Praise Report from February Village Trips

Good Morning Friends of Guyana,

Jai's email isn't working again so I am sending the report for him and it is another wonderful one. They went to two villages in the savanna and three in the rivers. There were 197 salvations. Praise God!!!! Also, they were there for the dedication of a new church building that our ministry helped build at one of the river churches. The people from Canal Bank raised a good portion of the money themselves. They paid $2,000 and we paid $3,000. It is such a blessing to know how invested they were to raise that amount of money out of their very meager funds. It was thrilling for Jai and Markey to get to be there for the celebration of the new church building. Thank you all for praying for God's work in Guyana.

February Pastor Training Prayer Guide and Giving Opportunity

Dear Friends of Guyana.

Before I give you the daily prayer guide for pastor training, I want to let you know of a current need that has just presented itself. On the last trip to the river villages, our old Honda generator that we have used for years died. Steve said he is shocked at how many years it has lasted under the harsh conditions and with bad gasoline. It will cost $1,400 to replace it. If God lays it on your heart to give toward this purchase, it is tax deductible. Please make checks out to:

International Celebration Assm.

62777 Carolina Commons Dr.

Ste 600, #135

Indian Land, SC 29707

or Zelle to my email

bethwpuckett@gmail.com

If you Zelle, please email me your name and address so I can send a tax letter

Now for the Information on the Pastor Training Trip……

Please pray for this upcoming trip. Carl Martin is going for another pastor training trip. We are so grateful for the commitment Carl has made to go every six months to train pastors in the remote villages of Guyana. Besides being a wonderful teacher, he is so relational with them that the pastors feel they can discuss any issues they are facing. Steve Puckett will be going with him to the Savanna. Here are the dates that you can pray specifically for the trip. They will be joined by our staff, Michael and Leon on this trip to Region 9 near Brazil in the Savanna.  Jai and Markey will be doing a trip to Region 1 near Venezuela in the river villages this same week. Please pray for them as well.

SATURDAY, January 31—Carl and Steve will travel to Guyana, Carl leaving from Savannah and Steve from Charlotte. As they are leaving, there is a prediction of ice and snow. Please pray they can get to the airport with no problems and that the the flights will be on time. They will arrive at 11:15pm and stay at a hotel close to the airport.

SUNDAY, February 1—Our four Guyanese staff along with Carl and Steve have gotten permission to go into the Women’s Prison at 9:00 to do a Sunday service. Our Guyanese team will lead praise and worship music and Carl will preach. There is one inmate who has a wonderful voice and loves to sing praises to God so I imagine she will also sing. Thankfully we have a great relationship with the prison authorities because they don’t often allow people in on Sundays. Please pray that the women will be encouraged to walk closer to God and for those who don’t have a relationship with Him, that Sunday will be the day of their salvation.

MONDAY, February 2—This will be a travel day in two directions. Jai and Markey will go to Region 1 to the Savanna. They will go to three villages to do Celebration Services as well as share used clothing, flip flops, reading glasses and Bibles. One village they will visit has a pastor who is a part of our pastor training. Their church building was too small and in disrepair. The cost of building a new church was $5,000 because they had to have a zinc roof. The members of the church saved up money and paid $2,000 themselves from selling what they had grown. That left $3,000 for our ministry to pay to finish the church. We are so grateful to see their dedication to wanting to grow their congregation and working hard to help build their church.

Michael and Leon will fly with Carl and Steve to the Savanna. Twelve pastors from this region will also travel on Monday to reach Lethem, the main town in the region. To let you know how remote that is, the population of the largest town is only 1,740. Our team and the pastors will stay in a hotel in Lethem and do their training there instead of in a village. It will be a treat for the pastors to get to do that.  Pray that as they gather, there will be sweet fellowship and great anticipation for the training that will start the next morning.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, February 3, 4, 5—These are the training days. There will be three sessions each day.

9:00-10:45

11:00-12:30

Lunch 12:30-1:30

1:45-4:00

This may seem like very little break time but I assure you, the pastors want it that way. They are hungry for Carl’s teaching and always beg for more. During these sessions, there will be a lot of discussion and interaction.

