Last year, as a group of ministers, AFCM put $15,000 into the Josiah to do some much needed renovations and repairs on the INSIDE. We have now received an estimate from the Peruvian Navy for $20,000 to dry dock the Josiah and complete the repairs and updating on the OUTSIDE.

Following is a short recap of what has been accomplished in the last 12 years… WOW!! What an amazing return on our initial investment of $500,000!! Another $20,000 to keep the Josiah afloat for another 10 to 12 years is nothing!

If you want to get on this next phase of restoration, you can send checks to the AFCM Willmar Office marked JOSIAH or go online to AFCMInternational.org, click on the GIVING button, and put Josiah in the OTHER field to designate your gift.

Thanks for your support of this incredible project!! Together we are changing the world!!

The Josiah has opened doors and gotten us into a ministry that we would not have done the same nor accomplished so much in a short time. It has been awesome!
1. Evangelized  and ministered in more than 150 towns and villages, most of them previously unreached.
2. We have been able to take many teams from the USA to do this evangelism and ministry and affect their lives for missions also.
3. Through the Word Training Seminars we have trained spiritual leadership in over 80 of these communities.
4. Over 50 of these villages now have a regular church meetings led by the leaders that we have trained from each of these villages.
5. Over 26 of these communities now have a church building in which they meet weekly.
6. We have now a dozen zone leaders who are presently aiding us in the establishment of the church life and evangelizing beyond what we personally have been able to do.
7. Over 1500 believers are fruit of the Josiah ministry out on the rivers alone.
8. One of the biggest blessings of having the Josiah has been that through these travels the Lord has given us a strategy to plant multiple churches in a short time in unreached areas. We believe that this strategy will be used in other under-reached or unreached towns and villages around Latin America to reach many more people.

Ron and Annette Thiesen

The best word to describe the “AFCM Women's Conference” this year was “WOW”! Everyone came ready to receive what God had for them and we were filled to overflowing, refreshed and recharged, and even got our smile on!  There were many stories of God moving on women, even to get them there at the last minute, and it was life changing for them.   Pastor Brenda Thomas always has a word in season, and it was a special blessing to hear from her daughter-in-law, Esther, this year.  Many ladies were ministered to in the area of believing God for their children who have strayed away from God.  On Sunday, there was a time of intercession and one of the things prayed out was “plot to be exposed.” The breaking news story the next day was a terror plot had been exposed in New Jersey and New York, now also connected to guys being arrested in Denver! How incredible to see what God will do through us if we just make ourselves available to the Holy Spirit! What an exciting life we live! Please make plans now to join us again next year in Paynesville, MN on September 17-19, 2010.  It is so important for women to get away to recharge and be refreshed so that they can be the best wife, mother, and Christ-follower they can be!