The Nazarene Mission International of The Global Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas, United States "Engage Magazine - Issue No. 116 for Thursday, 6 October 2016www.engagemagazine.com Thursday, October 6, 2016 Issue #116
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"Where angels fear to tread: God provides" by Michelle McLane and Gina Grate PottengerDr. and Mrs. Brown had been involved in foreign ministry years before moving to their current assignment, an undisclosed location facing constant conflict and turmoil. They recognized and followed God’s calling, although it meant drastic changes for themselves and their two preteen boys.
Engage magazine spoke with the Browns in 2015, and again in 2016 after they had spent one year in their new country. The Browns shared the changes and challenges they had experienced, as well as the impact the move has had on their family.
Their names have been changed for their protection.
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"Where angels fear to tread: A dangerous calling" by Gina Grate Pottenger
One year ago, Dr. and Mrs. Brown moved their family from the United States to an undisclosed location to serve local people through medical ministry.
It was the kind of move that relatively few would consider due to insecurity and conflict in a nearby region. The intensity of the conflict was driving thousands from their homes, communities, and families, causing them to become refugees near where the Browns now live.
What motivates a couple to live, and even raise two children, in such a place? How can a family carry on in a land mangled with uncertainty, spiritual attack and social isolation, while adapting to the normal complications of cross-cultural communication and adaptation, as well as work stress? Why would anyone leave a place of security and take such an assignment?
Engage magazine first sat down with the Browns a few weeks before their move in early 2015, and then checked in with them early in 2016 after about one year had passed in their new home. Their story is thus presented in two parts: before, and now.
Their names have been changed for their protection.
Dr. Brown first sensed God’s call to mission work as a 9-year-old at a traditional Nazarene Missions International service in Southern California.
“It was a culture of missions and my family brought me up in the Nazarene church, so we just talked about missions a lot,” Dr. Brown explains. “My parents even took us on some vacations to South America and other places of the world that gave a culture of missions, so it was quite natural for me.”
Mrs. Brown grew up among Native Americans, where her father ministered. She also recalls listening to missionary speakers at church and thinking God wanted her to do that, too. The calling was confirmed on an overseas trip she attended after completing her nursing degree.Dr. Brown first believed that becoming a doctor would allow him to serve as a medical missionary, bringing physical healing to people in various world areas. Later, he realized that God was calling him to teach others how to practice medicine, so that Dr. Brown would multiply healing ministry beyond himself.
When the Browns were married, they attended a Nazarene mission ministry course in preparation. During this time, the Soviet Union was breaking up, and doors opened across Eastern Europe for Christian workers. The Browns eventually became pioneer Nazarene tent-maker missionaries, entering as medical missionaries to an undisclosed nation. Through the help of another missionary, the church was planted, and after she left, they continued to cultivate the congregation.
During that 12 years of service, they learned through practice, since they had little prior experience. They met with the local believers six days a week for prayer, which helped to deepen the maturity of the entire group and root them in the truth.
About five years ago, after returning to the U.S., the Browns realized God was stirring their hearts and urging them to move to another area with desperate spiritual and physical needs. An opportunity opened for them to work in this new location. Dr. Brown would assist in a government medical clinic while providing support to a local Nazarene church.
The nearby conflict has cast a shadow over their move.“I like the word ‘shadow,’” Dr. Brown said. “It’s like in Psalm 23, ‘walking in the valley of the shadow of death.’”
“That psalm is not about death, but about the shadow of it,” Mrs. Brown added. “It’s talking about a place where there are bandits and threat.”
Going to such a place requires fervent support and prayer from others. Some have been able to give that. Others have been concerned.
“We have friends that say, ‘Are you sure you should go there?’” Mrs. Brown said.
“Jesus had put our goal ahead of us, and even though there were people that were telling us, ‘Take your eyes off this goal,’ … we said ‘No, get behind. We are looking to Jesus. We aren’t looking at what’s going on in the world or the news headlines.”
In preparation for such a difficult assignment, the family sought out prayer networks and intensified their own prayer discipline.
“We were learning how to pray for churches and for cities and for regions, so we were understanding God’s heart of how to intercede.” Dr. Brown stops, unable to speak from emotion. Then continues, “Learning to see people in areas through God’s eyes, and praying into them and seeing them as not what they are but what they can be in the Kingdom of God.”
