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		<title>Luke 10 Pre-Launch Prayer Trip &#124; The Balkans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By November 2024 EFM had made a commitment to launch seven of the nine fields that were under exploration. Those seven fields are now moving on to the prayer and pre-launch planning phases.  Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider other potential fields. You can learn more here. A 10:2 [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/luke-10-prayer-trip-the-balkans/">Luke 10 Pre-Launch Prayer Trip | The Balkans</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>By November 2024 EFM had made a commitment to launch seven of the nine fields that were under exploration. Those seven fields are now moving on to the prayer and pre-launch planning phases.  Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider other potential fields. You can learn more <strong><a title="Original URL: http://url4425.friendsmission.com/ls/click?upn=u001.b4wcUs76G1-2B2-2BVpIMMCnZXAv81p-2FJTIZ85Oiu1Cxmzd4jcMe8Ibih7elWfR44jnXV-2Bb1VnRl7PLUMlaBO7rrpA-3D-3D2cZN_pPzrYWnYbAmT6X6tleNWFrUua6EVKv-2BCVP9PqVrb8mcB9FccYBpGGmWR-2BIiJzAfjQuYv7oaJPN0rABLATHMR2s7Ifhh7tGcgJrefC5ijZVd8W6rbwrw2Cpu8yLhk2wYEkdAg95oyIuPEvHf9f-2BNY8lW-2BP8BwkmIPMQQ5-2BLFBxXtf360-2Fq2mcp2VKlRcdzsBE0Grb7h3ne791z-2BfFBooDMkCYuzbppSNm5smjaUbIxN2vMQQO8-2F8Chlf-2Fd0OPaOo2IHjHYNY2jalHeivDVR8CGKVQzI6LkbjE65YbKIdtAlS7fXMxn6acuH-2FbxZKAw-2FSw. Click or tap if you trust this link." href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Furl4425.friendsmission.com%2Fls%2Fclick%3Fupn%3Du001.b4wcUs76G1-2B2-2BVpIMMCnZXAv81p-2FJTIZ85Oiu1Cxmzd4jcMe8Ibih7elWfR44jnXV-2Bb1VnRl7PLUMlaBO7rrpA-3D-3D2cZN_pPzrYWnYbAmT6X6tleNWFrUua6EVKv-2BCVP9PqVrb8mcB9FccYBpGGmWR-2BIiJzAfjQuYv7oaJPN0rABLATHMR2s7Ifhh7tGcgJrefC5ijZVd8W6rbwrw2Cpu8yLhk2wYEkdAg95oyIuPEvHf9f-2BNY8lW-2BP8BwkmIPMQQ5-2BLFBxXtf360-2Fq2mcp2VKlRcdzsBE0Grb7h3ne791z-2BfFBooDMkCYuzbppSNm5smjaUbIxN2vMQQO8-2F8Chlf-2Fd0OPaOo2IHjHYNY2jalHeivDVR8CGKVQzI6LkbjE65YbKIdtAlS7fXMxn6acuH-2FbxZKAw-2FSw&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckrista%40friendsmission.com%7Cf751b371bd3241c0516908dd0a5eb3fd%7C9c409840249549f9b40d701b4ec9a85f%7C0%7C0%7C638678124102668091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=41qHDFpCEecJqay60oeXXoAqEewAA1zb57fKQvI8S8M%3D&amp;reserved=0">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>A 10:2 Prayer Trip is an annual trip to the mission fields where EFM has committed to sending missionaries. Teams are asked to pray for the soil (Matthew 13:1-23) and pray for the workers (Luke 10:2). Teams are sent or guided by sponsoring regions/yearly meetings of the new EFM fields that have been leading exploration. 10:2 Prayer Trips will target appropriate communities for prayer walking and interceding that “the Kingdom come, and God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven” in those places.</p>
<p>In November 2025, a 10:2 Prayer Trip took place in the Dalmatia region of Croatia. There was an additional phase of the trip where part of the team stayed longer to accomplish pre-launch planning.  The following is a report for the 10:2 Prayer Trip written by team member Jonelle Liddell.</p>
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<h2><strong>Who Was On The Trip?</strong></h2>
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<li class="">Christy Neifert</li>
<li class="">Soni McGrew</li>
<li class="">Fred and Jonelle Liddell</li>
<li class="">Jim LeShana</li>
<li class="">Kathleen Dungan</li>
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<h2><strong>Where Did You Travel?</strong></h2>
<p>We traveled in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and briefly crossed the border to Capljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.</p>
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<h2><strong>Trip Highlights</strong></h2>
<p>On our first day together as a team, we visited the Croatian church in Vela Luka, Croatia. We were all encouraged by the open arms of the pastor and the congregation. This Croatian pastor and his wife are key potential ministry partners and mentors for our long term team, and is modeling love for others across ethnic lines, evangelism to neighboring communities/islands with no current evangelical presence, and active presence in your community for relationship building and witness.</p>
<p>This open armed welcome was repeated in our other interactions with existing contacts. We had a sense that previously there had been expressions of welcome with emotional reserve (which aligns with what we’ve been told about the culture in this region), and that this reserve had reduced or vanished. Now, we were just brothers and sisters.</p>
<p>We went on prayer walks in several villages, towns, and cities, and at different points most of us felt a sense of the either the Spirit speaking or impressing a message, or of spiritual resistance and oppression. This resistance was felt physically as several of us had significant health issues, unrelated to each other. God’s timing and provision was clearly seen, but the resistance was clear.</p>
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<h2><strong>How You Can Pray&#8230;</strong></h2>
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<li>We sensed that the hearts of many individuals are closed like shuttered windows.  We prayed that God would remove the spiritual shutters and let His love and grace pour in, driving out sin’s darkness.</li>
<li>We thanked God for the faithful believers we met and prayed that God would bless their witness and bring many to Himself.</li>
<li>We prayed that spiritual stronghold would be removed and this whole country would be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.</li>
<li>In addition to joining in those prayers, please pray that the workers God is calling to this field would respond.</li>
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<h2><strong>Are You Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong></h2>
<p>Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</p>
<p>EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church! To learn more, visit <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong> or fill out this <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.servicereef.com/tracks/form-onboarding/ffad7a08-b56b-4d76-a380-83ed73f7b10c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interest form</a></strong>!</p><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/luke-10-prayer-trip-the-balkans/">Luke 10 Pre-Launch Prayer Trip | The Balkans</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Report from the First Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Southeast Asia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Mer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By November 2024 EFM had made a commitment to launch seven of the nine fields that were under exploration. Those seven fields are now moving on to the prayer and pre-launch planning phases. See more information here. Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider other potential fields, one of them being [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-first-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-southeast-asia/">Report from the First Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Southeast Asia</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>In October 2024, the first Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Southeast Asia took place. The following is a report written by a member of the team, Eddy Vera.</p>
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<p>The team of  four consisted of Scott and Andrea Sward (EFM Missionaries in Cambodia), Freddy Rivas (FSW Leader), and Eddy Vera (FSW Regional Coordinator). They travelled into Northeast Cambodia for this trip.</p>
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<p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-27342 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-1-600x450.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Unreached people group 1:</strong> We had the wonderful opportunity to visit a church in an unreached people group tribe. We joined them for worship and fellowship and were subsequently invited to the home of the first believer from the tribe. We had the blessing of hearing her testimony and learning of how God has been at work in this unreached people group, as well as the kingdom work that is ahead of them. God is powerfully at work, and he is moving in the hearts and lives of this church, leading them to hopeful discussions of bringing the Gospel message to neighboring tribes.</p>
