AWAKENING LIVES TO WORLD MISSIONS

Programs

1. ALWM Cambodia is a registered NGO in that country. We built and operate two schools and help support the work of 56 churches and ministries in Cambodia and a neighboring country that can't be named here. We are also raising funds for a new youth and leadership training center that will serve our leadhttps://efile.form990.org/Images/Main/form990-left.jpgership needs for Cambodia and surrounding countries with more restrictive governments for Christian Outreach.

   $70,158 spent$97,627 earned by the program
   24% of program spending

2. Our Ministry ALWM Vietnam, known locally as Vital Links for Humanity, provides medical / evangelism resources for rural congregations and provinces that lack basic medical care and clean water. We also train community leaders in churches to provide basic health services where healthcare is limited. We also build wells and water filtration systems. We have ongoing works with more than two dozen congregations, with more added each year as we expand outward from Ho Chi Minh City.

   $26,825 spent$30,967 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

3. We work in Laos and Thailand through Pastor Tom Thorstad, a western missionary sent by ALWM to serve in the region. He and his wife carry out a variety of Christian ministry activities in both countries in partnership with the Lao Evangelical Church, as well as seminaries in the region. Other activities can not be described in this public forum

   $40,987 spent$34,837 earned by the program
   14% of program spending

4. We work with ALWM / NALC Global Worker rev. Dagaga Gemachu and the Oromo Christian Fellowship in Nairobi, Kenya. The thriving ministry there works on two fronts: first, ministering to refugees fleeing Ethiopia and heading to somewhere safe and free in Europe or North America. In the interim these refugees are fed, taught and encouraged! We also have a major ongoing outreach in norther Kenya among the Borana people, a predominantly Muslim nomadic people. More than 8100 people heard the gospel, with more than 1700 coming to Christ! Pastor Dagaga and OCFN have planted 16 congregations among them over the past 10+ years.

   $29,320 spent$30,840 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

5. We work with Belarus Lutheran Missionary Fellowship and Pastor Valery Hryhoryk in Belarus, helping fund their outreach ministry, music ministry, and social outreach among teens, children, the handicapped, Ukrainian refugees and more. Some of the work can not be described in this public document

   $26,603 spent$27,196 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

6. We partner with Global Worker Rev. Martin Lalthangliana and the Lutheran Church of Myanmar to help this 2000+ member church body navigate the civil war and help facilitate ministry. We provide relief funds, leadership training resources, and fund discipleship and evangelism projects as the Lord provides.

   $30,329 spent$27,221 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

7. Domestic and International ministry travel for preaching, teaching and ministering to our teams included the Summer mission trip to SE Asia and also a fall trip to Visit our ministries in Kenya and Tanzania. In addition there as domestic travel and ministry in 7 states and also two major National gatherings (LCMC and NALC)

   $16,182 spent$16,182 earned by the program
   6% of program spending

8. We also carried out smaller program ministry with the publication of Celebrating Global Mission Magazine, a digital publication, as well as earthquake relief funds for Turkey via former missionaries.

   $7,017 spent$3,657 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

9. We work in partnership with ALWM Global Worker Swapon Sarker and the now 12 congregations of the Bangladesh Evangelical Lutheran Church. We provide ministry resources as the Lord provides including discipleship training, 2 motorcycles for the evangelists to broaden their sphere of ministry beyond bus routes, and build wells and water filtration systems at our partner village churches as the Lord provides. We built three in 2025.

   $19,935 spent$21,578 earned by the program
   7% of program spending

10. We work with ALWM Global Worker Randall STubbs, a western missionary who has served in Tanzania for 20 years in music ministry, capacity building for evangelism, and leadership development!

    $11,986 spent$12,780 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

11. We sponsor a short term mission trip each year to SE Asia. In 2025 a team of 5 ministered in Vietnam along with our ALWM Vital Links medical team providing support services, dental supplies, free reading glasses, and children's ministry for 330 children at the outreach in Kanh Vinh Province. We also ministered in Cambodia leading a 3 day English Bible Camp at the ALWM Mission School in Preah Vihear. 73 children attended, including 23 Muslim children!

    $11,651 spent$10,781 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 11 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,993.