When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed
anyway,
deciding to live not on the basis of what he couldn't do
but on what God said that He would do. Romans 4.17 The Message
We have just returned from getting the results of the recent
full body scan, and are delighted to tell you that Kathy has been
given the all-clear, there is now no trace of cancer in her body.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. They have helped us
through a very difficult time. David and Kathy Pick, with DCI in England
§ We want to thank the Lord for this wonderful healing through
prayer and medicine and for his sustaining grace through a very hard
time for David, Kathy and all their friends and family. Another
colleague Erik has also been given the all-clear from cancer again
after much prayer and treatment, and over in Brazil, Silvia is well
on the way to recovery as well. Being far from invincible we want to
honour the Lord for hearing and answering continuous prayer. We all
wanted an instant miracle, He gave us a lengthy process but the end
result is the same: life restored, faith increased and lessons
learned. Meanwhile over in Peru our partner Rolando has been struck
down by pancreatitis so prayer continues. Les and Pilar
Four months ago I went to Cayes, Haiti's third city to start
another church. I met a man who turned out to be a Voodoo priest and
he took me to stay in his home. I soon spoke to him and his family
about the love of God and they became my first contacts in Cayes.
Today the Voodoo temple has become our worship centre for the Lord
Jesus and we have 90 active church members, with home prayer groups
for all. Johnny Auguste, Haiti miesht @ gmail.com
For everyone interested in the EMSI Spain medical mission to Burkina
Faso in December, here is a video report of the last visit there
when thousands of poor people received free medical treatment and
operations, and every single person was prayed for and told about
the love of God in Jesus. You can select see more video reports from
David of EMSI "eslajuda" to the right of the screen. Click here to
see the EMSI
You Tube Video Contact EMSI Barcelona, Spain: David Armada eslajuda @ hotmail.com
We have started to visit a sea of street people in Lima, Peru, many
of whom are prostitutes, drug addicts and delinquents, may God bless
and give them light. Pastor Victor Rodriguez, 50, Lima - Peru ministerio_internacional_emanuel @ hotmail.com
The countries that used to reject the message Jesus are now
receiving it. For example in my country there are now 5,000,000
believers because of 50 years of people doing hard work in missions
all of which planted a great seed in the heart of Colombia. Ian F. Simmonds , 18, Barranquilla - Colombia ianfarouk_simmonds @ hotmail.com
What is the best way to evangelize the Muslim people here? Jorge Reyes Tabares, 48, España fenlapalabra @ msn.com
We are supporting Muslim families with food, clothes and
language lessons where we teach them Spanish using Bible stories.
This has awakened their interest in knowing more about Jesus. Please
pray for our work because we have a good number of Muslim families
coming to us. Ricardo, 48, Premia de Mar, Barcelona - Espana rmariscale @ hotmail.com
We need new editors and translators for our Arabic, German, Italian
and Russian pages. The job is turn the English language pages into
these languages and handle any enquiries or e-mails that come in
their own language. This is a part-time job for volunteers, there is
no salary but we do know how to look after our own people.
References will be required. Please write in
English to Les Norman, the editor
Would
you like to see some of our photos? Click here
for Schools of Mission around the world Click here
for Banking for the Poor projects Click here
for projects to help orphans and the poor Click here
to see some of the people in the DCI family Les
and Pilar
Why not take a moment to read our Vision and Values. This is who we are,
this is what we do, this is where we are going, and if you like what you see there is room for you as well.
Click here to see the page
People often ask us about our "financial strategy so we tell them
that for 25 years we have been riding a three-humped camel which
comes from Acts 20, 34-35 where Paul says something like this: "You
know that these hands of mine, by hard work, have provided for my
own needs (which is hump number one), the needs of my companions
(which is hump number two) and then for the weak (which is hump
number three), because as the Lord Jesus said, "It is more blessed
to give than to receive." People do say that riding any kind of
camel is a bit of an experience and although ours will never be a
desert Rolls-Royce, it does keep going and as a strategy for living
and for giving it is incomparable. Les and Pilar, DCI England
Come to Iquitos, Peru for a missions experience in the Peruvian
Amazon, learn the Spanish language and getting involved in our work
with children and adults. Come for 1, 2, or 3 months, you will be
welcome. Dr. Esteban Valverde Virhuez, 34, Iquitos - Peru http://www.amhut.com.pe
president @ amhut.com.pe
Our next Medical Mission Trip to Peru is May 28 to June 4th. Doctors
and nurses will hold many clinics to show the love of God to the
people. For more information on these trips. Rev. Dr. Samuel Torres, 51, Orlando,
Florida http://www.ipnuevavida.com pastor @ ipnuevavida.com
We are going to Niger to be with the Tuaregs in the Agadez
area. Pray with us for the church in Agadez to be an oasis in the
midst of this wilderness. Josue Angel Alonzo Hidalgo, Santa Ana - El
Salvador tuareg.alonzo @ gmail.com
Who can tell me about mission in Togo? Leo, 22, Ciudadela -
Argentina sniperleo17 @ hotmail.com
The 10 new missionaries we sent to South Tamil Nadu have
already won 400 souls and planted 11 fellowships. I see every
village in India ready for harvest. Native missionaries, unknown by
any one work hard in these villages. I just visited 4 villages and
in one church where about 40 people worship regularly the roof has
gone and the monsoon is coming. We have adopted 12 pastors to
support and each pastor works in more than 3 villages and has
fellowships of 40 to 60 members. They eat hardly one meal a day. One
pastor is running a Mercy home for 22 kids in a very pathetic
situation so I agreed to support them too. God has healed my
"withered hand" and now every time I see the needs of the people I
cannot hold back. God is doing some awesome works in India but it
goes unnoticed. I believe there will be at lest 10 % Christians in
India because the yeast of the Kingdom is conquering the whole
dough. Pastor Daniel, our DCI partner in Kerala, India http://www.mercyhomes.org
