June 2013 Council Agenda - International Pentecostal Holiness ...

II. MISSIONARY NEWS
• Carol Boatman has been relocated from Bangladesh to Indonesia. She was unhappy in
Dhaka, to the extent that the stress was affecting her health, and she was ready to pack
up and go home. She was frustrated with the culture, the living conditions, and the
leadership of missionary Vijay Balla. We asked her to consider another posting, and
under the guidance of RD Tim Salley she made a trip to Indonesia to meet the national
and conference leaders. Although she said the living conditions in Bandung were worse
than in Dhaka, she has embraced her new assignment. Debra Lybrand is to be
commended for opening her home to Carol while she searched for housing. Tim Salley
is also to be commended for his willingness to help Carol find a place where she can fit
and bear fruit. Her new job description is appended to this report. Steve Cofer and I
debriefed Carol at the missionary retreat in Bangkok, and are ready to answer any
questions the Council may have about the situation.
• Lydia Terry has been in the US since June 2012. She has faced an array of physical
problems, including hearing loss; chronic digestive tract issues that cause nausea and
other symptoms, and severely restrict her diet (eventually diagnosed as celiac disease);
and whiplash and other injuries from an automobile collision. She lost the apartment
she was renting in India. It seems that she is now living on campus at Holmes in
Greenville. She has shifted her ministry vision from the goal of opening a home for
orphans and street children to training couples and local churches to open small-scale
homes for five or six children. It is unclear when she may be able to return to India. At
last report, she is still undergoing physical therapy and testing for dietary issues.
• Douglas Barton arrived in the US on April 29. He is trying to secure long term care for
his mother, who is suffering memory loss. At this writing, he is scheduled to return to
the Philippines on May 29. Delay for prostate treatment.
III. STRATEGIC MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
IPHC missionaries from across Asia gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, over Easter
weekend for our annual conference (retreat).
This year we had the largest
crowd ever: thirty-six adults and
nineteen children! The group
comprised an international
force of missionaries, called
and sent out from America,
Japan, India, Thailand, Peru, and
the Philippines, and working in
eighteen countries in the
Asia/Pacific region. The Lord of
the harvest is answering our
prayer for more laborers!
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