Carl will be teaching on:

Abiding with Jesus and Leading Ourselves (John 15)

Equipping and Shepherding Our Leaders (1 Peter 5)—Making Disciples by the ABIDE method

A-Align with the methods and model of Jesus

B-Biblically driven in life and sermon preparation

I-Intentionally develop leaders

D-Disciple-making by modeling and implementing a set process

E-Environment that encourages growth as a disciple

Finally, Shepherding, Equipping and Leading Others (Ephesians 4) Equipping the Body by Feeding, Leading, Loving, Serving and Sending them.

Please pray that the teaching will be clear and meaningful and impactful. May each pastor learn and grow so he can lead his flock.

FRIDAY, February 6—The pastors will travel back to their villages and our team will fly back to Georgetown. They will have a little rest and a final dinner then head back to the airport. The flight back home is shortly after midnight.

SATURDAY, February, 7—Carl and Steve’s flight home leaves at 12:55am. Please pray for a good travel day and wonderful memories of what God has done during the week.

Thank you for praying for God to supply these pastors with renewed zeal as they serve their congregations.

Beth

Praise Report from January Village Trips

Hay ministry friends greetings and happy new year to you 

As you know we went to the savanna and river villages for our mission trip 

Both teams are back safely and we had a great trip we had 210 persons give there life to Jesus christ 

Thanks for your prayers and support we are off to a good start and with your prayers and support we look forward for a great year 

God bless you Jai 

Prayer Request for January Trips

Jai's email isn't working so I will let you know what he told me. Tomorrow, both teams will be leaving for the first trips of 2026. Jai and Markey will go to Region One to the river villages and will go to three villages. Michael and Leon will go to Region Nine in the savanna. They will drive the new truck full of supplies. They will serve two villages this month. Thank you for praying for many to receive Jesus as their Savior. 

I have a new need that has come to our attention. Pastor Clifford at Canal Bank in Region One has a need for a motor for his boat. If he could get one, he would use it to go up and down the river to pick up people who are prospects for his church. He would love to reach more people this way. If you feel God leading you to give, the cost would be $1700 and donations are tax deductible. You can give by check made payable to:

International Celebration Assn.

62777 Carolina Commons Drive

Ste 600, #135

Indian Land, SC 29707

OR you can Zelle to bethwpuckett@gmail.com

Thank you for your prayers and gifts. We have great anticipation of what God will do this year in Guyana.

Blessings, 

Beth

Praise God for 2025 Result

Dear Friends of Guyana,

This week our staff went to every prison in Guyana and gave each inmate a gift as well as giving them Christmas cheer with music and a message of why Jesus was born. I am sure you will rejoice with us as we heard the news that 26 inmates accepted Christ as their Savior this week. Praise God for continuing to reap a harvest in Guyana.

The salvations in 2025 were 2,259.

The total salvations in Guyana over our 20 year ministry reached 36,186. Many of you have been our friends since we started and so many have joined us as prayer partners year after year. We are grateful for each of you who support us in prayer and going and finances. May you have a blessed Christmas and we look forward to seeing what God will do in 2026.

Love, Beth

Christmas Ministry in the Prisons--Please Pray

Jai’s email isn’t working so he asked me to send their prison schedule out for him. They will give every inmate a gift as well as doing Christmas carols and a Christmas message. Please pray for decisions to be made for Christ…..

Tomorrow we go to the newanserdam prison

Thursday we go to the lusignan prison morning and women's prison in the afternoon

Friday we go to the mazaruni prison

GIVING TUESDAY--WE CAN USE YOUR HELP

Dear Friends of Guyana,

Today is called GIVING TUESDAY and I want to take this time to thank all of you who have faithfully given to God’s ministry in Guyana. Some of you will be doing “end of year” giving and I wanted to let you know of our needs in case God touches your heart to help us serve the Guyanese people.

I will list our current needs and pray that some of them will stand out to you as you consider helping us. We are very careful to use God’s money very prudently.

We purchase flip flops every six months to take to the remote villages and to give the inmates on our yearly mission trip.

***$2,500

We need $600 each month for our 2 visits to Mazaruni Prison that requires a hotel stay and renting a boat to reach the prison.

***$600 per month

Tooth paste to give the inmates in the large men’s prison where our team will go in March.

***$2,500

Tooth brushes to give the inmates in the large men’s prison where our team will go in March.

***$1200

Roman Road tracts to use this year.

***$200

Purchase of beads and spools of leather strapping to make salvation bracelets to give to each inmate and child.

