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29th
November, 2008  IF YOU CAN'T GO YOURSELF THEN FOR CHRIST'S SAKE SEND SOMEONE ELSE These striking words come Pastor Oswald Smith in the mid-1900's whose church in Toronto then sent out hundreds of men and women. Sending is one of the best things we ever do, today for example Prem is sending five trained men to open churches in unreached villages in Nepal. Next week we shall be sending Rolando, our partner in Peru on his second journey to communities on the Amazon starting Schools of Mission and churches wherever he is welcomed. Rolando will be back in January, the men in Nepal however, are not coming back. 28th November, 2008  BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEND SOMEONE ELSE THEN FOR CHRIST'S SAKE GO YOURSELF In the middle of England is a run down and forgotten public housing estate where crime, drugs, violence reign and nothing but bad news ever comes out. One of our close friends, Richard, found out that many people there have never even heard that there is a God let alone One who loves them and cares about them. Richard can't find anyone to send, or anyone to go with him so this weekend he is going alone to meet the people where they live to give them a free back from the dead Ian McCormack DVD and a booklet about Jesus. He will be going back again and again until new believers emerge and change the place for the better.
 THOUSANDS WANTED BY NO ONE, LOVED BY GOD It took eight years from the day we sowed the seeds of mission in their hearts but 18 months ago our friends Andy and Val answered the call of God to move to Northern Thailand, just 50 miles from China. Andy says that thousands of refugees from the Burma violence live nearby. Desperately poor Laos is closed and so with nowhere to go, no nationality and no help they easily fall into the hands of traffickers. They know that no-one wants them but recently when 10 men and women came to church and heard how God loves them and cares about them they gave their lives to follow Jesus. 26th November, 2008  ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER I heard two things today. One, that our church has closed down its prayer meeting and second, how twenty-five years ago a Pastor Jim Cymbala took over a broken-down New York church in a bad neighbourhood with less than twenty-five members. I just read that Brooklyn Tabernacle now has 6,000 people coming and this Pastor Jim said, "It didn't happen because of programs, it happened because of intercessory prayer. 25th November, 2008  CHILD BURNED TO CURE JAUNDICE Our partner in India, Daniel has been telling us about one particular heart breaking experience amongst many on a recent trip to rural villages where people still believe that sickness is caused by evil spirits. The photo shows a 5 year old child who was deliberately burned to cure jaundice. Daniel took him for treatment to one of his Mercy Homes and went on to say how very convinced he is that only coming to know God's love and healing found in following Jesus can bring light and hope to the millions of deeply superstitious tribal people that still follow worthless medieval beliefs and practices. 24th November, 2008  THE BOTTOM LINE Are you raising funds or raising friends ? If you only raise funds you will have do it all over again later on, and again and again and eventually you will get tired and people will get tired of you. On the other hand if you take time to raise friends then some of them will stay with you for a lifetime. Take a look at the Support Raising Seminar on the Money Forum page to find out more. 23rd
November, 2008  WHO DO YOU BELONG TO ? We would like everyone - School of Mission leaders, students, pastors and all the people who pray for us to read this short one-page article called A Sense of Belonging which beautifully explains the atmosphere of a safe place that we are working towards for every one of us in the DCI Fellowship to enjoy. 22nd November, 2008  SINGING IN THE RAIN Would you like to hear our friend and partner Yoppi singing a modern hymn in his Indonesia Bahasi language ? It is really beautiful and Yoppi wrote the words and music himself. Click here to listen to Kalvari. Yoppi told me that he was just back from visiting a family of eight people who live so far away that it took him an hour on his motor bike to reach their home. However he said that he soon forgot the cold when five of the family believed in Jesus and asked to be baptised just like happened in the book of Acts. And now five of Yoppi friends have left for Kampuchea which will make it our first-ever contact with this country. 21st November, 2008  3000 PEOPLE TURN UP IN NEPAL We told you last week that our partner in Nepal, Prem Thapa was going to help with some special meetings last weekend. Well, an amazing 3000 people turned up and Prem says a big thank you to everyone who prayed for the occasion. 20th
November, 2008  MAF PLANE DROPS MEN INTO CANNIBAL TERRITORY We have just heard that the four friends of our editor in Indonesia have now reached the little known Hopi Bungkus people in Papua. This tribal name means "Without Clothes" because both men and women live totally naked. We say thank you to the MAF pilot who risked flying the team into the heart of the jungle to save them a hard 14 day trek. Armenius has resigned his government job to stay and live with these primitive people and pastor them. He is just 24 years old and last week the jungle welcomed him with malaria. For the next few weeks all four men will bring medical treatment, food and the Gospel to the Hopi Bungkus and when it comes time for the long trek home they have already been warned to avoid a nearby tribe who are still known as cannibals. We are all hoping that the weather will be good enough for the plane to come back. 19th November, 2008  THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD The Grow and Go websites have some really excellent free literature which you can download and make into leaflets to give away. Our thanks to the author Phillip Collier in the UK and to Samuel Nwadigo in Nigeria for the news. THE BOTTOM LINE Our well known on-line lady pastor in San Pedro Sula-Honduras, Ana Avilez wants to tell us all the Lord has showed her that the worsening global economic crisis will not touch the believers who continue to give and to sow no matter how gloomy the TV news may become because God knows how to care for His people. You can see this in the story from Exodus 9 and 10 when although there was darkness and disaster in Egypt, God made very sure that there was still light and business as normal in Goshen where his people lived. 18th November, 2008
