Global Ministries
Tejas Global Ministries
A large component of Tejas Global Ministry is the participation of international students in
our Summer Ministry Program. They minister to us with their variety of cultures and with their amazing testimonies of how God is at work around the world in countries most of us have never entered.
Missionaries: Betty Wafula, Julie Gathungu, John Kalunda
Population: About 39 million
Main Religion: Christian 82.6%
Other Religions: Muslim 11.2%, African traditional religions 5%
Unreached People Groups: Somali, Garreh
Languages: English (official), Swahili (national)
Prayer: The Kenyan government needs better leaders to be elected.
Many are affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.
There are many poor people and lots of crime.
There is also a war going on.
Kenya
Missionary: Gahn Yongyueangphan
Population: 69,122,234
Main Religion: Buddhism 95%
Other Religions: Muslim 4.6%, Christianity 0.7%
Unreached People Groups: Thai, Thai Islam
Languages: Thai, English, Chinese
Prayer: The government and education systems are not very good and there is
a massive amount of Hindus that need to be brought to the Lord.
What would
Jesus do?
Far away from home in South Korea,
Hyo-Jae Kong said it would not be easy
to be an international summer staff
member without help from God.
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This is my first time in America. Everything is
so new since I arrived at Camp Tejas on May 14th. First is
the language and then the culture that is so different from
Korea. I knew that this summer would be challenging for
me. During my first week at the camp, I felt like I couldn’t
communicate with anyone. I started to pray to God about
it and I knew right then that He gave me a confidence
to speak to other SMT even though it was still hard. I
realized that even though we are from different places,
and speak in different languages, we have one thing in
common. We believe in the same God and we are in the
same family, God’s family.
The second thing that I learned this summer
is to look at my situation through Christ’s perspective.
I read Mark 4:35-41 that talked about having faith in an
uncontrollable situation. I think of what Jesus would do if
He was here at the camp. I know that He would be more
active in spreading God’s love to people around Him and
it helps me to do the same thing.
For someone who thought that it would be hard
to come and work at Camp Tejas, I would say that it’s hard,
but it’s worth it. God will give you the opportunity to grow
closer to Him by using a situation in your life. So you can
depend on Him.//
Thailand
Missionary: Lisa Schoeman
Population: 48,810,427
Main religion: Christianity 80%
Other Religions: African traditional religion 15%, Islam 1.5%
Unreached People Groups: Bhojpuri Bihari, Hindi, Jew, Malay, Cape, Urdu
Languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
Prayer: The Government is corrupt and there are apartheid (racial) issues.
Crime is rampant and there are many AIDS victims.
The school teachers have corrupt ideas and teach them to the children.
South Korea
South Africa
Missionaries: Seul Lee, Hyo-Jae Kong, Grace Jang, Seo-Young Ha
Population: 48,754,657
Main Religion: Non-religious 46.5%
Other Religions: Christianity 29.2%, Buddhism 22.8%, Confucianists 0.2%
Unreached People Groups: Korean, Turks
Language: Korea
Prayer: North and South Korea are not unified and there is a lot of unrest.
Many people that live there claim to be Christians, but they do not bear fruit,
and others ridicule the Christians for their belief in the Lord.
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