***$300

Each month, our staff of 4 head out in two different directions, two going to the savannah near Brazil and two going to the river villages near Venezuela. Each team goes to three villages so a total of 6 villages served. Each trip costs #3,500 so a total of $7,000 per month.

***$7,000

Gifts are tax deductible.

Make checks out to:

International Celebration Assn.

62777 Carolina Commons Drive

Ste 600, #135

Indian Land, SC 29707

or Zelle to bethwpuckett@gmail.com

Thank you so much.

Beth

Report from November Village Trips

Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ 

Both teams are back from another wonderful trip from the jungle we had a great trip for our final trip for this year to the river And savanna 

We had 150 persons give there life to Jesus christ 

It had been a wonderful year doing ministry in the jungle river villages savanna and prisons we see hundreds of sols give there life to Jesus christ 

Thanks for your prayers and support God bless you Jai 

From Beth:  Amazed by what God has done this year. We have had 2,233 people accept Christ in 2025 and there may be other lives touched at our upcoming Christmas outreaches in every prison and a girls' home. Thank you for praying for us this year. We have been working in Guyana for 20 years this month and the total number of salvations that we know of is 36,160. Praise God for His faithfulness!!!!

November Trips Prayer Request

Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ 

Both teams are leaving for our final trip for this year 

The team going to the river villages will be leaving tomorrow and will going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade 

The team to the savanna will be leaving Tuesday morning and will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade 

Please pray for us as we travel on the road river and trail and for a harvest of sols 

God bless you Jai 

Results of this week's prison ministry

Jai just let me know that there were 7 more salvations as they went to all the prisons this week and had  baptisms at Mazarun Prisoni. Two of the new believers were women. I am so very grateful that God provided the way for our team to be allowed back into the women's prison. What a blessing.

Beth

Results from October Trips

Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ 

As you know we went to our October mission trip to the jungle 

Both teams are back safely from another great trip we had 145 persons give there life to Jesus christ 

Thanks for your prayers and support God bless you Jai 

PS... This is from Beth

Praise God with us because these salvations put us over 2,000 for this year. 2,076 Guyanese have accepted Jesus as their Savior this year. Pray we will finish strong and even more Kingdom work will be accomplished.

Prayer Request for October Trips

Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ 

Both teams are leaving for another mission trip to the jungle 

The team to the savanna are leaving tomorrow morning and will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade 

The team to the river are leaving Friday night will be going to 2 villages and do 4 nights of celebration crusade 

Please pray for us as we travel for our safety and for a harvest of sols 

God bless you Jai 

Report from Prisons Visits this Week

Good afternoon Friends of Guyana.

Rejoice with us!!!! I just heard from Jai and this week, our four staff went to four prisons and there were 10 more salvations. Please pray that these new brothers and sisters in Christ will grow in their faith and knowledge as our team goes back to teach and disciple. We are so grateful.

Blessings,

Beth

Report From Team Building Trip

Dear Friends of Guyana,

Thank you for remembering us on our recent trip. It was a WONDERFUL trip as we spent quality time with our staff and their families. We were able to go see Kaieteur Falls which is the longest single-drop waterfall in the world, three times higher than Niagara Falls. What a blessing to be able to see God's handiwork and except for Jai, non of our staff had seen it. We had a great time and were able to share the plan of salvation with our three  tour guides who were from all over Guyana

We were able to meet our new staff person, Leon, whose first day with us is today, October 1. He and his family joined us for Steve's birthday dinner where all our staff brought their children so we could all enjoy a time together. Leon and Ashley have a four year old son, Michael and Vanessa have a five month old daughter. Markey and Deanna have an eleven year old daughter, nine year old son and a six year old son. (years may not be exactly accurate but close) haha.

Another day we had a wonderful time of planning, suggestions to fine tune our ministry  and prayer. After that, a card game broke out so after pray and cards, we feel like we are starting to get to know Leon. haha.

Steve had a few very positive meetings with governmental staffers concerning businesses he is working on so more Guyanese can have jobs God was so good to provide him with those opportunities.

Our travel was smooth and everyone stayed healthy. Tracy and Jai were perfect hostess and host and we had a fantastic trip. We are so blessed and can't wait to continue serving together.

