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Easter
with Uganda's Refugees |
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"The violent death rate
is three times higher than in Iraq and the war is costing Uganda
$85m a year. All this puts the region in the UN emergency category."
The
Guardian newspaper, UK
"Northern Uganda has terrorism of the worst kind anywhere in
the world."
UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Jan Egeland.
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story here
On the Friday evening before the Easter break, Pilar and I sat
down to our meal, gave thanks and started to eat. As we did
so I began to have unexpected thoughts about the week's work
not being finished, which I thought it was. We prayed, "Lord,
if there is one more thing left to do, what is it ?" Instantly,
and I mean instantly I remembered the camps in Lira that we
told you about in the last two editions.
See this page How could we eat alone
and with a roof over our heads ? I rang our friend of many years
George Purkweri in Uganda, and together we organised everything from start
to finish, finding funds, money transfers, buying food, transporting
it, - the lot in less than 36 hours which is a miracle in itself
because Easter is holiday time everywhere.
So we managed to share our Easter Sunday meal with all 1,865 men, women, children and disabled
people in one of the smaller refugee camps around Lira, Uganda
where we visited last month. Instead of the expecting the people
to queue up in the very undignified way which only adds to their
emotional misery, we tried to create a atmosphere
of worship and prayer to celebrate Jesus being alive and
their helper, before the eating took place. It only cost about
30 pence or 40 cents per person, £510 in all, even with a 50%
rise in food prices since we were there in March. It was not
a banquet for that price but the people were hungry and the
food relief trucks still drive by.
How about your family and your friends and your church doing
the same for these poor people this month ?
On Monday George e-mailed us to say this, “We had a very good
time at the Camp near the Bible School . The people came early
for a worship service and after preaching the word Jane gave
the food to the camp leader in the presence of everybody. The
news reached the whole camp and even those who had not come
to the service came out with a lot of joy and thanking God for
this miracle.
A woman from a Catholic background named Lucy Akello came to
us in tears of joy saying she had slept without food for two
nights together with her four orphans and she had no hope to
feed them. When she saw food in the
camp she said it was like God visiting them. The elders from
the camp send back a lot of regards and thanks..”
With some money and with George ready to go, we can do this
again and we need to, for Jesus and for these poor people.
Les, Pilar and Lizzie.
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A cry for Europe
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From the middle of
this long lost continent that few remember in prayer, but the
reality is that for many years now the Europeans have lived
in an unprecedented spiritual coldness. we want to raise an
army of intercessors from different countries who will pray
together for Europe, for a true and genuine revival. If you
would like to be part of this great movement write to me please.
Emanuel Neto, 23, Brussels.
http://www.oclamor.belgicagospel.com
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Bhutan
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Church already
set up in the capital city |
Let me share this excellent
news that in Thimpu, capital city of the kingdom of Bhutan,
there is now one Christian congregation with a pastor. They
need your prayers, as this nation has closed doors for evangelism.
From Claide Rodriguez, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Brazil
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New School of Mission
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We have a class a week
and we meet to celebrate Jesus and to eat together which is
such a blessing. We have a group of 16, it has increased from
2, from 8 different denominations. The students have learned
that we can share the love of Christ and fellowship together
in spite of our different church backgrounds. These guys had
a wonderfull time, they are one. I know the work to be done
is big. There are many souls to be won. My students are overwelmed
by the gospel, they want to spread the news, and now we are
arranging a city outreach. We want to go to every home, and
speak about Jesus. We are all set to move in the direction the
Holy Spirit is appointing. This year is a year for harvest,
we are going to take this city for Jesus, we are going to empty
hell.
Silvana Mara, Pousso Alegre
§ Hi Silvana, It is good to see the
increase up to 16 and maybe you have even more by now? The School
in Uganda went from 0 to 25 in one week and then to 45 students
a week later. Jesus had 12 men in his discipleship school, so
you are doing even better! It was always a very great joy for
me to have so many different denominations in our School of
Mission and to be honest over all the years that we ran with
the School, we never had one single problem between the different
backgrounds although so many people almost prohesied that we
would have unending arguments. It never happned, not once. The
men and women were totally united behind Jesus and behind His
call to the nations and everything else took second place.
Les Norman.
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Cameroon
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Liking or disliking
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Someone asked a missionary
in Africa. Do you ike this work? He repliedy: No. My wife and
I do not like the dirt, we do not like crawling into vile huts,
through goat droppings, we do not like being with ignorant,filthy,
brutish people. But is a man to do nothing for Christ which
he does not like to do? God pity such a one. Liking or disliking
has nothing to do with it, we have an order to go and we will
go. Love constrains us. Such is the drawing power of the cross.
We must preach Christ and follow His highest call to the widest
and deepest application of love, so that men and women become
believers and are delivered from the power of sin, Satan, the
world and the flesh. We are commisioned to plant a church in
every village in Africa and are looking for men and women who
willing to do whatever it takes to extend the glory of God throughout
Africa. If not you, who? If not know, when?
Dr Talla Andre, Yaounde.
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Colombia
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We miraculously
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My wife and I miraculously
survived a terrorist attack by paramilitaries, thanks to the
hand of the Lord, while we were in a church service in Puerto
Asis, Putumayo. Three members of our community were killed and
16 were injured –some seriously. The attack was broadly covered
in the press when it took place in September 2004. We want to
help the victims, we are ready to tell our testimony wherever
we are invited to do so.
Francisco Sevillano Cortes y family,
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Ethiopian
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from all over the world to put questions to local people. fascinating
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India
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Women play a powerful
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As men go out to work
and support the family most of the time women will be at home
so we have coordinated the women in the church and formed teams
of two who visit and speak about Jesus in 20 homes every day,
2 days a week. They will visit houses, hospitals and other public
places with the gospel tracts and scripture portions as well
as personal ministry of prayer and counseling. 280 sisters attended
a conference for the ladies and we are planning to cover 150,000
houses this year, expecting a harvest of 1000 souls through
their ministry.