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November, 2008  OUR KIND OF WORLD NETWORK The wires are holding hands around the holes ; To avoid breaking the ring, they hold tight their neighbours wrist, And it's thus that with holes they make a net. Lord, there are lots of holes in my life. There are some in the lives of my neighbours. But if you wish we shall hold hands We shall hold very tight And together we shall make a fine net to cover the world. From the famous 1954 book Prayers of Life by Michel Quoist "A truly heart-searching, compelling book." Just £0.01p plus postage on Amazon 12th November, 2008 THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD The AoG Church in Valparaiso-Chile has a free seminar on inner healing with Steve Hawkins of OM Chile on November 27-29th with a Missions Conference on the Dalits of India on the 29th. Thanks to Silvia de Yanez for the information. Luciano Peralta, 30, of Pergamino - Argentina speaks Spanish, English and French and is trained and ready to serve with you in Africa or Europe if you need him. I was asked last week about how quickly a School can teach the studies in the free DCI School of Mission ? Find the answer in the Leaders and Supervisors section on the Information Page which has 50 more answers as well. 11th
November, 2008
 INDIA: THE WORLD SAYS STOP THE VIOLENCE I don't think that any news has ever brought us more eye-witness reports, protests and responses than the continual and shamefully unhindered persecution of innocent people in Orissa-India simply because they are Christians. Squalid refugee camps house thousands of men, women and children who have lost everything: homes, clothes, Bibles, jobs and some have even lost their lives in beatings and burnings. Reports are coming in of the torture and rape even of nuns whilst Hindu extremists have now given all believers two weeks to flee Orissa or face the worst. We are sponsoring one very brave pastor to tour the camps to bring hope to the people who are in need of all things.  On
the other hand in Orissa itself nearly 130 people took water baptism in
five days of prayer and fasting with nearly 2000 people attending. Many
people saw this courage and gave their heart to follow
Christ.
Our partner told me how elsewhere a 55 year old lady with an incurable
disease and not long to live was prayed for and has now completely
regained her normal health whilst another lady who was facing a leg
amputation also completely recovered after prayer in Jesus' name.
People find courage at the sight of the Living God walking with them
through the suffering.7th November, 2008 THE WORLD'S NOTICE BOARD From Switzerland Urs Michael who is the much appreciated editor of our German pages has sent us an excellent article to complement last week's news item on the Church in the post-modern age. Click here to read or copy it. The School of Mission pages in German have been completely revised and look really good. Eighty-five free studies and all the advice and support you need to take the gospel to others and to train them to become leaders. The latest news from Papua, see the 31st October news, is that our brave friends are now in the jungle that is home to the Hopi Bungkus people. Two more weeks of walking still remains and one man, Armenius, has malaria.
 WE ARE LISTENING: EDITORIAL For the many believers caught up in the violence of Congo and Orissa these terrible days bring an opportunity to serve as well as to suffer. There is not a lot that we can say to you who tell us your heart-breaking stories. There is not a lot we can do from so far away but we do promise not to leave you alone without a friend who will listen to you and pray for you. I recently learned that the word compassion means "suffering together" not solving everything. Compassion means going directly to those people and places where suffering is most acute and building a home there. God's compassion is total, absolute, unconditional, without reservation. It is the compassion of the ones who keeps going to the most forgotten corners of the world, and who cannot rest as long as they know that there are still human beings with tears in their eyes. 3rd November, 2008  THE SNAKE AND THE WITCHDOCTOR: UGANDA It's the kind of story you hear in old Africa but this happened only last month. Our partner George Purkweri went with the people from the Church of the Poor in Barlonyo to explain the gospel in a village called Agweng where fetishes incite demons who still terrorize the people. In fact five teenagers have died this last year apparently taken by a very big snake which disappears when the villagers try to kill it. They say that years ago one family welcomed a witchdoctor and allowed him to leave that snake for protection. George says the villagers were anxious for the the visiting believers to pray in Jesus' name and as they did so demons threw many local people to the ground before they were set free. In the end 36 people decided there and then to follow Christ and they formed the latest Church for the Poor. Of the snake there is no further news. 1st
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