<p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-27340 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Southeast-Asia-Unreached-People-Group-2-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />Unreached people group 2:</strong> We participated in a weekly prayer group that began approximately six months ago. This group consisted of Scott Sward, a missionary from CMA, and several locals. They initially gathered in order to pray for God to provide opportunities to reach unreached people group 2, as they are a far more remote people group typically located deep in the forest along the river. After months of dedicated prayer, they noticed an influx of groups, from said people group to a nearby village. This came as a result of a drastic decline in fish which was costly as a people dependent on the river. Following the prayer time, we joined the missionaries for an appointment with the chief to discuss the possibility of medical outreach towards unreached people group 2. After receiving approval, there was additional favor shown from God as we met with a provincial leader who provided access to an empty building within the village to carry out said medical outreach. The power of prayer was very evident over these interactions. The next steps for Scott and the missionary from CMA are to supply the medical outreach needs.</p>
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<p>We discovered that there is an immense opportunity to carry out kingdom work in northeast Cambodia. God has opened various doors and shown favor at various points (both during our trip and prior). We set out to discern if there was opportunity among one unreached people group and found that there were, in fact, opportunities toward three.</p>
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<li>Please continue praying for the Swards as our current missionaries there.</li>
<li>Pray for the new/young believers in these unreached people groups.</li>
<li>Please pray for ongoing unity among the inter-organizational partnerships that John 17:23 may continue.</li>
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<td><strong>Are you Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong>Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</p>
<p>EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!</p>
<p>To learn more, visit <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong> or fill out this <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.servicereef.com/tracks/form-onboarding/ffad7a08-b56b-4d76-a380-83ed73f7b10c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interest form</a>.</strong></td>
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<p>We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.</p>
</div><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-first-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-southeast-asia/">Report from the First Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Southeast Asia</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launching 6 of the 9 fields which were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to pre-launch phases. Meanwhile, we [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-27195 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-768x768.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-12x12.png 12w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-600x600.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1-100x100.png 100w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Luke-10-ET-SE-Asia-Trip-1.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></strong>By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launching 6 of the 9 fields which were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to pre-launch phases. Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider three other potential fields: The Balkans (Eastern Europe), Tanzania, and an unreached people group in SE Asia. EFM&#8217;s discernment is based on EFM&#8217;s CAN GO criteria. See more information <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/luke-10-trips/">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-27194 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-286x300.png" alt="" width="136" height="143" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-286x300.png 286w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-975x1024.png 975w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-768x807.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-1462x1536.png 1462w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-1949x2048.png 1949w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Southeast-Asia-600x630.png 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px" /></strong>This first trip to Southeast Asia will be focused in Cambodia and is taking place between October 24-30! The team members include Eddy Vera (FSW), Freddy Rivas (FSW), Scott and Andrea Sward (EFM Missionaries), and local leaders within the Cambodia mission.</p>
<p>Team leader Eddy Vera shared this about the trip: our purpose is to explore whether our current mission is ready to start a new mission to an unreached people group who are in Cambodia and other nearby security-sensitive countries or to discern what steps are needed to be prepared in the future to meet EFM&#8217;s CAN GO Criteria.</p>
<p>The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in Cambodia.</p>
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<li>Pray for traveling mercies for the team.</li>
<li>Pray for healthy conversations to take place.</li>
<li>Pray for discernment.</li>
<li>Pray for the work that is currently being done in Cambodia.</li>
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<p>The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.</p>
<p><strong>To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are </strong><strong>interested in exploring missionary service, <a href="https://friendsmission.com/future-missionaries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visit here</a>. </strong></p><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/pray-for-the-first-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-southeast-asia/">Pray for the First Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Southeast Asia</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Pray for the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Eastern Europe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Mer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launching 6 of the 9 fields which were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to pre-launch phases. Meanwhile, we [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-26425 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-768x768.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-12x12.png 12w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-600x600.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1-100x100.png 100w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Luke-10-East-Europe-2-Social-1.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />By Fall 2023, 17 teams had been sent out to explore 11 different potential new mission fields since EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal launched in 2021. In November 2023, EFM made a commitment to launching 6 of the 9 fields which were still under exploration. Those six fields are now moving on to pre-launch phases. Meanwhile, we are currently still sending Luke 10 Exploration Teams to consider three other potential fields: Eastern Europe, Tanzania, and Cambodia. EFM&#8217;s discernment is based on EFM&#8217;s CAN GO criterial. See more information <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/luke-10-trips/">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>This second trip to Eastern Europe is leaving tomorrow and taking place between June 7-22! The team of  five adults and two children will include EFM Missionary Candidates Fred and Jonelle Liddell,along with their two children, Alex and Jael, Vivian Titus (EFC-MAYM), Jon Fodge (NWYM), and Patrick Neifert (RMYM). Trip leader Jonelle Liddell shared these insights into this upcoming second trip.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-22961 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Eastern-Europe-286x300.png" alt="" width="128" height="134" />We plan to visit Čapljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina or BiH) on June 9, Mostar (BiH) on June 11, Dubrovnik (Croatia) on June 14 and are keeping the rest of the days flexible on where we go. However, we have a list of cities/towns that we will probably visit. We are sleeping in Čapljina from June  8-13 and in Trebinje (BiH) from June 13-21, with our last night spent in Sarajevo (BiH).</p>
