In this newsletter, I would like to share with you a story of Pastor M – the South Hmong Coordinator. Pastor M graduated from Bible College in the Philippines a couple years ago with a desire to be a full-time minister as an educator. Many people and even government officials, equate the term “minister” with […]
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My whole team had much on their schedules for the month of June. Even though we had our own schedules, we still could see ways that each of us were selfless. Each team member needed assistance to accomplish the goal. Working together is at the core of ministry and is very rewarding. Whether it’s doing
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The CCI Myanmar National Director had a chance to promote the ministry to several pastors and ministry partners in south-central Myanmar in May. We are looking for a good time to hold a workshop. Pastor T met ministers of a church and the Youth for Christ mission to promote the CCI ministry. He also, had
We should not think of the years gone by, but in some ways we can actually learn from the past. What happened to CCI Indonesia in the past really helped me to learn many things, one of which was about Area Coordinators. Seeing the progress of God’s work through CCI on Sumba Island, I felt
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Wow! We can’t believe that our daughter, the youngest child, is married. We were blessed with a grand celebration of their union as Pastor Bryan Goebert administered the ceremony. They both took a biblical marriage class in North Carolina where they lived prior to the ceremony. Pastor Bryan suggested a man by the name of
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This is the month we saw the fruits of the CCI ministry with our brothers and sisters of different nations, languages and cultures. In Thailand, we have neighbors like Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia. And for our neighboring countries like Laos, traveling around is not very difficult. In the past, there were church leaders, almost 50
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And A Look Ahead “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” -Ephesians 3:20-21 God is able to
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“”_but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” John 15:19b Not too long ago, actually it has been only a few weeks, we experienced the other side of the world: free nations, civilization, beauty, well-being etc., and then we came back to the field where we serve,
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When I was in Uganda in 2019, a young pastor shared with me, “While the gospel is widespread in Africa, it is very shallow.” I reflected on Matthew 28:19-20, where Jesus told His disciples, “Go and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all I have commanded you.” I realized that where we
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A lali is a wooden drum carved from a single piece of wood. It is used by Fijian tribes to communicate with one another. They use different rhythms to announce births, deaths and wars. Lali drums are also used to call the people of an area together for community events such as church services. Wouldn’t
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