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2010 Tour of Thailand!

by Jim on 2 July 2010

in Country highlights

I’ve been thinking a lot about Thailand, as I hear about some of the challenges that the country is facing in the news.  I did a check and discovered that, although we talk about Thailand a lot here, we’ve never really done a full feature on blog posts from there.

So, here’s a whole bunch of great posts!  There are stories of real people (ie Raising Witnesses, A Look Into a Thai Person Coming to Christ), general glimpses into missionary life (ie First Quarter Highlights), lots of culture (ie Ordaining a tree, Thai alphabet song), news about the recent upheaval in the country (ie Crisis in Thailand : Update, Prayer for Thailand), and thought-provoking personal glimpses (ie Depression, It’s about time…).

Some incredible posts here, and some interesting pictures and video.  Don’t miss this 2010 tour of Thailand!

Thailand Market
A market in Thailand

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South Africa has the Ball

by Jim on 14 June 2010

in Country highlights

Sorry.  I tried, but just couldn’t resist.  I just had to do a post on South Africa since, after all, the world’s eyes are on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup!

First, a couple of posts specifically about the World Cup.  Next, some more general posts.

  • World Cup Vibe ========<() !!!!  "I’m not really sure how to begin to describe the feelings from my first ever World Cup experience, it really was a stunning event…"
  • Unevangelized "According to OM’s 2010 World Cup Prayer Guide Siya Thandaza, the top unevangelized countries participating in the 2010 World Cup are…"

And now, more from South Africa…

  • Culture  "The other day at the mall, I went to draw money from the ATM…"
  • Two from one blog:  No Quick Fixes, thoughts on missions and technology, and Dumisani’s Reason for Existence  "My last post referred to the tragedy recently experienced by a local Christian family whose eldest son committed suicide. Well, one day last week…"
  • Mama Marie says that she is now a rugby fan…  "So Mom has decided she is a rugby fan. I think that’s rad, because rugby is awesome. It was so much fun! Trent took us and his mom and dad…"
  • Contrasts  "On Saturday afternoon after Alan returned from a morning meeting, I ‘ran away from home’ for a while. I found a store that had moved, drove in a…"
  • plot 45  "Last week a received a random phone call from Sello Modiba, a member of the Stoffel Park Council. “Can we meet tomorrow?” I agreed even though…"
  • African Culture Shock (not really)  "So, yesterday Given and I were ministering to a woman who lost her husband. During our visit…"
  • Mandela House & Hector Peterson Museum  "In early January Rachel, Amber, & I went and visited the Mandela House and Hector Peterson Museum in Orlando West, Soweto. We had a fun day and learned some interesting stuff…"
  • Behind Bars  "This blog is for a friend who wanted to know what it is really like living in one of the highest crime capitals in the World. Well, here goes…"
  • Ngikhuluma isiZulu  "I speak Zulu. One of my passions is to speak to people in their heart language…"

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2010 in Tanzania

12 June 2010

Let’s visit the country of Tanzania today.  I’ve been enjoying a lot of great posts from Tanzania … here are a few:

Mpe jina – Wow, that’s just cool.
hospitality and rest: answers to a missionary predicament – how do you find rest in another culture?  Here’s one family’s answer.
Illuminate – just a picture and a caption. [...]

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All about Ukraine

7 April 2010

Yes, I realize Ukraine is one of our most mentioned countries – but the fact is we have a lot of bloggers from there!  And I don’t think we’ve ever actually had a post focusing just on Ukraine.  So – let’s go for a tour, shall we? 

Answers to Prayer – ah, the little and [...]

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Blogs from Haiti – the Earthquake and its Aftermath

16 January 2010

It’s an appropriate time as the world focuses on the unbelievable disaster in Haiti – to focus on some blogs from Haiti.  Some of these have written more or less on the earthquake and the aftermath.  If you want to hear about what’s really happening on the ground, this is a great place to start:

The [...]

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Let’s visit South Africa

25 November 2009

I’m glad to say we’re gradually seeing more blogs from South Africa.  Here are just a few posts to give you a glimpse into what’s going on in that part of the world:

Interesting post that has some things to say about fighting racism yesterday, today and tomorrow…
Don’t read this post unless you want your heart [...]

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Focus on Guatemala

19 October 2009

Although we often talk about Guatemala here, we’ve never actually done the Guatemala tour in a blog post.

 So let’s take a look at some recent posts from the country of eternal spring:

Some glimpses of a team’s visit to Guatemala and what they did there (and quite a picture of the local volcanoes!).
An interesting story [...]

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Blog Visit to Peru

22 September 2009

I’ve got a treat for you today – some varied posts from the country of Peru.  There are a growing number of blogs from this country, both new and old, and it’s about time we featured some interesting posts.  So stay tuned for some thoughts about ministry, the country, and every a recipe!

The glory of [...]

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In the Villages of Sudan

8 August 2009

I’ve been enjoying the stories of the travels of Loriann in Sudan.  She just wrote a couple of posts about her "Ganza trip", listening to and sharing with people in villages in Sudan.  The Ganza are a tribe of people in Sudan, and it’s fascinating to hear about their lives and concerns.
You can read about [...]

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A visit to Mozambique

3 June 2009

Photo courtesy of Mozambique-Moments

It’s been a while since we’ve done a country highlight, so let’s check out Mozambique.
The Republic of Mozambique is a country in which Portuguese is spoken.  There are between 21 and 22 million people living there on the east side of Africa.
Let’s start with a video with many images of life and [...]

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