Mom Abram
Josephine Agnes (Kartes) Abram
July 26, 1913 - April 8, 2012
God used her to pray
all of the family of Tony Abram both on his mother's side and
father's side by standing on the promise:
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house. (Acts 16:31 KJV)
She has prayed over
thousands of requests on the behalf of others. There has been
hundreds of answered prayer requests over the years.
Mom Abram
Sunday April 8, 2012: The sun
was just breaking on a beautiful sunrise Easter morning, the
8th, of April when Mother Abram sleeping peacefully, while at
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Phenix City, AL and slipped
away to Glory to meet her Risen Saviour. Her race was over.
If I
could hear her now, she would be saying:
“I ran the race, I kept
the faith and I finished the course and here it is. I see Jesus
and He is giving me a Crown of Life. All the tests, trials and
pain of life have been worth it all now that I see Jesus.”
We were hoping Mom would be here
for our 50th anniversary later year and of course for her 99th
birthday on July 21st. She was born in 1913 in the state of
Pennsylvania to Mr. and Mrs. Kartes, immigrants from Slovenia.
She was born again as a Christian in 1948 when God saved and healed
her.
She and her prayers will be
sorely missed. She loved to pray for others and talk to others
of God’s Saving Grace. Her desire was to see the return of Christ in
her lifetime, but if not to go to the Lord in her sleep. God
gave her the desire of her heart.
She will be missed and still
loved until that Great Day when we all gather at the feet of our
Lord Jesus Christ and confess Jesus Christ is Lord!
Viewing will be from 6 to 8 pm on
Tuesday the 10th of April. In lieu of flowers, the family
request missions offering to Abundant Life Missions in Phenix City,
AL, in honor of Mrs. Josephine Agnes Abram.
Funeral services for Mom
Abram will be held 3:00 pm EDT on Wednesday April 11, 2012,
at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City, with her son's officiating,
Anthony "Tony" Abram and Frank Joseph Abram. Interment will follow
at Lakeview Memory Gardens and the family will receive friends this
evening (Tuesday) from 6 to 8 pm EDT at the funeral home.
Mike Brandebura
Mike
Brandebura
Born 1930, has gone home to be with Jesus March 12, 2008.
Mike Brandebura was one of our dearest friends of ours for many years.
When Marge was a young girl she felt the call of God on her life
when Mike and a group of students from the Bible School came to
minister at her church. Mike was an associate evangelist with our
ministry of Abundant Life Crusades for many years. We will
miss his friendship and ministry.
He and his wife Ann
have been with Marge and I in ministry in Russia, Ukraine,
Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Chez Republic, Slovakia, Germany,
Slovenia, Holland, England, Kenya, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, USA
and Argentina. He had been a blessing everywhere he had been
with us. He will be missed by many.
His home was both in
Edmonton, Alberta and Kissimmee, Florida. Mike served the
Slavic Churches in Canada as a Bishop for over 22 years and was Vice
President of the Conference of The Slavic Churches of North America.
We were glad to have had him as a member of the team and our
representative to the Slavic Churches of North America.
The Reverend S.E. Morgan is a graduate of Asbury College and Asbury
Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He pastored
Methodist churches in Indiana from 1952 until 1966.
In 1966 he
founded the Church of the Open Door, a non-denominational church in
Richmond, Indiana, where he pastored for ten and one half years.
In 1977 he entered the field of full time evangelism.
As an evangelist he
ministers to the body of Christ at large, in local churches across
the United States. his ministry also include a missionary
outreach in which he serves as an associate evangelist with the Tony
F. Abram Ministry of World Evangelism.
Since 1974 he has
ministered in South America, West Africa, India, Pakistan, Mexico,
Indonesia, Taiwan, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan
on behalf of Abundant Life Crusades Ministry. Rev. Morgan strongly
believes that the supreme task of the church is the evangelization
of the world, and that today is the day of harvest.
It is his desire
and purpose to bring edification and encouragement to the Body of
Christ through the teaching and preaching of the Word. His
ministry meets the needs of the people, encourages the pastors, and
strengthens the local church.
Walter Zygarewicz
Walter has been a friend and fellow worker with us for over 30
years. As a young man of 19 he began to work with the Abundant Life
Crusades as an interpreter. He has interpreted our ministry in
Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian.
He soon became
Crusade Manager of Abundant Life Crusades and served in that
position faithfully for seven years. Having the call of God on
his life, he launched into his own ministry, Global Vision, which he
is president of today.