Pastor Daniel Varghese
http://www.mercyhomes.org
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Indonesia
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Mothers find life
tough in prison |
Believers Dr. Rebekka
Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun are in prison for 3 years
after being wrongly convicted of attempting to coerce children
to change their religion. In a cramped, dirty prison of 437
inmates only 16 are women in 2 cells where they sleep all together
on a hard, wood platform with no blankets or sheets and have
to pay money to the guards to turn the water on to the toilet
in our cell. Rebekka incredibly is allowed to lead a worship
service on Sundays in the prison and 35 people from her church
are allowed to enter the prison to participate. “This is School
of Trust Bible School not a jail,” said Rebekka, “I am not angry
at the people who brought the charges against me. I forgive
them. I bless them.” Etta has three children and said, “I dream
of going home. I am depressed sometimes. I am not angry about
being here.” Ratna, with children eight and two said with tears
in her eyes, “I miss my children so much.” Urge the Indonesian
government to release the three. Source
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From Pembela Ministries, Indonesia.
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Nigeria
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They said, send
your wife away . . . |
I was born in Republic
of Togo and came to Nigeria as a bricklayer due to the political
instability of my country. I gave my life to Christ in this
big town of Lagos, a friend invited me to a church, the friend
himself that day had just receive Christ 2 days ago and ask
me to go with him. The preacher was speaking of people who worship
idols not knowing they are creating problems for themselves
not knowing I was an senior idol worshiper from Togo and I came
to Lagos with my idol. That day I gave my life to Christ and
I personally burned the idol I worshipped. One year later, I
was encourage to go for training in a college where I spent
three years. I had a problem because my Nigerian wife was not
giving me a baby. My family in Togo wanted her out and to give
me a wife from Togo who would give them a child. They promised
me that the wife they would bring to me would give me a baby
boy, and that was my heart desire. So I called on God asking
him that because I love my wife and the Bible does not permit
this kind of divorce, would He please give me a baby boy so
my family will know that my new God is a powerful God. My wife
miraculously became pregnant and gave me a bouncing baby boy
today called Emmanuel. I promise to serve God all the days of
life.
Pastor Daniel, Lagos.
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North
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Huge prayer gathering
in the desert |
Last month around 5,000
believers from more than 20 nations in the Middle East gathered
in a huge tent in the desert to pray for several days. Via live
internet they were joined by at least 45,000 others in the region.
They prayed at the same place where the Desert Fathers lived
and prayed in the 4th-5th centuries and asked the Lord to bring
His healing and reconciliation to conflicts in Iraq, Israel,
Darfur and northern Uganda. It was a vibrant, marvellous time,
full of passionate prayer, singing and lots of enthusiastic
worship in spite of the heat. All 17 denominations in the host
country including Catholics and Orthodox were there. More at
IPC and
Global
Day of Prayer
From Joel News, Holland.
http://www.joelnews.org
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for 1-3 weeks and volunteers for from one to twelve months.
Anton Mostert, 45, Trompsburg.
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Pigs
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Here's a photo of the first pigs that we got for the Shan peoples
slum.Our little jeep really stinks but what a wonderful blessing
these little pigs will be especially when they are able to breed.
These pigs will give these extremely poor refugees from the
Shan state of Burma a sustainable income. It was one of my most
funniest experinces trying to get them out of the cage into
my car and then into the Shan slum pig pen.
Gareth Lavell, Chaing Mai.
http://www.rejoicecharity.com
§ Brilliant news Gareth, we have pigs
too in many of our Banking
for the Poor projects, and goats, cows, water buffaloes,
chickens in fact we have quite a zoo of our own and like you
say when the animals arrive, prosperity for a poor family is
just round the corner.
Les and Pilar
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Uganda
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Number 1 need:
training for leaders and workers |
In one week we have
registered 40 church pastors from the refugee camps for a new
School of Mission and more are still applying. They will come
to the School one week for intense training and then go back
into the camps for 3 weeks with the materials to study and pass
on to others, then meet again in the first week of the every
month. It will take one year for them to get their diploma.
We need some support in term of food like beans to feed the
refugee students and I am going to sell off all my chickens
to buy some beds and rent a room for them to sleep in during
our meeting time.
George Purkweri, DCI Uganda,
Lira.
§ 40 students is a lot to handle,
George, Jesus only had 12 in his Discipleship School but as
the Bible says we who believe in Him will do even greater things.
I wish you very well, this is exactly what Lira and North Uganda
needs to get the work of God moving again in the region. Do
not forget to get the students deeply involved in practical
work doing what they are learning and encourage as many as possible
to take the same teaching and pass it on to many others, either
week by week or by starting a whole new School of Mission when
they graduate. Let the word of God spread widely and grow in
power, that is where the anointing is. We are ready to learn
from your experience and you can be sure that I am waiting,
watching and praying with you.
Les. |
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The
Last Word for Today |
Celtic monks travelled
as wandering pilgrims seeking the will of God through a life
of asceticism, breaking down the last possible barrier between
themselves and God - love of their own country - and making
a total gift of themselves to God by voluntary exile. When they
encountered the heathen, their wholeheartedness made them superb
missionaries. But we must not think of this as planned mission
endeavour. It was far more haphazard, a by-product essentially
of their determination to follow the will of God.
Kate Tristram
§ Recommended
reading: The Life of Columban
by Jonas. When he left Ireland
with 12 companions in around 590, he was nearly 50 years old.
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