January 9, 2010
I’m lying in bed at the Africa Centre Hotel in Johannesburg South Africa. It is 2:00 am at the moment. The rain is really coming down now; it is accompanied by loud bursts of thunder and a bit of lighting.
Have to be up in two hours to begin getting ready for our flight to Lusaka. We will depart at 7:00 am. This means we must be at the airport no later than 5:00 am.
Glenn is asleep, which is good for him considering the fact that he did not sleep on the plane. I hope he will be rested for the day.
We arrive in Lusaka today around 9:30. We will be met by Misheck Zulu and a few other Zambians I am sure. Our time in Lusaka is going to be very strategic in nature as we are planning to bringing Harry Tembo, a Zambian national on board as a staff member. His work will be focused on our One on One disicipleship strategy here in Zambia along with a few other responsibilities having to do with Globe Outreach and our mission partnership with the country of Zambia.
While here we will be looking for a print company that will be able to print the One on One matrial. We will also have to find a place to house the books once they are printed. We estimate that we will have to print a minimum of 5000 books. This quantity will only pose a problem if we can not find a place to store them.
Aside from this, we will be meeting with a group of 16 men that we led through One on One the last time we were here; September 2009. Several of these men have already begun to reproduce other disciples, thus creating the need to return so quickly for follow up. One of our objectives is to meet with and encourage these men. We have brought with us 100 One on One workbooks along with 24 leader guides to help fan the flame of the movement that is beginnig to take root here. Of course, we will have a better idea of what is really happening once we get on the ground and meet with the guys.
Still raining here. It is now very consistant and shows very little sign of quitting. This really poses no problem for us…unless it interferes with our flight to Lusaka later this morning. Of couse the rain does justiy the fact that I went and bought rubber boots. They are in my luggage now, just waiting to get their first opportunity at some African mud. I felt a little silly packing a pair of rubber boots, but this is my first trip to Zambia during the rainy season. You can imagine my motive in wanting to be prepared.
We did get a chance to call home earlier today. Made a Skype call and it sounded like the family was in the next room. As much as I travel these days, I still never seem to be more than a phone call away. I very rarely have to go without internet access for very long, which seems a little odd. But this is a good thing for me considering I have a wife and two little ones at home.
Speaking of little ones. There were a few on our 16 hour flight from Washington D.C. As you can imagine, they did not sleep very much. And because they didn’t sleep, neither did anyone else. Having them on the flight wasn’t all bad because they reminded me of my kids. You know the Lord has a way to provided you exactly what you need in any moment. He is good to do this for his children. I guess henLord knew I needed a small reminder of home to get me throught the flight.
Well, I better try to get some sleep. The time is now 2:35 am. The rest of the day will be long and demanding I am sure. More updates to come.
Later,
David Fedele
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December 24, 2009
The Globe Outreach Board of Directors vote unanimously to bring Glenn Underhill on as a Globe Board member. He will serve a three year term and will focus the majority of his efforts on vision casting and discipleship in Zambia.
Underhill serves as the Adult Pastor at First Baptist Church Colleyville in Colleyville, Texas. He is married and has four children. He will be a tremendous asset to the Globe Outreach Board as he had an extensive background in ministry, both in the United States and around the world.
He will be traveling in early 2010 to Zambia with David Fedele, the Globe Outreach Board President, to investigate new ministry opportunities for disciple making.
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Dear Friends,
For those who may be interested, Globe Outreach is now on Twitter. You can follow Globe on Twitter at http://twitter.com/globeoutreach.
The purpose of the tweet is to post information regarding ministry activity along with new information being posted on globeoutreach.org. Follow along and enjoy.
Thanks,
David Fedele, President
Globe Outreach
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May 27, 2009
On May 20, 2009 at 9:05 p.m., Ralph D. Winter died in his home in Pasadena, CA.
Ralph WinterDr. Ralph D. Winter died at his home in Pasadena, CA on Wednesday, May 20, at 9:05 pm. He went peacefully, surrounded by three of his four daughters, his wife Barb, and a few friends.
Many of the staff of the U.S. Center for World Mission and William Carey International University had just finished two days of prayer and fasting when they received the news of his passing. Soon, many friends and staff members gathered at the house. It was a bittersweet moment as they reminisced, sang many of his favorite hymns, and prayed together.