Blessings, Beth

Pray for Steve and Beth's Trip

Dear Friends,

Please pray for Steve and me as we leave tomorrow and will come home on 

Saturday. This is different from any other trip we have made because it is not a normal mission trip. We are going to have a staff retreat. This week, we just added our fourth staff, Leon, and we will get a chance to meet him. We will have time to do planning together, praying together, and playing together. We will be able to spend time with  the children of our staff. It is going to be so much fun and hopefully encouraging for our wonderful team who work so hard and tirelessly to share the good news of Jesus.

Love, Beth

Praise Report from the 4 Prisons

Praise God......We are thrilled about what God did in the four prisons:

New Amsterdam Prison had 2 Salvations.

The Women's Prison was special after our team not being able to go for 2 years. If you remember, two of our staff wives, Kay and I went there recently and had 5 salvations. The team was able to go in the afternoon and 68 of the women were available to come to the service. There were 6 salvations.

Lusignan Prison had 4 salvations.

Mazaruni Prison had 2 salvations and they baptized 6. There were more men who had accepted Jesus and wanted to be baptized but they were in court yesterday so they will be baptized later.

Thank you for your ongoing prayers for God's ministry in Guyana.

Blessings, Beth

Praise Report from Village Trips and Prayer Request for Prison Visits

Hay ministry friends greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus christ 

As you know we went on a mission trip to the jungle both teams are back from another wonderful trip 

We had 125 persons give there life to Jesus christ 

This week we will be going to 3 prisons tomorrow Wednesday we go to newanserdam prison

 Thursday morning we go to lusignan prison and in the afternoon we go to the women's prison for the first time after 2 years 

Friday we go to the mazaruni prison and we will have a baptism there 

Please pray for all these ministry this week 

Thanks for your prayers and support God is doing great things in Guyana  

God bless you Jai 

Urgent Prayer Request

Hey Friends,

When I sent the prayer request from Jai yesterday there was one detail we didn't mention because it didn't seem like it would be an issue. BUT...now it is so I am going to share it with you so you can pray. 

Michael has applied for a special license to drive our truck but it hasn't come through yet. You don't have to have that document to drive in the savanna so they made the plan that they would leave at 1:00 AM with Jai driving the loaded truck and Michael would follow in our van. Markey and a pastor who is going with Jai to the river villages were with them. They made it to Lethem and swapped drivers so Michael and Markey could go on to the savanna in the truck. Jai headed back to drive to the river where they had a reservation to put the van on the ferry. As Jai was driving, the vehicle in front of him flipped up a piece of medal and it hit the undercarriage and damaged the oil drum. The oil leaked out and Jai had to call Michael to turn around and come back and help him get the van back to Lethem to get patched. When I talked to Jai at 8:30 this morning, that is where he was and Michael and Markey were about to head back out again. Jai changed the reservation to get on the afternoon ferry. 

Since he started his trip at 1:00 AM and won't get to the river village until very late, he has decided it is best for them to be able to get some rest and just serve two villages instead of three on this trip. I am so grateful for that decision as I know they need to get some rest after the long hard night and day. Please pray for all the details of this trip. We know God is in control and will direct them each step of the way. Pray for many to come to  Christ. I am always amazed how our team is able to trust God and be flexible while having a wonderful attitude. I have learned a lot from them

Prayer Request for September Village Trips

Both teams are leaving tonight for another trip to the jungle 

The team going to the savanna will driving our new (used) truck with supplies to put in the big truck  and they will be going to 2 villages and do 4 nights of celebration crusade This truck is a blessing that will allow us to go over the mountain that is south of where we have been ministering, closer to Brazil

The team to the river villages will be going to 3 villages and do 6 nights of celebration crusade 

Please pray for us as we travel on the road river and trails for our safety and for a harvest of sols 

Thanks for your prayers and support 

God bless you Jai 

Report from August Pastor Training and Women's Prison Trip

Dear Ministry Friends,

We are so grateful for having the prayer support of so many of you as we served in Guyana last week. We saw God work in a powerful way even as some of our original plans had to be altered. Our flight left Charlotte 2 1/2 hours late because of bad weather in the Miami area. That caused us to miss our connecting flight to Guyana so we had to spend the night in Miami and were booked on the flight the next evening. That caused us ladies to miss one of our days in the Women’s Prison. Jai was able to pivot and came up with a way for the men to get to the pastor training on time. He hired them a speed boat to make up the time and they were able to reach the village for the Tuesday training as planned. We were so grateful Jai thought of that option. He was going to have them fly but all the planes were full.

