Court further curbs Internet freedom in Turkey

The latest in a series of bans on popular Web sites has spurred many to question the future of Internet freedom in Turkey. YouTube has been banned off and on for the last year and a half. This week, the very popular blogspot.com was banned without explanation.

Pray for freedom of expression and speech in Turkiye.

Registering with the local police

From a team member:

Each time we visit the "Promised Land" we must go to the local police and register. We need to let them know where we are staying, how long and our passport information/phone numbers etc and the purpose of our trip. We have built a relationship with them over the years and God has given us great favor. This time there were new regulations put in place. We had more paperwork and had to meet again with my landlord and sign new forms of agreement. We noticed that though the local police were still friendly they were more reserved and asking more questions than any other time. They reviewed all the rules again with us for being in the town. All of these we were in agreement with.

Please pray that these relationships with the local authorities continue to be covered by Gods authority and power and favour.

Thailand Patriotism

Patriotic

This is normally a word we think of in connection to America, but we are definitely not the only country that is patriotic.  Patriotism is seen in pretty much every country, this is especially true in Thailand.

Thailand is patriotic in a way that is sometimes hard to understand, some people see it as worshipping the king, but in reality it's them being proud to be Thai.  In Thailand they wear yellow shirts every Monday to show their patriotism, to show they love their country and king.  When you go to the movies, it starts out with everyone in the audience standing up silently while the national anthem was played.  Anytime the Thai national anthem plays, everyone stops what they're doing and stands in respectful silence.  

Once I was was walking through a street market and the national anthem started playing, everyone stopped and waited in silence.  As I stood there, I started thinking about the wonder of the whole thing.  In the US, when the national anthem is being sang at a sporting game or something, we sing along, cheer, or if we're at the concession stand we continue ordering and getting our food or snacks.  I couldn't imagine walking through the mall in the US and everyone stopping while the national anthem plays.

It has donned on me that the Thai people's patriotism is a rarely seen devotion to their country.  From there God began to reveal to me that if the Thai's can show that type of devotion to a government, imagine how beautiful that devotion would be when turned towards God.  

Pray that more and more Thai's turn their eyes toward the one true God.

#30 Contextualized Missions Media

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Jenny & Carol discus how media is being used as an effective tool in contextualized evangelism to the least-reached peoples of the world. Carol is the co-founder of Create International. Check out their website.

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Trade between India and Pakistan Opens first time for 61 years. Keep praying for Peace

Pray for Peace between India and Pakistan, Here is a sign of Peace and an answer to Prayers for Peace, another step. Keep praying!!!!

"More than a dozen trucks carrying apples, honey, rice and rock salt rumbled across a long-disputed frontier between India and Pakistan in the Himalayan region on Tuesday as an ancient trade route was reopened. It had been shut down after the two countries gained independence 61 years ago.

"I am extremely happy. I can't believe that I myself am crossing the line of control," Babar Ali, the driver of the first truck from Pakistan into India told reporters on the Indian-controlled side. "Never in my dreams had I imagined that I would drive my truck to the other side."

The opening of the 106-mile road -- running along a mountain valley from Srinagar in India to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan -- is seen as another tentative step by the two governments toward building peace in the disputed Kashmir region. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir and came close to a third one in 2002."

from Washington Post story

#29 Midwifery and Missions

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Jenny and Ashley chat on the unique topic of how midwifery and primary health care can serve as a wonderful means of bringing postive change to the world.

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Promoting Development

Most of my people group have been nomadic herders for centuries. They live in tents and eke out a living through their animals. The government has decided to settle many of them permanently in brick homes to "promote development". They feel the government is trying to destroy their way of life.

Is development and modernization more important than a way of life? Is there some way to make a compromise, a way that will make schools and clinics available... without forcing the people into brick villages after centuries of living and moving freely out on the plains? What do you think?

Church burnt in Karnataka, (where ?. India)

Church burnt in Karnataka
IEM Pastor implicated on false charges of forced Conversion in Madhya Pradesh
Bangalore, (Karnataka) October 13, 2008: At around 1 am in the morning, St Anthony Catholic Church was set ablaze by a group of unidentified fundamentalists at Yedavanahalli village in Attibele, near Hosur, in Bangalore Urban district, Karnataka.
A group of four to five miscreants unlawfully entered the church and set fire to the Holy Bibles, hymn books, musical instruments and amplifiers used for prayer.
The tabernacle, a dozen chalices and at least 50 vestments were also gutted in the fire. According to Fr. Santosh, property worth Rs. 10 Lacs, has been gutted in the fire.
Fr. Santosh told Christian Legal Association, that two police constables were deployed at the church on the fatal night, the doors of the church were kept open so that they could take shelter if it rained.
Inspector Prushotham, of the Attibele police station, told EFI that a case has been registered under Section 448 & 436 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) the FIR No: 219/08.
He further, stated that investigation is taking place to find the cause of the fire.