<p>On this second trip we plan to meet with several local pastors and missionaries to discuss opportunities, needs, strategies, and potential difficulties in this region. We plan to focus on the regions of southern Croatia, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Our ultimate purpose is to discern clearly if God is calling EFM to join in his work in this region, and if so what are the next steps.</p>
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<td>The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in Eastern Europe:</p>
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<li>Pray for unity and clarity as we fellowship and discern together.</li>
<li>Pray for our time with local workers, that we would be an encouragement to them, and that we would learn from them all that God has for us.</li>
<li>Pray for the people we will interact with, that we will be effective witnesses and humble learners. That if this is where EFM should work, God will bring a person or persons of peace to give a clear invitation.</li>
<li>Pray that the kids will travel well, and that God will use them to open doors with people we meet.</li>
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<p>The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.</p>
<p>To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are interested in exploring missionary service, visit <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/future-missionaries/">here</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Tanzania</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The second trip to Tanzania within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from September 17-25, 2023. Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-tanzania/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Tanzania</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-23284  alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tanzania-286x300.png" alt="" width="151" height="158" />The second trip to Tanzania within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from September 17-25, 2023.</p>
<p>Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal. It was determined that eight of those destinations require a second trip for further, deeper, exploration, plus as of July 2023 plans are being made by FSW to start a new work among unreached people groups in Cambodia and surrounding areas. Further exploration will help EFM to begin making decisions about where to make commitments in November 2023 to send North American households to launch new fields. See more information <strong><a href="http://url4425.friendsmission.com/ls/click?upn=q-2BBlBBUU6Xc223iaWkosl4TEN8Ng4WY-2B1skdy66Eazsuxcqb8Cq5z2P5i3qktud47ngbwdbg1mk3j-2FfG4NyiMw-3D-3DGKZa_g9y7sJDgIie5S0vdqJRhvmy-2BmOInrT-2BMeTTbs2CGUjnk09MSO8pjdyrKuu3nuXmX65KATyqw4aPqGgAhzzk-2B3Wa2FCX1VOc41YX7YwyJF0PYp7Jle94j1keU-2FJX9RrRcCATwr-2Be2p7n53wRnHmHHtgskC8zTrMsA53IhWn1LRBgCCVhqQYIgCBtRSVCDcaJsb94CKfZTO1pJh1KZZOVNnecJIEekxn1S-2B5IML1SgfTpAMbyCAzQylqgV0YyojOkuF9Yq-2F9ddfPUtYDgl5jkTQ9rJgeLyGqktdG1Pir-2FcKoONPF92nNBkXvQbfyVqalqbKBgxozog6-2FHkNd05-2BSQ6Fg-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>The following is a report written by a member of the team, Matt Macy.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25320 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Lunch.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></strong>This team is made up of representatives from Burundi Friends and the U.S., including: Pastor Domitien Sabongerwa (Burundi Friends Church Missions Liaison), Pastor Fidele Bizimana (General Superintendent of Kwibuka Yearly Meeting &#8211; Burundi Friends Church), Pastor Daniel Nkuriye (Kwibuka Yearly Meeting &#8211; Burundi Friends Church), Salomon Ntibaharire (Kibimba Yearly Meeting &#8211; Burundi Friends Church), Pastor Aaron Mupenda (General Superintendent and Legal Representative of EFC-Rwanda), Brad Carpenter (EFM Missionary), Brendan Steinacher (EFC-MAYM), Matt Macy (EFM Director of Mobilization), Nathan Macy (Future Missionary from EFC-MAYM), and Todd Brown (EFC-MAYM).</p>
<p>The team met in Dar es Salaam on September 17 and started the trip with a day at the East Africa School of Missions on September 18. We are interested in this African one-year training school for Burundian, Rwandan, and American future missionary training to prepare for going to the unreached peoples. Some of our team arrived directly from the second South Sudan Luke 10 Exploration Trip.  Two Luke 10 South Sudan team members joined us at the school: Aaron Mupenda (EFC-Rwanda Superintendent and EFC-Africa Director) and Todd Brown (EFC-MAYM).</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25321 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Group-Photo.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></strong>Then those on the Tanzania exploration team traveled to Ngerengere from September 19-22. The first Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Tanzania last year, visited this city and visited graduates from the training school who are working as missionaries among unreached peoples in the region, including with the Kutu and Zaramo people. The team felt that the Ngerengere area was promising and decided that the second Luke 10 trip should focus more time here. The team split into three groups to explore the town and even visited villages nearby based on contacts we made. On the 22nd, on the way back to Dar es Salaam, the team followed a tip from a Massai village near Ngerengere to visit an unchurched village called Boyi, which turned out to be a promising lead for potential church planting.</p>
<p>The remainder of the trip was spent in Dar es Salaam in times of prayer and discussion for discernment on next steps.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25322 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-East-Africa-School-of-Missins.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Visit to Missionary Training School.</strong>  Our day at the East Africa School of Missions in Dar es Salaam was inspiring and unifying. We observed classroom teaching in Swahili and English and toured the small campus. We were challenged and impressed by missiological discussions led by the school&#8217;s Director, Samwel Kengela. We had seen the fruit of the school&#8217;s training when we visited several graduates of the school serving among unreached people in the field last year on the first Trip. This, along with hearing Samwel&#8217;s experience in planting churches among the unreached, gave us increasing confidence in the school. The school has trained just over 100 African students since 2015, in an April-March calendar year, which includes a three-month group field experience at the end. The school uses seasoned teachers and practitioners from all over the world to make one- or two-week visits to the school to fulfill all of the school&#8217;s courses.</p>
<p>Samwel helped our team further understand what it would take to prepare our missionary team to go to the unreached. Also, our understanding of each other&#8217;s mission-sending framework expanded as we continued to discuss the idea of sending missionaries together with Friends in Burundi and Rwanda. We see the need for missionary training among both the goers and the senders. Plus, we love the idea of US missionaries getting training alongside African missionaries in Africa.</p>
<p><strong>  <a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25323 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba-225x300.jpg 225w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba-9x12.jpg 9w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba-600x800.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Cangomba.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a>Time in Ngerengere.</strong> We split into three groups to explore this town. We met many people who were friendly, open to talking about their families and customs, and also many who were interested in showing us their homes.</p>
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<li>We were surprised initially, based on last year&#8217;s visit, how many people here identified as church-attending Christians. But we also learned that many of these churchgoers did not understand the gospel or how to follow Jesus. We also learned that the Muslim or Christian identity was often more about a family or community cultural identity than about a personal, active practicing faith.</li>
