30th July, 2008

ONE DAY THE BEGGAR DIED: EDITORIAL

One of our partners in a poor country was very upset a couple of weeks ago. He is a good man and on this occasion he had spent a lot of his wages from his job to put on a free DCI teaching seminar for leaders and pastors but curiously instead of gratitude he had men lining up to ask him to pay them a few dollars a month and for this he could put his name or ours over their churches. Some would not even take no for an answer and he didn't know what to say. Sadly the same problem comes the way of these pages quite often, and if you click on this page you can read some of things we say in reply, for right or for wrong.





HOW LONG, HOW LONG ?

These haunting poetic lyrics caught our heart last Sunday. They are from Psalm 13, a song by our friend, worship leader Nigel Briggs. You can hear two samples of the music here and here.

28th July 2008

THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD

This week we have launched our first pages in the language of Belarus. This is a European nation where evangelicals are frequently persecuted, churches and homes are burned, people find themselves in prison.
Read the Open Doors factfile


Hilary Brown in the UK is our link with Sisters Inc in Cape Town, South Africa which is a wonderful care home run by ladies for abused women and their children, and for pregnant teenage girls. Over £3200 has been sent out through DCI in the past few weeks.


Anna Robinson in the UK would love to tell you all about a Children's Home in Zimbabwe that she has visited and represents, A very lovely work in the extremely difficult conditions of Zimbabwe today, backed by DCI.
 

Lucy and James also from the UK moving to Pattaya, Thailand next month. Lucy has a keen interest in helping the many sex-trafficking and AIDS victims, and will be investigating if a DCI Banking for the Poor project might help orphans and keep some young people out of prostitution in this notorious city.





FREE HIGH QUALITY WORSHIP CD

Chris and Jennie Orange are well known Icthus worship leaders in London, UK and they do a lot of work serving the poor in Thailand.  If you are in Europe or the States they will give you a copy of their latest worship CD, just click here.



25th July 2008

Yesterday our friend John Duco in Paynesville told us how on top of 15 nights of continual robbery and rape by armed gangs that had terrorised his family and his Paynesville neighbourhood, non-stop heavy rain had now brought devastating floods which put hundreds of homes with all their possessions and food under water for over 23 hours. His church and School of Mission are doing all they can to help people including their own poor members while the armed gangs took full advantage of the chaos to go on a looting rampage. If you wish to help the relief operation please use the Paypal link on the left and we will do the rest.





LIFE EMERGES AFTER FIVE MILLION DEATHS: CONGO

The leader of another new School of Mission some way out from Kinshasa in DR Congo, Kikavuanga Dede, wrote in today to say that he has 65 students, all full of vision to open new churches for the many spiritually and materially impoverished people in this country where, can you believe it, over 5 million have lost their lives to war, famine and disease in the last decade. He said thank you for making it so easy to download all the free lessons.

21st July 2008

SIXTY SEVEN PEOPLE DECIDE FOR JESUS: CONGO

Thirty year two students visited every home in villages 35kms away and took gifts to the poor. With God's help sixty-seven people decided to follow Jesus and we did our best to take them to local churches. Our graduation is in October. Thanks for the books you sent, after 6 months in the post they arrived.
Wazeng Jules, DR Congo Mission School, Lubumbashi.
amcjulesw @ yahoo.fr





THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD


Take tasty African recipes free or send a gift to educate African children.
Alois and Eva from Spain, Hand of Hope, Austin - USA
http://www.handhope.org

Are any Brazillian missions people in prison anywhere and where in the world are our people doing mission ?
José Roberto Alodio Silva, 53, Moreno - Brasil
ralodio@oi.com.br

New - transmitting life, hope and good gospel music.
Radio Paz 101.2 FM Cartagena-Spain.
http://www.radiopaz-cce.com



18th July 2008

EASY WAY TO START A NEW CHURCH

Our main approach is to move to a city, get a job and then to share the gospel via power evangelism, that is through offering to pray for the sick and looking to God for words of knowledge. People soon decide for Christ and we gather them into small groups that meet in homes. After two or three small groups have been formed then we start a Sunday night service in a rented room. When we  reach 50 to 100 adults then it's time to move to Sunday mornings.
Adapted from Quest for the Radical Middle, Bill Jackson.






