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"This is some of the most recent news from our friend the pastor and leader heading up an indigenous mission movement in the Central African
Republic. Since a violent coup and the installation of a new President by a "Seleka" (meaning coalition in the native Sango language) of Muslim
militia groups, the country, already one of the poorest and most undeveloped in the world, has descended into chaos. Although a further
new government, headed by CAR's first woman President - who is also from a Christian background - was sworn in early this year, the bloodshed,
destruction and persecution of Christians continues."

NEWSLETTER : June 2014

2 Tim 4 :2 ‘’Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season ...’’

Beloved in the Lord!

We cannot thank you enough for all the prayer that you are raising to God on our behalf. In our continuing anguish, we will be grateful if you can keep standing with us through these difficult times. The above-quoted verse encourages us to preach the gospel on every occasion. We understand that not everyone is called to suffer martyrdom, even though Jesus warned his disciples of it, and as it turned out, nearly all of them died martyrs' deaths. It was the same Jesus who told them to flee from city to city in the event of persecution; so we understand those of God's children in the CAR who are fleeing the country at this time.

TransMission

July 2014

Terrifying Love!

Jesus' love for us is wonderful and terrifying. He says 'As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you' (John 15:9). We are loved with the same intensity as the Trinity love each other! Yet God's unrelenting love for His Son led Jesus to His destiny at the Cross. Love births love. Eternal love births a love so passionate, so uncompromising, so unconditional, that it will go to any lengths.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:7).

This is the love with which Jesus loves. He goes on to say 'Abide in My Love' (John 15:9). He invites us to rest into this active living love. In this place of abiding, we too will be led to the Cross. The temptation is always to think that we can remain in our own love and it will be enough. It is comfortable to love those we love. However, His love encompasses those we cannot love, those we don't even want to love.