As Dr. and Mrs. Brown stepped into a new mission field, the ability to see people for what they could become would be a necessity. Tomorrow, read more about the experiences they encountered in their new creative access mission field in the second half in this story: “Where angels fear to tread: God supplies.”
Read the first article here.
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Living in an area that houses thousands of refugees is stressful enough. Ministering to the spiritual needs of people when officials will not allow you to pray with anyone offers an extra challenge.
When planning their move to a new country, the Browns were clear with leadership about their faith and their desire to minister spiritually to those around them. They saw their acceptance into the nation as medical ministers to as a blessing. Initially, Dr. Brown had arranged to establish a government family medical facility. However, shortly after arriving, government leaders instructed him to find work in the refugee camps.
Without a place to serve, Dr. Brown spent almost all of his time praying that God would provide. After several weeks, he was able to partner with a larger organization that had resources but no expert medical advice to start a refugee clinic. Meanwhile, he also volunteered at a government clinic.
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Living in an area that houses thousands of refugees is stressful enough. Ministering to the spiritual needs of people when officials will not allow you to pray with anyone offers an extra challenge.
When planning their move to a new country, the Browns were clear with leadership about their faith and their desire to minister spiritually to those around them. They saw their acceptance into the nation as medical ministers to as a blessing. Initially, Dr. Brown had arranged to establish a government family medical facility. However, shortly after arriving, government leaders instructed him to find work in the refugee camps.
Without a place to serve, Dr. Brown spent almost all of his time praying that God would provide. After several weeks, he was able to partner with a larger organization that had resources but no expert medical advice to start a refugee clinic. Meanwhile, he also volunteered at a government clinic.
The things he encountered in the camps were clear evidence of a spiritual battle. Medical professionals and patients were in need of God’s spiritual and physical healing. Within the government clinics inside the camp, professionals were restricted from playing Christian music or praying for people.At home, Dr. and Mrs. Brown’s two boys adapted their routine to a new place. Through morning devotions, homeschooling, and making friends, they adjusted to a new life. But, this new life came at a cost. They do not have peers their age and have been really lonely. At the time of this writing they are asking God if they are able to continue and transition to a boarding school.
Loneliness affects Mrs. Brown too. It has been hard to learn language with the school and home responsibilities. Mrs. Brown began taking lessons in the local language and teaching English in exchange. Even though the electricity is unpredictable, Mrs. Brown has learned to cook using local recipes.
Now, God is opening new doors for them.
“We’ve been invited to set up basically a health care clinic next to a camp,” Dr. Brown explains. “They’ve asked us to consult on setting up a clinic and we’re setting up everything from the moment the person walks in and registers.”
A major goal of the new clinic is to spend time with patients, hearing their needs and praying with them. Many of the people suffer from stress-induced illnesses. While government clinics often solve physical complaints with a quick diagnosis and medication, Dr. Brown hopes to get into the deeper issues individuals bring to him.
“We can’t take everyone,” says Dr. Brown, “We have to limit our numbers, but we intentionally treat, listen to and spend a lot more time with patients in communicating – understanding the specific needs they have and hopefully we don’t need to give them medicine. We can give them the option for prayer and just a blessing.”
There are 16 camps not more than an hour from where the Brown’s serve. Within each camp, there are 5,000 to 20,000 people. The facilities and structures vary from camp to camp. Although some camps are run by the government, medical facilities are often outsourced to various organizations. These clinics have limited hours.
“We’ve been proposed to work in the afternoon when no other clinics are open,” Dr. Brown emphasizes. “The challenge is going to be the number of people. 20,000 people in the camp and there’s about 30,000 people outside the camp. The ones in the camp have regular service, food allotments; things are much more regulated. The ones outside the camp have nothing planned.”
Within the independent clinic Dr. Brown currently works in, there are great opportunities for spiritual healing and growth. Local people are coming to understand who Jesus is and how they can gain the hope of salvation. Many are choosing to follow Him.
The Browns are eager to make deeper connections with the local Nazarene church. Currently, the church speaks a language that the Browns have not yet learned. Unfortunately, their English connection to the church left the area due to personal safety concerns. They are now connecting with them through a translator.
For now, the Browns are leaning heavily upon prayer and God’s continued supplying of their needs.“We’ve realized that it was impossible to do what we’re doing as a family and individually without the prayer. But the good news, Dr. Brown continues, “ is God has brought really committed people to pray for us, and a team of people that are actually really committed to pray for the land and the area.”