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Mission Mobilizers training, Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009. See our website.
Theunis Scheepers, 45, KMC, Cape Town - South Africa
http://www.kfmc.co.za

Canadian, American, Swiss and Belgian pastors are invited to teach my church.
Pasteur Oulai Troh Basile, Abidjan - Ivory Coast.
missionbaptiste04 @ yahoo.fr

Open air Genesis to Revelation Bible reading marathon, 15-20th November. The word of God is powerful and our earnest desire is to expose our country to it.
Pastor Philip Borbor, 33, Monrovia - Liberia.
philipborbor2008 @ yahoo.com



16th July 2008

FROM BEGGARS TO BUSINESSMEN: UGANDA

Two beggars who sat in the streets begging for a living now sell charcoal. They look good and have stopped begging. They started a business with $60 from our DCI Bank for the Poor. They are happy and worshiping God with us. We have also trained seven orphans in sewing and knitting and equipped them with machines. Twenty-three widows have been given small loans this year and are selling second-hand clothes, charcoal, dry fish and farm products. They come to worship God in joy because they can now pay their bills and send their children to school. Another group got a loan of $200 and are buying lorry loads of dry firewood to sell. The Banking for the Poor scheme is so fruitful for us.
George Purkweri, DCI partner in Lira - Uganda
purgeorge2000 @ yahoo.com





CHILE REACHES OUT TO AFRICA

Some years ago the Lord challenged me to open an orphanage in rural Kenya and to find support from Chile to do this. This was difficult but my wife and I made a start and four years later we have 40 Kenyan children under care with 45 volunteers from Chile helping us. We call it Mission Africa.
Rodrigo Sanchez Q., 33, Temuco - Chile.
http://www.misionafrica.org
contacto @ misionafrica.org



14th July 2008




TWO BIG PROBLEMS FIND A SOLUTION: NIGERIA
 
We found two major problems in our first School of Mission. We did not follow up our students to know how they were doing and we did not start income producing micro-projects to support the leader after church planting so the new church died after we have suffered to win souls. This time we are determined to succeed, we have two new groups with 25 students in each.
Pastor Daniel Minohoui, Lagos - Nigeria
lifeinchristbiblechurch @ yahoo.com

§ Hi Daniel, life is a learning experience, and yes, it's true more good men quit because of loneliness and lack of encouragement than because of lack of money. Click on these links to find the free literature you want, on this page for micro-finance and here for business for mission. We will help you get started.
Les Norman, DCI England





HARD WORK TRIPLES CHURCH: BRAZIL

We visited people at home 14 hours a day for 9 days, hard work but we saw our church numbers double, in fact they have now tripled. The people who helped us were Church Starts from the USA. We offered to return for 3 evenings to study a booklet on People Who Knew Jesus. Now we use The Power of Faith to carry on the in-home meetings. We have also changed our normal Sunday School into a DCI School of Mission to prepare future leaders who will plant new churches.
Silvana Mara, DCI partner in Pousso-Alegre - Brazil
mis-silvana @ hotmail.com



11th July 2008



PASTOR'S HOME BURNED THREE TIMES: BELARUS

Only a month ago the second floor, the roof and the back of Pastor Victor Masharovsky’s house was burned down after gasoline was poured over the wall. Two weeks later another arson attempt was made and last night at 3.30 a.m the house was set on fire again. Please pray for God’s protection over Pastor Victor and his family and church.
Olga Semenova, 28, DCI partner in Minsk-Belarus
olga_sem @ hotmail.com





THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD


Who can give me some advice on how can I get involved in mission in Morocco? I am a Bible school graduate, single, with mission experience in Mexico.
Ramon Perez Valdez, 29, Cancun - Mexico
mensajero1040 @ yahoo.com.mx

The DCI pages in German are back on-line and being updated every two days thanks to Urs Michael in Switzerland. All the School of Mission lessons in German and Banking for the Poor pages are also there. Thanks Urs.
Les and everyone in DCI.

Our NGO Friends of Prisoners has its official opening on 13th September. Would you like to be our representative in your country ?
Pasteur Koffi Michel, Dabou - Ivory Coast
amisdesprisonniers007 @ yahoo.fr

You can see and hear my story in Portuguese of healing from cancer.
Martha Robert, 53, Pompano Beach, FL - USA
Click here for You Tube video



9th July 2008



FREE TRAINING DEEP IN FORESTS: PERU

I am in Satipo in the heart of the Peruvian forests to open the next DCI School of Mission. We have such a longing to be a blessing, to the different peoples in Peru and not just be Sunday believers who do nothing else. We want to rise to the Christ's command to go, to preach, to teach, to baptize and to make disciples, and you soon learn that to do this means you invest your possessions as well as your life whether you are called to pray, to give, to send or to go. It is all part of the Spirit of God bringing the call of God.
Rolando Canazas, DCI partner in Peru
rolando_per @ hotmail.com





FREE BOOK ON THIRD REPRINT IN URDU: PAKISTAN

I always give thanks to our Lord for your love, kindness and concern for His kingdom and His people in Pakistan. If you allow me, may I print more copies of Pastor Eric's book because so because many people are asking me for it. Our five Schools of Mission in Urdu are going very good and by His grace we will be able to open the sixth School in August.
Pastor Sarwar Masih, DCI partner in Lahore - Pakistan
sarwarmasihpk @ yahoo.com

§ You can help yourself to a free copy of this classic book by clicking here.