IEM Pastor implicated on false charges of forced Conversion in Madhya Pradesh
Dhar, (Madhya Pradesh) October 12, 2008: Pastor Ganesh Kharde of Indian Evangelical Team (IEM) was arrested on October 12 in Dhamond, of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.
This incident took place, at around 11am in the morning when the Bajrang Dal activists unlawfully entered the church with a video camera and began to film the church service.

#28 The Lost Boys of Sudan - Daniel's Story

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The Lost Boys of Sudan are refugees from a civll war in Sudan. Daniel share with us some of the events in the very difficult journey he has made to the USA via several refugee camps.

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The young girls of the district of Durankaya in the southeastern province of Hakkari are campaigning for a local high school so they can continue their educations. The girls put up a canvas banner at the center of the town reading "We do not want to wait for our wedding doing nothing at home; we want to go to high school and university." The boys are allowed by the parents to go to a high school in another town, but they tend to be more protective of their daughters. Over 300 young women are being denied a higher education. - from Today's Zaman
Imagine a life where your entire ambition in life was restricted to waiting for a husband to marry you.

Project Kashmir movie coming out

Just saw the trailer for the Movie; Project Kashmir and it seemed to give a good idea of the situation in Kashmir. The movie is made by 2 Kashmiri/American women, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The situation concerning Kashmir does not have easy solutions. Please pray for Peace in Kashmir and Jammu.

Psa 24:1 Of David. A psalm. The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
Psa 47:2 How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Psa 83:18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord-- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Psa 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psa 148:13 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

From a Short Term Trip Participant

No trip like this would be complete without funny moments and cultural shocks, a few being....

• The team's introduction to smelly 'long drop' toilets, and our scenic potty-stops were hilarious.
• Doing an inter-tribal powwow style dance with the people and looking over and seeing dear S. and B. doing the 'twist & shout' to the powwow song.
• I was sitting behind a bus driver and saw his head nodding like he was falling asleep. I yelled to get his attention, and my friend next to me started hitting him to wake him up, only to find that he was not falling asleep at all, and naturally he was pretty shocked.
• It was common for monks to walk the streets begging for money for their monastery and as one was holding out a $5 Yuan C. thought he was giving it away and took it and kept walking. The shock on his face was worth a thousand pictures. She did return it...

Our prayers are with those few who are working long term amongst these beautiful people who know not whom they worship. It is not an easy calling to learn two languages, suffering exposure to illnesses we are not accustomed to, and to have to always fight to stay in the country. Please keep them in prayer as well as justice for the peoples.

Pray for Nepali Believers

We all know that there is persecution in Orissa, India. This fire is igniting fires in some places in Nepal too. A Catholic father who was working in east Nepal was murdered few months ago. I heard recently that there is a threat coming to Christians in south Nepal and some pastors are fleeing to Kathmandu; the capital city for safety, because the threat is directed at them. Please pray for them. Also, in the mid-western part, some people are threatening Christians to force them to leave the village. In the past these Christian brothers and sisters had to go through a time of persecution, and many house were burned. They were beaten horribly and forced to leave the village and their property behind. So they left their village empty-handed, not knowing where to go. Please pray for our beloved Christian family in Nepal!

#27 Media and Missions among least reached peoples

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Jenny and Cal discuss the ministry of YWAM's Create International and how media is serving as an effective tool in fulfilling the great commission of Jesus to bring the good news of God's love to the ends of the earth. Visit Create International online.

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#22 Latin American Mobilization

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Kristina shares about what God is doing to raise up workers from Latin America to go to the least-reached nations in the world.

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It's Enjoyable!

It's enjoyable being a liaison between our people group, my team and Christ-followers around the world. I get to do lots of stuff including facilitating/leading prayer times.

On Monday I was able to share the need and some of the hinderences that my team and our people group face. It turned into an amazing time of worship in many different ways... through marching, dancing, drawing, praying... all at the same time. It looked somewhat "messy" at times, but there was order in the chaos (if that makes any sense). It was active participation and God moved!

Next week I might share what some of the participants told me, so you can join in praying for the needs and ultimately rejoicing with us for the results!