<li>We learned consistently that in this town, Muslims and Christians live in peace with each other (they report that the village is generally different in this regard, and we saw this last year). We were told several times that a new church would be welcome here, as long as it did not bring division among the religions and groups that were established.</li>
<li>We talked to several people who didn&#8217;t recognize any difference between Muslim and Christian. One team talked to a man who visited both Muslim and Catholic churches and saw no difference except that shoes had to come off to enter the Muslim church. We also met people who were Muslim and married to a Christian. But we also met some Christians who knew and could clearly explain the difference.</li>
<li>We heard of villages further away from town that don&#8217;t have local access to the gospel or have any church. We met a man and heard of other people who travel quite a distance from villages to attend church occasionally.</li>
<li>We had several groups of people, especially in villages, invite us to come back and start churches. We felt warm hospitality and welcome, and a hunger for spiritual and physical development.</li>
<li>We kept hearing from everyone that access to water is a big need in this area, both for human consumption and for cattle.</li>
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<li><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25324 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-Tanzania-Sept-2023-Vschool-visit-in-Gitega.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>We are honored and excited about opportunities for partnering with Burundian Friends to learn together how to develop a multi-national missionary team. We would like to see EFM continue to work with EFC-Burundi in developing a missions-sending framework.  We are praying for EFC-Burundi as they continue to strengthen and organize their missions-sending vision and capacity.</li>
<li>The Burundians are eager to begin evangelism and church planting and inspire us all to go. Nathan Macy, a future missionary on this team, is expressing desire to go. We all see opportunities for whole-life discipleship and development.</li>
<li>Research shows a vast number of villages, towns, and peoples in the greater area who are unreached.</li>
<li>Ngerengere is a place that needs the gospel, and it makes an excellent hub logistically for getting established and developing an equipping and sending strategy in the area.</li>
<li>Missionary training and a common language for missions strategy amongst Burundian and American missionary teams, as well as among senders, will be a key part of developing an effective missions-sending framework.</li>
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<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The second round of Luke 10 Exploration Trips continues through October 2023. The EFM National Luke 10 Think Tank will meet on November 8, 2023 to look at which fields meet EFM’s CAN GO Criteria for launching new fields and begin making the first decisions as to where EFM will commit to deploying missionaries by the end of 2025. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Are you Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">To learn more, visit <strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/">here</a></strong> or fill out this<strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoX4ARHPj49ldBly0omQ35NTpUQ0tCWDgxSkpXUTM5RzdZVjMwM0hYUkM5Qi4u"> interest form</a></strong>!</span></td>
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<p>We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.</p><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-tanzania/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Tanzania</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Northeast Brazil</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The second trip to Northeast Brazil within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from October 7-16, 2023. Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-northeast-brazil/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Northeast Brazil</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25304" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-290x300.png" alt="" width="229" height="237" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-290x300.png 290w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-990x1024.png 990w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-768x794.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-1485x1536.png 1485w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-1981x2048.png 1981w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-17-12x12.png 12w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-24290 " src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-286x300.png" alt="" width="136" height="143" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-286x300.png 286w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-975x1024.png 975w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-768x807.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-1462x1536.png 1462w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-1949x2048.png 1949w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-600x630.png 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px" />The second trip to Northeast Brazil within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from October 7-16, 2023.</p>
<p>Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal. It was determined that eight of those destinations require a second trip for further, deeper, exploration, plus as of July 2023 plans are being made by FSW to start a new work among unreached people groups in Cambodia and surrounding areas. Further exploration will help EFM to begin making decisions about where to make commitments in November 2023 to send North American households to launch new fields. See more information <strong><a href="http://url4425.friendsmission.com/ls/click?upn=q-2BBlBBUU6Xc223iaWkosl4TEN8Ng4WY-2B1skdy66Eazsuxcqb8Cq5z2P5i3qktud47ngbwdbg1mk3j-2FfG4NyiMw-3D-3DGKZa_g9y7sJDgIie5S0vdqJRhvmy-2BmOInrT-2BMeTTbs2CGUjnk09MSO8pjdyrKuu3nuXmX65KATyqw4aPqGgAhzzk-2B3Wa2FCX1VOc41YX7YwyJF0PYp7Jle94j1keU-2FJX9RrRcCATwr-2Be2p7n53wRnHmHHtgskC8zTrMsA53IhWn1LRBgCCVhqQYIgCBtRSVCDcaJsb94CKfZTO1pJh1KZZOVNnecJIEekxn1S-2B5IML1SgfTpAMbyCAzQylqgV0YyojOkuF9Yq-2F9ddfPUtYDgl5jkTQ9rJgeLyGqktdG1Pir-2FcKoONPF92nNBkXvQbfyVqalqbKBgxozog6-2FHkNd05-2BSQ6Fg-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>The following is a report written by a member of the team, Phil Burgi.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Who Was on this Trip &amp; Where Did We Travel?</strong></span></td>
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<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25302 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing-300x213.png" alt="" width="300" height="213" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing-300x213.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing-18x12.png 18w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing-600x426.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Singing.png 760w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>The team was made up of eight people: Patrick Neifert (RMYM), Cassi Coleman (RMYM), Phil Burgi (RMYM), Karen Burgi (RMYM), Autumn Keith (RMYM), Jessie Quinby (RMYM), Dan Cammack (EFM Field Director), and Frank Penna (World Renewal).</p>
<p>Our focus in March and again during the October 2023 exploratory trip was to consider where God might be calling EFM to minister to the unreached people groups of Northeast Brazil (Sertão).  After visiting some churches in the Carpina area, where our potential ministry partner World Renewal is located, we traveled on a similar course to the previous trip in March 2023.  We traveled 500 Km to the interior where we visited potential ministry sites in and near Mirandiba and Sousa. We focused on three unreached people groups during both visits to Brazil in 2023: the Quilombola, Ciganos, and Atikum tribal group. We visited a Cigano (gypsy) community on the west side of Sousa.</p>