7th July 2008




THE COST OF AN ELECTION GONE WRONG: KENYA

During Kenya’s recent post-election violence one of our kindergarten teachers became a victim of political gang rape and became pregnant.  In this unbearable emotional trauma God has been giving her grace to give birth to a baby instead of having an abortion.  Due to the tremendous stress the mother has now developed a complication and urgently needs a Caesarean section to deliver a premature baby or she will lose both the baby and very possibly her own life. We have been standing with her all along but it is now beyond our ability to find the necessary $650 for the hospital. Please do keep this lady in your prayers. The violence left a great scar in the lives of many here in Kenya.
DCI Partners in Nairobi
All names withdrawn for privacy reasons

§ The funds have been raised instantly but everybody, please do pray for this very brave young lady in the unimaginable suffering that has come to her.
Les and Pilar.





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I have a mission project and would like to contact pastors in the UK.
Adam Ferraz Carvalho, 21, São Paulo, Brasil.
adamferraz86 @ bol.com.br

I have had a call to the UK since childhood, who needs me there as a worker?
Marcos Elias Marquez, 22, Metan - Argentina.
tinkazo18 @ hotmail.com

Two new schools for training leaders, one in Sao Paulo and the Eldorado School to reach the unreached Quilombos, a group of descendents of slaves.
Lester Hughes Jr, 62, Juiz de Fora, M.G., Brazil
http://www.azusabr.com.br

The DCI Trust has some extra funds available. We can help you with church planting, unreached peoples, training leaders and for blessing the poor. See this page. DCI partners should write as usual.
Les Norman
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4th July 2008


THANKS FOR AN EXTRA 100,000 VISITS IN JUNE

The total number of hits on this website in June was 742,130 which is over 100,000 more than usual. Let's imagine that just 10% of the readers take away someone to pray for, and let's imagine that just 10% of those who do pray also hear the Lord calling them to do something beautiful for Jesus and for the lost, the last and the least. That could be a lot of new prayer and new activities going on. Thanks for your visit too, come back and see us again soon please.

Les and Pilar, the editors in the UK
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250 MEN READY TO GO: CAMEROON

We planned a 7 day seminar but it went so well that we continued to 14 days. We have selected 25 people who will be trained for missions and equipped with a study bible, a cassette player and a bike each. My goal is to reach every state of Cameroon by November, altogether we have 250 pastors who are ready to go to the villages and plant churches. Nigeria is ready to do the same and we have 25 pastors there to win the lost at all cost.
Andre Talla, Yaounde - Cameroon.
revtalla @ yahoo.com



2nd July 2008




ARMED ROBBERS ATTACK DCI PARTNER: LIBERIA

My entire family is in shock after six armed robbers attacked our home at 3.45 am this morning. These criminals attack homes here in Monrovia in search of money and any valuables they can lay their hands on and they rape small girls and women victims. This has has left all my children in shock and in serious fear because these criminals threatened to come back again. Our brave neighbours  came to our rescue and the gang fled. They police came after an hour. God took care of us and no-one was harmed and we had no money in the house but please pray for my family as we are very shocked.
John Duco, DCI partner, Monrovia, Liberia.
pastorduco2002 @ yahoo.co.uk





HOW TO BEST HELP POOR PEOPLE IN CHURCH: BRAZIL

They come asking because many believe that every church has money and all pastors have big bank accounts maybe because they have seen Christian TV or heard the stories. You do well do create work for your poor people because long-term this will turn them from being people in need to people who have enough to live on and plenty to give. We can help you to get a project started. Offering work will also reveal who is serious about escaping poverty and who is happy to live by begging. In the story of the rich man and the beggar in the gospel there is one line that touched my heart many years ago, it says, "One day the beggar died."  The beggar still needs to die in a lot of people and be replaced by a man or a woman of faith who will pray hard and work hard.
Les Norman, answering a question from Brazil.
More on Banking for the Poor



30th June 2008

THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD


Write to me please if you have a call to missions in Russia.
Freddy Wells, 44,  - Bolivia
freddywells @ hotmail.com


Who is God, one page in 50 languages, ideal for Muslim, Hindu and Sikh freinds.
James and Hamsa Sasse, India
sjimham @ wmconnect.com


Can we pray for you, write and tell us, my church and I will be happy to help.
Pastor Miguel Ceballos, Pasto, Colombia.
miguelceballos94 @ latinmail.com

 
I am 23, studying industrial engineering and looking for a company in Japan to work for so I can help with mission in Japan.
Fernando, 23, Tijuana, México
fervif @ gmail.com





NO QUITTING IN PERSECUTION BLACKSPOT: INDIA

It was blessing to provide all the travel fares, food, accommodation, training, pens and notebooks. I travelled by bus from Bhubaneswar, 405 kms away. We slept all together and ate from leaf plates sitting on the ground. Most of these pastors  recently lost all things, many churches are still broken and not rebuilt.
Pastor APM, Orissa - India
prajmad @ yahoo.com

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