{"id":2421,"date":"2019-01-23T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:26:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T17:26:06","slug":"mrema-newsletter-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/mrema-newsletter-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrema Newsletter: January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2421\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-2421-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style ingpb-standard-row\">\n<div id=\"pgc-2421-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-2421-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;.125in .125in .125in .125in&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;.125in .125in .125in .125in&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2421-0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Dear Mission Partner,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is with great joy and gratitude to be able to greet you once again in 2019. Blessed be the name of the Lord. I hope you had a good Holiday Season. I pray you will have a prosperous year in 2019, and enjoy all the blessings which God has in store for you and your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Ministry Is Going On<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PTP Feeding the Hungry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started the Feeding Program on the first Saturday of December 2018 and it has been going very well. The first Saturday, which was December first, we served 37 plates and the last Saturday of the same month we served 97 plates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2425\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-4-e1548257132297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2425\" class=\"wp-image-2425 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-4-e1548257132297-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-4-e1548257132297-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-4-e1548257132297-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-4-e1548257132297.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Feeding Program<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2424\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2424\" class=\"wp-image-2424 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-3.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Feeding Program<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Travels<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 7-9, I was able to travel and visit some churches in Morogoro at places called Kimamba, Kilosa, Mvumi, Dakawa, and Peapea. The last two, Dakawa and Peapea, are new churches which began in 2018. They do not have buildings, but they meet under the shade.<\/p>\n<p>The Dakawa pastor had a structure for the church, but it rained heavily one night, at the end of December, and the building fell. The Peapea congregation meets under a shade that is built by just straw.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2423\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2423\" class=\"wp-image-2423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fallen Church in Dakawa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2422\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2422\" class=\"wp-image-2422 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Photo-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Church in Peapea<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Unfinished Churches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are four churches which Dr. Mrema was building but were not finished yet when he went home. These churches are Ebenezer in Dar-es-Salaam, Kimamba, Kilosa, and Mvumi, all in Morogoro. I will need $17,500 to finish these buildings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Appreciation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Sout Carolina Conference (SCC) Mission Director Dean Morgan, and all SCC church mission directors for raising funds for these buildings during the 2018 GO meetings. May the Lord richly bless you all. I appreciate all the prayers and the financial support received from you. I am always encouraged knowing there are friends like you praying for me. Please pray that I will get a good vehicle for the work in Tanzania. I am still in transition into this new phase of my life and the ministry, so pray that I will not miss the leading of the Holy Spirit. Thank you again.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>Please remember, \u201cA Mission partner is a miracle candidate.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Blessings,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Yasinta Mrema<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"panel-2421-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_give-card-widget panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;.125in .125in .125in .125in&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;.125in .125in .125in .125in&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2421-0-0-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Mission Partner, It is with great joy and gratitude to be able to greet you once again in 2019. Blessed be the name of the Lord. I hope you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1,4],"tags":[336,204,339,156,308,292],"class_list":{"0":"post-2421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-missionary-newsletters","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"category-world-missions","10":"tag-336","11":"tag-january","12":"tag-january-2019","13":"tag-mrema","14":"tag-newsletter","15":"tag-yasinta-mrema","16":"entry"},"title_es":"Bolet\u00edn Crook: enero 2019","content_es":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a1Saludos de a\u00f1o nuevo!<\/span><\/h3>\r\nEn primer lugar, me disculpo por publicar esta actualizaci\u00f3n mucho m\u00e1s tarde de lo planeado. Como compart\u00ed antes, mi mudanza a otra casa fue a corto plazo porque el propietario pronto se jubilar\u00eda; Estoy agradecido por los dos a\u00f1os y medio que tuve all\u00ed. En pocas palabras, otro movimiento ocurri\u00f3 en noviembre \/ diciembre y ha sido muy diferente a mis experiencias anteriores. Este lugar necesitaba muchas (sorpresas) reparaciones, pero creo que finalmente puedo decir que me estoy acomodando y esperando una estancia m\u00e1s larga. Aquellos de ustedes que se mueven con frecuencia, tienen mi admiraci\u00f3n. No estoy seguro de c\u00f3mo lo haces. Sigo teniendo la bendici\u00f3n de ver de primera mano el efecto de los Ministerios People to People en Asia. El tema de la IPHC de 2018, Valoramos en oraci\u00f3n a todas las generaciones, fue un a\u00f1o en el que se brindaron tantas perspectivas de c\u00f3mo nutrir y desarrollar a las pr\u00f3ximas generaciones. En Asia, People to People reconoce que los ni\u00f1os que patrocina son las generaciones que cambiar\u00e1n la naci\u00f3n. Los testimonios de padres, pastores e iglesias contin\u00faan contando el impacto que se ha visto en sus vidas. En el oeste, el acceso a la educaci\u00f3n es tan simple como tomar un autob\u00fas o ser dejado por un padre. Hay muchos obst\u00e1culos que los ni\u00f1os en Asia enfrentan al tener este privilegio. En Malasia, los refugiados no tienen derecho a asistir a la escuela porque son inmigrantes; pero estamos agradecidos de que una iglesia haya resuelto la necesidad al iniciar el Centro de Aprendizaje para Refugiados de Myanmar. Adem\u00e1s, fuera de Dhaka, Bangladesh, se construy\u00f3 una hermosa escuela con dormitorios. Muchas aldeas remotas no tienen escuelas o padres que puedan permitirse enviar a sus hijos a escuelas distantes. Nuestras iglesias de \u00e1reas remotas env\u00edan a sus hijos a Dhaka. Adem\u00e1s, los ni\u00f1os musulmanes locales pueden asistir a clases, lo que abre la puerta para que sus familias est\u00e9n expuestas al Evangelio. Otra iglesia local en Camboya fue pionera a trav\u00e9s de los Programas de Alimentaci\u00f3n de Personas a Personas en un peque\u00f1o pueblo. Hoy en d\u00eda, las bicicletas llenan el terreno durante la semana, ya que se ofrecen clases de ingl\u00e9s y de computaci\u00f3n y los ni\u00f1os de las aldeas vecinas acuden all\u00ed para aumentar sus habilidades. Un gran porcentaje de estos ni\u00f1os est\u00e1n en nuestro programa de patrocinio. Estamos seguros de que sus futuros son mucho m\u00e1s brillantes porque este apoyo los ayuda en su educaci\u00f3n. Los mismos desaf\u00edos se enfrentan en todas las naciones donde tenemos ministerios en Asia. La diferencia para los ni\u00f1os en Filipinas, Tailandia, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, etc. es el hecho de que tienen patrocinadores solidarios que est\u00e1n orando por ellos y apoy\u00e1ndolos. Cuando tienen a alguien en su esquina que dice \"T\u00fa puedes hacerlo\", les da la confianza de que pueden y lo har\u00e1n. Estamos a unas pocas semanas de 2019, y quer\u00eda aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecerles por estar conmigo en oraci\u00f3n y en apoyo mensual. Puedo testificar de la fidelidad de Dios en mi vida y estoy muy agradecido por todo lo que hacen por m\u00ed. Yo tambi\u00e9n estoy orando por ti. Creo que puedes dar fe de que vivimos en un mundo que est\u00e1 cambiando dr\u00e1sticamente. Mayo de 2019 sea nuestro a\u00f1o para proclamar audazmente la Buena Nueva a aquellos en nuestros caminos. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>Bendiciones,<\/em><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>Debra Crook<\/em><\/span><\/strong>","author_name":"Yasinta Mrema","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Newsletters.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-D3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}