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The Salvation
Army is now officially at work in 117 countries, with the most
recent openings taking place in Kuwait and Mongolia.
As was reported
earlier this year, Kuwait became the 116th country to fly the
Salvation Army flag when Majors Michael and Teresa Hawley (USA
Southern Territory) took up their appointments in the Arabic
gulf state on 1 August 2008. They were joined on 17 September by
Lieutenants Robert and Glenis Viera, also from USA Southern, who
were appointed to Kuwait direct from being commissioned as
Salvation Army officers.
Much of their
ministry, based in the government-approved Protestant Compound,
is expected to be with the 300-plus Salvationist immigrant
workers who are originally from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, The
Philippines and Sri Lanka. Contact with the ex-pat Salvationists
was originally made when International Emergency Services ran
its Iraq relief programme from Kuwait. This was followed by
intensive research and visits to the country by the General’s
Representative for Global Evangelisation (Colonel Dick
Krommenhoek) and the International Secretary for South Asia
(Commissioner Lalkiamlova) in 2007.
The work in
Kuwait is overseen by the South Asia Zone at International
Headquarters.
On 13 October
2008, Mongolia became the most recent addition to the list of
countries where The Salvation Army is officially at work. The
new ministry will be overseen by the Korea Territory, which has
arranged a special fundraising and prayer appeal for this
missionary endeavour. Captain Lee, Min-ho and Captain Chang, Mi-hyun,
having already been to Mongolia for research and preparation,
were charged to open fire for The Salvation Army by General Shaw
Clifton during the Korea Centenary Congress in October this
year. They departed soon after for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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