The goal of Project New Hope is to give hope to the suffering, socially abandoned, economically trapped and spiritually seeking in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, and Trujillo, Peru. PNH works with nationals in the communities, establishing churches to empower the poor to experience personal and community transformation, using the key strategies of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) and Bible storytelling.
Ecuador
VISITORS from Chandler Christian Church enjoyed spending time with women from the churches in Ecuador.

Mission team

Chandler Christian Church, Chandler, Ariz., came to serve God with us in Ecuador. As always, God is amazing and we had an incredible time experiencing Him. Many lives were transformed; we baptized 11 youths and three adults from Villegas. We had a three-day youth retreat and the night they came home we had a party at the church with the youth and their parents. We did adopt-a-block, Peace Treaties, discipleship, had activities and built relationships. The team members were also able to meet the families and see the houses that were built because of the donation that their church made. Sixteen houses were built and families were blessed by the church. Thank you, Chandler Christian Church, for being Jesus’ hands and feet! You’ve made a lasting impact!
DISCIPLES learned how to make new disciples at a training retreat.
SMALL groups such as this one meet in homes in Santo Domingo.
GUESTS from the Chandler, Ariz., church helped with a very successful youth retreat.
ELEVEN teens were baptized at a youth retreat recently.
VISITORS from Arizona helped with hands-on projects during their mission trip.
MEMBERS of the Chandler church mission team were a big help to the team during their visit to Ecuador.
 

Leadership training retreat

We held a leadership training retreat that was extremely worthwhile. The goal was to spend time with nine disciples of Christ, training them to make disciples. We are praying for a movement to grow God’s church in Ecuador. Several of them expressed how they never would have thought that their lives would be transformed and how they could be a part of something so great that God is doing in their lives, families and their community. We are all excited to see what God has in store for His church! 
NINE church members attended the leadership training retreat.
ATTENDEES at the leadership training retreat were excited about what they learned.
 

Prayer warriors

We are becoming a praying church! We have a prayer ministry and are looking for prayer warriors.

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15).

Prayer requests

  • The disciples who went to the training retreat: Emma, Doris, Juan Carlos, Pedro, Gabriel, Jorge, Horacio, Neptali and Roger.
  • Our disciple movement! Making disciples to grow God’s Kingdom in Santo Domingo.
  • Raising money for the Education Center.
  • The education program; that the parents get involved with their children’s educations.
  • For the schools to have more control of their classrooms. There are lots of drugs, alcohol, and many suicides within the school.
  • Church couples Raul/Edith, Patricio/Doris, and Rafael/Yicela: That God will put it on their hearts to get married.
  • Missionary kids: Angel, Edwin, Jean Carlos, Adrian, Miguel, Aby, Sayuri, Javier, Jeremy, Ariel, Xiomara, Wilson and Kimberly. 
  • That we will become a praying church. Our prayer ministry team members: Ivan, Angelita, Maria, Lorena, Miguel, Thalia, Emma, Doris, Juan Carlos, Erika, Horacio, Edith, Neptali and Deysi. 
  • Teens who were just baptized: Jazmin, Dario, Gisela, Melany, Elena, Jordan, Karen, Andry, Jhon, Angie and David. Pray that they will grow in faith and maturity with Christ.
  • The first baptisms in Villegas: Carmen, Carlos, and Viviana. Pray that they will become future leaders and make disciples.
Do you want to be a prayer warrior for God’s church in Ecuador? If so, please email us at bukta4ecuador@gmail.com.
 
“After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two-by-two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go. He told them, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field” (Luke 10:1-2).
 
Thanks for all your prayers and support!
 
With Christ’s love,
Mike and Danell Bukta
 
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Project New Hope + CMF

CMF and Project New Hope are part of an exciting partnership with Team Expansion missionaries Mike and Dani Bukta and their work in Peru and Ecuador. Through this partnership we will work together toward holistic mission where disciples are made, individual lives are transformed, and nationals are empowered to lead. U.S. churches actively partner in this ministry with the goal of creating dynamic Christ-centered communities (churches) that can transform the world.
 
 
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