We plan to start a Christian school with two classrooms and an
orphanage at our church location to help children cope with their
grief and then work to build their self-sufficiency through
vocational and life skills training. I personally met Les Norman
long time ago. I also have received recently the School of Mission
lessons in Moore language. I am currently using it to train my
church members and I too have found it useful. Pasteur Lassane
Ouedraogo, 41, Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso tilgre @ yahoo.fr
Can anyone tell me about the churches in Ruanda, and any
missionaries working there. Soledad P. De Glez, 47, Cd.Juárez – Mexico gruas_gope @ hotmail.com (In Spanish only)
After months of waiting to download the lessons, God opened the door
and the District Commissioner downloaded all the lessons into his
PC. The people and I have welcomed the school with great joy as it
will result in church growth. Solomon Muntanga, Mpika - Zambia sibalwa sibalwamuntanga @ yahoo.com
Who can tell me about Mauritania, I have a call for this country. Sandra Gómez, 33, Manizales – Colombia sandra6511 @ hotmail.com
I am Christian and I work professionally with a video camera. I want
to offer my services to help you in any way. Jimmy Roca, 28, Lima, Peru jerl7 @ hotmail.com
I'm always amazed at how strong the news like this is in
encouraging the believers all around the world to work for the Lord
and to pray for the lost. I can feel the atmosphere of intercession
from here. Please keep on praying for Indonesia, a Muslim country,
and believe that God can do more than we can imagine. One of the
most effective ways to reach them is through literature. We are glad
to hear their kids singing Christian songs at their homes, without
being restricted by their parents. We've been praying for them. You
know, Muslim people are the most difficult to accept the Gospel
because of their system. But for God nothing is impossible. He loves
them. Name withdrawn for security reasons, Indonesia
We are continuing with our Saturday door to door praying and
giving to the poor. God has been so good and many have given there
lives to Christ. Moses, our DCI partner in Malawi musaatte @ yahoo.com
This
information changes every day
Sponsorship from The DCI Trust in the UK
The DCI Trust may be able to help any church or team with
a coherent strategy to reach an unreached peoples group and remove
it from the Joshua
Project list by planting a church there. You can write to us
through the link in the left-hand column Les and Pilar
God has lead me into the ministry of healing from the past that has
made so many of us into emotional and spiritual invalids. Many
people think that it is not necessary to look into the past and just
leave it as it is, but the unforgiveness, hurts and hatred just stay
alive in their spirit and block their Christian life. The Lord
helped me first of all by having me make a list of three columns: I
confessed (my sins), I forgave (my "hurt-ers") and I rejected
(occult things). After I asked the Holy Spirit to remind me of
everything that had to be brought to His Light I became impressed by
the length of the list but when I confessed it all I literally felt
a huge change. The sin left me, I came into close relationship with
the Holy Spirit. It felt like a new birth and grew in my new life.
God kept on working in me and after a while He began to bring into
my life ladies who were also spiritual captives. I prayed with them
and for them and as they confessed their past to the Lord many
disorders simply disappeared. I have not met people with strong
demonic symptoms but many people do say that they can feel the
difference inside as if the evil spirits has left them. I constantly
have to rely upon the Holy Spirit and His guidance. G.A, Moscow, with DCI in Russia
As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe
yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience. Colossians 3.12
We would like to share our 1000 square meter lot where a
School of Mission and or a mission care home can be built. We have a
free preparatory school serving marginalized families in a mixed
community of old tenants, relocatees and Muslims. If you want to
start a kinder prep class our fellowship can share our experiences
with you. Yolanda R. Abastillas, 57, Daluyan Learning House,
Caloocan City - Philippines yoliabastillas @ yahoo.com
Iber-American Confederation of Communicators and Christian Media
Conference, Panamá, 7 to 11 October. COICOM gathers annually the
most influential Latin American leadership for training and
networking. http://www.coicom.com
info @ coicom.com
We have started a missions work for Spanish speaking
immigrants in Sao Paulo, Brazil. There are about 80,000 Spanish
speakers here. Pastor Esequiel Selari, 45, Sao Paulo, Brazil http://pr.esequielselari.zip.net
How do you find new leaders and how do you train them? Let me tell you what we are looking for and how we go about
welcoming new leaders and partners into DCI:
1. We try to recognize the people who might be called to work with
us.
We look for an attitude of wanting to serve sacrificially.
We look for men and women who above all else walk with Jesus
and want to full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom and faith.
We look for people with a good character, a good testimony and
who are submitted to God and His word, and know what it is to be
loyal and to have integrity.
We look for people who are worthy of having our confidence.
We look for people who have a vision from God and have already
started to obey the call using the gifts that God has given them.
We look for people who are comfortable to work in a team with
God and with us, people who are not independent rather are
inter-dependent.
We look for people who can work with us with the approval and
blessing of their husband or wife if they married.
2. We welcome people by giving them friendship
through conversations and time.
3. We train them by the model that Jesus used,
which is:
We model the ministry and show them how you do it.
We talk about it together.
They have a go and do it themselves.
We talk about it together.
They do it again and again, and we talk again and again.
4. We look for the right role and the right
place for new partners, then like Jesus did, we leave them to get on
and do it, while we go into the background, and help out where
needed.
5. We monitor their work and give them
feedback.
6. We nurture and care for them.
We have been doing it this way for years
although this very helpful list comes from the Vineyard Churches
manual, Doing Church. Les and Pilar, DCI England
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