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Let’s build the wall <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> Gunnar Rydin<\/a><\/span> | India<\/a>, News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

We just shared the good report from Orissa in India how many people have found new ife in Christ during the last 9 months. \u00a0They are working with small means ministering in towns and villages in the rural areas. Right now there is a\u00a0great need to build a compound wall around the farm where the Christian school S:t Erikas outside Sundergarh. The school started four years ago and now have five grades 1-5. They have more than 100 students. They also serve meals to more than 300 kids on a daily basis. They also train adults in different crafts like…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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STUNNING PROGRESS – NEW LIFE AND PEACE <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

FRIENDS OF TOUCHING ASIA Our brothers and sisters in Orissa India are doing a fantastic work with very small means. The ministry started 1997 shortly after I met Pastor Pratap and we decided to work together. We started with five evangelists\/pastors in one district but are now in ten districts of the state. When you know the background of the work there (one of the most difficult areas in India where they have suffered much persecution and even being killed) it is really fascinating to see the growing power of the Gospel. For many years they have faithfully been ministering…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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KUALA LUMPUR – THE MIDNIGHT CHURCH <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

MYSELF WITH PASTOR ZAW LIN AUNG AND PASTOR SARAH A couple of days ago I finished four days of ministry in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and I am now back in Sweden.\u00a0I was away three weeks in Nepal, Singapore and Malaysia and I just felt I have to write something extra about Kuala Lumpur. It was the first time for me to minister among the more than 1 million Burmese people living in Malaysia. EIGHT HUNDRED PEOPLE COME FOR THE MIDNIGHT SERVICES Pastor Zaw Lin Aung was converted 1996 in one of our first conferences we held in Yangon twenty years…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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IF NOT US, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN? <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

\u00a0\u201cOpen your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. \u00a0Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.\u201d \u00a0Proverbs 31:8-9 “God\u2019s commandment for his children was to first love God wholeheartedly and to love people. \u00a0So, how do you show love to people you don\u2019t know? \u00a0How do you show love to the poor, abused and enslaved? How do you empathize with those who are suffering when you don\u2019t know what it means to truly suffer? Kelly Nesvold, a native Minnesotan man, is showing us how to make a difference. Upon…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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Thirty-Eight Years On <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

24 August 2016   Thirty-eight years on In August thirty-eight years ago exactly at this time, I was sitting in a truck with a group of other young people traveling overland from Belgium to the Indian Subcontinent. We had just started off on a very long journey that were to take us from central Europe through the Balkans into the Middle East passing the nations of Turkey, Iran and entering into Afghanistan from where we took the Grand Trunk Road from Kabul all the way to Calcutta, India. \u00a0It was a tiring but an amazing trip and I can easily…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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174 New Students – Great excitement <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | Myanmar<\/a>, News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

1 June 2016 1 JUNE – 174 STUDENTS – \u00a0GREAT EXCITEMENT – A BIG DAY FOR FGBTC Today is a big day in Yangon as the new school-year starts for Full Gospel Bible Training Centre (FGBTC) in Yangon, Myanmar. FGBTC is bigger than ever. 174 students have been admitted for this school-year although many more applied but there is no more place for them. The expectations and excitement is so great for this new year.                               We have seen over the past twenty years how the…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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Thang Khim a former slave <\/a> <\/h2>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> Gunnar Rydin<\/a> | Myanmar<\/a>, News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t

We will start to share some amazing stories with you. Thang Khim spent over 7 years as a slave on a fishingboat. Today he is running Barnabas Children Home together with his wife. Is one of the projects we are supporting on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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Bethany – A Beehive of Activity <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> H\u00e5kan Gabrielsson<\/a><\/span> | Japan<\/a>, News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

Nisshin Japan, 13 May 2016 We have been in Japan for a few days now and been able to meet a number of our friends and partners again. I am traveling with my brother, friend and coworker Samuel from the Middle East and we are speaking and ministering in churches in several different cities. Gamagori in Aichi district was our first stop for two days the past weekend. The Gamagori church (photo above) was the first church I visited in Japan twenty years ago in 1996. In fact, it was at the Golden Week (the great Japanese holiday they celebrate…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n

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Japanese Guests in Kathmandu <\/a> <\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy<\/span> Gunnar Rydin<\/a><\/span> | Nepal<\/a>, News<\/a><\/span> | \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Comments<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t

FRIENDS OF TOUCHING ASIA\/OUT OF ASHES More women and girls are being rescued through the ministry of Lighthouse Foundation Nepal. Below is a photo of a mother and her daughter.\u00a0This mother and her daughter was rescued a couple of weeks ago from Mumbai. She has been in the brothel for twenty-two years.\u00a0Her name is Soni. Both she and her daughter are two of the thousands that endure the same torment and abuse year after year. The great majority of chidren under Lighthouse Foundation’s care have however come to get education and been prevented from being sexually abused and trafficked. \u200bJapanese…<\/p>\n<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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