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28th February, 2011
 
THE LEADER'S
REFLECTION

President William Henry Harrison’s inaugural speech was the longest ever, 8,578 words. He gave it outside on a cold day refusing to wear either hat or coat and so caught pneumonia, and died one month later. Speakers should learn two lessons from William Henry: Remain dressed and keep your speech short.



The secret of good communication in three words.
Brevity, levity and repetition.




26th-27th February, 2011
The Weekend
 
Miguel Diez, Remar International, Spain says in Guatemala we are making our college bigger, opening a candle factory, a shop, and a new church in Aguas Calientes. Ask about serving with Remar in 66 nations.



Two retired Americans killed by Somali pirates were delivering Bibles around the world, we are sorry. Full story


Freddy Zapata says we have opened a new church in Peru, Puerto Maldonado. Luz Preciado says the next Barranquilla, Colombia School of Mission starts end February. Jude, Solomon Islands says the School of Mission program should come to us in the Pacific.

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25th February, 2011
 

Daniel Kizhakkevila says this is how we began to dig the second well sponsored by readers of this page for the Mercy Home in Meenamkal, India.

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John Clements, Wales says if you were a student in the first ever DCI Course for World Christians in Nottingham, UK 1987-1992 click for the Facebook Group I have opened for us all. 

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Who put our world into a museum? For the answer see this week’s DCI Minute, one minute to read, one minute to write but a lifetime in preparation.





24th February, 2011
 
One friend says to another, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” His friend replied, "That may be true but you can feed that horse with some salt and make him thirsty."


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Justice, Ghana says the only way that the Church is failing is in its outreach responsibilities. David Meza, Venezuela says click to download free materials, events, and publicize your news in Spanish.  Click Jeremias Luzolo to enter the next DCI School of Mission in Luanda, Angola begins 5th March.

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23rd February, 2011
 
Komi Mensa Gbogatse says I have distributed thousands of the free SOON magazines and blessed our poor, beggars and disabled children in Guinea. Click to see the photos.

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CNN reports that Enoch Adeboye has 1 million people regularly attending his church meetings in Nigeria.

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22nd February, 2011
 
With thanks to Johnny Auguste in Haiti click to download the first ten lessons of the free DCI School of Mission in Kreyól-Creole, for Haitians everywhere.

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Isai says I am doing a project with Tenek young people in Mexico. Izaias dos Santos, Brazil says I have been teaching DCI lessons in Philippines and South Africa. Luis Parra says I am going to teach the free DCI studies in Colombia, I am an evangelist here.

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Philip Yancey said when facing imminent death, "All that mattered boiled down to this: Who do I love? Who will I miss? What have I done with my life? And am I ready for what’s next?
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21st February, 2011
 
Debora Rubira, Barcelona, Spain says while we have Bibles gathering dust on shelves don't miss this video of people in Papua on the day they receive the first ever Bibles in their language. 

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Nelson Mandela says if you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

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19th-20th February, 2011
The Weekend
 
Prem Thapa says God is doing great miracles in Nepal, thousands of people have come to follow Jesus Christ. We are supporting 21 pastors and 38 children at our home.

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George Purkweri, Uganda says I gave ten goats to orphans with 50 widows and 34 orphans watching, all thanks to Hannah in UK, 13, and the kind heart God has given you. These days few people remember the orphans, widows and disabled in Africa.

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Felicidad says on Sundays we help 50 hard-working children in Tejeria, Bolivia. John Mabunda, South Africa says I am planting churches in Joburg and Mozambique, I want to start a School of Mission. Heidi, Guatemala says come to our  guest house for 12 people with meals.

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February 18th, 2011
 


Johnny Auguste says we have 500 students in seven Haiti DCI Schools of Mission and their new churches. Yves Gaba, Togo says starting a new School of Mission in Mission-Tove, that village called us because of the seriousness and discipline of our school. Ànana Noah says thank you for allowing me to open a School of Mission in Edea-Cameroon. Click for photos.

