November 2012
Joshua Nations Schools This Month: Africa & India The Freetown Miracle, Ali New Reports Thanksgiving Challenge For many years now I rise early on Thanksgiving morning (4 a.m. or so) and read through the Psalms in one setting. It sets the tone for the Thanksgiving day, and usually takes about 2 1/2 hours (unless I get hung up in the text). This has been a marvelous discipline resulting in a "happy heart fellowship" with the Lord. I go to bed early the night before so I am fresh in mind and body. I first pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal new truths to me. Then I read through the first 25 Psalms followed by a prayer time. I read the next 25 Psalms and then a prayer time and continue until I have read the 150 Psalms. I conclude with a final thanksgiving time of prayer. Choose your favorite translation, put on a pot of coffee or tea and enjoy. Join with me this Thanksgiving Day. The word always brings fresh revelation and usually God gives me a word for the coming year. Every year new truths surface which I build into my life. It is a great way to set your heart for 2013.
4,895 Schools, 43 Nations, 30 Translations, 85,411 Students, and 5 Child Graduates Dear Joshua Nations Partner, We have just concluded our travels for 2012 - whew! What a whirlwind year it has been! I am back home resting and refueling for what the Lord is calling us to do in the year ahead.
Sierra Leone Jesus said to go and make disciples, not just converts. Both are important but a disciple learns how to live like Jesus, and then disciples others. In Sierra Leone, a beautiful African setting, Jack Gaudin and I trained about 30 leaders to start Bible Training Centers. They will go on to infiltrate all the regions of their nation. Jack also commissioned about 15 leaders who will serve in prison ministry. Isaac & Rugy, a sweet and wonderful couple will be our coordinators for the Bible Training Centers in Sierra Leone. They will track the progress of each of the Bible Training Centers as well as start new ones. What a joy to see their willing hearts take on this vital role for Joshua Nations. We look forward to what God has for the people of Sierra Leone.
From Darkness to Light: "The Freetown Miracle” Ali Kamara and his friends were known as "the friends of the dead". They lived in a cemetery. To support their habits, these gang members sold drugs, dug up graves, fought, stole, and robbed. That is, until 71-year-old Peggy Cummings, a.k.a "Mama Peggy" from the YWAM ship USS Mercy, preached the Good News to them. 30 of these cemetery boys went from being “the friends of the dead” to being “friends of the King!” They are now known as “Mama Peggy’s Glory Boys!” <continued...>
Isaac and Rugy, Joshua Nations Coordinators for Bible Training Centers in Sierra Leone
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