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<title><![CDATA[The violence in Mexico]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Florencio and Maria Guzman have ministerd in Monterrey, Mexico and other areas of Latin America for 27 years. The Guzmans are involved in evangelism, leadership development, discipleship and writing Bible training curriculum. They also have a vital ministry to the &ldquo;garbage people&rdquo; in Monterrey. Here, Florencio shares his perspective on...]]></description>
<pubDate>16 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rich Lively interviewed by Mission Network News]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rich and Kathy Lively, along with their three children, served with Connect3e to help Karen refugees fleeing Myanmar (Burma). According to a BBC report from 2004, over 200,000 Karen people have been driven from their homes during decades of war, with another 120,000, mostly Karen, living in refugee camps along the Thai border. These refugees...]]></description>
<pubDate>15 May 2013 10:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brutalized in a mix-up, this Cambodian man now knows God’s true character]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jamie and Holle Wollin and their two young sons serve with The Mission Society in Cambodia. They are currently in language school in Phnom Penh. Here, they share a story about a Cambodian man whom Jamie disciples and how this man&rsquo;s life was transformed by Christ.

	&ldquo;Zach is a teacher in The Learning Lab, one of our ministries,...]]></description>
<pubDate>14 May 2013 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Planes, trains and automobiles!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ever ridden a bus with livestock? Been one of several people on a motorcycle? Had to jump off of a moving train? Here, our missionaries share their exciting tales of transportation in other cultures.

	Billy and Laurie Drum served in rural Peru for five years before relocating to Spain. Here, Laurie shares her adventure on the ride to work...]]></description>
<pubDate>09 May 2013 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Blankets of love’ update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In December, The Mission Society helped raise money for the &ldquo;Blankets of Love&rdquo; project in India. Through their ministry, Hope for Today (HFT), Mission Society missionaries Peter and Esther Pereira raised money for nearly 3,000 blankets and distributed them to poor families in northern India. Here they describe their experience.

	&ldquo;When...]]></description>
<pubDate>07 May 2013 12:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missionary featured on CNN]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Charlie Jackson, a Mission Society missionary to Ghana, appears in CNN&rsquo;s &ldquo;African Voices&rdquo; video series. The three-part series focuses on Ashesi University in Ghana. Patrick Awuah, who is originally from Ghana, founded the university which is 10 years old. Charlie, a former engineer in Atlanta, is the Assistant Professor of Arts...]]></description>
<pubDate>30 Apr 2013 12:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New issue of "Unfinished" online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Lack of home support&rdquo; tops the list of reasons why missionaries leave the field, according to researcher W.D. Taylor in Too Valuable to Lose. This special issue of Unfinished focuses on caring for the missionary&rsquo;s soul. We polled our missionaries and found out the &ldquo;Top 10 ways to care for your missionaries.&rdquo; Also...]]></description>
<pubDate>30 Apr 2013 09:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Planes, trains and automobiles!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mission Society missionaries in Asia shared this story:

	Some of our friends have foster children, one of which wanted to visit some relatives in a village a few hours away. When they told friends they were going to that particular village, the friends warned them to stay away from there because that place is &ldquo;full of hooligans, drunks,...]]></description>
<pubDate>23 Apr 2013 08:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Where we are supposed to be]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tim and Jennifer Goshorn and their three children are in language school in Costa Rica. After a year of language school, the Goshorns will relocate to Peru to serve as missionaries. Here, Tim shares a story of adjusting to life in Costa Rica and how the Lord confirmed that they are exactly where He wants them to be.

	We have had a...]]></description>
<pubDate>15 Apr 2013 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My summer in Kenya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I felt like God was calling me to international missions since my senior year of high school, but I was too afraid and had plenty of excuses of why God had obviously picked the wrong person,&rdquo; said Amanda. Amanda was active in her local church and pursuing college when her previous call to cross-cultural missions kept tugging...]]></description>
<pubDate>09 Apr 2013 11:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New manager of member care named]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society is pleased to announce that Ari Morsella has been named the new manager of member care. Ari directs and facilitates member care for The Mission Society missionaries and home office staff.

	&ldquo;We see ourselves in Member Care as intercessors, encouragers, listeners, and advocates.I get to connect with our people and want...]]></description>
<pubDate>03 Apr 2013 10:42:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Denny Heiberg on Mission Network News]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Denny and Cindy have been serving in pastoral ministry for the past 22 years within the United Methodist Church in Kentucky and Florida. Their mission is to equip and mobilize an intentional movement of disciple making followers of Jesus throughout the global church. In a recent interview with Mission Network News, Denny shares about his family&#39;s ministry around the world.