This is a ministry
that is dedicated to reach the peoples of the former USSR. In the
past decade Abundant Life Crusades has worked closely with Global
Vision in this area of the world.
Adam credits working
with our ministry as bringing him into the ministry he has today.
Walter was born
in Paraguay and as a boy moved with his family to Argentina and then
on to California where he was schooled.
Marge introduced
Walter to his lovely wife Nina and they now have three very sweet
and dear daughters, Susan, Rachel and Tiffany.
Their home and office
of their ministry is located in Sacramento, California.
His brother Adam
is a missionary in Russia whom we worked with there and in South
America.
Harley M. Fiddler
Harley M.
Fiddler,
Missionary, Evangelist, & Teacher
International Focus Ministries INC.
Brother Harley formerly an ordained minister in the Methodist Church
of the Ohio West Conference is a graduate of Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio (AB degree) and Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore,
Kentucky (BD/MTh degree).
Tony Abram writes
the following:
"Working with Harley Fiddler, veteran missionary evangelist and
teacher is always a special blessing to us. He is honest,
sincere and dedicated. We do not often get that many
opportunities to work with him.
However, when we do, it
is always wonderful ministry and it is always a joy to work with
Harley as not only is he always upbeat but also a man filled with
the Spirit and Word of God.
He started his ministry as an
Methodist Pastor then working with Kenneth Hagen helping him in the
first years of Rhema Bible School being the first Dean of the
School.
Then he went to serve as Dean at Christ for the
Nations. This, I believe this was the Lord getting him ready
for the ministry of missionary evangelism. His ministry and outreach
is similar to our ministry. Perhaps that is why our ministries
can flow together so well. We have worked together in Japan,
Taiwan, USA, Ukraine, Belarus and India.
He served 1978-1979 as Campus Pastor, faculty member and Missions
Director at Rhema Bible Training Center of Kenneth Hagin Ministries
and 1983 to 1985 he served on the Faculty and was Dean of Family
Ministries at Christ For The Nations in Dallas Texas.
In
obedience to a long-awaited dream and vision, Brother and Sister
Fiddler formed International Focus Ministries, Inc., a missionary
organization, designed to serve as a facilitating ministry
net-working local churches, missionaries and national ministers.
They are involved with ministries in 38 countries.
Brother and Sister Fiddler have a variety of ministerial experience
over the past 50 years in Pastoral, Teaching, Missionary and
Evangelistic ministry and is a associate evangelist with Tony and
Marge Abram of the Abundant Life Crusades. Please pray for Harley
and Donna Fiddler. You can visit Harley's home page at:
http://www.internationalfocusministries.net
Anatoliy Rysko is our new representative and associate evangelist to
South America. He has been a dear friend and fellow minister since
1975 when we first met him in Pasados, Argentina.
He was pastor of
a local church there when we came for a citywide crusade and the
main host pastor. He was born in Paraguay of Ukrainian
parents.
He speaks 4 languages, Spanish, Ukrainian, English
and Russian. He has been with us in Ukraine in the past and has coordainated and interpreted for us in some of our Argentina
crusades.
He has a strong
anointing on his ministry, especially when he has interpreted us.
His home is now
in Edmonton, Canada. When we met him in 1975 we were told that the
largest evangelistic effort only drew crowds of 400.
We used the great
amphitheater by the river in Pasados and thousands of people came as
God gave us a great revival at that time. Please pray
for Anatoliy. We believe he has much to do for the Lord in South
America, especially in Argentina and also on behalf of this
ministry.
In April of 1986, my
wife and I went to Japan for the first time. I believed that
God wanted us to go to Japan, but I did not know why.
The first morning
after arriving in Tokyo I awoke very early and saw Mt. Fuji from our
hotel room window.
As I looked out
over Tokyo I started thinking about the fact that 99 percent of the
people in Japan do not believe in Jesus Christ and have any hope of
eternal life.
I began to weep as
God put a burden on my heart for the nation of Japan. My wife
was soon weeping also even though I did not speak to her. Our
hotel room was filled with the presence of God. I felt as if
Jesus were weeping through me for the nation of Japan. I could
easily relate to the Bible verse in the 19th Chapter of Luke that
speaks about Jesus weeping for Jerusalem.
John and Hyoncha are from the United
States and have spent the past almost 20 years of their lives, as
missionaries to the country of Taiwan.
They have been friends
of Tony and Marge since 1979, where a wonderful relationship began in
friendship and ministry with them, their family and church.
