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Monthly Missions Highlight

Global Partners
Ken and Dawn Bishop
PO Box 6894
Albuquerque, NM 87197
kadbishop@yahoo.com

   Ken and Dawn Bishop are Missionaries serving our Lord in Albania. Dawn home schools their three children, Eva, Joshua and Stephen. Eva has been taking college courses in preparation for studies she will begin at Judson University in Illinois this fall.  The university is 50 miles northwest of Chicago and is the only Christian school offering Architecture through a Master’s Degree. She will minor in Youth Ministry. She will attend a special class for international students in order to help her become acclimated to our American culture prior to entering the university.

   Joshua is 15 and Stephen is 12. Joshua is proud of the fact that he is taller than his father who is 6’1” tall. He collects miscellaneous metal for money with a metal detector which was a gift from his grandparents, Anita and Ed Perry of Florida. Stephen is an avid reader and loves animals. Anita and Ed Perry are looking forward to visiting the Bishop family in April.

   Ken and Dawn live in the slums of Albania. Their home is far below the standards we are accustomed to in the United States. Their home is made out of block and has little heat, the kitchen has room for only one person at a time. The home has two bedrooms, a living room and one and one half baths. One of the so called bathrooms is a hole in the floor which emits foul odors.

   The area where they reside has open sewage canals in the streets and all of the drinking water is polluted. If the water is consumed it causes severe intestinal distress, therefore everyone chooses to drink coffee or tea which must be made with boiled water.

   Albania does not get snow; their weather is comparable to Atlanta in the US.  Their homes are not insulated and interior temperatures are often colder than temperatures on the outside. The people dress in layers of clothing for warmth.

   The Albanian people are amazed that since Dawn is an only child, that her parents would allow her to serve as a missionary. Their culture dictates that if they are an only child that they must remain in the home of their parents and must take care of them. In Albania family is everything. Dawn’s reply was that her parents knew God and God would take care of her.

   Dawn had surgery on both of her legs in Vienna last summer and is completely rehabilitated.

   Dawn Perry Bishop is the daughter of Anita Harz Perry and Ed Perry, and is the niece of Fred (Fritz) and Joan Harz of Elmer. The Bishop family is supported in part, by Elmer UMC’s Mission budget.

 

Submitted by Al-Jo Voeckler

 Missions Committee



  

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MISSIONARIES ORGANIZATIONS
Bob & Barbara Alber (Wycliffe, TX) African University
Mark & Jodie Amey (Handi Vangelism, NJ) Asian Orphan (World Vision Int'l)
Dave & Sally Bearry (College & Career, NJ   Black College Fund
Ken & Dawn Bishop (Global Partners, Albania) Bolivia Evangelical U. (WGW, S. America)
Denny & Dolly Bowerman (American Indians) Camden Neighborhood Center  (UMBGM)
Jeff & Carol Crispin (Seek Him, Pitman,NJ) Conference Apportionments
Corky Eddins (Navigators, Washington DC) Faith Farm Drug Rehab Center
John and Kendra Enright (Pastors School, Africa) Kids Alley  (Camden Shalom Ctr)
Lorraine Enright (Africa) Kingdom Builders  (Greater NJ Conference)
Richard and Beverly Felmey (Haiti) Malaga Camp  (WJGA)
PJ & Heather Garton (NewTribal, England) Ministerial Education Fund
Ron & Carol Green (Campus Crusade) NJ Cornerstone Women's Resource Ctr
Paul & Kathy Gregowske (TWR, Cambodia) NJ Council on Alcohol & Drug Ed. (CA/DE)
Delbert & Sandi Groves (UMBGM, Africa) Peters Pantry  (Elmer UMC)
Kevin Harvey (Christian Athletes, NJ) Ranch Hope for Boys  (NJ)
Ralph & Verna Harvey (Avant) Ranch Hope for Girls   (Victory House, NJ)
Jim & Roberta Hill (Trans Radio, Bratislava) Red Bird (Education & Hospital, KY)
Kevin & Jean King (World Team,NYC) Summer Mission Team  (Elmer UMC)
Paul & Beverly Lehto (Handi Vangelism, NJ) The Neighborhood Center (Camden, NJ)
Rev. Enosh Narzary (India) UM Bd. of Global Min. African Aviation Asst.
Joy Phillips (WGM Nurse, Sudan, Africa) UM Homes of NJ
Len & Betsy Phillips (WGM Teaching, Bolivia U.)  
Steven & Gail Quigg (Aviation Safety)  
Meredythe Sheflen (World Gospel, Bolivia)  
Lowell & Claudia Wertz (Joy in Harvest, Africa)