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Nido Qubein says your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

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February 17th, 2011
 
Jling says on our second food relief visit to poor Myanmar cyclone victims we heard that because of our first visit forty animist and Buddhist villagers decided to follow Jesus and had been baptized. 

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Theodore Guerin said "We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do."

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Les Norman, the editor says click to tell me what do you want to see or read about on this page ?

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16th February, 2011
 
Anon for security, Indonesia says three churches were burned down and another closed down with the police watching but doing nothing. The International Crisis Group says that the government is firm against terrorists but religious intolerance is out of control.

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Danyel, Saudi Arabia says I have followed Jesus for 17 years but I can't study in Arab countries.  Micscemi, Russia says I wish you every success and thank you for your wonderful blog. Samuel, Pakistan says I want to start a DCI School of Mission in Urdu.

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15th February, 2011
 
Mah Malachie, Ivory Coast says many have fled for safety in Guinea and Liberia, we are putting on three days of prayer for the faithful who are staying through the crisis.


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One friend says to another I spent $4,000 on laser surgery for my wife's eyes and she still can’t see things from my point of view!

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February 14th, 2011
 
Rolando Canazas, Iquitos, Peru says we are on red alert because of dengue fever, one of our pastors and many others gravely ill.

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THE LEADER'S
REFLECTION

The four unforgiveable sins of a speaker are being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable to be there.

Taken from John Maxwell, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect





February 12th-13th, 2011
The Weekend
 
Daniel Kizhakkevila, India says we started digging the DCI sponsored well in the Kozhinjampara Mercy Home and the second well starts today.

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Our thanks to John Clements M.Ph, Wales, for submitting an independent review of the work of DCI to Wikipedia, written to a very high academic standard.

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Diones Clei says I am opening a School of Mission in Santarem, Brazil Amazon. Bhim Darna says I am a pastor in Nepal. Glenn and Lynne, Nicaragua say we like your program and want to join with you.


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February, 11th 2011
 
Tools with a Mission enables people to support themselves by collecting and refurbishing tools and equipment from the UK and sending them overseas.



Computer Aid has donated 178,795 refurbished computers to schools and churches in 100 African and Latin American nations.




David Sawyer, UK, says click for Free Christian Resources including books.


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February 10th, 2011
 
Johnny Auguste says despite the fear of street violence and cholera in Haiti 65 people come to the DCI School of Mission with 30 on a waiting list in St. Jean where we also want to open a health centre.


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Tanya, Belarus says I teach English and I want to serve God. Boussaad Lazhar says I was trained in one of your West Africa Schools of Mission. Jose Romario, Brazil says every day I go out preaching the word of God.

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February 9th, 2011
 


When Antonio in the Philippines went to bless the Bajau Sea Gypsies they had vanished, click to see a beautiful slideshow of these elusive unreached peoples. 

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Malcolm Bane says if you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing anything for anybody. 


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February, 8th 2011
 
Henry says when we go to the Amazon villages in Peru we eat because God has made us skilled hunters and fishermen, and we sleep on our boat on cushions under mosquito nets.

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Click for The DCI Minute, 60 seconds to read, 60 seconds to write but a lifetime in preparation, this week find out who is The Lonely Celebrity.

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Do you need someone to talk to? Click to e-mail Sharon from DCI England. Sharon has a Masters in Counselling and Psychology, she is a committed Christian and personally very familiar with suffering. You can talk to Sharon as a trustworthy friend and she will reply in English.

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February 7th, 2011
 
Anon by request says what is happening in Egypt happened here in Indonesia 12 years ago but many Chinese people were robbed, raped and killed and they said it was the price of reforms.

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We are following all the people in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan and Yemen as they look for freedom but watch out that you don't elect someone worse. As one Egyptian politician revealingly said, "We won't bring in Sharia Law - unless the people want it." The Editor



Rogelio De Jesus Veliz, Guatemala says I have done your free studies over a year and learned many things about the Lord and money.

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February 5th-6th, 2011
The Weekend
 
In life there are people who give
and people who take . .

Which kind do you like to be around? Givers, of course. Everyone does. When we see people we know to be takers, we tend to avoid eye contact or even pretend that we haven’t seen them. However, when we spot givers we’re glad to see them. It’s easy to feel connected to givers.