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<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25301 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting-300x174.png" alt="" width="300" height="174" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting-300x174.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting-768x444.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting-18x10.png 18w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting-600x347.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Public-School-Meeting.png 778w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>We felt welcomed by “people of peace” from all three minority groups. An individual in one of the <strong>Atikum</strong> communities we visited shared how the Gospel had reached their area. Before alcoholism was very prevalent. Now there is a school where the former bar was located. We prayed over that teacher and affirmed her ministry. The need for Christian teaching, fellowship and discipling was very evident as we observed this fledgling community process how will they integrate the addition of Biblical Truth amongst them.</p>
<p>In a <strong>Quilombola</strong> community called Cachoeirinha a potential ministry partner named Joel led a street service in front of a woman’s house. There were over 100 people with many children, and men and women gathered. That was the first service we experienced in the Sertão region where many men were in attendance. Many pledged to accept Christ which speaks to the great need in the Sertão.</p>
<p>We met with the son of the <strong>Cigano</strong> (Gypsy) community’s former “chief” who had been working on translating the Book of Ruth into their language, řomani čhib which they only speak within the community. We had many opportunities to share our faith stories, pray for individuals and groups as well as have them pray for us. Everywhere we went we felt God’s presence with us and over us.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Trip Highlights</strong></span></td>
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<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25299 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms-300x161.png" alt="" width="300" height="161" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms-300x161.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms-768x412.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms-18x10.png 18w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms-600x322.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-Over-Moms.png 783w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>We met with eight young moms in the Mirandiba Baptist church. The pastor’s wife, Angelica teaches them how to sew and crochet/knit. A skill so that they can raise funds to be financially independent. Angelica gets involved while the women are pregnant and provides a new baby kit when they have their baby. A few of the women are Christian and others simply seekers. We warmed their hearts, and we were blessed as we prayed and held their babies.</p>
<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25300 alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-300x159.png" alt="" width="300" height="159" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-300x159.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying-18x10.png 18w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Praying.png 477w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>We visited a public school in Mirandiba where we were able to share Christ’s influence in our lives and sing with the students. We met with principal, Saude and the vice principle (both from the Atikum tribe) and heard their hearts for the kids. They spoke of the problems they have with the students including drugs, discipline issues and cell phone addiction (not so different from here in the States). As we prayed for them and were leaving the principal said, “I hope that you can come”.</p>
<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25303 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day-300x229.png" alt="" width="300" height="229" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day-300x229.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day-768x586.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day-16x12.png 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day-600x458.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-Trip-2-Northeast-Brazil-October-2023-Childrens-Day.png 771w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>During our travels it was the Brazilian National Children’s Day. In Sousa, we attended a program organized by Pastor Flavio and his wife Mercia, World Renewal’s only outpost in the Sertão. They had prepared a program for the children of the community. About 60-70 kids and some adults were there from the community. Mercia also has a women’s program for the community. They also have an active Living Stones ministry to the community children.</p>
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<p>We had multiple invitations to come, volunteer at the school, start a church, provide Biblical training, etc. There is great spiritual need in the Sertão. There are people of peace in the Sertão and an openness “to come”. As we return from this second exploratory trip to Northeast Brazil our hearts resonate with Jesus’ words from Matthew 9:37 “The Harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”  We join with EFM, praying for additional missionary units to serve in the Sertão of Northeast Brazil (especially a couple or family to join with Cassi’s sense of call). We hear a definite plea from many “people of peace” in the Sertão and from the few ministry workers “please come and help.”  We pray for the Lord of the Harvest to call 2 couples or families into the field in Northeast Brazil.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The second round of Luke 10 Exploration Trips continues through October 2023. The EFM National Luke 10 Think Tank will meet on November 8, 2023 to look at which fields meet EFM’s CAN GO Criteria for launching new fields and begin making the first decisions as to where EFM will commit to deploying missionaries by the end of 2025. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Are you Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">To learn more, visit <strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/">here</a></strong> or fill out this<strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoX4ARHPj49ldBly0omQ35NTpUQ0tCWDgxSkpXUTM5RzdZVjMwM0hYUkM5Qi4u"> interest form</a></strong>!</span></td>
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<p>We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.</p><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-northeast-brazil/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Northeast Brazil</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to the Gulf States</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The second trip to the Gulf States within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from October 19-31. Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-the-gulf-states/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to the Gulf States</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25289" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-286x300.png" alt="" width="169" height="177" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-286x300.png 286w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-975x1024.png 975w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-768x807.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-1462x1536.png 1462w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-1949x2048.png 1949w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gulf-States-Stamp-600x630.png 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25295" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-300x300.png" alt="" width="242" height="242" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-1024x1022.png 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-768x766.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-250x250.png 250w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-1536x1533.png 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-2048x2044.png 2048w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-12x12.png 12w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-600x599.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MapChart_Map-16-100x100.png 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px" />The second trip to the Gulf States within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from October 19-31.</p>