As far as their end goal, Dr. Brown has one thing in mind:
“To try to present hope in a hopeless environment; that’s the thing I want to communicate. We need your prayers so we can continue to be here – so we can be used. We’re nothing, but if we can be used of Christ to provide that hope, I think that’s worth it.”
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"Where angels fear to tread: A dangerous calling" by Gina Grate PottengerOne year ago, Dr. and Mrs. Brown moved their family from the United States to an undisclosed location to serve local people through medical ministry.It was the kind of move that relatively few would consider due to insecurity and conflict in a nearby region. The intensity of the conflict was driving thousands from their homes, communities, and families, causing them to become refugees near where the Browns now live.
What motivates a couple to live, and even raise two children, in such a place? How can a family carry on in a land mangled with uncertainty, spiritual attack and social isolation, while adapting to the normal complications of cross-cultural communication and adaptation, as well as work stress? Why would anyone leave a place of security and take such an assignment?
Engage magazine first sat down with the Browns a few weeks before their move in early 2015, and then checked in with them early in 2016 after about one year had passed in their new home. Their story is thus presented in two parts: before, and now.
Their names have been changed for their protection.
Dr. Brown first sensed God’s call to mission work as a 9-year-old at a traditional Nazarene Missions International service in Southern California.
“It was a culture of missions and my family brought me up in the Nazarene church, so we just talked about missions a lot,” Dr. Brown explains. “My parents even took us on some vacations to South America and other places of the world that gave a culture of missions, so it was quite natural for me.”
Mrs. Brown grew up among Native Americans, where her father ministered. She also recalls listening to missionary speakers at church and thinking God wanted her to do that, too. The calling was confirmed on an overseas trip she attended after completing her nursing degree.Dr. Brown first believed that becoming a doctor would allow him to serve as a medical missionary, bringing physical healing to people in various world areas. Later, he realized that God was calling him to teach others how to practice medicine, so that Dr. Brown would multiply healing ministry beyond himself.
When the Browns were married, they attended a Nazarene mission ministry course in preparation. During this time, the Soviet Union was breaking up, and doors opened across Eastern Europe for Christian workers. The Browns eventually became pioneer Nazarene tent-maker missionaries, entering as medical missionaries to an undisclosed nation. Through the help of another missionary, the church was planted, and after she left, they continued to cultivate the congregation.
During that 12 years of service, they learned through practice, since they had little prior experience. They met with the local believers six days a week for prayer, which helped to deepen the maturity of the entire group and root them in the truth.
About five years ago, after returning to the U.S., the Browns realized God was stirring their hearts and urging them to move to another area with desperate spiritual and physical needs. An opportunity opened for them to work in this new location. Dr. Brown would assist in a government medical clinic while providing support to a local Nazarene church.
The nearby conflict has cast a shadow over their move.“I like the word ‘shadow,’” Dr. Brown said. “It’s like in Psalm 23, ‘walking in the valley of the shadow of death.’”
“That psalm is not about death, but about the shadow of it,” Mrs. Brown added. “It’s talking about a place where there are bandits and threat.”
Going to such a place requires fervent support and prayer from others. Some have been able to give that. Others have been concerned.
“We have friends that say, ‘Are you sure you should go there?’” Mrs. Brown said.
“Jesus had put our goal ahead of us, and even though there were people that were telling us, ‘Take your eyes off this goal,’ … we said ‘No, get behind. We are looking to Jesus. We aren’t looking at what’s going on in the world or the news headlines.”
In preparation for such a difficult assignment, the family sought out prayer networks and intensified their own prayer discipline.
“We were learning how to pray for churches and for cities and for regions, so we were understanding God’s heart of how to intercede.” Dr. Brown stops, unable to speak from emotion. Then continues, “Learning to see people in areas through God’s eyes, and praying into them and seeing them as not what they are but what they can be in the Kingdom of God.”
As Dr. and Mrs. Brown stepped into a new mission field, the ability to see people for what they could become would be a necessity. Tomorrow, read more about the experiences they encountered in their new creative access mission field in the second half in this story: “Where angels fear to tread: God supplies.”
