Wayne Davis 0447 410-088 Pr Jorge Esteves +55 (85) 3262-1101 Fraser Coast Bradley Bretag 0431-344-125 SINGAPORE (Or contact in U.S.A. Pr David Elliott (559) 301-9957) Gold Coast Pr Terry Coles 0402 908-197 Pr Colin Tan +65 9028-0807 Mackay Pr Arthur Marshman 041 779-0548 CANADA SOLOMON ISLANDS Maranoa Pr Tom Krahenbring 4622-2876 Pr Mark Lindal 1-250-882-7263 Contact Pr Godfrey Wippon +675 7275-1651 Rockhampton Ian Jarvis 042 173-8851 CHINA Sunshine Coast Pr Bill Allen 0409-623-347 SOUTH KOREA Australian contact: Pr Paul Nobel 8298-5847 Toowoomba Pr Geoff Boyle 0438 136-244 SEOUL Greg Hourigan +82 10 7599 96444 Asian contact: Pr Colin Tan +65 9028-0807 Townsville Pr Chris Thomasson 0421 163-345 THAILAND EUROPE SOUTH AUSTRALIA Contact Pr Colin Tan (Singapore) +65 9028-0807 Pr Oldrich Treml 499 898 216 Adelaide Pr John Kuhlmann 8293-1301 Alain Artus (5) 4996-3195 Coober Pedy Pr Deane Clee 8672-5777 (Contact Pr Pieter Visser – Netherlands) Athens Steve Ielasi (706) 206 7363 Mt Gambier Pr Colin Wooldridge 08 8732-4137 Hungary Pr Chris Kaye +36 30 9-321-847 Fresno Pr David Elliott (559) 222-8843 Port Pirie Pr Greg Drage 8633-1660 Netherlands Pr Pieter Visser +31(0)62 2808977 San Pedro Carlton Tharps (310) 879 9695 Whyalla Pr Mark Wickstein 8645-2220 Almere Pr René Janssen +31(0)36 8486567 VANUATU TASMANIA Dordrecht Pr Paul van Wijnen +31 788439196 Australian contact: Pr Bob Beverley 0417 410-306 Hobart Ian Watt 6278-2624 Rotterdam Pr Ben Visser +31(0)10 7532467 Pr Willy Rouvoune +678 7774807 Launceston Pr Brian Hakof 6330-2118 Stephan Regli +41 (0)79-287-8429 VICTORIA Poole Pr Jimmy Masau 07962-61-4865 Ballarat Rob Sinclair 0418 824-841 Medway Pr Steve Murphy 01634-314386 Bendigo Pr Steve Carr 5439-5414 Liverpool Pr Lee Finney 07776-273549 Geelong Pr Scott Nobel 0433 919-164 West London Pr Yomi Okunola +44(0)20 8255-4521

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