{"id":3462,"date":"2019-12-20T11:16:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:16:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:16:43","slug":"meyers-newsletter-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/meyers-newsletter-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyers Newsletter: December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greetings Faithful Supporters,<\/h2>\n

December is a time of celebration of why Christ was born! I wish you and your families a blessed season of celebrations. May your unity in faith increase and strengthen as we express our thankfulness for the life of Christ, demonstrating God\u2019s Love for us. The savior of the world was born, and as this story is told, let\u2019s pray together that, this season, many more will come to salvation.<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/a>

Kids lifting up Bibles<\/p><\/div>\n

At Cure Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Blantyre-Malawi, the children heard a lesson on the theme, \u201cChrist was Born to Save Me\u201d from Matthew 1:18-24. Before leaving the kids, each one was given a children's Bible in their own language, Chichewa. Pray as these kids are taking the good news back to their village. Pray for Bible readers to step up and read the Bible stories to the village. Thank you for all who give to the program, Bibles for Southern Africa WMM account 11643P. You made this possible. On December 25, the street kids in Blantyre at Stekahouse will be served breakfast with a lesson and will also receive Bibles.<\/p>\n

\"Rev.<\/a>

Rev. Joe Delport on stage<\/p><\/div>\n

December is a good month to bring youth together. Rev. Joe Delport, regional director for Southern Africa, planned with The Awakening team to do just that. From eight nations, youth gathered in Zambia with the national leaders of their countries. The goal was to seek God, to be empowered by God, for His plans to be birthed with a passion strategy to be embraced for the work of the Great Commission, and for the youth to rise up ready for responsibility and leadership.<\/p>\n

\"Rev.<\/a>

Rev. Max Barroso preaching<\/p><\/div>\n

Max Barroso brought a word from 1 Kings 18, helping all to understand that each Christian person is the answer, for the nations are in a spiritual drought. God wants to do something through His vessels. We need to restore the altar and give ourselves as a drink offering, returning all of our hearts to Him. A breakthrough is the promise. We may at first see just a small fist sized cloud, but really, we should see a flood like Elijah that will break forth. God is ready to build His people as a virgin of Israel to give birth to what will give God glory! Let\u2019s rejoice as God works in His people for readiness this spiritual season to flood the earth with His glory.<\/p>\n

\"Booklets\"<\/a>

Booklets<\/p><\/div>\n

The leaders of each nation for the IPHC are critical keys that help the churches develop effective children\u2019s ministries with programs to involve kids in outreaches, missions, and praying for unreached people groups. Rev. Joe Delport is helping to get these booklets to leaders to embrace strategy developing, fruit-bearing children\u2019s ministries. They will also be directed to the following website for resources: WWW.WAKNET.COM. Pray, as the leaders\u2019 focus this coming year will be on each nation developing a children's ministry development plan. With this plan in place, specific leaders and workers will be trained to reach, teach, and mobilize the kids to become a task force and a mighty army of prayer warriors.<\/p>\n

\"Flight<\/a>

Flight to Malawi<\/p><\/div>\n

I will spend this Christmas in Malawi, Central Africa, where I am based for now. I will then prepare for my flight out of Malawi to Mauritius. I will spend time in Mauritius through part of January and February 2020 to work with students who were trained during September 2019. Then, in the capital city, a newly planted church group wants to be equipped to reach kids in the community. This will be the right time for me to begin writing kids Bible doctrine, and to see how the kids respond to reading and using the resource to build strong biblical truths and to develop a belief system that will guard them against false doctrine.<\/p>\n

May this year ahead be a great harvest season. May God use us as a Great Commission team to reach His goals. I am keeping my heart focused on His will (Matthew 18:14), for it is not our heavenly father\u2019s will for any one of these little ones to be lost.<\/p>\n

Prayer Requests:<\/h2>\n

\u2022 Thank God for the youth in Southern Africa who came to The Awakening conference to arise and passionately lead their groups to develop relevant churches in their communities, reaching youth and children while growing as strategic leaders.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pray for the work in Mauritius, and that God will open minds and hearts to reaching kids in the community in Port Lois, the capital city.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pray for church planters to arise and plant more churches in Mauritius.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pray for national leaders, who will be sharing information that will grow passionate ministry leaders to arise in churches and grow the churches with a focus on missions.<\/p>\n

Season\u2019s Blessings,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Althea<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings Faithful Supporters, December is a time of celebration of why Christ was born! I wish you and your families a blessed season of celebrations. May your unity in faith…<\/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":[336,221,265,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-3462","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-althea-meyer","12":"tag-december","13":"tag-meyer","14":"entry"},"title_es":"Bolet\u00edn de Meyers: octubre de 2019","content_es":"

