1st January, 2011
New Year's Day

 ALWAYS WINTER IN 2011
 BUT NEVER CHRISTMAS

The EU have issued a new diary for school children in which winter 2011 has Diwali, Hanukkah or Eid but no Christmas. Looks like the white witch of Narnia has got her way in Europe! More . .

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Moses Aringo, Malawi says we had a Party with 120 poor and disabled people, our church raised the money and Christmas brought food, drinks, dances and smiles for those who had nothing.

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31st December, 2010

Click Paul to Timothy for 111 free booklets to train leaders and churches, in four languages, highly recommended, dont miss this.

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Best selling author and government advisor Jim Wallis
says hope is believing in spite of the evidence,
and watching the evidence change.

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30th December, 2010
 

THE LEADER'S
REFLECTION

If you will be a servant to this people, be considerate of their needs and respond with compassion, work things out with them, they'll end up doing anything for you.
1 Kings 12:7 The Message

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Totoavy, Madagascar says our church cooked an entire cow and invited all the village to eat together. Desiderio says we are preparing a January 6 party for poor children, Jesus is the best present. Yoppi, Indonesia says I'm at a cold rural retreat with 60 youth for a Christmas Bible Camp.

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29th December, 2010
 
Nathan Black says Vietnam pastor and human rights activist Nguyen Hong Quan was beaten unconscious by Ho Chi Minh City officials. His Bible school was also bulldozed. Full story

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Teresa of Avila said give me a quarter of an hour of prayer and I will give you heaven.

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27th December, 2010
 
Philippe and Josephine Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, our partners from 1984 say Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year to everyone.

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Bronwyn Wilson, New Zealand says we have the DCI School of Mission online here with student chat and online mentors.

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26th December, 2010 

Michael Singini from Malawi, says this is my 4th Christmas in the UK and I have sent money home to buy 50 iron sheets to roof phase one of the village clinic that will end 7 hour walks to the doctor. Photos

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George Purkweri, Uganda says the biggest mistake I could ever make is to forget DCI people and all you have done for me. I love you all and wish you God's best. I have had malaria so serious that I almost gave up hope to live.

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25th December, 2010
Christmas Day all over the world.

May your Christmas be a peaceful and blessed celebration
of God's gift to you and to all men and women everywhere.
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Juan says this is our Christmas Party with the Poor in Picapiedras, Peru, the Lord blessed us more than ever before with gifts, songs, praise, sweets, hot chocolate and cakes, a fantastic day.

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 Mary writes "Joseph we need to talk.
 I am going to be pregnant.
 Xoxo. Reply ASAP"

For everyone who lives in Google, Facebook, You Tube,  Messenger, Twitter and the Internet, click to enjoy Digital Christmas, over 2,000,000 hits and just as many smiles. In Portuguese here.  Thanks for this Mike in Switzerland.

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24th December, 2010
Christmas Eve 
Antonio Manatay, Ipil, Philippines says we are holding our Christmas Party based on Luke 14.13 with some of the poorest, most landless, homeless, stateless, rejected and abandoned men, women and children in the world  All the Badjao sea-gypsies, known locally as the 'lumaan' or God-forsaken, that we can find will have a day of celebration, eating, drinking, music and story-telling and leave with gifts and hope.  More on the DCI Blog.

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Mike and Jane, UK says we have been making and selling things and have raised £2500 this Christmas for the next EMSI medical mission in Burkina Faso.


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23rd December, 2010
 
Karunakar Damera, India says  we celebrated Christmas by distributing sheets and blankets to the  poor and shared the Gospel to many people.

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Lizzie Norman, Nottingham, UK says I am helping to make the food for 40 street girls that we have invited to a Prostitutes Outreach Workers Christmas Dinner.  


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22nd December, 2010
 
Robson Franca, Rio, Brazil says how can I do volunteer service in England or English speaking countries. I want to work with young people around the world.


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Jesser Oliveira says I am doing itinerant mission in Pernambuco, Brazil. Malonga Cedric, South Africa says I want to be in missions for God. Miguel Montilla says I want to be a missionary in Equatorial Guinea.


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21st December, 2010
 
Rob Reeve, France says I am speaking in Rwanda and Ethiopia, previous students in CAR have opened works among the unreached Pygmy peoples, one student has planted 8 churches, see his video and graduation video.  Click for free books from Rob Reeve.

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THE LEADER'S
REFLECTION

Jim Wallis says God wants to know how much we love him by how much we love others.

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20th December, 2010

Ranledis Perez, Camaguey, Cuba says we have had five nights of an amazing presence of God, everybody fell to their knees in tears, people were crying out to God, many decided to follow Jesus,  and the elderly all had a gift of new spectacles and a meal. Click to see the photos

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Ganesh Chitnis, India says  I am preparing people for our Lord's coming. Eduardo, Cuba says what has happened to the Pakistan church (Dec. 1) is very sad. Daniel says I am a pastor in Lubumbashi, RD Congo going soon to Katanga and Kasai Oriental.