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"¿Qué tienes en tus manos?" by Rebecca Moisio
El fin de semana pasado me encontraba en una conferencia deTrabajo y Testimonio en Columbus, Ohio (Estados Unidos). Allí recibí un brazalete. El mismo dice: "¿Qué tienes en tus manos? Pasión y Propósito, Éxodo 4:2." Se refiere a Moisés. Dios le preguntó a Moisés qué tenía él en sus manos. Él tenía una vara--una vara de pastor. Con esta vara, Moisés pastoreó una nación entera fuera de su captividad y hacia su libertad. Esto es algo grande y muy importante para sostener en tus manos.El hombre que me dio el brazalete es un misionero. Él tiene mucho en sus manos. Él es piloto, tiene una gran capacitación médica, años de experiencia de trabajo con autoridades policiales, y además dirige el departamento de comunicaciones de toda la región Asia-Pacífico. Tiene aun más cosas en sus manos, pero no puedo recordar todas. Es muchísimo. Él es uno de esos misioneros-superhéroes. Su esposa también lo es. Y seguramente ellos son las únicas personas que lo niegan.
¿Y yo? En estos momentos limpio inodoros. ¿Qué es lo que tengo en mis manos? Un trapeador, un pañuelo de limpieza y un asqueroso cepillo de inodoros.
Yo también soy misionera, pero no soy una misionera-superhéroe. Soy una novata, con poca experiencia en mi historial. Yo sólo me dedico a los medios y en este momento ni siquiera me encuentro en el campo misionero. Actualmente trabajo como conserje. Pero de todas maneras soy misionera. De todas maneras tengo cosas en mis manos. Dios y yo hemos estado viajando en este camino de descubrimiento acerca de lo que significa ser misioneros. Lo digo porque, honestamente, no creo que uno deba cruzar los ocános para ser misionero. Y sé que mi misionero-superhéroe sería el primero en insistir en que él no es más importante que la persona laica promedio.
Mis mejores historias misioneras no toman lugar en las Filipinas ni en Nairobi. Jamás me he parado ante una gran multitud para presentar un sermón transformador. Jamás he plantado una iglesia. Mis mejores historias ocurrieron aquí, en los Estados Unidos, mientras que trabajo con un trapeador en mis manos. Son los momentos en que Dios susurra, "ama a esta persona; ellos necesitan oír acerca de mí." Y yo simplemente hago eso.
El ser conserje no es glamoroso. Tampoco es fácil. Es estresante y desagradable, y trabajo con muchas personas que no son alegres ni deslumbrantes. Trabajo con personas quebrantadas. Trabajo con personas que están cansadas del mundo y están listas para hacerse trizas unos a otros en cualquier momento. Esto es a lo que llamo misión práctica.
Yo cepillo inodoros. Hablo con la gente. Escucho lo que dicen. Sonrío, soy amable y respetuoso. Hago sonar mi música de adoración y canto. Y permito que Jesús me use para traer vida y paz a un lugar de trabajo que es desagradable y estresante. Ellos saben quién soy. Ellos saben que soy cristiana. Un hombre del trabajo siempre dice cosas como, "Tú nunca te preocupas demasiado, ¿verdad?" y yo le digo "No; confío en Jesús. No tengo por qué preocuparme" y luego de eso discutimos acerca de misiones y la vida, y yo me pregunto con qué se estará enfrentando que lo lleva a hacerme esas preguntas.El alcanzarnos unos a otros no es opcional. Dios no dijo, "vayan a hacer discípulos, pero sólo si ustedes son pastores." El segundo más grande mandamiento es el de amar al prójimo como a uno mismo. ¡Éste es elsegundo más grande mandamiento! Esto es bastante importante. Es algo que todos debemos obedecer, no sólo quienes cargamos con el título de "misionero" o "pastor."
Tú tienes algo en tus manos. Quizás no sea glamoroso. Quizás no sea en una nación lejana. Quizás sea estresante y difícil de enfrentar, pero es lo que tienes y puedes utilizarlo para edificar el reino de Dios. Tú puedes utilizarlo para amar a la gente. Y, con toda honestidad, el ultilizar lo que Dios nos ha dado no es opcional, sino que es lo que se espera de nosotros.
Así que dime: ¿Qué tienes en tus manos?
