2012 Frontline Magazine

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Heart oFalanPAGE 2

Guitars ForGodPAGE 5

Cetram BrazilPAGE 7

dreamCastersPAGE 11

tHeJourneyPAGE 12

tHetolupan

HondurasPAGE 13

save-r-Kids

GuyanaPAGE 15

emilia speCialneeds

sCHoolPAGE 16

CHavarria ministryPAGE 17

soutH KoreaPAGE 18

Cover photo: Heidi Winter and Toms, a

chief of the Tolupan tribe.

Inside cover photo: New Frontline

missionaries, Greg and Jean Hines.

Publication editors: Cassi Sherley and

Elizabeth Pearman

Fs 2013 ScJUNE

7-15Alan & Heidi to Honduras with

New River Community Church and

Eagles Landing First Baptist

7-July 7 ESL Teaching Team to Honduras

15-29 Elizabeth to Honduras for

Storying with Tolupan

15-29 Luis & Greg to La Campa, Honduras

29-July 7Alan, Heidi, & Elizabeth to

Honduras w/ Beulah Baptist Church

JULY

6-13 Harry to Save-R-Kids, Guyana with

Dogwood Church

13-27 Luis & Greg to La Campa, Honduras

with First Baptist Church Atlanta and First

Baptist Church Kennesaw

20-25 Heidi & Elizabeth to Mahaica,

Guyana

25-Aug 4Alan, Heidi, & Elizabeth to

Brazil with Manna Church

AUGUST

5-Sept 25Alan, Heidi, Elizabeth &

Storying Team to Mabaruma, Guyana

SEPTEMBER

7-19 Luis to Nicaragua with First Baptist

Church Atlanta

21-Oct 8 Luis and Greg to Honduras with

First Baptist Church Atlanta

OCTOBER

10-18 Heidi, & Elizabeth to Mahaica,

Guyana with First Baptist Church Atlanta

Little did we know that a

short-term mission trip with Luis

Chavarria to Costa Rica in 2008

would be the beginning of a long-

term ministry partnership with

Frontline Missions (FM).

Shortly after this

trip, Luis asked us

to lead a mission

team to Honduras in

2009. By the end of

the trip we fell in love

with the indigenous

Lenca people ofHonduras.

Over the next

several years, we could no longer

be satisfied with short, one-week

mission trips. This was when we

began to hear the still, small voice

of the Lord calling us to full time

ministry in Honduras.

The more we learned about

the ministry of Frontline, it became

evident that the Holy Spirit was

leading us to join with them to

spread the love of Christ through-

out the world. We officially joined

FM in April 2013 and will continue

to develop the

church planting and

discipleship ministry

with the Lenca

people.

Throughout our

journey in missions,

the Lord has beenfaithful to provide for

us in the past so we

know we can trust Him to provide

for us as we go forward. Jean and

I ask for your prayers as we transi-

tion into full-time ministry and

make plans to relocate from

Kennesaw, GA to La Campa,

Honduras in early 2014.

Wc Gg & J HBy Greg Hines


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A sense of anticipation and

great concern flooded over me. It

was eleven oclock at night and we

were sent with two police officers to

ensure our safety while walking to

the only church for more than

12,000 people in a slum within the

city of Manaus, Brazil. Mario brought

me here to decide if we wanted to

return with some youth and a

medical team. I told the pastor that I

came to observe, pray, and ask God

for guidance. God spoke loud and

clear, but not like I expected.

Upon entering the church, we

were surprised to find it filled to the

max with people praying and

worshipping God. For over six

months the church had gathered

monthly to pray, fast, and worshipovernight as they beseeched God to

send help to reach their crime-ridden

slum for Christ.

Immediately, people noticed the

American and began to dance with

excitement, shouting out, God has

answered our prayers and has sentHis angel. I had been called many

things, but an angel wasnt one of

them. One thing was for sure; I was

not about to tell them that their cele-

bration was in vain and that I had not

been sent by God to answer their

prayers. The Lord continued to con-

front me regarding my selfishness as

I exited the building.

A four-year-old girl crawled out

from under a house, ran up to me,

wrapped her arms around my leg,

and began to cry. I thought to my-

self, Why me? There are six others

here. Why didnt she run up to one

of them? As I picked her up, she

nestled her head into my neck and

continued crying.