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18th - 19th December, 2010
The Weekend

When Pastor Paul and his wife in Saouga, Burkina Faso went to bible school they had no money and ended up in a building that had been an open toilet. They cleaned their house but it still smelled so bad they couldn't eat inside. Often Paul's wife had no food so she would boil a pot of water so that people wouldn't know they had nothing to eat. She gave birth alone in the middle of the night as Paul was working away in fields to feed them. Keith Smith says that despite their poverty and suffering their testimony of God's faithfulness and their commitment and love for Jesus puts us westerners to shame.

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Parker J. Palmer says "Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am."
From Let Your Life Speak.

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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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17th December, 2010

Rolando Canazas says my last trip up the Amazon in Peru showed me just how desperate these native people are for teachers to come and show them how to know God and His ways. Click to see the photos.

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Djemaa says I am on a trip in Algeria. please pray for me. Julio Chatata Cuyo says come to our congress for youth and married couples 5-16 January, Cusco-Peru.


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16th December, 2010
 
George Purkweri, Lira, Uganda says one of the leaders of our Churches for the Poor told me that they had opened a new church of 40 people in Alito-Ayara even without my knowledge, now I know the work can continue in case I am not alive.

Francisco Sevillano says we are giving out God's word in Putumayo, south of Colombia in middle of all the violence. Justice Hayford, Ghana says as the second coming of Jesus Christ draws nearer believers need to love the Lord, love one another and be at peace with everyone.

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15th December, 2010
 
Daniel Kizhakkevila, India says we had 23 baptisms in Tamilnadu and have opened church planting in 8 villages.
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Nehemie Tandu, Lome, Togo says we have just started the second DCI School of Mission program here.

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Author Sir Terry Pratchett, UK says "A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on."

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14th December, 2010
 
Marion Male, NCTC Fiji says there are many jobs to be done to prepare for next year's training. Come and join Koko's hard working team of young men to do these jobs.


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Ni Paksoal, North Bekasi, Indonesia says I began serving the Lord in 1988, now we have 10 churches, I want every member to be a disciple. Fundacion Messianica, Argentina has a introductory course in Hebrew. John Paul Munganga says I live in Congo DRC and I am a Bishop here.

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13th December, 2010
 
Homer Agustín, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala says we take God's word into the schools here and teach the teachers to be Christian educators, see the Mision Escolar website.

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Yona Mwanza, Tanzania says we thank God for enabling us to reach the end of the 2010. Thomas, Jakarta, Indonesia says I serve God in divine healing ministry. Ramonaguayo says God is calling me to pray for China, Siam and Japan.

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11th-12th December, 2010
The Weekend
 
Sarwar Masih, Pakistan says that after our church was destroyed by a mob I believe cell church is a very good idea to save my congregation from our enemies that the police are reluctant to arrest. See December 1 news.

For the benefits of cell church see The Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simpson.

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Virgilio Zaballos, Terrassa, Spain says has a meeting today where everyone who no longer goes to church for all reasons is very welcome, then on the 18th two more meetings in Toledo.

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G. K. Chesterton said, "Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

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10th December, 2010
 
Antonio Manaytay, Philippines says may we believers see how shameful it is to celebrate the birth of our Lord lavishly in our homes if we do nothing about the millions who go hungry and are without Christ.


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Yves Gaba, Togo says seven pastors received their School of Mission certificates and start the second year. Terry Young YWAM UK says I am raising £12000 to build 2 schools for needy children in Sierra Leone. Purwanto says we are reaching Dayak tribes in Meratus, South Borneo.

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7th December, 2010
 
Justice Hayford says it is so sad that preachers on Ghana FM radio talk about social gospel or prosperity. May the Lord have mercy on these preachers, transform them and use them to really preach God's word that changes lives.

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Liliana says our church just did its 1st mission trip taking out food and clothes. Nicolas D Ndap says I am talking to people about Christ in Ungwa-Musa, Nigeria and assisting orphans. Solomon Raju, India says I am a retired School Principal now taking God's word to people.

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6th December, 2010
 

THE BEST OF TIMES
THE WORST OF TIMES

The opening line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is probably the best description of our last week, click to read The DCI Minute in 60 seconds and discover what was good and what was not !

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Jules Wazeng, Lubumbashi, RD Congo says we have 41 graduates from our DCI free School of Mission who will take their faith, open new churches, help the poor and train new leaders. New courses start here and in Likasi, Kambove, Kakanda, and Kolwezi.

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4th-5th December, 2010
The Weekend
 
Best selling author and government advisor Jim Wallis says my favourite theologian and hero is Robin Hood, I like the way he robbed the rich and gave the money to the poor, but then to be honest any gospel that is not good news to poor people is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. Website

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Anna Robinson, Bath, UK says I'm just back from Turkey, many Middle East people came to our Conference so thirsty to dwell in God’s presence whilst living busy and stressful lives.


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Click for free music from The Secret Place where we turn hearts back to Father God through intimate praise and worship.

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Les Norman, the editor says we urgently need some immediate volunteer help with translation from English to French to keep the French page up to date. Contact me if you would like to join us.





3rd December, 2010
 
Sarwar Masih, Pakistan says I am very much thankful to readers for the gift of £500 to help pay the medical bills of our injured women and children after the beatings last week. See the December 1st report.


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Doctors Mary and Cat, UK at Love the One Charity says we love Orissa, India where we are based.


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ABOUT THE EDITOR

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