-- Rebecca Moisio recientemente regresó de seis meses como miembro del equipo de comunicaciones del Cuerpo de Misioneros Nazarenos para la Región Asia-Pacífico. Actualmente, ella está recaudando fondos para su próxima asignación en producción de video y comunicaciones con la Región Eurasia, a través del Cuerpo de Misioneros. Ella se graduó de la universidad nazarena Olivet y tiene un título en Comunicación en Masa, con enfoque en producción de TV/Video.[Traducido por Ed Brussa]
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"What's in your hands?" by Rebecca Moisio
Last weekend, I was at a Work & Witness conference in Columbus, Ohio (U.S.). There, I was given a bracelet. It says: "What's In Your Hands? Passion and Purpose, Exodus 4:2." It refers to Moses. God asks him what is in his hands. It's a staff -- a shepherd’s staff. With this staff, Moses shepherds an entire nation out of captivity and into freedom. That's a big, important thing to hold in your hands.The man who gave me the bracelet is a missionary. He has a lot in his hands. He's a pilot, has significant medical training, years of experience in law enforcement, and he runs the communications department for the entire region of Asia-Pacific. There are more things in his hands but I forget them all. It's a lot. He's one of those superhero missionaries. So is his wife. And they are probably the only ones who’d deny it.
Me? I clean toilets right now. What's in my hand? A mop handle. A cleaning rag. A nasty toilet bowl wand.
I'm a missionary, too, but I'm not a superhero missionary. I'm brand new, with just a wisp of experience under my belt. I only do media. And, in this moment, I'm not even on the mission field. Right now, I'm a janitor. But I'm still a missionary. I still have things in my hands. God and I have been walking on this journey of discovery as to what exactly it means to be a missionary. Because, I'll be honest, I don't think you have to cross oceans to be a missionary. And I know my superhero missionary would be the first to insist that he is no more important than the average lay-person.My very best missionary stories aren't in the Philippines or Nairobi. I've never stood up in front of a crowd and delivered a heart-changing sermon. I've never planted a church. My best stories are here, in the United States, at work, with a mop in my hands. It's the moments when God whispers, "love this person, they need to hear from Me" and I do just that.
Being a janitor isn't glamorous. It's not easy. It's stressful and gross and I work with a lot people who are neither happy nor shiny. I work with broken people. I work with people who are tired of the world and ready to rip each other to shreds at the drop of a hat. This is what I call a hands-on mission.
I scrub toilets. And I talk to people. I listen to them. I smile and am polite and respectful. I blast my worship music and sing along. And I let Jesus use me to breathe life and peace into a workplace that is gross and stressful. They all know who I am. They all know I'm a Christian. One guy at work is always saying things like, "You don't get very worried, do you?" and I'll tell him "No, I trust Jesus. I don't need to be worried" and then we discuss missions and life and I wonder what he's dealing with that prompts him to ask me those sorts of questions.
Reaching out to each other isn't optional. God didn't say "go and make disciples but only if you're a pastor." The second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. This is the second greatest commandment! That's pretty significant. That's for everyone to obey, not just those of us who can pin the title "missionary" or "pastor" to our lapels.You have something in your hands. It might not be glamorous. It's probably not overseas. It might be stressful and hard to deal with, but it's yours and you can use it for building God's kingdom. You can use it love people. And, honestly? Using what God has given us is not optional, it’s expected of us.
So, how about it? What's in your hands?[Rebecca Moisio recently returned from six months as a Nazarene Mission Corps media missionary with the Asia-Pacific Regioncommunications team. Currently, she is raising funds for her next assignment in video production and communications with the Eurasia Region, through Mission Corps. She is a graduate from Olivet Nazarene University with a degree in Mass Communications: TV/Video Production.]
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"India: The One Who calls you is faithful" by MiriamMiriam and Monica are two of the first Indian volunteers to be sent by the initiative of the India Nazarene Church in many years. They represent a wave of young Nazarenes who are sensing God’s call into cross-cultural ministry and are ready to answer that call.
Last summer’s Eurasia Mission Orientation (EMO), held in Bangalore, attracted 21 participants, mostly from India, but included a few from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, as well. All were there to find out what it would mean to live and serve God in a cross-cultural context, whether in their own nation or somewhere else in the Eurasia Region, which includes Nazarene churches across Eastern and Western Europe, India, South Asia and the Middle East. The orientation was held as part of the region’s M+Power ministry, which exists to identify, recruit, train and deploy volunteers into cross-cultural ministry.
In January this year, after raising their support funds, the two young women journeyed to Kolkata to assist a local Nazarene church with overseeing a Nazarene Compassionate Ministries child development center (CDC), teach Sunday school, and also after-school tutoring, computer and English classes. After three months there, they traveled to Samakhiyali, on the west coast, to work with a Nazarene school there to continue in their one-year commitment.Recently, they reported on how God has been working through them.
"THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL DO IT." [1 Thessalonians 5:24]
God has fulfilled this promise in our life and he is continuing to do so.
The day we came here to Samakhiyali it was a very bright and sunny day and we could not take the heat. According to the people here it seems that the temperature rises up to 46 C degrees (114 F) and more. We were scared initially, but here is where we started experiencing the provision and care of our Lord. The very next week we could see clouds hovering over the sky, bringing shade for almost two to three weeks, although it did not rain, and we were thanking God for this as it was going to take some time for us to get adjusted to these weather conditions. It’s not only about the weather; keeping in mind the climatic condition, our host Mr. Solomon provided us a refrigerator so that we could enjoy cold water as well as refrigerate our things.
One day, after the school hours we were extremely hungry but too tired to cook, and hoped that God would provide food just like he provided [the prophet] Elijah (1 Kings 17). Within some time our neighbor brought food to our doorstep. It was amazing to know the grace of the Lord in providing for His children, even listening to unspoken prayers.Rev. DS Gawali (Western Maharashtra District) recently visited the school for the church dedication service and he met us. He blessed us with financial help; this was something unexpected through which we could again experience God’s grace.
Another time we were in need of some notebooks, and at the initial stage it was not possible for us to spend on this need, so we just prayed about it. One day Monica was cleaning the table that was provided by the administration, and she could not open the drawer, so she called for the key. She was told the key was lost, so there was no other option than to break open the drawer.
It was to our utmost surprise to see unused new notebooks – almost a dozen of them. Again, we thank God as we have this testimony of God’s provision in our life.
The most beautiful experience of all is having a fellowship, though far away from home, with the children that we teach, guidance from a fatherly figure like Mr. Solomon and many helpful neighbors. Hence, we do not feel alone and left out.
From the very first week, the pastor handed us a responsibility of leading the youth group. We wondered how to lead these youth, as we observed them to be weak spiritually. We thought that we needed to develop them from the ground level, and thus we thought about the Student Alpha course which starts with the question of the existence of God, and proceeds to the knowledge of who Jesus really is and why we need to experience the love He has for us in our lives, personally. We are leading them in worship songs and teaching them how to intercede and also pray personally.Plans for the future
We have a plan of setting up a play/activity room to help the kids to improve their intellectual/analytical ability. We are planning to start this from the month of January 2017.
The place where we are right now is a spiritually dry land; most of the people here follow another faith. Sharing the gospel and using the name of Jesus publicly is not allowed. This school was built after the massive earthquake in 2001 (Gujarat) to benefit the children with education. As we hear from Mr. Solomon there was much opposition from the local people to start a Christian school as they thought the school would focus on converting the children to Christianity rather than educating them. Even at such opposition, he stood strong and started this school.
Mr. Solomon discussed with us regarding many implementations that could be done in the school, which will help the students to develop their abilities holistically. Initially, he disagreed with the plans that we suggested to have spiritual based camps, considering the political and religious obstacles towards Christianity. So we prayed about this. Later, Mr. Solomon agreed for a camp during the winter holidays with the condition that we should instill Christian values by using the name of “God”. We have planned for the winter camp under the theme “Superheroes.” This camp will be from 13 to 16 November, 2016.We request your prayers for the provision of the materials needed for this camp. We are very few in number and we expected the registrations to be around 30 to 40 students, but to our surprise there are more than 140 signed in for the camp. Kindly pray that we can manage all these children.
Why cross-cultural service
Cross-cultural mission work gives a broader perspective towards doing mission among various cultural groups which have various traditions and customs. Adapting to a new culture is a challenge, but it is discovering how God’s amazing grace is working among the unreached people. Some statistics show the Eastern world is growing in Christianity because of missionaries showing Christlike love and care for the people.
To explore a variety of cuisines, clothes and different art forms is very interesting, as it gives us an opportunity to serve the Lord in a contextualized form. This gives the world to know about the cultures that haven’t been explored yet in missions. Therefore we urge all of us to participate on this platform where you are given a chance to serve the Lord by accepting a different culture than yours.
"THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL DO IT." God fulfilled this promise in our life and he is continuing to do so. We are grateful to our mentors Sarah and Dheera for their continuous support, encouragement and prayers.
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