<p>Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal. It was determined that eight of those destinations require a second trip for further, deeper, exploration, plus as of July 2023 plans are being made by FSW to start a new work among unreached people groups in Cambodia and surrounding areas. Further exploration will help EFM to begin making decisions about where to make commitments in November 2023 to send North American households to launch new fields. See more information <strong><a href="http://url4425.friendsmission.com/ls/click?upn=q-2BBlBBUU6Xc223iaWkosl4TEN8Ng4WY-2B1skdy66Eazsuxcqb8Cq5z2P5i3qktud47ngbwdbg1mk3j-2FfG4NyiMw-3D-3DGKZa_g9y7sJDgIie5S0vdqJRhvmy-2BmOInrT-2BMeTTbs2CGUjnk09MSO8pjdyrKuu3nuXmX65KATyqw4aPqGgAhzzk-2B3Wa2FCX1VOc41YX7YwyJF0PYp7Jle94j1keU-2FJX9RrRcCATwr-2Be2p7n53wRnHmHHtgskC8zTrMsA53IhWn1LRBgCCVhqQYIgCBtRSVCDcaJsb94CKfZTO1pJh1KZZOVNnecJIEekxn1S-2B5IML1SgfTpAMbyCAzQylqgV0YyojOkuF9Yq-2F9ddfPUtYDgl5jkTQ9rJgeLyGqktdG1Pir-2FcKoONPF92nNBkXvQbfyVqalqbKBgxozog6-2FHkNd05-2BSQ6Fg-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>The following is a report written by a member of the team, Rusty Savage.</p>
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<p><a href="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-25310 alignright" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-768x576.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0047.jpg 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>The team included Norbu Tamang (EFC-ER), Zach Bohler (EFC-ER), Rusty Savage (EFC-ER Director of Multiplication), DB Tamang (EFC-MAYM), Amen Thapa (EFC-Nepal Superintendent), Prakash Thing (EFC-Nepal), and Thomas Moore (EFM Future Missionary).</p>
<p>Our team spent one week in the United Arab Emirates and one week in Qatar. In the UAE, we were based primarily in Dubai. While there, we focused on a district known as Bur Dubai, which is home to many of the city’s migrant workers. On one occasion we drove several hours outside of Dubai into the Ras al Khaimeh emirate to participate in a Nepali worship service. Before leaving the UAE, we also spent two days in Abu Dhabi where we had the opportunity to connect with some individuals who were members of EFC-Nepal prior to their move to the Persian Gulf. During our week in Qatar, we stayed in the capital city of Doha, where over 80% of the country’s population lives, including over 2 million migrant workers.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25311 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-300x169.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-768x432.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-18x10.jpg 18w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017-600x338.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231022-WA0017.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />In both countries, our team had several opportunities to visit with Nepali-speaking migrant workers, hear their stories, and learn about the unique struggles and opportunities they experience as visiting laborers. We shared several meals with them and spent time in their homes.</p>
<p>We also renewed our friendship with two churches that we ﬁrst met on our original exploratory trip one year ago: the Himalayan Vision Church in UAE and Qatar Nepalese Christian Ministries in Doha. We met with pastors Kumar and Rajendra and their leaders on several occasions during our stay, attended and preached in their worship services, and received their advice about ministry opportunities in the region. Both churches represent vibrant ministry that is taking place among the migrant worker population in the Middle East and are potential partners for future ministry.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25309 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-768x576.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-20231021-WA0005.jpg 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />While in Dubai, we met with N. M., a missionary with FOCUS (Fellowship of Christian UAE Students). N and his missionary team work on 15 university campuses throughout the UAE with students from many nationalities and religious backgrounds, including Muslim Emiratis. He shared with us about the dangerous conditions his team has experienced doing ministry in this restricted nation as well as his conviction that although the risk remains, there is more openness and opportunity for ministry in Dubai at this moment than he has ever seen before.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25313 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-768x576.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231027_152722-16x12.jpg 16w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Alongside these interactions, our team participated in several prayer walks in all three cities and had opportunities for unique cultural learning events including a visit to the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Centre for Cultural Understanding in Dubai and the Qasr Al Watan Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.</p>
<p>The multinational makeup of our Luke 10 team (2 Nepali nationals, 2 Nepali-Americans, and 3 Anglo- Americans) provided a small window into understanding both the distinct challenges and unique opportunities for sending multinational missionary teams. One of the goals for our time together was to have strategic conversations with Amen and Prakash about the current vision and capacity for mission sending within EFC-Nepal. We spent time talking through the “Missions Sending Framework” developed by the recent gathering in Burundi, which was a very productive conversation.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The second round of Luke 10 Exploration Trips continues through October 2023. The EFM National Luke 10 Think Tank will meet on November 8, 2023 to look at which fields meet EFM’s CAN GO Criteria for launching new fields and begin making the first decisions as to where EFM will commit to deploying missionaries by the end of 2025. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Are you Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">To learn more, visit <strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/">here</a></strong> or fill out this<strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoX4ARHPj49ldBly0omQ35NTpUQ0tCWDgxSkpXUTM5RzdZVjMwM0hYUkM5Qi4u"> interest form</a></strong>!</span></td>
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<p>We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.</p><p>The post <a href="https://friendsmission.com/news/report-from-the-second-luke-10-exploration-trip-to-the-gulf-states/">Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to the Gulf States</a> first appeared on <a href="https://friendsmission.com">FRIENDSMISSION.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Pray for the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Dubai and Doha</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We are now sending the second wave of exploration trips to potential new mission fields to discern where EFM and partner regions/yearly meetings will make decisions for launching new fields, based on EFM’s CAN GO Criteria. The next National EFM Luke 10 Think Tank convenes in November 2023 with plans to identify which fields EFM [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25183 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-768x768.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-250x250.png 250w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-12x12.png 12w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-600x600.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha-100x100.png 100w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-ET-Trip-2-Dubai-Doha.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />We are now sending the second wave of exploration trips to potential new mission fields to discern where EFM and partner regions/yearly meetings will make decisions for launching new fields, based on EFM’s CAN GO Criteria. The next National EFM Luke 10 Think Tank convenes in November 2023 with plans to identify which fields EFM will make commitments towards launching. Ten teams have now explored ten different country/people group destinations on a first Luke 10 Exploration Trip. See more information <a href="https://friendsmission.com/luke-10-trips/">here</a>.</p>
<p>This next trip to Dubai and Doha is leaving today and taking place between October 19-31! The team of six people will include Rusty Savage (EFC-ER Director of Multiplication), Norbu Tamang (EFC-ER), DB Tamang (EFC- MAYM), Zach Bohler (EFC-ER), Amen Thapa (EFC-Nepal), and Prakash Thing (EFC-Nepal).</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-23693 size-thumbnail alignleft" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gulf-Countries_Green-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gulf-Countries_Green-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gulf-Countries_Green-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gulf-Countries_Green-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Gulf-Countries_Green-100x100.png 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Trip leader Rusty Savage provided these insights into this upcoming second trip to Dubai, UAE and Doha, Qatar.</p>