To my amazement, over sixty

children followed her lead, crawlingfrom under the houses and standing

in a single-file line, waiting for me to

hug each one. One by one, I hugged

each child as I struggled with the

offensive smells and filth that cov-

ered most of their bodies. Suddenly,

I froze. The next child smiling at me

was only wearing a small pair of

shorts and was covered with large,

oozing sores all over his little body.Turning to the pastor I asked,

Whats wrong with him? He replied,

He is dying of AIDS.

I argued, No way, Lord, am I

going to hug him. There is no way to

hug him without touching the sores!

At this time , the method of trans-

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mission of AIDS was largely

unknown and shrouded in fear.

Looking at his dancing eyes and

sweet smile, I was confused. I turnedto the pastor and asked, If he is

dying of AIDS, why does he have

such a big smile? He replied, Two

weeks ago Randall accepted the

Lord and he hasnt had any pain

since.

Immediately, Matthew 25:40

echoed in my mind, Truly I say to

you, as you did it to one of the leastof these, my brothers, you did it to

me. No longer was I being asked to

hug a dying child, but I was being

given the honor and privilege to hug

Jesus himself!

I picked Randall up as we both

cried and he buried his face into my

shoulder. What I learned that night

was that wherever the Lord leads

me, fear and self-centeredness

cannot have a place.

Four months later a team of 42

eager missionaries arrived to find

that the city had constructed show-

ers, clothes washing stations, and a

youth center; in addition, they had

organized a food program for the

homeless children. The families of

the slum had created a community

watch group and had run out the

drug dealers. Theft was replaced byfaith and hope as the kingdom of

God triumphed over darkness.

Today, the former slum of San

Francisco is a middle class neighbor-

hood with numerous churches and

the once small Assembly of God

church is a large, thriving ministry.

How did this all take place?

First, God heard the fervent

prayers of a small congregation.Then God networked a church, two

mission agencies, a community, and

a city to accomplish His purpose to

expand His kingdom.

I look back over the years and

see that this story has repeated itself

over and over. The year 2012 was no

exception. This past year Frontline

Missions (FM) has partnered withMESEF (Missions without Borders),

Grace College of Divinity, and Manna

Church to enable CETRAM to

graduate its first class of indigenous

students in Boa Vista, Brazil. FM has

birthed two new organizations

Dream Casters and Transformational

Development Systems to see the


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dreams of those students to bring

hope and change to their com-

munities become a reality.

In Honduras, FM has partneredwith Beulah Baptist Church,

Redeemer Lutheran Church, New

River Community Church, Eagles

Landing First Baptist, First Baptist

Church of Atlanta, Crossroads

Church, Landmark Christian School,

an IMB missionary, and a coffee

broker. Together we have reached

the Tolupan and Lenca tribes with

the Gospel, started a coffee co-op,trained leaders in Bible and coffee

production, built stoves and installed

chimneys, worked on two schools,

and helped plant several churches.

In Korea, FM partnered with

Every Nation Church of Seoul, South

Korea and Serving Life International

to train leaders for East Asian coun-

tries. These relationships were instru-

mental in the conception of

Windswept, whose purpose is to

serve persecuted peoples and

rescue those hunted down by

human traffickers.

As the body of Christ, the only

means to lasting change is through

working partnerships. The days of

doing it alone are over. I dont need

to know how to do everything or to

have every angle covered because

through faith in God and trust in my

brothers and sisters in Christ, we can

accomplish the task of the Great

Commission. We might find our-selves in uncomfortable situations,

challenged beyond our comfort

zones, but the Lord will give us the

players needed to see His kingdom

advanced if we look beyond our

weakness to His Body, the Church.


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I had to say something. I

couldn't let this go. With my heart

beating out of my chest, my hand

went flying up.

"Yes, Heidi?

"I want the first 10 guitars to go

to Brazil!! As I glanced around the

room at their surprised faces, I

continued, We at Frontline Missions

have an indigenous training center in

Brazil and we have to put guitars into

the hands of the graduating

students!" I could not believe my

own boldness. Surely this outburst

was not coming from me; God had

to be stirring my heart. After all, only

He could bring such a dream to

pass.

In the midst of over 60 people at

a home group meeting, Eric

Esparzas response was, "We are

just getting started as a ministry and

only have a little money but we will

see what God wants to do." If Eric,

as the president of Guitars for God,

and his family were willing to trust

God to do great things then so was I!

