25th December, 2009
 


Bibles given to new believers in India, 
by Daniel Kizhakkevila, Website

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Les Norman, the editor says the 5000 have been fed, see all the stories below, and now it is Christmas all over the world. We will be back in the New Year, come and see us again soon and for now have a wonderful week, peaceful, full of God's presence and blessing.

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24th December, 2009
 
Alberto Sessa, Mino Clavero says he works in mission in the mountains of Argentina, I've been reading this page for a long time and every story and photo encourages me and builds me up. Website. 

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John Duco, Paynesville, Liberia has a Party with the Poor on the 25th with food and gifts for hundreds of people they invite from the streets.

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23rd December, 2009
 
Juan Campos Ballesteros says thanks to readers for buying medicines for poor children and Christmas baskets of food for poor families in Picapiedras, Peru, and for fixing his 1986 Nissan car.


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François Tchummo, Douala represents Tentmakers in Cameroon.
Silfredo Feliz, Rep. Dominicana wants the gospel to go the nations.
Maia is a teacher, sad that her country is closed to the gospel.


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22nd December, 2009
 
Benjamin Das, Palalm Colony, India says for 3 months I was in Punri, but nobody listened to me about Jesus. Then one man asked me to pray for his buffalo which was ill. I went with him, prayed for his buffalo and shared the gospel with him. One week later he told me that his buffalo was healed completely and some of the village people wanted to meet me. So I went with him and now a house church has been started.

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21st December, 2009
 
Johnny Auguste in Haiti is going to put on 3 days of music, worship, meals and fellowship with a Party for the Poorest people he can find in Camp-Perin, Les Cayes and Miragoane, December 23-25.


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Silvia says hello from Cordoba, Argentina, thanks for the news.
Idohou Roland says God bless you from Bohicon, Benin.
Bomua is happy as a new School of Mission student in Kinshasa, Congo.


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19th December, 2009
 
Yoppi Margianto, Indonesia is doing a Party with the Poor for 200 men, women and children in Tangerang with food, drink, dance, singing, a film and prayer for them.


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Jose Manuel, Acapulco, Mexico invites actors, directors, film producers and visual artists to participate in a Cine-Arts Festival, January 2010.

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18th December, 2009
 
Moses Aringo is organising food, gifts and a fantastic Christmas Party with the Poor for 400 people in Lilongwe, Malawi helped by people from different churches.


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Paulo César is a pastor in the interior of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ana Pereira has a church of 100 in Angola, lots of crime and AIDS here.
Víctor Campos in Panama is very interested in missions.


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17th December, 2009
 
Ranledis Perez is going to cook a huge amount of food for 800 disabled or poor people and invite street people, addicts and beggars to a Christmas Party with the Poor in Camaguey, Cuba.


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Walter sends greetings from Ecuador, doing my degree studies.
Patricio Mora, Chile says this page is really a blessing.
Gballet James, Ivory Coast says I live to win the world for Jesus.


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16th December, 2009
 
Prem Thapa in Nepal is going to Naram village where there are no Christians at all to invite 500 poor people to a party with food, drink and gifts to hear that Christmas is all about the coming of Jesus.


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Oladimeji B says thanks for touching lives in many depressed countries.
Diego Lassalle in Buenos Aires is happy to have this information.
Assi Bertin is a pastor in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.


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15th December, 2009
 
This month the readers of this page provided 22 newly trained men in India from Voice of the Gospel with a bicycle each to get around on and with lanterns so that they can hold evening meetings in rural villages with no electricity.

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Noel Ferreyra says thanks for this page from Uruguay.
Mario says God bless you from Brazil,
Jesus Munoz sends greetings from Nebraska USA, don't forget us here.


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14th December, 2009
 
George Purkweri is arranging a Christmas Party with the Poor for 800 to 1000 people in the north of Uganda, not far from the home of the terrorist leader Kony who has now fled the country after killing thousands of people, even his own family.

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Ezequiel Peguero says God bless you for this excellent page.
Cesar says don't forget to meet together, Hebrews 10.25
Elena, Argentina says thanks for the news and free children's materials.

 

12th December, 2009
 

Branco Lee, Peru says that you are welcome to take all his free videos, slides and materials on Creation from his website here.

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Charles Johnson, Liberia is having a Monrovia Party with the Poor for maybe 400 people on the 25th followed by five nights of showing films to the neighbourhood with another 3000 to 5000 people expected.


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Marcel Rachid says African states were never poor but we are always in trouble and only find ways of making things worse. See December 2.
Ricardo Moronta, Venezuela invites you to come and work with him.





11th December, 2009
Jules Wazeng,  Lubumbashi, DR Congo says we graduated 63 students from our School of Mission. In 3 years we have opened nine new churches and helped orphans and the poor. Our next course starts December 14th and we urgently need books, Bibles and cycles. Click to see all the photos.

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Scott Bower says I love the Pocock quote when talking about the Christmas Parties with the Poor "For all the efficiency of rapid communication and border obliterating technology, personal relationships and simple acts of kindness may, in the end, constitute the best strategies (for mission) and they may have the most appeal in a post-modern era." Excellent stuff!

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       Comment: Les Norman, the editor
       This Christmas we are planning to feed 5,000 poor men, women and children,
       you will see the reports starting to appear from today onwards.

10th December, 2009

Roland Canazas is organising a Christmas Party with the Poor in three villages along the Peruvian Amazon, and another not far from Huancayo, all with food, celebration and gifts to take home.


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Les Norman, the editor says thanks to all our readers who have given this page some fantastic growth in 2009, we were just 8,900 hits short of a million in November.