<p>The team will spend six days in Dubai, UAE followed by six days in Doha, Qatar. In both places, we will be spending time amidst the large population of migrant workers who make up the overwhelming majority of the workforce in those cities.</p>
<p>Our team will be following up on contacts that were made on our first trip last year. Hundreds of thousands of Nepali-speaking men and women now live in the Persian Gulf. We will be spending time with this community, listening to their stories, and assessing opportunities for sending missionaries to this region from EFM, EFC-Nepal, or perhaps in partnership with one another.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;">The following are ways that you can pray for this team while they are in Dubai and Doha.</span></p>
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<p data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Pray for unique opportunities for fellowship with Nepali-speaking workers whose work schedule provides very little time for visitation.</span></p>
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<p data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Pray for the members of our team from Bhutan and Nepal to have no difficulties gaining visa entry into UAE and Qatar.</span></p>
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<p data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Pray for wisdom for our multinational team as we discern what a possible partnership between EFM and EFC-Nepal could look like.</span></p>
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<p>The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.</p>
<p>To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are interested in exploring missionary service, visit <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/future-missionaries/">here</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Report from the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to South Sudan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Mer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The second trip within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from September 8-17 to South Sudan. Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as [&#8230;]</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-23590 size-thumbnail" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Sudan-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Sudan-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Sudan-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Sudan-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/South-Sudan-100x100.png 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25164 " src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/South-Sudan-Map-300x254.png" alt="" width="243" height="206" />The second trip within the second wave of Luke 10 Exploration Trips went out from September 8-17 to South Sudan.</p>
<p>Ten exploration teams made trips to ten different destinations and peoples between April 2022 and March 2023. These trips were the first wave of exploration in discerning potential new fields for EFM to launch as part of EFM&#8217;s Five-Year Goal. It was determined that eight of those destinations require a second trip for further, deeper, exploration, plus as of July 2023 plans are being made by FSW to start a new work among unreached people groups in Cambodia and surrounding areas. Further exploration will help EFM to begin making decisions about where to make commitments in November 2023 to send North American households to launch new fields. See more information <strong><a href="http://url4425.friendsmission.com/ls/click?upn=q-2BBlBBUU6Xc223iaWkosl4TEN8Ng4WY-2B1skdy66Eazsuxcqb8Cq5z2P5i3qktud47ngbwdbg1mk3j-2FfG4NyiMw-3D-3DGKZa_g9y7sJDgIie5S0vdqJRhvmy-2BmOInrT-2BMeTTbs2CGUjnk09MSO8pjdyrKuu3nuXmX65KATyqw4aPqGgAhzzk-2B3Wa2FCX1VOc41YX7YwyJF0PYp7Jle94j1keU-2FJX9RrRcCATwr-2Be2p7n53wRnHmHHtgskC8zTrMsA53IhWn1LRBgCCVhqQYIgCBtRSVCDcaJsb94CKfZTO1pJh1KZZOVNnecJIEekxn1S-2B5IML1SgfTpAMbyCAzQylqgV0YyojOkuF9Yq-2F9ddfPUtYDgl5jkTQ9rJgeLyGqktdG1Pir-2FcKoONPF92nNBkXvQbfyVqalqbKBgxozog6-2FHkNd05-2BSQ6Fg-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>.</p>
<p>The following is a report written by a member of the team, Brendan Steinacher.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Who Was on this Trip &amp; Where Did We Travel?</strong></span></td>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25160 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-768x576.jpg 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LUKE101-600x450.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />The team included Aaron Mupenda (EFC-Rwanda), Jean-Paul Nsekanabo (EFC-Rwanda), Nicodeme Basebya (EFC-Rwanda) Matt Macy (EFM Director of Mobilization), Brad Carpenter (EFM Missionary), Todd Brown (EFC-MAYM), and Brendan Steinacher (EFC-MAYM). The seven-member team met in Juba, South Sudan from October 10-17. They used the Dandy Hotel in Juba as a base camp, traveling to towns and villages in the surrounding areas. Over four days the teams visited Juba City, Juba Two, Mangala Payam, and Torit City to investigate evangelism and the lack of evangelism among the various people groups.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>What was our experience traveling here? How did the Lord meet us?</strong></span></td>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25161 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Discussion-202x300.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Discussion-202x300.jpg 202w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Discussion-8x12.jpg 8w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-2-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Discussion.jpg 208w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" />The intent was to discover regions and areas where the people are underserved or unreached. In the places we visited, we found many tribes that have exposure to some faiths but very few who have a true relationship with Christ. Many told us that they were a Christian country where Catholic, Protestant Christian, Muslim, and others (in that order) have churches/teach. What we found were people who associate with a brand of faith because of family or community identity more than personal faith. We also found connections to many unreached peoples and villages in vast remote sections of the country.</p>
<p>By visiting these locations and hearing reports about surrounding villages we were able to identify places that need evangelical presence and are interested in hearing the gospel. Some places once had mission influence but the people from these places were not discipled sufficiently to have sustainable congregations. Other areas would be considered refugee towns due to displacement from war, flooding, and migration across the country. Many of these villages are asking for biblical training. Some areas were once well evangelized but now have no spiritual support contact outside of their own villages or areas. Christ’s guiding hand and the introduction to people at the right time and the right place seemed to direct our paths and speak to his opening of doors as we traveled through South Sudan.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Two Trip Highlights</strong></span></td>
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<p><strong><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-25159 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chart-242x300.png" alt="" width="242" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chart-242x300.png 242w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chart-10x12.png 10w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chart.png 577w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25163 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Police-parade-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Police-parade-300x225.jpg 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Police-parade-16x12.jpg 16w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Police-parade-600x450.jpg 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Exploration-Trip-South-Sudan-Sept-2023-Police-parade.jpg 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />New Beginnings:</strong></p>
