Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving from RCE!

Within the next few weeks, we will be publishing the Annual Highlights version of our eNewsletter for this year. It provides examples of some of the activities the Regent Center for Entrepreneurship (RCE) has been involved with during the 2007 year.

In this issue of Global News, we continue to bring you stories of what God is doing through his people all over the world as they serve people and communities by doing kingdom business and microfinance. We're also providing you a collection of links to Christian organizations and businesses which offer products you might consider giving as Christmas gifts.* This would be a wonderful way to support kingdom business, entrepreneurs and your favorite ministries!

Thank you for your involvement with us in so many ways, especially for praying for the Center. Our effectiveness is multiplied by your investment in prayer. We also send special thanks to those of you who have been a financial catalyst for the work we are doing! Your generous gifts are an encouragement to us. For those who would like to make a contribution to RCE before the end of the year, please do so via our website or with a personal check designated specifically to RCE.

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Vacation on a Kingdom Safari

Go Africa Safaris is a Kingdom business, based in Nairobi, Kenya, started by RCE’s Dr. Jeremiah Koshal and Joseph Lenku in late 2004. Go Africa offers a variety of tours and travel options throughout East Africa and beyond, serving young adults, families, business travelers, and short-term missioners, by offering vacation programs that are tailored toward each group's specific needs and budgets. Staff members are trained to deliver personalized, friendly service at affordable rates, to help you feel at home away from home.

A good part of their profits go toward holistic development (social, spiritual and economic) that is aimed at transforming the poor communities of East Africa. Go Africa Safaris partners with local people, NGOs and private investors to harness the tourism potential to generate resources to fight poverty. Their involvement in the community includes drilling boreholes in semi-arid areas, offering leadership training, church planting, and more.

For more information, contact Dr. Jeremiah Koshal or visit Go Africa Safaris.

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Creating Jobs in Central Asia

Young Kyrgyz believers are expanding their companies after receiving collateralized loans and training in general business through the Business Professional Network (BPN) program in Kyrgyzstan. During the past year, nearly 300 jobs were created by the participants in the BPN program, which has a great impact in a nation with an unemployment rate hovering at 50%.

One participant, Nurlan Begelin, is expanding the building that houses his printing business and is also using his new profits to support his church and a ministry to the homeless and drug-abusers in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.
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One Loan Benefits a Family and a Community in Honduras

Clemencia Alcerro is on her fifth loan cycle with the Opportunity International IDH Trust Group in Honduras. She has 9 children in school, and is operating a successful business. Loans from Opportunity International enabled Clemencia to expand her firewood business, as well as diversify her skills by opening a corn mill.

People bring their corn to Clemencia’s mill for her to grind to make tortillas, enchiladas and tamales. Clemencia is known for her excellent customer service, her kindness and her clean business. She hopes to expand her business further, but places her family as her first priority.
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The Beauty of Flowers

In Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, lives a woman named Dragana. Six years ago, she and her husband had a little girl, born with diabetes, who is now blind. Dragana's husband could not bear the responsibility of his family and left. Dragana has worked hard to improve her situation, with her family's help and with training and a loan from Integra.

Dragana has a special gift for flower arranging, but had been unable to get a license for selling her arrangements. Often, officials require a bribe in order to process such applications. But now Dragana rents a stall in a local market where she sells her beautiful flower arrangements. The business is generating a profit and Dragana has been able to hire her sister-in-law to work with her at the stall, selling clothing in addition to flowers.
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Spreading Hope Around the World

Fenezia, a woman in the Dominican Republic, was willing to work hard and learn any job, yet there were no jobs available in her community, and no opportunities to further her education. But Esperanza, HOPE International’s partner in the Dominican Republic, gave Fenezia the opportunity to start start a small business with a loan of $50.

Fenezia used the money to purchase a stove and supplies, and began making donuts. After only four months of cooking and selling her donuts, Fenezia now supplies her pastries to six neighborhood stores. Sales are good, profits are coming in and she is even able to save her money for the future.
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Christmas Is Coming... Gifts That Make a Difference*

There are many organizations which have special gift catalogs for the holiday season. You can provide a water filter for a family in India through New Directions International, help women provide for their families through a MEDA embroidery project, provide a goat for a family in Haiti or schools supplies for children in the US through World Vision, support kingdom businesses like Ethnos Coffee by giving their products as Christmas gifts, shop at the Christian Freedom International store... opportunities abound!

We've gathered together a sampling of websites here which offers a variety of options for your shopping pleasure, with the hope that it will be of service to you.

Enjoy and be a blessing!

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*The Regent Center for Entrepreneurship offers these links as suggestions only and cannot vouch for the organizations listed. Some are well-known and others are not. Please do your own due diligence before making any purchase. Thanks!

From all of us here at the Regent Center for Entrepreneurship,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wes, Johncy, Skye, Russ, Jeremiah, and John