	Heiberg on MNN]]></description>
<pubDate>02 Apr 2013 12:38:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Date with God]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society started hosting &ldquo;Date with God&rdquo; programs at each of our Regional Gatherings which are events in which Mission Society missionaries from a particular geographical area come together for a time of learning and refreshment. These Date with God events have been very meaningful for our missionaries, and we wanted to...]]></description>
<pubDate>11 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New identity ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[David and Angela* live and minister in a part of Asia which has a high concentration of Buddhists. This couple teaches English and mentors young Christians in their faith. Here, David shares a story about one of their students and the change they have seen in her.

	Angela and I were very honored to be invited to our student&rsquo;s home...]]></description>
<pubDate>08 Mar 2013 10:24:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Abandoned no more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Judy* is a Mission Society missionary and a nurse who serves in northern India. The hospital in which she works provides medical care for more than 11 million people.

	Here she shares with us the incredible story of a baby who was abandoned at the hospital and how God provided for her.

	Sharon is a community health doctor who is a...]]></description>
<pubDate>07 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jennie Clements on Mission Network News]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jennie Clements, a Mission Society missionary to Mexico, was interviewed by Mission Network News (MNN). Jennie is teaching English classes, tutoring kids, and discipling people in their faith. Read the article linked below to find out more about what God is doing in Mexico.

	Clements on MNN]]></description>
<pubDate>05 Mar 2013 09:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Mission Society gathers in Europe for visioning meetings]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society missionaries and staff recently gathered together in southern Europe February 6-10, 2013. This gathering gave the missionaries an opportunity to share ideas about mission strategy, to discuss global trends in mission, and to encourage one another in their ministries.

	Steve Moore, CEO of Missio Nexus and author of Seize the...]]></description>
<pubDate>12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sowing seeds of love]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Elliott and Katherine Stotler serve with The Mission Society in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. In one of the more impoverished areas of the country, Elliott and Katherine support a preschool, develop agricultural programs including hydroponics, and lead job skills training and micro-enterprise development programs.

	In the article below, Katherine...]]></description>
<pubDate>12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Mission Society celebrates 25 years of ministry in Paraguay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of our ministry in Paraguay with a special event in Asuncion. President Dick McClain traveled to Paraguay to speak at the anniversary gathering.

	The Mission Society first began work in Paraguay in 1988. The 6th Region of the Methodist Church of Brazil invited The Mission Society...]]></description>
<pubDate>06 Feb 2013 13:06:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Mission Society trains Haitian leaders for cross-cultural ministry ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society co-hosted an International Mobilization Conference in Borel, Haiti on January 14-18, 2013. The event took place just after the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake that claimed 316,000 lives.

	The Mission Society collaborated with International Christian Development Mission (ICDM) to host the training event for Haitian...]]></description>
<pubDate>06 Feb 2013 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission Network News interviews Miki Chastain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Charlie and Miki Chastain have served with The Mission Society in Eastern Europe since 2009. The Chastains and their children first moved to St. Petersburg, Russia and worked with disabled orphans. They now reside in Estonia and are starting a prayer retreat center in Tallinn.
	Here, Miki talks with Mission Network News about her vision for...]]></description>
<pubDate>05 Feb 2013 09:58:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reflections on Urbana '12]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s inconvenient, but it&rsquo;s worth the sacrifice. It&rsquo;s exhausting, but it&rsquo;s energizing. It&rsquo;s expensive, but the impact is priceless. What is it? Urbana &rsquo;12!

	Since 1946, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has hosted a student mission conference, now a triennial gathering. The conference derived its name from the city...]]></description>
<pubDate>22 Jan 2013 15:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prayer center opening in Estonia ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Charlie and Miki Chastain have served with The Mission Society in Eastern Europe since 2009. The Chastains and their children first moved to St. Petersburg, Russia and worked with disabled orphans. They now reside in Estonia and are starting a prayer retreat center in Tallinn.

	Here, we talk with Miki about her vision for the retreat center...]]></description>
<pubDate>17 Jan 2013 10:07:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Becky Stephen joins the staff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mission Society is pleased to announce the addition of Becky Stephen to our staff. Becky began serving as the director of field ministry on January 7, 2013.

	Here, Becky shares her journey to this point and how God led her to The Mission Society.

	It was in college, at the University of New Mexico, that I decided that Jesus was...]]></description>
<pubDate>16 Jan 2013 13:45:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission Society missionary leads Bible study in women's prison]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mission Network News (MNN) recently interviewed Mission Society missionary Louise Reimer. Reimer is currently serving in Huancayo, Peru where she leads a women&#39;s Bible study in the local prison. &quot;&quot;They have committed murders and robbery, prostitution, drugs, all kinds of things. But they&#39;re just women you know?&quot; says Reimer....]]></description>
<pubDate>16 Jan 2013 12:25:46 GMT</pubDate>
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