Glory to God in the Highest!

Dear CMK Family,

We pray your hearts and homes are filled with the blessings Jesus, the very first missionary, brings! As we celebrate the birth of Jesus we are filled with awe once again at the words the angels proclaimed:

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men." -Luke 2:14

This year, we saw those words come alive across the nations...

We saw Peace enter villages in Paraguay that had been bound in fear.

We saw Good Will flood communities in Kenya where hopelessness once reigned.

We saw the Glory of God shine in refugee camps and nations where Christians are persecuted.

Through your partnership, prayers, and generosity, clean water flowed, the Gospel of Jesus was preached to the unreached, disciples were made, churches were planted, missionaries were strengthened, and miracles of love unfolded.

Testimony Spotlight: Paraguay, "Transformed By Good Will"

Clean water brought trust. The Gospel brought transformation.

A Guarani village in Paraguay once rejected the Gospel. Pastors were run out. Doors shut tight. The gospel refused. But everything changed the day clean water shot up from the earth. The chief watched quietly as we drilled. Our missionary partners and local pastor jumped at the opportunity to show him and the village Jesus' love. And then came the moment we'll never forget. The chief told our missionary partner, "Because you did what you said you would do, we want to serve your God."

The atmosphere shifted instantly. From suspicion to openness, from fear to peace. Meals were shared. Children gathered clean water. Our team was invited to return and share the Gospel message at the village celebration of water. And this was only the beginning! At the celebration, five villagers put their faith in Jesus and many others received healing. Now more villages are asking for us to come and drill and share the gospel, asking to be baptized and a church to be built as well. An area formerly closed off to the Gospel and largely unreached, is now welcoming the Gospel! With a drilling rig and missionary family committed to this region, it's ready for rapid expansion of the Gospel. Let's keep sending and going and giving to see the unreached reached!

Highlights of what God did through your partnership just this year:

In P A R A G U A Y...

2 new wells drilled in formerly unreached areas, access unlocked

New drilling rig and trailer built to mobilize rig into new regions
4 dirt bikes donated and delivered for pastors/local missionaries
1 large utility truck purchased for moving water to the drill site
Missionaries strengthened & supported
Pastor training completed through ROAR Global partnership
The Mission Church sent a team and built a new church for a Guarani village
Field missionary Jon Ross made multiple trips and Gary Howland shared the Gospel at the new well site
Joel, Jon Ross, Kright Akers, and Tanner Lind drilled first well with new rig
5 salvations recorded in one outreach day
Reports of healings at well celebrations
One entire village now requesting baptism

In K E N Y A ...

4 new Community Well Systems installed
(solar powered, large tank + pump systems, latest one in Nairobi)
1 additional well restoration project of a well of unknown origin for a remote school
Providing up to 30,000 people this year alone with clean water

304 baptsims
3,800 commitments for Jesus in our school ministry as students chose to believe in Christ for their salvation
Widows and families supported
3,000 plus people hearing the Gospel and being fed at 3 Community Wide Well Celebration Services

~1,000 school-aged children received shoes
School supplies and food distribution throughout schools and communities, +60 goats and food sacks given to widows and teen mothers
1,200 Bibles distributed
Bible study materials given to women’s Bible studies

2 new dirt bikes for transportation of young missionaries
New Kenya missions directors Erik & Megan Mwenda organized shoe and outreach ministry this year! We're excited to have them on our team!

Our family (Joel and Joye, Boston, Astair, Legend, Story, Ivy and Soul) served again together in Kenya and we hosted three amazing church missions teams throughout the season: Bethany Church, Pathway Church, and Livingstones Church. The Mission Church team also visited our newest well site in the slums of Nairobi. We had six incredible young adult missionaries that served with us, driving teams to remote locations and helping with outreaches this season as well. It's not an easy task, but these young men were instrumental in reaching these remote areas with the Gospel: Jon Ross, Scout, Ben, Nick, Dio, and Dariyen. Missionary Pam Englade came to Kenya as well and kept this team fed and alive!
Jon Ross and Scout Mounger served all season with us and we’ve added them to our field missionary page so people can give directly to them. We've added Erik and Megan on our field missions page too. Phil Dicharry and Donna Dicharry led the Bethany team again and Phil will be added to our Field Missionaries now! Phil has officially retired and wants to be even more available for missions. He will be joining Joel in January in Indonesia. We love what God is doing through each of their lives and their willingness to keep going to the least!

In H O N D U R A S...

5 new wells drilled

5 salvations reported during outreach led by Scout and Jon Ross in a gang terrorized area
Local pastor Aiden actively planting churches

Pastor Aiden sponsored to attend church planting conference in Colombia
Our field missionaries Scout and Jon Ross visited and treated for water and preached the Gospel

In G U Y A N A…

3 new wells drilled deep in jungle communities by a CMK missions team led by Jarod Ricks, Scout, and Caleb

The team shared at newly constructed churches, one of them built by The Mission Church, in the jungle and a Local pastor is currently planting churches in newly reached regions.

In P A K I S T A N...

10 new wells completed this year donated by The Mission Church, drilled mostly in slave camps

Joel & Joye conducted in-country follow-up, tested new areas in need of wells--a Christian school, a remote desert community, and a freed slave town. We have plans to send driller there.
Met with government officials regarding water needs

We are partnering with a local organization called Vision for the Kingdom Pakistan and they are serving and loving their country in Jesus' name.

In I R A Q and T U R K E Y...

Over $30,000 in water filters donated by many local churches in Hammond and delivered personally by CMK team
Many distributed to Syrian refugees in Iraq, Syria & Turkey

Joel went with Legend, Jon Ross, and Bryce to Turkey in March to deliver water filters to refugees and saw God move in mighty ways. Joel and Jon Ross ministered in homes in Iraq in January. Joel & Joye then traveled again to Iraq and Turkey in October to visit and strengthen missionaries Wade and Brittany Delaneuville serving in the field.

In I N D I A...

1 new community well system drilled in leper colony community

Our daughters Astair and Story as well as their Aunt Sarah Hornsby, Lynn Guillot, and Stacey Smith visited India to attend a wedding of our local partner's daughter, visit local schools and give towards the orphanage we have drilled for in previous years.
Local Pastor continuing church planting & discipleship

What a year it has been! All because God sent His Son into our world. Our Redeemer came to us when we could not make it to Him on our own.

We LOVE and THANK YOU and pray you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Glory to God in the Highest!

We will proclaim His glory with the angels! His peace and good will to all the earth.

With Much Love in Christ,

Joel and Joye Dicharry and Family

Your giving is making a Kingdom difference

Thank you for partnering with us to share the good news of Jesus to the nations