U.S. Center for World Mission general director Greg Parsons felt prompted to read 1 Corinthians 15. As Dr. Winter’s body was being taken away, Greg came to verses 54 and 55:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The memorial service will be on Sunday, June 28 at 3:00 pm in the main sanctuary of Lake Avenue Congregational Church, Pasadena, CA. The family requests no flowers. Memorial gifts can be made to the Roberta Winter Institute and mailed to Betty Leung, USCWM, 1605 Elizabeth, Pasadena, CA 91104.
The official obituary is available here.
If you have a significant memory related to Dr. Ralph Winter that you would like to share, please click here.
*For information on the Roberta Winter Institute, visit the website.
via U.S. Center for World Mission.
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March 9, 2009
Early this week the GOI Board of Directors met to lay out the ministry plan for 2009 and beyond. During their time together the board affirmed a ministry strategy which highlights evangelism and missions, discipleship, and a plan to strengthen the local church while providing partnership and consultation resources. “These areas of ministry will become the main focus for GOI in the upcoming years.” says David Fedele, the organization’s founder and board president.
This affirmation from the board solidifies GOI’s past ministry while establishing a firm foundation for any and all future ministry. This action comes at an important time for the organizatoin as it undergoes area of much needed change in its overall vision, long-term goals, and partnership strategy. Fedele says, “These are important days for Globe. In the days, weeks, and months ahead the ministry will have to make itself more available to the local church if we are going to make a dent in fulfilling the call of ‘making disciples of all nations’.”
As a part of the overall vision for GOI, the board has set the stage to begin focusing its efforts on long-term work in Zambia, possible partnership efforts in India while continueing its work in the pacific northwestern region of the United States.
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March 1, 2009
Epic Weekend & Festival
April 23-26, 2009 | FBC Colleyville, TX
Featuring Dave Edwards, Jeff Johnson and Band, Big AL and Outcast BMX
This exciting event combines the FBC Colleyville Epic Weekend with the Epic Festival – A free community for everyone in Colleyville and Northeast Tarrant County! Come be a part of this time of food, fun and entertainment for the entire family.
Questions?
Call 817.281.4158 or email info@TheEpicStudent.com.
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February 22, 2009
When the graduates of the J.O. Chifundo School in Kalingalinga, Zambia, received their diplomas a few months ago, they were wearing something distinctive, besides proud smiles: the red and blue tassels of the Grapevine High School Mustangs.
“It was just so wonderful to see that tassel,” said Sandy Shepherd of Colleyville, referring to the graduation photo of a woman voted “Best Student.” “It makes everything worth doing.”
The school’s graduating seniors donated 34 gowns last summer after a spur-of-the-moment plea from Shepherd. She’s part of a group from First Baptist Church in Colleyville that started the Chifundo School in 1998 as a mission project. The “J.O.” in the school’s name comes from the initials of Jack Oswald, a church member whose widow, Jenny, made a big donation in his name.
The church got involved with the village after a group of boys from there were the victims in a Metroplex-area human-trafficking case. The boys were members of a choir that was lured to the United States with promises of money and education, but they were sent home without either after they performed.
When Shepherd and other church members learned what had happened, they brought seven of the boys back to the U.S. to be educated and helped build the school to educate other villagers.
The school expects to have an enrollment of 120 this year. Twenty graduates were clad in the gowns in December. The school, which has grades 8-12, started with 24 students.
Classes are held in a rented cinder-block building with no electricity or running water, but the church and local volunteers are collaborating with the nonprofit Globe Outreach to build a facility that will have power, a water fountain and maybe a chemistry lab.
It could be finished this spring.
They have raised and spent $30,000 and need about $5,000 to finish the project, Shepherd said.
“The gowns were just such an easy idea, compared to all the other work we have put in,” she said. “People just wear them once, and then they hang in a closet.”
The church group is starting to get the word out earlier this year and hopes to collect more gowns than in 2008, Shepherd said.
The extras will be dispersed to other schools in the Kalingalinga area. The village of 20,000 is in the central part of the nation, which is in the southern part of Africa.
Frank Pupe, who helps run the school in Kalingalinga, wrote in an e-mail that the gowns encouraged the students because they “represented success.”
“They now want to look at the next bigger step of a college education when they could again wear a gown that signifies success,” he wrote.
