Faithfulness to the Call of God By Dr. Jerry Nance

KK Deveraj and Jerry Nance after Plaque presentation

Faithfulness to the call of God no matter the challenges is the only way to accomplish the kinds of things we see happening in Teen Challenge of Bombay. I just returned from their 20^th anniversary celebration. This is a leadership story of a faithful man and woman who answered God's call to go to a city and make a difference. Now after 20 years you can see the lasting results in the lives of hundreds of street children who are now living in Teen Challenge homes. They are getting an education and a chance in life that would not have happened had it not been for the faithfulness of KK Deveraj, his staff, the board of directors and many volunteers.

Ministry to children of prostitutes

Deveraj has declared war on child slavery and with much prayer and fasting God is bringing into relationship the kinds of people it will take to stop child slavery in Bombay. This act of faith will bring much press to Teen Challenge in Bombay. We need to keep Deveraj and his team in our prayers as he will need the guidance, wisdom and protection of the Lord these coming months. The brothel owners and pimps will not be happy that the press and police attention will spotlight the injustices that are happening in the red light district of Bombay.

Hundreds of ladies have come out of prostitution over these last years and many

Once women of the night, now women of the Light!

young men have been set free from addiction. This only happens when you have a leader who will face the challenges that come and stand firm over time.

Teen Challenge leaders from around the world joined in the 20th Anniversary Celebration which was held earlier this month in Mumbai (Bombay). God held the rain off and we all had a wonderful time celebrating with the Teen Challenge Bombay family. 

Big Congratulations to Teen Challenge Bombay for their 20th year of ministry to the hurting youth and adults in Bombay. We commend the leadership of KK Deveraj for his faithfulness to the Lord. The many accomplishments that have been achieved over the last 20 years have come as a result of the faithfulness of KK Deveraj and his staff.

Teen Challenge Students Dance

John Macey

John Macey, national director of Teen Challenge UK, was honored at a special retirement dinner earlier this month. He has been in ministry over 30 years with most of this time working in Teen Challenge.

Leaders from around the world gathered to honor John and Ann at the Celtic Lodge (host of recent Ryder Cup) in Wales.

John Macey with TC India Children

Video, testimony and a wonderful night of celebration chronicled how God brought them from a single coffee house in Aberdare, to outreaches, buses, detox and residential Teen Challenge centers across Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

John is also one of the founding board members of Global Teen

Challenge and has long been involved in assisting Teen Challenge centers around the world, including Bombay, India, Swaziland, and more. John's life has been a great inspiration to many students and staff through his 30 years of ministry.

Africa Leadership Training

The Leadership Training Institute (LTI) held earlier this month in Swaziland, Africa, is

Doug Wever presenting Certificate to Ida

an annual Global Teen Challenge training event where regional Teen Challenge directors and staff attend an intense week of continuing professional ministry education. This week's event for the Southern Africa Region represented over 120 personnel from multiple countries in the region, such as Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa. 

Not only are these events important training, they bring together the Teen Challenge family such as those pictured above for fellowship, encouragement, and reviving.  The training is then multiplied when they return to their respective ministries.  Some folks attend who are in the process of beginning Teen Challenge ministries.  In Swaziland, we had had folks from Botswana and Zimbabwe with that agenda.

Kevin Ward teaching

 A very special Thanks to Teen Challenge Swaziland Staff for awesome preparation and execution, special thanks to Steve Pippen , Executive Director, Teen Challenge, B.C., Canada for coming out via Nairobi, and the staff and interns of Teen Challenge of Southern California, Southgate, for making the trip and whose assistance  was invaluable! 

TC Jamaica Praising God for Catchment Tank

Jamaica Teen Challenge earlier this year acquired property to expand their ministry in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. One obstacle that had to be overcome was the lack of a water supply since this property is located outside the city. To drill a well was going to be very expensive.

Recently when some of the Teen Challenge students were working at the location, one of the students found a pipe. He followed the pipe up the hillside and discovered this large catchment tank that no one knew was there.

With a little cleanup and repair this rainwater catchment tank will be ready to supply all the water needs of this future new facility.

Water Catchment Tank on Jamaica TC's New Property

Asia Pacific conference January 28-31, Macau, China

Save the date, especially for those in the Asia Pacific region as well as China, we want you to plan to attend the Teen Challenge Asia Pacific conference January 28-31, 2011. It will be hosted by Teen Challenge in Macau, China, beginning the evening of January 28. So please save this date!

Asia-Pacific Conference 2009

Macau, China