August 2007

Videos and Events Mission Projects People Group Focus Prayer Points Stories from the Field Persecuted Church Missions Bible Study

Hands On Africa
Come “get your hands dirty” serving 4-12 months among some of the neediest nations on the planet. It won't be easy, but it will be worth it!

Application deadline Aug. 31 for projects beginning in January 2008.

Read mission stories from students who have served in Africa.

Videos and Events

Extreme Exhortations Inter-national World Changers went to Botswana for the first project of its kind ever. Hear the students talk about what God did in this Southern African country. View streaming 56K | 175K | 300K Download MPEG-1 [download] Quicktime 300 | [download] Podcast [download] *To download, right mouse click on [Download] and choose "save target as"

I Hear Voices We all hear voices in our heads telling us to go this way or that way with ouir lives. Hear from students who have committed thier lives to serving God among the nations of the world. View streaming  56K | 175K | 300K Download MPEG-1 [download] Quicktime 300 | [download] Podcast [download] *To download, right mouse click on [Download] and choose "save target as"

Paradise '08 PARADISE begins the moment a student begins to awaken to the supremacy of God's Son, begins to adore him as King, and begins to arise to bravely join him in accelerating His kingdom purposes. Students across the nation will converge in a national worship gathering on May 25, 2008, convened at the geographic center of the nation to adore Christ the Supreme God and to accelerate His purposes for this generation. To dig deeper, read on . . . Go to Paradise with your friends . . . Take your student group to Paradise . . . Read what the news reports are saying about Paradise . . .   Mission Projects China Christmas in China 12/16/07 - 1/1/08 South Africa  Hands On Soeweto 1/15 - 6/15/08 Madagascar  Backpackers Gone MAD Any 77 days until 6/15/08 Zambia Hands On Sesheke 1/15 - 6/15/08 Serbia Christmas Bible Distribution Any 7 days btwn 12/29/07 and 1/13/08  Wales, UK South Wales Evangelism 1/5 - 7/7/08 Nepal Medical Clinics Any 14 days until 5/30/08 Tanzania Hands On Dar es Salaam 1/15 - 6/15/08 Peru Winter Break Ministry Teams 12/26/07 - 1/3/08 Many more projects online at thetask.org! NEW! 2008 International World Changers projects now online! People Group Focus: Azeri of Iran Azeris are one of the largest minority groups in Iran, making up 25 percent of Iran's population. The fabric of Azeri culture and history has a thread that some say began in the Garden of Eden. The thread is woven through Biblical history to include Noah and the reign of the Medes and Persians. Like most Iranians, the Azeris are Shia Muslims, but the Azeris have a progressive view concerning the role of women. One of the biggest freedoms Azeri women enjoy is being able to work outside the home. Despite these more progressive freedoms, though, the Azeri people face a bleak future without Jesus Christ. Read more . . . Prayer Points for the Azeri 1. Pray for God to stir Azeris through dreams and visions. 2. Pray that prayer teams will go and break up the soil for worship and intercession. 3. Pray that the Lord of the Harvest would send people to share Christ with the Azeri. 4. Pray that God will provide business opportunities for the economic survival of new believers, as well as emerging Azeri Christian leadership. More prayer requests for the Persian-speaking world.  Stories from the Field  Peru: Earthquake leaves more than 400 dead  China: Excursions off the map  Kyrgyzstan: Grief meets grace  Turkey: Candle making offers the Light  Kenya: AIDS work for an MK  Zambia: Worshipping inside a tree More stories from the field on ThE-TASK archives. Persecuted Church: Pakistan "Convert or Die" ISTANBUL, August 16 (Compass Direct News) – Christians and Hindus in northern Pakistan have received dozens of letters threatening them with death if they refuse to become Muslims, church sources and a police official said yesterday. Police continued to provide security around churches and temples this week, even as Christians received new deadlines for converting to Islam. Though the original August 10 deadline for conversion has passed, Peshawar’s minorities continue to live in fear, canceling church activities and skipping services, a Catholic priest said. A spokesman for the Church of Pakistan said that on August 7 some of the letters had been thrown into the courtyards of Christian and Hindu homes in Peshawar’s Kohati, Interior City and Cantonment districts. Peshawar Catholic priest Yousaf Amanat said that he had received a letter by mail telling him to convert to Islam by Tuesday (August 14). “It was written that if we don’t become Muslim we will be killed.” More on the persecuted church at Compass Direct. Missions Bible Study: WIGTAKE Once an agnostic during college, new missionary Henry Clay has now committed to develop a WIGTAKE attitude - "whatever it's going to take" to get the message of God's love to the nations. IMB President Jerry Rankin challenged 84 new missionaries that the Apostle Paul's wigtake attitude was what changed the New Testament. These new missionaries - and you and I - can be the Pauls for this generation to turn our world updside down with the gospel. Read more . . .