It's good to be a giver, and it doesn't have to be all about money, try giving some time, some extra love, care and a smile works wonders.

Taken from John Maxwell, Everyone Communicates


Djationo, Indonesia says our church has been forced to close, so now I serve God without a church. Eddie and Vilma at Healing Every Nation say we give 2 meals a day to 530 children in Mozambique. Mbus David Claude, Cameroon says I now lead a church after training in a School of Mission in Douala.

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February 4th, 2011
 

THE LEADER'S
REFLECTION

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,
what we have done for others and the world
remains and is immortal.

Albert Pike



Jaidy Oliver, Natal, Brazil says Healing the Land is saving lots of people from drugs and we use your teaching materials. Terry Young, UK says I have raised nearly £50,000 to build 2 schools for YWAM Sierra Leone, need just £5000 more. Lucky, South Africa says I think you offer the best tools for preparing leaders.

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February 3rd, 2011
 
Henry Ampama, Amazonas, Perú says I am organizing a Wambisa Pastors Fellowship to help with social action, education and health. Join pastors from Chosica, Huabal, Chinganaza, Pampaentsa, Alianza Progreso and Soledad.

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Rowland Evans says we will find that silence is full of God's presence speaking, it is not that He has a word for us, rather that He is word and His presence will tell us all we need to know.

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February 2nd, 2011
 

Udeme Eyeni, Nigeria is building a new church building at Oron.

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Mah Malachie, Ivory Coast says soldiers here are on brink of armed confrontation, near us are many dead civilians, churches burned, we and the DCI projects are safe for now.


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February 1st, 2011
 
George Purkweri, Lira, Uganda says my wife Jane has been diagnosed with diabetes and we need your prayers and advice in this remote place.

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Aquilino Pinaycobo says I have been a pastor for 30 years in Bolivia.  Odir Carranza, El Salvador says we have a TV program for counselling young people, big  drug problem here.


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Pastor Claudiney Duarte, Brazil says click to download my free book in Portuguese about healing and God's miracles.

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January 31st, 2011
 
The famous actor got the applause but then the audience wept, why was this? Find out in The DCI Minute, one minute to read, one minute to write but a lifetime in preparation.

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Zaniolo, Brazil says we welcome people with alcohol and drug problems, give clothes, food and God's word. Jesús, Venezuela says to follow Christ is the most beautiful and wonderful life we can have. Djationo, 49, Indonesia says I want to be a great evangelist like Yonggi Cho.

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29th-30th January, 2011
The Weekend
 

Rolando Canazas, Peru says with the launch of our own pequepeque we have been visiting Amazonas villages and Huambiso pastors, some are so lonely that we are forming an association to share their needs and blessings. More photos

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Joy says I am a leader of teens in my church in Egypt. Yves Gaba says our DCI School of Mission in Togo resumes classes on January 10 and we do a correspondence course. Heri Junianto says I manage a micro-loan bank for people in Pontianak, Indonesia.

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The DCI Vision and Values page has been updated.
The Banking for the Poor page has been greatly revised.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
OUR READER'S PHOTOS ?

Click to see our Picassa Albums from around the world.
Choose one and then click Slideshow to see the display.

Who are we ?

Making known what God has done
by making new leaders
who remember the poor

Click here to see our Vision and Values statement.
Click here to see an illustration of what we do, more or less.
Click here to see our statement of faith

Click here to see an independent Wikipedia article on our work, researched as part of academic studies requested by the prestigious Fuller Seminary in the USA.



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DCI has never been a fund-raising organisation nor do we make appeals, send out magazines or ask for offerings, rather we are a gathering point for people who feel called to giving for the benefit of the last, the lost and the least of the world. As Pastor Oswald Smith famously said in the 1930's, "If you can't go yourself, then for God's sake, send someone else."

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Les Norman 61, is a journalist, writer, speaker and a manager for the DCI Fund, focussing on the lost, the last and the least of the world. Since 1977 he has been following the call of Christ. He is married to Pilar with three grown up children.
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