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Guyana Ministry Information
Pastoral Training
Perry’s main role in Guyana was to teach courses in the Bachelors and Masters programs of the bible college. He has also been a seminar at various pastors and leaders retreats.
Construction
Perry serves as the project director and contractor for the construction of the new classroom building. This involved the demolition of the old building on the property and the construction of a new thirty by eighty foot three story building, which more than doubles the space of the old building. He has also assisted Doris Wall in the design of the two story classroom building for the extension school in Paramakatoi.
Jibacam
A growing area of ministry is Perry’s role as the Director of the Wesleyan Center for World Missions in Latin America and the Caribbean. He was originally asked to come and assist in the development of a missionary training program. The board of Jibacam( The Missions Board of Latin America and the Caribbean) appointed him as director in May of 2002. He is now responsible for the development of training for missions in the local church, developing leadership in missions, assisting bible colleges in developing missions courses and preparing correspondence courses and seminars to help them in providing the courses needed. The key focus still remains preparing a training program for those whom the church will send out as missionaries.
A key feature of this program is assisting the churches in developing plans and partnerships for sending missionaries. To do this has involved traveling to the various countries to conduct a seminar on missions. At this point seminars have been conducted in seven countries and seven more seminars have been scheduled.
Puppet Ministry
Nancy has been involved in developing puppet ministry in Guyana. She has organized and lead a team of youth from our local church the West Ruimveldt Wesleyan Church. This has resulted in her being asked to conduct seminars in how to do puppet ministry. She has conducted seminars in Guyana and Brazil. Our daughter Jessica is member of the puppet team and has helped her mother in the seminars.
Community Development
Jeffrey saw the need for a place for children to ride their bikes and play. He got permission to use a piece of vacant land next to us and began developing a bike track and then building a playground area. He has also been a part of installing baskets so the local youth can play basketball. As part of his course work in school he has been holding a physical education program after school for children.
There is a great need in the area of abandon children and children who are the victim of aids. Nancy has been active in visiting hospitals and orphanages to help in their care. In cooperation with our assistant pastor Marva Willians they are exploring ways to help these children even further. One goal is to set up an orphanage specifically for children who have been affected by aids.
Guyana Country Information
Guyana,
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana, republic on the northern coast of
South America. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the
east by Suriname, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Brazil and
Venezuela. Guyana has an area of 214,969 sq km (83,000 sq mi), and its
coastline is 459 km (285 mi) long. Formerly a British colony known as
British Guiana, Guyana is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an
association of nations that once formed the British Empire. Georgetown is
its capital.
Although
Guyana is a South American nation, it has more in common with the smaller
islands of the West Indies, with which it shares certain cultural,
historical, and economic characteristics. Like most of the smaller islands
that dot the eastern Caribbean, Guyana was not settled by the Spanish and
Portuguese. Guyana was originally a Dutch colony that came under British
control in the early 18th century.
Guyana’s economy was traditionally dominated by sugar cultivation since the early 18th century. When settlers introduced sugar production, it brought dramatic changes in the population of Guyana. European colonists imported large numbers of African slaves to work the fields. Later, following the abolition of slavery in the 19th century, workers arrived from the Indian subcontinent to work as laborers on the plantations. By the end of the 20th century, Indians and Africans were the largest ethnic groups in Guyana.
In 1966, after more than 150 years of colonial rule, British Guiana achieved independence and adopted the name Guyana, a Native American word meaning “land of waters.”
Guyana can be divided into three major geographical regions. A belt of alluvial soil, varying in width from about 8 to 65 km (about 5 to 40 mi) and mostly below sea level, extends along the coast and is protected by a system of dams and dikes. To the south lies the dense forest area that makes up about four-fifths of the country. The forests extend into an interior highland region with a maximum elevation, atop Mount Roraima, of 2,810 m (9,219 ft). Some of the rivers form spectacular waterfalls, notably Kaieteur Falls (226 m/741 ft high), on the Potaro River, one of the highest single-drop waterfalls in the world. Beyond the forest lies a region of savanna.
Guyana has a tropical climate, with little seasonal temperature change. The annual rainfall (about 1,525 to 2,030 mm/about 60 to 80 in) on the coast occurs mainly from April to August and November to January. The savanna region receives some 1,525 mm (60 in) of rain annually, mainly from April to September. The climate of coastal Guyana is extremely mild for a low-lying tropical area because of the persistent trade winds blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean.
Slightly
more than one-half of the total population of Guyana is made up of East
Indians, whose ancestors came from the Indian subcontinent. Another 43
percent of the people are of black African descent or of mixed background.
Approximately 2 percent are Native Americans. In addition, small numbers
of Europeans and Chinese live in Guyana. About 90 percent of the people
live along the coast, and 64 percent are classified as rural. About 57
percent of the people are Christians, most being Anglicans or Roman
Catholics. The remainder are mainly Hindus (33 percent) or Muslims (9
percent). The official language is English; Hindi, Urdu, and Native
American languages are also spoken.
The Guyana dollar consists of 100 cents (193 Guyana dollars equal U.S.$1; 1997 average). The Bank of Guyana, established in 1965, is the central bank.
Spanish explorers first charted the territory that is now Guyana in 1499. In the 1620s the Dutch established a permanent and successful colony on an island in the Essequibo River. The English and French also founded settlements on the South American coast during the 1600s. All three nations claimed rights in the whole region extending from the Orinoco River to the Amazon River.
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