All over the mission field, God is at work! This month’s newsletter is just a small sample of what God’s been doing, like:
- healing the hurting
- bringing salvation
- transforming the missionaries themselves
Keep reading! We tell you where our current Racers are and where you could be in upcoming World Racers. At the end, we’ve got a few videos of:
- a baptism in Africa
- some hands-on ministry in Africa
- a travel day to Asia
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Featured Story
Healed in the Name of Jesus & Jehovah Rapha | Amy Learn and Andrew Bennett
Amy and Andrew are in Eldoret, Kenya this month, where:
We went out for door-to-door ministry and were approached by a man who wanted us to pray for his wife, Irene. For the past two weeks, she had been suffering from pain in her right hip, so much pain that she was unable to stand, walk, work, or sleep. The pain came from childbirth; the baby was too big and didn’t survive. We saw the pain on her face and can only imagine the pain in her heart. We began to pray for healing…– Amy
When we finished praying for her, we looked at her face to see what had happened. A smile came over her face and she said she was all better! We asked her to check herself out and she proceeded to stand up, move her leg, walk, and squat up and down…– Andrew
Where in the World Is…
This month we have launched four squads! During the first week of January, we launched three squads and on January 15th, we launched our very first human-trafficking edition of the World Race:
- T Squad: India
- U Squad: Thailand
- V Squad: Dominican Republic
- TFK Squad: Cambodia
We also currently have World Racers in:
- June 2010 (O) Squad: Cambodia for debrief (throughout Southeast Asia for ministry)
- July 2010 (P) Squad: throughout Southern Africa
- September 2010 (Q & R) Squads: Kenya and Rwanda
- October 2010 (S) Squad: Philippines
Stories from the Field
A Dream Come True | Emily Tuttle
In the Dominican Republic, Emily and her teammates ministered in a village called Corral de los Indios:
We have been going door to door… meeting people, forming relationships with them, praying for peace in their community, and looking for places to plant churches in the future… [On] our last day we came to revisit people we knew and say goodbye. We didn’t plan to meet anyone new or visit any houses that we hadn’t visited, but God had other plans.
As we were walking through Berrinche, a small offshoot of Corral, a woman named Edith came running down the road calling to us. She grabbed our hands and insisted that we come to her house immediately… and literally pulled us toward her house. When we got there and sat down on her patio, she began to explain why it was so imperative that we come.
Find out why on Emily’s blog.
Rescued from Death or Two Years of Sobriety! | Mac Mitchell
God wants the world to know the gospel, the good news of Jesus’s love, and missionaries are the carriers of this life-giving message. Mac not only tells the story of God’s redemption all over the world, but his own life is a story of God’s redemption:
I was 27. I lived in my own totally awesome apartment (with a sweet book collection, hip posters of old cigarette ads I got in China and a fridge always stocked with good beer) in the “cool” part of town where my two favorite bars were in walking distance from my front door. (Or as I used to brag, they were in perfect stumbling distance from my front door.)
I worked for a newspaper as a photographer and writer. As long as my stories and photos were in by deadline on Thursday afternoon, no one really kept tabs on me. So, my week looked like this…
I was depressed. I hated myself for being such a waste. I hated myself for being fat and lazy and not reaching my potential. I hated myself for going nowhere in life. I hated life for having nothing deep or meaningful to offer…
That was two years ago… Just two years ago…
For the details and how his story changed, read here.
Upcoming Races
We are still accepting applications for the following Races:
- July 2011: begins in Eastern Europe, then South Asia, then East Africa, ends in Southeast Asia
- August 2011: begins in East Africa, then Southeast Asia, then East Asia, ends in Eastern Europe
- September 2011: begins in East Asia, then Southern Africa, then Eastern Europe, ends in Central America
Our October 2011 route is coming soon…stay tuned to the Routes page.
Videos
Daniel Durick and his teammates are in Africa, where they nailed the part about baptism in the Great Commission, as well as literally hammering some nails as they do construction and manual labor.
Five minutes is plenty of time to travel 10,000 miles with Mac Mitchell.
10,000 Miles in 5 Minutes from mac mitchell on Vimeo.