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9th December, 2009

Manuel Inostroza, Chile, says grace, peace and blessings for your work.
Marochée Aho, Togo teaches English says thanks for this great work.
Erisvaldo and Dineia Silva lead missions in their São Paulo church, Brazil.
Jose Fernando Nota has a School of Mission in Manica, Mozambique.

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Yoppi Margianto, Indonesia says our new free School of Mission starts January 11 with more than 10 people registered already.

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Michael Scharnowski, Switzerland says the Swiss have voted to ban the building of minarets, many are afraid of radical Islam but I pray that we Christians might reach out to the Muslims around us.


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8th December, 2009

Agabu Kakamba, Mozambique says I am working in Maputo and Manica to plant churches and want to go to the unreached corners.

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One friend says to another what is it about Christmas that brings so many high-pressure appeals for money on the streets, radio and in the post, it's only the 8th and my emotions and my wallet are are already wrecked. Click here to learn about donor fatigue

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Britain's Daily Mail says that in the Sudan a 16 year old Christian girl has been given 60 instant whip lashes for wearing a skirt that only reached to her knees. Full story here.


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7th December, 2009
 
Kizhakkevila Daniel, Kerala, India says we had a wonderful time at Dharapuraom, Tamilnadu, 21 people were baptized and we gave a Bible to each one. My website


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You are not alone. Yours are the experiences of those who "follow the footsteps of the flock." It's a well trodden path. Give yourself to love the Lord. Gradually He will replace other things that may have been man's doing or your own doing and you will find they drop away spontaneously. Its dangerous to try to drop things yourself and then expect that God will fill the void because it can leave us "Clean, swept and put in order," and you know what comes next. We are a work in progress and its a big realisation that its OK to be who we are on the way to who we will be. Tis mercy all.

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5th December, 2009

Silvia Vergara, Valparaiso says we support education, training and discipleship for the Dalits of India, we challenged the church in Chile to bless this poor, rejected people, 100 people came to our conference.


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Mah Malachie, Danane, Ivory Coast says we are planning three days of films, telling people about Jesus and on the 25th we will share a meal with the poor people, prostitutes, orphans, beggars and AIDS victims.


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Francisco Siqueira, Brazil says thanks for this beautiful page.
Will Chowning, is in the Amazon teaching English, helping Bible Schools.
Yolanda says I am in missions in Spain, this page is a blessing.


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4th December, 2009
 

Click to read The Church: Love it, Hate it and What You Can Do About It. Three pages of easy to understand extra notes taken from Henri Nouwen, in English and now here in Spanish, for every DCI School of Mission student, for every church leader and for everyone who has been hurt by church leaders but dare not say anything.

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Les Norman, the editor says while we are on this hot subject this book titled Churchless Faith should be made compulsory for every church leader. It's an easy to read professional analysis of why over 500 people after an average of 15 years in church, many in leadership, have left church but not Christ yet most have grown stronger in their faith and service. Spirited Exchanges is their forum with over 6,000,000 hits.

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3rd December, 2009
 
One Friend to Another said when I saw Psalm 94.18 I thought about you and your stress, it said, "When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul."  Looks like someone found consolation in God not in drinking more of that !

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Nanty Lopez says beautiful page, I am from Colombia, following Jesus.
Ongom Benson says I live in Kampala, Uganda and work in security.
Rosine says I am preparing a song for the arrival of our Saviour, Jesus.

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2nd December, 2009
 
Charles Johnson, Liberia says our problem is not lack of money but theft of money and misuse of our diamonds, gold, timber, rubber, iron and offshore oil. Investors pour in millions of dollars yet the funds for poverty reduction are squandered. While officials sing the poverty reduction hymn at state banquets the poor man outside fights to care for his children.

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Heri Junianto, Indonesia says I am using the DCI School of Mission to equip pastors in the remote areas of West Kalimantan.

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1st December, 2009

Biak Thawng, Myanmar says as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ may the joy, peace and blessings of God be upon your family and church.


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30th November, 2009

Reuben Pradhan, Shillong, India has found a first-class free Bible School, click for Kings Online Bible School.

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Ranledis Perez, Cuba wants you to click to see some fantastic photos of sports, kids, eating and 41 people being baptised in Camaguey.

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28th November, 2009

Rolando Canazas, Peru says click for some astonishing photos of life in a village on the Amazon. Rolando has a School of Mission and lots of projects in Peru.

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Don't miss this, click for twelve Free Bible Adventure Stories for Kids from Living the Story, in pdf format, full colour and very well-produced.

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27th November, 2009



The DCI Fund holds it's annual Christmas Party in the developing world and invites the poor, the widows, the disabled, the AIDS victims and the orphans. If you would like to host our Christmas Party for the Poor in the spirit of Luke 14, 12-14, 21-23 and Matthew 25, 34-40 please see this page, read these notes and apply here by December 1st.

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Michael Adjei, Ghana says miraculously I discovered exactly what I needed here and started free training a month ago. I have so much joy, excitement and insight, the trainees are responding, not forgetting the 101 advices you give.

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26th November, 2009

Les and Pilar, the founders of DCI say next year's diary is now open if you would like us to come to your church, conference, small group or just to see you. Thursdays to Mondays are best, UK and Europe.

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Yoppi Margianto, Indonesia plans to raise 200 Peking Ducks as a Business for Mission. Our Bank for the Poor has made new loans for selling clothes, bags, mousetraps and bamboo ornaments, one widow never stops talking about Jesus as she sells clothes.

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Jean Aguiar de Almeida, Natal-Brazil invites you to come and work with us to reach the Northeast. Click for my pages.

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