There were 20 pastors and a few church workers who attended the three day training. Five of them were new to our training which is a real encouragement and  blessing. There were wonderful reports of how much more open and engaging the pastors are now that they have established a relationship with Carl and our team. Carl emphasized how important it is for them to not only make disciples themselves but to shepherd their leaders to do the same. The dominoes will fall so the congregation will catch the vision if the pastor and leaders are very intentional. They seemed excited to strive to put that into practice and continue to work on growing healthy churches, Gene taught a few sessions and had them all laughing with his winsome way of story telling along with making serious points for growth.

There was a lot of one on one conversation to answer individual questions and address any issues the pastors were dealing with. Jai had a chance to speak with each pastor and was very encouraged by how much they have learned and that they are taking the leadership of their churches very seriously. Jai is amazed how Carl can make the lessons so clear and practical.

Markey was not able to go with them as planned because his father had brain surgery a few days before the training so he stayed home to help him. His father was able to go home from the hospital but still needs our prayers. His name is Lloyd.

Now about the ladies….Tracy, Deanna, Kay and Beth…We were thankful to have Michael to drive us back and forth and arrange our meals. He also took care of the sound system for us in the prison. Monday, Michael was driving the men to the boat so we ladies spent time preparing for the lessons and organizing all the art supplies for the lessons. We needed flowers and there were no flower shops so we went for a walk in a neighborhood near the hotel. Two ladies with yards full of flowers graciously let us pick some of their beautiful flowers and along with wild flowers we found on our walk, ended up with a beautiful arrangement to use on Tuesday.

Our lessons on Tuesday were Vulnerability and Forgiveness, When we first arrived, the women were distant and seemed closed off. By the end of our time with them, they were hugging us and wishing we could keep coming back. They enjoyed all the art projects but I will just explain  one of them on the topic of Forgiveness. They had a paper and pencil and were told to write a letter that no one else would see. It was to be to someone they needed to forgive or to someone they wished would forgive them, even God. The next step was to tear up the paper however they chose and glue the pieces on another piece of paper making a piece of art that expressed how they felt. They then used acrylic paint to turn it into a work of art. It was amazing how talented they were and how beautiful and varied their creations were.

Wednesday morning we did the lesson on Reconciliation. Wednesday afternoon was to be our praise and worship time and the Bible lesson after which I would explain the plan of salvation. When we arrived, the guard told us someone was in the prison and we had to wait for them to leave so we were 30 minutes late going in. We had the praise music and worship time which was great. One of the inmates has a beautiful voice and she sang for us each day. I began my Bible lesson on God being our Shepherd and why we as sheep desperately need a Shepherd. I was a third of the way through when I received word that we had to leave at 2:30 which meant with our late start, we only had one hours total. I rushed through the bullet points of the lesson because I wanted time to present the plan of salvation. They were very attentive. We didn’t have time to wash feet so left that for the next day, Thursday morning. Since the ladies like to paint, we provided that opportunity while we four ladies washed the inmates feet, thankful that  we were not rushed at all while having one on one conversations with them. Many of them poured out their hearts to us. What seemed like a negative situation the day before, having to start late and end early, turning into a blessing with more time for the most important thing we did. FOUR WOMEN ACCEPTED CHRIST and we were able to talk to a lot of the women who were already Christians and encourage them. It was a huge blessing.

The afternoon session, we just played games and enjoyed a warm relationship with them. Their favorite games ended up being Simon Says and one activity we never dreamed they would like. We blew up 6 balloons and told them to work together and keep them in the air as long as they could. Then hilarity began, slowly then built….Before we knew it, inmates of all ages, even those in their 50’s were running around, laughing and squealing and bopping the balloons all around the room and very high in the air. We couldn’t have our phones in the prison so couldn’t take pictures or videos but that scene will forever be a movie in my mind. The women were having fun and acting like they were young children. What a great way to end a great week.

The prison authorities sent us word in the middle of the week that something had come up and we couldn’t come on Friday. SO..we went to the Hararuni Girls Home where we have been often. We took them lunch and did the forgiveness art project. We left the paints so they can enjoy them later.

We had no travel problems coming home so were very grateful for that, Thank you again for praying for us. You are so much a part of this ministry as you approach the Throne on our behalf.

Blessing,

Beth