So the prayers began...How crazy

was my request and how much cra-

zier it would be if we really did hit a

"homerun" with this one.

Before I knew it, Eric was calling

me to announce the wonderful news

that he had enough money to buy

the guitars. God be praised for

bringing such an outlandish prayer to

pass. We coordinated with Cleudes

Silva, the worship leader at CETRAM

training center in Boa Vista, Brazil, to

collect the names of the students

who had already begun learning

guitar and the villages that they

would be taking these prized

possessions to after graduation. The

fun had only just begun.

The logistics of getting these

guitars to Brazil from the US was not

an easy task. Rebecca, Eric's 15

year-old daughter, stepped up to the

plate to begin connecting the "bat"

and the "ball" as she directed what

would make up the guitar "pack-

ages," what store they would be

purchased from, and who would be

picking them up.

On my end, I set up those

"catching the ball" and instructed the

various players on how they were to

carry these precious commodities

through numerous airports and taxis

to finally get them safely "home" to

CETRAM. What an honor to assist

Guitars for God in beginning to fulfilltheir mission of supplying guitars to

worship leaders worldwide so that

they can share the Gospel of Christ

through worship and praise.

Wow. Who would have known

that one could dream so big with

God? Who would have known that

night at Bill Huse's home group that

such an outrageous prayer request

was going to fulfill the very will of theAlmighty by connecting two

ministries in the U.S. for His purpose

a continent away? After seeing

Gods faithfulness to fulfill the extrav-

agant dreams that He places in our

hearts, I continue to "pray that I can

open my mouth in boldness for the

sake of the Gospel of Christ.

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I watched the reality of what I was asking play

across the two students faces. For Johanson and

Peter, these guitars were not only their prized

possessions, but also key tools to share with their

community all that they had learned during their

time at CETRAM

Bible School for

indigenous students

in Brazil. Their facesdisplayed their

conflicting emotions

of confusion over my

request, loss of a

prized gift, and

finally, trusting

submission to their

spiritual fathers

request.

I watched with a

fathers joy and pride

as Johanson and

Peter obediently

placed their guitars

into two other

students hands, not

knowing that something greater was coming theirway. Johanson and Peter had dedicated themselves

for months to learning how to play the guitar so that

they could lead their own people in worship upon

their return to their community after graduation. They

had received these guitars as gifts from Christians

they had met on a mission trip who recognized their

desire to play.

Now, they had given them away, knowing they

would probably never receive gifts like these again.

They gave their classmates a hug and managed to

smile as they saw the joy on their classmates faces

at their new, treasured guitars.

I thanked the

two young men and

asked them toreturn to their seats

as we continued

with the service. A

few minutes later,

my wife, Heidi,

brought in eight

beautiful, new

guitars and set them

in front of thestudents. She had

been working and

praying with Guitars

for God for months

to provide these

prized instruments

for the indigenous

students at

CETRAM. Johanson and Peters eyes widened asthey wondered if any of these guitars were for them.

Then their faces lit up with joy and excitement as thei

names were called to receive yet another guitar as a

priceless gift. Tears filled my eyes as I realized that

Johanson and Peter had each received much more

than a guitar that night, but a priceless lesson on

generosity and trust in God.

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Will you both give your guitars to your classmates?


8/20

2012 was a landmark year both for Evangelical

Mission Without Borders (MESEF), Frontline Missionsministry partners in Northern Brazil, and the Indigenous

Training Center (CETRAM) in Boa Vista, Brazil.

After twelve years of intense struggle and opposi-

tion, the Lord has truly blessed the ministry and

CETRAM graduated its first class of 21 students in July

2012. These world changers are truly having major

impacts in the indigenous communities in the state of

Roraima, Brazil and southwestern Guyana. Most of the

students arrived at CETRAM with only a sixth gradeeducation, but after two years many are writing papers at

a college level. In this years magazine, we feature a

couple of the students to give you a glimpse of what the

Lord is doing in and through them in the jungles and

savannahs of South America.

At CETRAM we have developed a well-rounded

curriculum that covers both biblical studies and practical

training in areas such as: finance, leadership, computer

skills, construction, agriculture, aquaculture and manage-

ment. In the biblical studies we emphasize application

and thus much of the training is patterned around Bible

Storying. As the indigenous peoples are natural story-

tellers, this allows them to learn the Word of God easily

and teach those who can read and those who cannot.

