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Calvary International (CI) has built
a significant and symbiotic
relationship with
Christ for the Nations (CFNI) in
Dallas, Texas. In their Advanced
School of Global Missions, CFNI
lacked a proven track needed to give
their students the missions and
cultural experience required for a
successful placement in the
missionary community. They were
falling short in the preparation and
it was glaringly evident in the
numbers of student choosing not to
continue on in their missionary
calling. But by integrating CI's
proven track, the
Timothy Internship Project
(TIP), the CFNI program is becoming
the success originally envisioned by
the college. Because of the TIP,
more missionaries are getting to the
field and fulfilling God's calling
on them. Thank you Calvary!!
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For Sale
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Dear Friend,
We have both finalized our
transition to working on full
time staff with Calvary
International at their world
headquarters here in
Jacksonville Florida. We were
able to assist in the annual
Go To Nations Experience as
staff members. We just returned
from training at the Wycliffe
facility in North Carolina
called
JAARS. There we received in
depth classroom and field
training for crisis management,
risk assessment, and security
development. Missionary risk
abatement and mitigation is our
first assignment as the
Directors of Member Care for
Calvary.
On the home front, a
consolidation of our nightly
commitments was required giving
us more time to share with our
ministry and business partners.
We have had to temporarily pull
back from several treasured
ministries in order to more
completely dedicate ourselves to
the work we are doing at
Calvary. We have received many
confirming words and precious
support from our
home church members and
pastors as we initiate our life
as "faith based" missionaries.
But in our current case, our
"mission" is the missionaries
themselves. Again, pictures and
links give more meaning to the
content if you choose to click
them.
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Acceptable Risks
Then he said to his disciples, "The
harvest is plentiful but the workers
are few."
Matthew 9:37
I am sending you out like sheep
among wolves. Therefore be as
shrewd as snakes and as innocent as
doves.
Matthew 10:16
I have worked much
harder, been in prison more
frequently, been flogged more
severely, and been exposed to death
again and again...I have been in
danger from rivers, in danger from
bandits, in danger from my own
countrymen, in danger from Gentiles;
in danger in the city, in danger in
the country, in danger at sea; and
in danger from false brothers.
2Cor 11:23-26
Here we are apprised of three
realities regarding the harvest work
force: Firstly, that the harvest
work force is limited in number;
secondly, that the work, the act of
harvesting, can be difficult and
dangerous; and thirdly, that the
workers, and specific to this case,
missionaries, are vulnerable to the
dangers that do exist. Therefore, as
the Director of Member Care, we are
driving risk assessments and
training sessions. These gears will
mesh with field contingency planning
and agency policy development. This
harvest combine is the vehicle that
will provide a safer and more robust
transport for our Calvary harvest
force.
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Stand Fast
Andrew Murray said, "Fasting helps
to express, to deepen, and to
confirm the resolution that we are
ready to sacrifice anything - to
sacrifice ourselves - to attain what
we seek for the kingdom of God." We
have seriously considered what we
are willing to sacrifice. We don't
feel that we want to withhold
anything from God. Because we want
to be sure that we are sincere, we
desire the Lord's confirmation to
our heart's expression. Therefore,
Tom is entering into a 21-day fast
on May 1st. Our purpose is to seek
God's presence and power for our
equipping as we endeavor in this
labor together. Please prayerfully
consider him as he carefully commits
himself to this spiritual sojourn.
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Road to Recovery
We were invited to be a part of a
new ministry that our local church
was exploring as an option. It's
was called
Celebrate Recovery and it came
out of the same church that the
Purpose Driven Life came from. We
had heard that it was a good option
for providing a process of Christ
centered and Christ controlled steps
for any person with a hindering
hurt, habit or hang-up. We have
found it to be all that and more. We
have been involved for over a year
and a half now and we couldn't more
highly recommend any program. There
is a significant reason the
Celebrate Recovery program has gone
frombeing offered in
3,500 to 10,000 churches in that
same amount of time. It works, if
you let it. Anyway, look them up in
your part of the world. You won't
regret it, and you might just find
that you learn a little more about
your Savior and your neighbor in the
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It is our desire that we bless
you by creating an opportunity
for you to reach the nations for
Jesus though us.
Grace and Peace,
Tom & Roxie McLeod
Till
Every Tongue Confess
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