\u00a1Saludos desde Jap\u00f3n!<\/strong> <\/p>

Siembra y cosecha en Camboya<\/strong><\/span> <\/h2>

Camboya se encuentra entre los pa\u00edses m\u00e1s pobres de Asia, tanto material como espiritualmente. Han pasado cuarenta a\u00f1os desde que Pol Pot y su Khmer Rouge mataron a m\u00e1s de dos millones de personas en un intento de establecer una utop\u00eda agraria comunista, pero el legado de esos a\u00f1os del holocausto todav\u00eda se puede observar en una grave falta de infraestructura, educaci\u00f3n, oportunidades y esperanza. Menos del 1% de los camboyanos conocen a Jesucristo como Se\u00f1or y Salvador. <\/p>

En septiembre, Russell ayud\u00f3 a organizar y dirigir un equipo ministerial a Camboya para llevar a cabo una serie de cl\u00ednicas m\u00e9dicas en varias aldeas. Los miembros del equipo vinieron de Carolina del Norte, Carolina del Sur, Georgia, Jap\u00f3n y Filipinas. <\/p>

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Las condiciones a menudo eran r\u00fasticas, ya que ten\u00edamos cl\u00ednicas en las iglesias del pueblo. En un lugar, los funcionarios locales nos obligaron a cerrar. El gobierno budista autoritario vigila de cerca y a veces restringe las actividades de los cristianos. <\/p>

En otras aldeas, las autoridades enviaron polic\u00edas y m\u00e9dicos locales para que nos observaran, pero estos quedaron impresionados por la experiencia y amabilidad de nuestro equipo. \u00a1Incluso se unieron al trabajo y nos invitaron a volver! <\/p>

Las madres j\u00f3venes estaban agradecidas de recibir vitaminas y medicamentos para las enfermedades de sus hijos, mientras que los ancianos estaban encantados de recibir anteojos para leer. Adem\u00e1s de ofrecer atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica b\u00e1sica y palabras de esperanza y aliento, los miembros del equipo tambi\u00e9n oraron por los pacientes que buscaron su ayuda. \u00a1La oraci\u00f3n es la mejor medicina de todas! <\/p>

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Junto con el personal m\u00e9dico, tuvimos la suerte de contar con un contingente de j\u00f3venes sobresalientes para ministrar a los ni\u00f1os en cada lugar. \u00a1Estamos orgullosos de decir que nuestro nieto Alex fue parte de este equipo din\u00e1mico! <\/p>

\u00a1Los ni\u00f1os disfrutaron jugando juegos al aire libre, haciendo manualidades, escuchando historias de la Biblia, aprendiendo canciones del evangelio y simplemente divirti\u00e9ndose! \u00a1Lo mejor de todo es que los ni\u00f1os aprendieron a orar a Jes\u00fas y tuvieron la oportunidad de ofrecerle sus vidas! <\/p>

En a\u00f1os pasados, hemos invertido tiempo, esfuerzo y financiamiento en viajes similares, ayudando a trabajos pioneros y cavando pozos para las aldeas. \u00a1En este viaje, nos complaci\u00f3 especialmente ver el fruto de estas inversiones en forma de nuevas y pr\u00f3speras iglesias! <\/p>

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PUNTOS PARA LA ORACI\u00d3N<\/strong><\/span> <\/h2>

\u2022 Ore para que las iglesias en Camboya no sean oprimidas y restringidas en sus actividades, sino que tengan libertad para adorar y difundir el evangelio. <\/p>

\u2022 Nuestras iglesias est\u00e1n ayudando a los j\u00f3venes en sus comunidades ense\u00f1ando ingl\u00e9s y ofreciendo capacitaci\u00f3n en inform\u00e1tica. Ore para que los j\u00f3venes est\u00e9n equipados para servir al Se\u00f1or y traer prosperidad a su naci\u00f3n. <\/p>

\u2022 Ore por el misionero que dirige nuestro trabajo en Camboya, Rev. Merlen Lamanilao de Filipinas. Ore por su apoyo financiero y por su hija adolescente que pronto se graduar\u00e1 de la escuela secundaria. <\/p>

\u2022 Ore por los pr\u00f3ximos viajes a Tailandia y Nepal, por viajes seguros y un ministerio efectivo. <\/p>

\u2022 Nuestro apoyo financiero se ha reducido, lo que dificulta nuestra capacidad de viajar y ministrar. Ore para que nuestro apoyo aumente y considere ayudar a responder a esa oraci\u00f3n. <\/p>

\u00a1Gracias por su asociaci\u00f3n en el evangelio! <\/p>

Russell & Sandra Board<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <\/p>

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