For eleven years (2001-2012) our
small missions organization, Island Ministries International (IMI) sent over
7000 new and used bibles to islands in the South Pacific. The bibles were
shipped to various indigenous contacts in Fiji, Western Samoa, Tonga, The Cook
Islands and The Philippines. Small shipments were also sent to East Timor and
French Guyana.
In addition to providing bibles we
supported several indigenous missionaries and native pastors. We also
provided hardship relief in the form of financial aid for several years
for one particular widow and her children.
IMI also provided tuition for many students entering YWAM (Youth With A
Mission) in Fiji and Western Samoa.
We were also involved in food shipments
that were sent to
North Korea and hardship relief was also sent during the Asian Tsunami
of
December 26, 2004. This immediate relief included helping to build five
single-room ''homes'' for Myanmar (Burma) refugee families. As we were
not able to get there physically ourselves, we worked long distance with
an organization already ''on the ground'' and requesting help.
Nearing the end of the eleven
years, when it became impossible to ship bibles due to M-Bag shipping rate
increases, we discovered ''Faith Comes By Hearing'', an organization that records
and distributes audio bible ''Proclaimers'' throughout the world. We funded small
shipments of Proclaimers for the Solomon
Islands and Vanuatu, with some also distributed in Fiji.
In 2012, we closed the
ministry due to our covering organization, 'Arbol De Vida' retiring its
non-profit status.
Faithful with a lot...
At present; as of Feb. 2014,
we are heading in a new direction.
Our new ministry, ''Island
Missions Support, Inc.'', will be a hands on work among the thousands of islands
in the South Pacific. Our first goal is to reconfigure a donated 115ft. aluminum hulled vessel to our needs. Click here to read about the vessel and ministry goals.
Eric has over twenty-five years
of combined experience as a shipwright, boat yard owner/operator and a marine
surveyor. Click here to read more about Eric!
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Island Missions Support,
Inc. is a verified non-profit organization.
IRS Code: Section 501(c)(3)
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