<p>There is a deep encouragement in the resolve our Rwandan friends have towards opening this work in South Sudan. In 1999 EFC Rwanda had the vision that the light of Christ would be taken across Africa making disciples by Africans. Our friends are committed to sending missionaries &#8211; “We do it!”- by 2025. That conviction is clearer today than it was on the first Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Juba. Part of that deep conviction is that Rwandans see the tribal tensions in South Sudan and have lived and transformed tribal reconciliation in Rwanda. Bringing the love of Christ into South Sudan using Discipleship for Development whole-life discipleship methodologies is a fire that has started. EFC-Rwanda demonstrates organizational maturity as they have a missions board overseeing missions-mobilizing activities at national, regional, and local church organizational structures, and are strategically identifying next steps including missionary selection, training, and support. A highlight for our team was to continue blowing on the embers of the inevitable fire!</p>
<p><strong>Power of Relationships:</strong></p>
<p>Is it possible that a primary reason for EFM missions to South Sudan is because it is “on mission with Rwandan missions sending”? Also, the relationships built during this trip with prominent South Sudanese contacts were plentiful. From the church, government, United Nations security, business owners…leaders from all walks seemed to fall into place at just the right moment. God provided a way at every turn, even when doors closed, we just had to be patient for the doors to open when he was ready. South Sudan is a country in transition expressing a desire for change. After a long history of war and recent independence, it is a country and a people that want and are ready for a spiritual harvest.</p>
<p>“When you come back in a year, we will proclaim this day, a day of prayer in the National Immigration Offices of South Sudan” – Deputy Inspector General.</p>
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<p><strong>Next Steps:</strong></p>
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<li>EFC-Rwanda works with government contacts to establish church registration.</li>
<li>EFC-Rwanda selects missionary/s that have a call by November 2023.</li>
<li>EFC-Rwanda determines a plan for missionary training as well as training for key leaders in sending church.</li>
<li>EFM makes a decision on EFM&#8217;s commitment to send U.S. missionaries.</li>
<li>Possibly send a missionary or team for one to three months to get more information.</li>
<li>Continue to develop EFC-Rwanda&#8217;s framework for missions sending.</li>
<li>Continue to mobilize for prayer and financial support.</li>
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<p><strong>Please pray for&#8230;</strong></p>
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<li>The raising up of EFM missionaries to accompany our Rwandan friends. A partnership agreement for a multi-national team.</li>
<li>The upcoming elections in 2024 for South Sudan. For a peaceful transfer of office and a stable geopolitical climate.</li>
<li>Coaching and training for EFM and EFC-Rwanda missionaries.</li>
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<td><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>What’s Next?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">The second round of Luke 10 Exploration Trips continues through October 2023. The EFM National Luke 10 Think Tank will meet on November 8, 2023 to look at which fields meet EFM’s CAN GO Criteria for launching new fields and begin making the first decisions as to where EFM will commit to deploying missionaries by the end of 2025. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Are you Feeling Called to Join EFM?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Are you interested in exploring missionary service? Do you know of anyone of any age who might be interested in exploring the idea of serving as a missionary overseas for two or more years?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">EFM is currently looking to contact and connect with people about opportunities to explore serving as missionaries with the Friends Church!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">To learn more, visit <strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://friendsmission.com/five-year-goal-go/">here</a></strong> or fill out this<strong><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=QJhAnJUk-Um0DXAbTsmoX4ARHPj49ldBly0omQ35NTpUQ0tCWDgxSkpXUTM5RzdZVjMwM0hYUkM5Qi4u"> interest form</a></strong>!</span></td>
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<p>We look forward to sharing more news as it becomes available about what we are finding and discerning in EFM’s Luke 10 Initiative.</p>
<p>Matt Macy</p>
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		<title>Pray for the Second Luke 10 Exploration Trip to Northeast Brazil!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Mer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We are now sending the second wave of exploration trips to potential new mission fields to discern where EFM and partner regions/yearly meetings will make decisions for launching new fields, based on EFM’s CAN GO Criteria. The next National EFM Luke 10 Think Tank convenes in November 2023 with plans to identify which fields EFM [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>We are now sending the second wave of exploration trips to potential new mission fields to discern where EFM and partner regions/yearly meetings will make decisions for launching new fields, based on EFM’s CAN GO Criteria. The next National EFM Luke 10 Think Tank convenes in November 2023 with plans to identify which fields EFM will make commitments towards launching. Ten teams have now explored ten different country/people group destinations on a first Luke 10 Exploration Trip. See more information <a href="https://friendsmission.com/luke-10-trips/">here</a>.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-25136 size-medium" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-768x768.png 768w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-250x250.png 250w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-12x12.png 12w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-600x600.png 600w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2-100x100.png 100w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Luke-10-Brazil-Trip-2.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-24290 size-thumbnail" src="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-150x150.png 150w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-11x12.png 11w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-300x300.png 300w, https://friendsmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Northeast-Brazil-100x100.png 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />This next trip to Northeast Brazil is leaving today and taking place between October 6-17! The team will include eight people: Patrick Neifert (RMYM), Cassi Coleman (RMYM), Phil and Karen Burgi (RMYM), Autumn Keith (RMYM), Jessie Quinby (RMYM), Dan Cammack (EFM Field Director), and Frank Penna (World Renewal).</p>
<p>The team will have the opportunity to connect with the local people and prayerfully discern God&#8217;s leading. The northeast area of Brazil called the &#8220;Sertão&#8221; is a region of poverty where there is minimal knowledge of the good news of Jesus. As the team discerns whether this might be an area for a new EFM mission field, we are asking you to pray with us.</p>
<p>The team will arrive in Recife and travel to the Mirandiba, Sousa, and Carpina while they are in Brazil to meet with local leaders and visit communities in those areas.</p>
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<td>The following are ways that you can be praying for this team while they are in Brazil.</p>
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<li>Pray for safe and healthy travels as the team travels over 900 miles visiting potential outreach areas in northeast Brazil.</li>
<li>Pray for fruitful conversations with &#8220;men and women of peace&#8221; both seekers and people of God.</li>
<li>Pray for spiritual discernment as to whether Northeast Brazil is where our Lord is calling EFM to the &#8220;harvest&#8221;.</li>
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<p>The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to cast out more workers into his fields.</p>
<p>To learn more about how you can join these trips or if you are interested in exploring missionary service, visit <strong><a href="https://friendsmission.com/future-missionaries/">here</a></strong>.</p>
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