They have
traveled widely in Asia and visited many countries to bring the
message of God's mighty power in transforming the heart and
restoring broken spirits.
In recent years,
John has taught in various Bible Schools in Taiwan as well as in
China. At the beginning of 2004, he published a
bilingual book entitled, "God's Plan For Healing The Heart."
John Clark has a doctorate in counseling. Hyoncha is also an
ordained minister of the Gospel. John is the Dean of a Presbyterian
Charismatic Seminary.
John and Hyoncha have been
representatives and Associate Evangelists for Abundant Life Crusades in
for Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia.
In their travels
they have witnessed God doing wonderful miracles. They rejoice in
all that the Lord has enabled them to accomplish. The most important part of their ministry is
winning souls to Jesus Christ. They are also involved in
counseling people every week. Another important part of their
ministry is teaching.
Please remember them in your prayers.
It is with sad news we heard that John's dad,
David, passed away the 18 August about 12:34 AM. He went out for a walk
and we don't know if he fainted or not but he fell backward on concrete
and passed away right after Mark and Helen arrived with Chris.
Bill and Wanda
Kryzanowski are fine ministers. Bill says his claim to fame is that
he is a brother to Marge Abram. Wanda has been a faithful
representative for our ministry Abundant Life Crusades in Canada
from 1976 to June 2009. They pastured in Andrew, Alberta, Canada for
10 years during which they build a new sanctuary.
They did a tour
of ministry in Mexico after a 4-month crash course in language
school. Afterward they became Pastors of the church in
Glendon, Alberta for seven years and are now pasturing a Community
Church in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada. Wanda is a fine pianist
and organist. She works very closely with her husband Bill.
Doug and Davina
Graham of Guildford, Surrey, England, have been the longest
representatives of Abundant Life Crusades except for my mother.
They have been
our associates for 38 years.
We do appreciate
all they have meant over the years and have in their own way helped
us to take the Gospel to the world.
Doug's testimony:
It has been our privilege to know Missionary Evangelist's Tony and
Marge Abram for almost 42 years, of which 38 of them we have served
as their representatives in the United Kingdom.
When Tony Abram
asked me to take on this ministry and responsibility, we did not
know if we would be able to do it. However, with the grace of
God, we have helped fulfill what was required of us. My father
was a Pastor from the time I was a child. Though my wife and
both were raised in a Christian home and in the same church since we
were 6 and 4 years old, we both had our own wonderful ?Born again
experience.?
God has no
grandchildren, only children. We all must have our own
personal experience with Christ. I did not go to Bible School
but have been involved in the Work of God and in leadership all of
my life.
We have four
children - Peter married with children to a Swiss girl living and
working in Switzerland as assistant pastor, Jeff and his wife and
children live near us in Guildford. Our two girls, Heather, with
their husband and Sheena lives near us. What a joy to see them
living for Jesus. I do service in our local church as a Consulter
Pastor and Davina in children?s work.
We remember
meeting Tony and Marge Abram in early January 1963 when we were
experiencing the coldest winter in 248 years. It was the first time
in as many years that the Thames River was frozen over and they were
able to roast an ox on it. From the very first time we heard
them minister, we were blessed and have been blessed by their
ministry over the years. They have had a number of successful
crusades over the years in the United Kingdom and have blessed many
churches. Many have come to Christ and been healed.
Of course, those
of you who receive their Good News Publications already know that
Tony and Marge Abram have given their lives to take the Gospel to
the Nations. God has used them over the years to win thousands
of precious souls, seen thousands healed and delivered. Hundreds of
churches have been established all over the world. Yet none of
them have become their own but have become part of the Living Church
of God worldwide. I know they have not sought to build any
earthly kingdom but have tried to be wise and good stewards of the
Lord.
May I ask you to
pray for them and that God will yet use them in a greater way.
Also, when you remember, do pray for us and that we may continue to
be of some service to the Abundant Life Crusades.
Tom & Bev McLaughlin (the web guy) Tom McLaughlin has
been around computers since 1989 beginning with an Apple II+ and has
been updating his skills ever since - working on the newest and
latest computers and software systems in small to medium sized
network environments.
Along with the IT
field experience Tom has built a few award winning websites as he
seeks to broaden his portfolio base. Tom has worked with Novell,
Linux, and all of the Microsoft operating systems to present
including Windows XP.
While becoming a
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Tom discovered that his
abilities allowed him to have a career in the training aspect of the
IT industry.
His enthusiasm
and passion has encouraged many students to become successful in
learning and job seeking.
