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BOSNIA
BOSNIA: Christian volunteers helping implement the critical peace agreement that ended
fighting in the former Yugoslavia had to be rescued by soldiers when rioting broke out.
THAILAND THAILAND: Practical care rather than just
preaching is a growing emphasis in one of the largest missionary forces in the world,
according to a new report.
CANADA CANADA: Instead of a red carpet welcome,
church groups visiting urban missionaries in Vancouver are sent out onto the streets with
no money and told to fend for themselves for a day.
NIGER NIGER: Missionaries in a Muslim country where
a single conversion is a major success are desperately trying to respond to an unlikely
opportunity for the gospel - an entire community's request for someone to go and teach
them about Jesus.
MONGOLIA MONGOLIA: Handicapped children in a
country that traditionally shunned those with disabilities will be taking part in their
first-ever summer camps.
MALI MALI: The first Christian school in a
generation is experiencing rapid growth, as Muslim parents line up to register their
children for a place in College Samuel.
HUNGARY HUNGARY: Christians in Eastern Europe are
teenagers and children there is a desperate shortage of trained workers to help them grow
in their faith, according to organizers of a training program attempting to improve the
situation.
UNITED STATES UNITED STATES: A group of
missionaries went back to school recently to learn new ways of stopping people in their
tracks.
GREENLAND GREENLAND: The first film ever to be
translated into the Greelandic language, just premiered, will take the gospel to the
country's remote coastal settlements.
SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND: Crisis relief
workers face more risks than ever as they try to relieve suffering, according to the
director of an international Christian organization marking ten years' service among the
world's "forgotten people."
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