Former Chifundo School student Fred Siamundele, who graduated in 2000, agreed. He moved to the U.S. in 2003, lives in Arlington and attends Tarrant County College.
“It’s very different from over here,” said Siamundele, 33. “When you graduated you have pictures of you in a gown. People see it and know you graduated. If we had those opportunities it would have been cool, something memorable.”
Online: globeoutreach.org, jochifundoschool.org
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February 1, 2009
On February 1 David Fedele, Globe Outreach Board President, along with the members of The Passion Class at FBC Colleyville began their journey through the book of 2 Peter. This study follows a 5 month study through Peter’s first letter. In the weeks ahead the class will dig deep into this short letter with hopes of becoming more faithful followers of Jesus Christ.
If you are interseted in being a part of this study please join David and the class at FBC Colleyville every Sunday morning during the 8:30 am or 11:00 am hours. For more information you may contact the FBC Colleyville church office at 817.281.4158 or get the church address on “The Passion Class” page on this site.
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December 17, 2008
Leader Call – Businessman killed in morning hunting accident
By Eloria Newell James and Jason Niblett, Leader-Call staff
Robert Lightsey is shown in this photograph playing the keyboard with the Highland Baptist Church praise band. Lightsey was killed during a hunting accident Tuesday.
A well-known Laurel business-owner “doing what he loved, where he loved to do it” was killed during a reported hunting accident Tuesday.
Robert Lightsey was 55.
Lightsey, the owner of Lifeguard Medical Alerts and SmarTel Communications and a keyboardist for Highland Baptist Church, was hunting with his son, Tyler, on family land near Heidelberg Tuesday morning when the accident occurred. Early reports show a gun discharged with the bullet striking Lightsey’s chest. The accident, which occurred around 10 a.m., was still under investigation Tuesday afternoon.
Lightsey and his wife, Valerie, have four children: Tyler, Julie, Taylor, and Caroline. Tyler Lightsey and Julie Lightsey are both adults. Taylor Lightsey and Caroline Lightsey both attend West Jones High School.
Lightsey, who moved to Laurel in 1982, worked for Mississippi Music before opening SmarTel Communications in 1990. He later opened Lifeguard Medical Alerts. Both offices are located on Hwy. 15 North in Laurel.
According to Jasper County Coroner Randy Graham, the accident occurred near Highway 588 in Jasper County. He said the incident is under investigation by the Miss. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, a typical move any time an accident causes a fatality.
Lightsey’s body was transported to Jackson for an autopsy, also a routine measure.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday evening.
via Leader Call – Businessman killed in morning hunting accident.
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December 15, 2008
The Globe Outreach Board of Directors voted unanimously to accept three new board members for the upcoming 2009 year. Each new member will serve a three year term according to the Globe Outreach, Inc. bylaws and will be responsible for various tasks pertaining to the operation of the organization.
Below are the names of Globe’s newest Board members along with a brief biographical sketch:
Deetz Shepherd – Deetz is an executive with IBM where he manages a sales team located across in various parts of the world. Deetz is married and has three grown daughters and an adopted son from Zambia. He is a member at FBC Colleyville where is is involved in a host of ministries including weekly Bible studies, men’s ministry, and prison ministry. He has been actively involved in missions for over 10 years. In this time he has traveled many times to Zambia and was instrumental in planting the J.O. Chifundo School. This school is currently one of Globe’s most important ministry partnerships.
Derick Prince – Derick is a flight simulator technician manager at a flight simulator company in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He is married and has two children, Peter and Nina. Derick served in the US Military and later moved his family to Saudi Arabia where they lived for 10 years. Upon there return to the United States Derick and his family moved to North Texas where they currently reside. Derick and his family are actively involved at FBC Colleyville where they serve in a variety of ministries. Derick serves as a deacon and is engaged in many local mission endeavors as well.
Randy Daniels – Randy is currently an executive for Buckner, a nonprofit missions organization in Dallas. Randy is activily involved in missions and travels extensivily with Buckner. He began his career as a social worker in a Bucker children’s home in Beaumont Texas and later moved to Dallas to coordinate and run all children home and foster care minsitries on the international scene. He is a personal friend to Globe and has been a supporter of the minstry for several years. Randy is activily involved at FBC Colleyville where he attends Bible study, worship and participates in a wide variety of ministry activity. Randy has a heart and passion for missions and desires to involve others in the work of the Gospel.
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