Janssen Journal: “Seven”<\/p>\n
by Ben & Marianne Janssen<\/p>\n
She was the seventh child born into a traditional Indonesian family. Her mother took one look at her and lost all hope. She was so tiny and weak. Against all expectations, Seven grew up to be a small, but strong child. More so, this little girl became a blessing to all around her as she loved God sincerely.<\/p>\n
One day she had an encounter with the Holy Spirit in a neighboring church. Her family\u2019s church was very cold and traditional. Now her heart was bursting with joy and expectation. Little did she expect the coldness of her mother\u2019s heart. She told Seven, \u201cIf you leave our church, then you cannot see me anymore\u201d. Seven had a terrible choice to make as she loved her parents dearly. For four long years she did not see them, until her mother got lame in one leg. She dared to call her mother and begged her if she could come and pray for her. In those four years little Seven had grown from a timid Christian into a bold, strong witness for Jesus. Her mother agreed and when Seven anointed her with oil and prayed, her mother could walk again.<\/p>\n
This feisty girl was thrown into our lives a little while ago. Right away we noticed that there was something special about her. Her serving spirit was amazing. Her smile was always present. She was going to interpret for us. Her English was not great, but according to her, there should be no worries… she was going to pray and study the material, and God would do the rest. To tell you the truth, we were a little apprehensive because the course was three days long and difficult to teach. The apprehension disappeared somewhat after we found out that she had anointed the whole building with oil before we started.<\/p>\n
This was going to be our fourth church planting training in four weeks, and we were exhausted even before we started. But there was Seven from the very first day… smiling, confident, serving, encouraging, energetic and always saying, \u201c Jesus can do it\u201d. Her presence had such a strong, positive influence on us that we did not feel our wariness anymore, and the Lord poured out amazing energy on us for those three days.<\/p>\n
This little \u201cangel\u201d started a nursery school a year ago for poor Muslim children. She finances the project herself with giving private English and Math lessons in the evenings. She is confident that she can plant 17 churches together with her pastor and his wife in the Muslim part of her district. Jesus can do it!<\/p>\n
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. <\/strong> Photo Credit: Ben & Marianne Janssen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Janssen Journal: “Seven” by Ben & Marianne Janssen She was the seventh child born into a traditional Indonesian family. Her mother took one look at her and lost all hope….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":972,"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":[29,4],"tags":[116,65,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-missionary-newsletters","8":"category-world-missions","9":"tag-116","10":"tag-janssen","11":"tag-missionary-newsletter","12":"entry"},"title_es":"Janssen Newsletter: March el a\u00f1o 2016","content_es":" Janssen Diario: \"Siete\"<\/p>\r\n por Ben & Marianne Janssen<\/p>\r\nEra el s\u00e9ptimo hijo nacido en una familia tradicional de Indonesia. Su madre tom\u00f3 una mirada en ella y perdi\u00f3 toda esperanza. Era tan peque\u00f1a y d\u00e9bil. Contra todas las expectativas, Siete creci\u00f3 para ser un ni\u00f1o peque\u00f1o, pero fuerte. M\u00e1s a\u00fan, esta ni\u00f1a se convirti\u00f3 en una bendici\u00f3n para todos a su alrededor mientras ella amaba sinceramente a Dios. Un d\u00eda tuvo un encuentro con el Esp\u00edritu Santo en una iglesia vecina. la iglesia de su familia era muy fr\u00eda y tradicional. Ahora su coraz\u00f3n se llena de alegr\u00eda y expectativa. Poco se esperaba que la frialdad del coraz\u00f3n de su madre. Ella le dijo a Siete, \"Si deja nuestra iglesia, entonces usted no me puede ver m\u00e1s\". Siete ten\u00edan una terrible elecci\u00f3n para hacer que amara a sus padres muy caro. Durante cuatro a\u00f1os largos que ella no los vio, hasta que su madre se cojo de una pierna. Ella se atrevi\u00f3 a llamar a su madre y le pidi\u00f3 si pod\u00eda venir y orar por ella. En esos cuatro a\u00f1os poco Siete hab\u00eda pasado de ser un Cristiano t\u00edmida en un fuerte testimonio audaz, para Jes\u00fas. Su madre estuvo de acuerdo y cuando Siete la ungi\u00f3 con aceite y oraba, su madre podr\u00eda caminar de nuevo. Esta chica luchadora fue arrojado en nuestras vidas hace un rato. Enseguida nos dimos cuenta de que hab\u00eda algo especial en ella. Su esp\u00edritu de servicio era incre\u00edble. Su sonrisa siempre estaba presente. Ella iba a interpretar para nosotros. Su Ingl\u00e9s no era muy grande, pero seg\u00fan ella, no debe haber ning\u00fan problema ... que iba a orar y estudiar el material, y Dios har\u00eda el resto. A decir la verdad, est\u00e1bamos un poco preocupados porque el curso fue de tres d\u00edas largos y dif\u00edciles de ense\u00f1ar. La aprehensi\u00f3n desapareci\u00f3 poco despu\u00e9s de que nos dimos cuenta de que se hab\u00eda untado todo el edificio con aceite antes de empezar. Esta iba a ser la cuarta formaci\u00f3n de plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias en cuatro semanas, y est\u00e1bamos agotados, incluso antes de empezar. Pero hab\u00eda siete desde el primer d\u00eda ... sonriendo, confiado, sirviendo, alentador, en\u00e9rgico y siempre diciendo: \"Jes\u00fas puede hacerlo\". Su presencia ten\u00eda una influencia tan fuerte y positivo en nosotros que no nos sentimos nuestra cautela m\u00e1s, y el Se\u00f1or derram\u00f3 energ\u00eda incre\u00edble en nosotros para esos tres d\u00edas. Este peque\u00f1o \"\u00e1ngel\" comenz\u00f3 un jard\u00edn de infancia hace un a\u00f1o para los ni\u00f1os musulmanes pobres. Se financia el proyecto con la misma dando clases particulares de ingl\u00e9s y matem\u00e1ticas en las noches. Ella est\u00e1 segura de que ella puede plantar 17 iglesias junto con su pastor y su esposa en la parte musulmana de su distrito. Jes\u00fas puede hacerlo! Puedo hacer todas las cosas a trav\u00e9s de Cristo que me fortalece.<\/strong> Filipenses 4:13<\/strong>\r\n
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