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David Joannes

As I Watched These Precious Chinese Children Crying, I Wished I Could Just Reach Through My Screen And Hug Them

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Watching these precious little Chinese children cry as they relive the tragedy of their broken family stories is hard to watch. My heart is moved. I feel my heart beat within my chest. I wish I could just reach into my screen and hug them. There are about 61 million “left behind” children in China.…

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50% Of All Christians Live In These 11 Countries, Surrounding The Unreached World On All Sides

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The Christian population surrounds the unreached world on all sides, yet millions are still without gospel hope. Pretty mind blowing isn’t it? I hope that these stats and numbers challenge you to ask the serious question: “Am I willing to put a blank check before God and say, ‘Wherever you want me to go, whatever…

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The Tragic Sickness And Health Battles That Have Plagued Our Missionary Team Have Resulted In Powerful Victories

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We’ve heard it said, “If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way.” If that’s the case, we must be doing something right! Our missionaries at Within Reach Global have been passionately reaching out to people who have still never heard of Jesus before. We call these them the unreached and unengaged people groups of the…

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China Earthquake Kills 367, Injures 1,800 Near New Within Reach Global Outreach Center

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We have recently began working with orphans and underprivileged children in the area heavily hit by this earthquake. We call it Orphan Home outreach center. Check out These Underprivileged Children And Orphans Prove That No One Is Too Poor To Help The Homeless Thankfully the church we partner with and the children are all safe. The hardest…

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6 New Believers Publicly Baptized In The Lancang River

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“The harvest is in the seed.” That’s what our local missionary, Brother Yang, told me many years ago. We are now seeing fruit spring up in an area where the gospel has been largely unheard of before. Our local missionaries have been discipling a small group of young people at 26 Tribes outreach center for months. We believe…

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American Teams Bring The Message Of Jesus To Unreached Villages In China

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This month we hosted 2 short term teams from America, from Victory Faith Fellowship in Spokane, WA and from The Rock of Roseville in Northern California. A total of 19 people traversed the Pacific and arrived in China to help us reach some of the least reached people groups of Southeast Asia. We traveled 9 hours by bus to 26…

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Missionary Died Thinking He Was A Failure; 84 Years Later Thriving Churches Found Hidden In The Jungle

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Being a missionary is difficult because you cannot calculate success like a businessman can, measuring results by total assets, number of staff, or financial income. Life transformation is not nearly as tangible as most occupational positions. Being a missionary is measurable in eternal coin, but admittedly, we are oftentimes too busy or dense to notice…

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How China Deals With The Epidemic Of Internet-Addicted Teens Is Kind Of Shocking | 7 Min. Documentary

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In 2008, China declared internet addiction to be a clinical disorder, saying it’s a top health threat to its teenagers. “Some kids are so hooked on these games that they think taking a restroom break will affect their performance at these games. So they wear a diaper. That’s why we call it electronic heroin.” –…

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Everything Is About Us. Or Is It? A Life Dedicated To Something Greater

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Sometimes my Facebook feed inspires. After unfollowing all the people who did nothing but post selfies of their beautiful faces all day, A richer social media experience returned. I saw people posting things that mattered, things that make a difference in the world. “We want to live a life dedicated to something greater than our…

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This Hilarious Guy Quit His Job, Left His Wife And Travelled To Save The World

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For some reason, we’re under the strange impression that to change the world, we need to drop everything in our lives and do something radical for God. While God certainly calls every Christian to radical Christian mission—not just unintentional social media slacktivism—I believe that he has gifted us all in unique ways to use our…

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