The Angola Blog
8/7/2019
Until December 31 this year, Global Missions of the Florida United Methodist Conference is making available a matching grant of up to $4,000 towards the purchase of medicines for the Quessua Mission hospital in East Angola.
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8/3/2016
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6/1/2015
Some of you know that last December I was referred to an oncologist to follow up on three suspicious small breast tumors. I decided to seek medical attention in Cuba and thanks to the Angola President’s Daughter-in-law and the Florida Conference of the UMC, my trip was made possible and my medical expenses paid for. A week after arriving in Cuba and just before visiting with the head doctor of the Cuba’s Cancer Research Institute, I stopped by the Episcopal office of the Methodist Church in ...
The Angola Blog
7/6/2013
Construction moves forward at the Boys Boarding House in Quessua, as a new roof is being installed and a team of volunteers from Florida gets ready to travel to Angola.
The Angola Blog
3/14/2013
The Garcias continue to promote and lead the way for community engagement in the Quessua mission station. Read their most recent letter here.
The Angola Blog
2/21/2013
In light of the United Methodist News Service story recently posted on the Florida Conference Connection concerning the suspension of funds for the East Africa Annual Conference, I thought it would be beneficial to point out to our readers in the Florida Conference that the East Africa Conference of the UMC, which includes Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan, is not the same as the East Angola Conference of the UMC. The decision of the General Board of Global Ministries to suspend all funding ...
The Angola Blog
1/23/2013
In their New Year's letter, the Garcias look back to a year of challenges and victories for Christ, and share their gratitude for the support of covenant churches and friends in the Florida Conference.
The Angola Blog
10/13/2012
As difficult as it is to organize logistics for visiting mission teams to East Angola, missionaries Leo and Cleivy Garcia do it with great joy and anticipation. In a recent phone conversation, Cleivy said "When we host teams from Florida it feels like family has come to visit."
The Angola Blog
11/17/2011
It's been almost two months since Rev. Leonardo and Rev. Cleivy Garcia, a clergy and medical couple of the Methodist Church of Cuba, arrived in Quessua, Angola, to serve as missionaries supported by churches of the Florida conference of the United Methodist Church.
The Angola Blog
9/19/2011
This summer I had the opportunity to return to East Angola for a two-week visit. What a treat this was! After four days of traveling, I was in Quessua again...
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