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December 2009 Merry Christmas from the Flora Family in Lesotho, Africa! During this Christmas season, we would like to take just a moment to thank you for all the prayers you have offered on our behalf this year. As we approach our first Christmas in Lesotho, we find it hard to even believe it is Christmas. It is the middle of summer here. The warm weather, however, will not keep us from celebrating the birth of our Savior. We hope this Christmas finds you and your family well. We would ask that you continue to pray for the Basotho as we continue to share the message of Jesus Christ. As you think of the shepherds that were watching their flocks the night of Jesus' birth, this year pray for the shepherds of the Mokhotlong region of Lesotho as we go this year to tell them of the Savior's birth. May God's Richest Blessings Be Yours this Christmas, Jim, Teresa, Gracie, Anna, Rebekah and our children back in the US, Jim and Sara Jo, Jason and Kelly, Joshua and Stacy, Abigail, Ellie, and James David Flora |
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Praying...
The Basotho....pray that they will someday soon understand the TRUE meaning of Christmas.
We begin with a new language tutor on Friday. Pray for us as we continue to learn and for Sefiri as he teaches us. Our family back home and our first Christmas away from them. Basotho Team members: Alan and Babs Dial, Tom and Cindi Melvin, and Larry and Sally Pepper, Justin and Korby...our two new journey guys! They will be living and working in the mountains of Lesotho.
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Contact information: Prayer advocate for family and ministry—Debbie Trammell, prayersintoafrica@gmail.com Prayer card & band distribution, newsletter design & publication—Wes & Codi Freeman, codifreeman@gmail.com Volunteer team coordinator—TK Kleier, Souls for Christ, terry.kleier@noble.net Shepherd ministry coordinator, Delinda Marling, delinda86@aol.com |
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Mission Tracks
 unevangelized villages of the Maluti Mountains. Share Bible
stories with those who may have never heard. Pray with people of the
village. Help define and develop "preaching points" in new areas. Help
find and map new areas and villages where no Christian work exists.
Utilize your time to seek and develop a vision from God about how your
church can be involved in reaching the Basotho.
Prayer Teams -Pray in villages and over villages. Hike, pony trek or travel by 4 wheel drive into remote areas of the mountains. Stand on top of the mountain, and pray over the villages in the valley. Intercede for the salvation of the Basotho as you engage the lostness of Africa from the ridge of a mountain. Seek how the Lord might involve your church in an increasing fashion.Pastoral Training Teams -DOM’s, Associations, Church Staff: invest in the future spiritual leadership of Lesotho. "Equip the equippers" by teaching theology and Biblical Inter-pretation to those who have no other way to receive this training.Practical Teams Teach True Love Waits in local schools and churches Medical Clinics Feed and minister to shepherds Teach women to knit, sew, crochet, quilt . . . Animal care clinics Build "key-hole" gardens for widows, orphanages, or AIDS victims, teaching a Bible study as the garden is built (you won’t need anything…t’s all right here!) Teachers: teach missionary kids for a week. You will equip them and enable their parents VBS in a village (please remember there will be no electricity or running water!)The reality of Africa is spiritual darkness. As a result of this reality, spiritual warfare is inevitable. The focus of any team must be to dispel this darkness. Therefore, crucial elements of team preparation must include fervent prayer and preparation to incorpo-rate Bible studies/lessons/sharing the Gospel into each of these tracks as part of our strategy to lead people to Christ and plant healthy churches among the Basotho. Kea Leboha, Jim (Keketso) and Teresa (’Ma’liketso) Flora |
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Going Deep…
Hamlin Memorial Baptist Church Springfield, MO Heights Baptist Church Alvin, TX Watson Chapel Baptist Church Pine Bluff, AR First Baptist Church Walnut Grove, MO White Oak Baptist Church Walnut Ridge, AR Glenstone Baptist Church Springfield, MO First Baptist Church Rosharon, TX Primera Iglesia Bautista Corpus Christi, TX Fellowship Baptist Sidney, Montana |
Our land to be released. The district of
Mokhotlong land council will
meet on December 17th. The village council will recommend to them at that time that they approve our
request. 
Pioneer Teams