{"id":21159,"date":"2021-11-29T11:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=21159"},"modified":"2021-11-29T11:08:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:08:45","slug":"december-2021-prayer-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/prayer\/december-2021-prayer-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2021 Prayer Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s Harvest Time, Let\u2019s Celebrate! \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d <\/em>Romans 12:2<\/p>\n

Pastor Tertullien, our Discipling for Development (D4D) leader in Rwanda, said, \u201cTell Debby and our Navigator coaches that it\u2019s time to reap the results of all the seeds you\u2019ve sown in past years!\u201d Tertullien\u2019s letter goes on, as follows:<\/p>\n

We are praising God that many of our D4D leaders are doing well. Our national church leaders have good testimonies from applying D4D principles in their lives. For example, they are building their own homes, and even putting in place pastoral retirement plans (something that has long been a need).\"\"<\/a><\/strong> We see that D4D has impacted the Evangelical Friends Church of Rwanda as a whole. Our mentees also demonstrate more holistic transformation than seen in past years.<\/p>\n

We are expanding by crossing denominational lines here in Rwanda, mentoring leaders in Congo and Burundi, and we hope to send our own missionaries to other countries. We thank God for new leaders who will continue the work with D4D as we continue expanding. For sure the kingdom of God is coming in Africa! We have a tool!<\/p>\n

Even though COVID-19 has been challenging, it has become an opportunity to use the D4D \u201cproblem solving process\u201d and to discover different ways of doing things, to expand our understanding, and to continue to do evangelism and discipleship.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>When we recently visited our D4D communities, we saw the difference our way of thinking makes. The people we are working with have progressed! Family education is more purposeful and effective. Personal Development Plan achievements are more successful. We see God at work even in the difficulties.<\/p>\n

After sharing Tertullien\u2019s texts with my wife Debby, she said, \u201cWe confronted the barriers of dependency, poverty mindset, so many unmet needs of our pastors and their families, as well as the overall poverty of our believers. We praise God that he gave the insight to overcome those barriers!\u201d Tertullien goes on to say:<\/p>\n

We celebrate pastors\u2019 holistic transformation, moving out of dependency. Our testimonies will make your tears for happiness. You will harvest your seeds sown. We have seen that you were prophets, and your prophetic messages are now fulfilled.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>How? In the lives of our pastors and the lives of our Christians. In the transformation of various communities like Musovu and Kirambo. Our Friends Church denomination is now independent. Our new leadership structure, our decision making, our yearly meeting and local church leadership \u2013 all are self-supporting in every way.<\/p>\n

Our mind set has totally changed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Photos<\/h6>\n
Top Right: Leader\u2019s Retreat at Tertullien and Verena\u2019s House.<\/h6>\n
Top Left: John Paul\u2019s new house in Kigali.<\/h6>\n
Bottom Left: Tertullien and Verena hosting leaders at their home.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Click here to download full prayer letter\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Harvest Time, Let\u2019s Celebrate! \u00a0 \u201cDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d Romans 12:2 Pastor Tertullien, our Discipling for Development (D4D) leader in Rwanda, said, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"full","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[200,20,18,68,15,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-21159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-prayer","7":"tag-200","8":"tag-d4d","9":"tag-david","10":"tag-december","11":"tag-prayer-letter","12":"tag-thomas","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21159"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21178,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21159\/revisions\/21178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}