Small ticks from pigs, called jiggers, are eating up Alex Chipilipili’s feet. The 10-year-old has never owned a pair of shoes. He anxiously waits with 170 other children, all of them hoping to receive a pair of TOMS Shoes from World Vision.
October 2010
Story by Collins Kaumba. Edited by Rachael Boyer, World Vision U.S.
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via Pioneers Media Archive – Imagination.
What might happen if you dared to imagine problems solved, the poor served, beggar children rescued, and neighbors being loved into the kingdom of God? When I dare to meditate on these things, I rarely sleep well, and neither will you. But be assured. A bold imagination accelerates our creativity, and launches static faith into motion.
One day while working on language Dee asked me what the word “Amen” means. I was somewhat put back as she scurried to the back room and emerged with a Bible in hand! “This book is very good! Christians are very good!” Dee said with excitement. As I sat in awe I could not help but think, “Seriously God? The one house you put me in for language learning is the one where they are reading the Bible!”
God is working here in some amazing ways. This is just a small glimpse of what God is doing among these people.
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by a Pioneer in Southeast Asia
via Pioneers Media Archive – A Surprise in Language Learning.
Dave Dorr:
Our church gives 100% of its budget to missions. That’s because our church is a mission.
Staff salaries are mission. Benevolence (our fund to support those who are in need financially) is about missions. Paying the rent, again, missions.
And why shouldn’t we think of church in America like this? Are we still under the assumption that we are the chaplains to our culture, to use Ed Stetzer’s apt illustration? We are missionaries. We are not at home, even in our home country. We don’t share similar world views with people outside of the body of Christ.
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via 100% to Missions.
INDONESIA – Indonesia’s national motto is “unity in diversity.” The people are proud that despite having 370 ethnic groups with different languages, traditions, cultures, and religions, they are united as one nation. The official language is Indonesian, but 583 languages and dialects are spoken throughout the islands.
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