This summer (2013), Elizabeth Pearman and a team

of three American women will be training twelve students

from CETRAM how to develop forty-two Bible stories

cross culturally in Warau, an indigenous language of a

people group in northwestern Guyana and northeastern

Venezuela. There are over 50,000 Warau people living in

this part of northern South America. The team will work

with eighteen Warau speakers for six weeks to record

these stories and teach them how to share the stories in

their communities. These stories will be used for evan-gelism, church planting and discipleship within the vari-

ous Warau communities.

The twelve CETRAM students participating in the six

week training will not only learn the stories, but will also

be equipped to reproduce this training in many other

indigenous tribes and communities.

Please remember to hold this team up in prayer

especially from August 5th to September 22nd while

they are in Mabaruma, Guyana. If you would like prayerupdates regarding this training, please contact the

Frontline office by emailing [email protected] or by calling

(770) 774-0641.

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Alcoholism, drugs, going to wild parties,

fighting, feeling a deep sense of loss, nightmares ofdepressions and demonic oppression, very

religious, attending services every Sunday in

desperate hope to ease my conscience of guilt

and shame for the past week; [this] was a normal

way of life for me. These are some of the remarks

made by Romario concerning his former way of

living before meeting Jesus.

Romario, a native Macushi Indian, a graduateof CETRAM, was born and grew up in an indige-

nous village in the country of Brazil. His village is

the administrative center of twelve other villages. In

these villages there arent any evangelical

churches. The entire region is controlled by a

dominant religious group through a network of

foreign religious leaders. For decades, community

life and living has been under the dark shadow ofreligion.

With head looking down and a sense of hope-

lessness, thinking of taking his own life, a crushed

self-image and suffering from deep wounds from

being maltreated by his father, Romario arrived at

CETRAM in search ofa better way of living. Upon

his arrival he most willingly accepted Jesus as his

Savior and friend. Then the long process of changebegan; he began by feeling free from the past of

guilt and shame.

At the community of CETRAM he experienced

deliverance from horrible nightmares and demonic

oppression; these were replaced with peace of

mind and a guilt-free conscience. He felt valued by

the family of CETRAM. His self-image changed as

the Holy Spirit clarified his position in Christ. His

love for Jesus and the lost in his community grew

as he studied the Word of God. Out of this love a

vision was birthed to reach the youth by using

Scriptures to communicate life-impacting truths.

Life for him at CETRAM was transforming, and

despite struggles he remained committed to

completing his training.

Returning to his community on his first mission

trip he was welcomed by a religious leaderaccusing him of dividing the community. He calmly

responded that he was bringing Jesus to the

village and not a religion like the leader. Fury and

anger erupted from the leader, From this day on

and forward you are excommunicated from the

church; you are a heretic and bound for hell. Not

knowing what to do and not wanting to go to hell

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but at the same time refusing to

kiss the hand of the religious

leader, he knelt down calling on

Jesus and began to pray openly

for his village, asking Jesus toforgive the religious leader. The

leaders of the community were

amazed to see his new humility

and boldness in confronting the

religious leader. That day his

father and mother gave their lives

to Jesus. Thus began a work of

salvation in his village, which has

continued to increase to thisdate.

The transformation in

Romerios life motivated the

leadership of that village to visit

CETRAM to investigate the

cause of Romerios change.

Upon their arrival at CETRAM

they were shocked at the love

and respect they received. That

same day they announced that

the doors of their villages are

open to the Gospel and that theywant to partner with CETRAM.

They asked that their other

twelve communities be reached

and that Romario return to his

community to teach the youth

the way of Jesus and how they

can live as a community. The

village leaders are also support-

ive of his Banana PlantationProject proposal, as it will

generate income for the village.

This project will be funded by the

secretary of Indian Affairs and is

due to begin early next year.

Presently Romario is

completing his 7th grade studies

at a local government school. In

August he will be heading back

to his village to launch his vision,

to teach the youth about Jesus

way of life and to start hisbanana farm project. CETRAM

will provide logistical support as

well as sending teams of

students to help him. This will be

coordinated by Brother Jos

who is the chief coordinator for

the indigenous areas.

The community has seen

what true Christianity is all about

through the transformational life

of Romerio. The Coordinator for

the Indigenous areas, Brother

Jos da Silva Pereira, and Pastor

Awan Chatarpal recently visited

Romerios village. They heard

first hand from the leadership of

the villages of their need for

CETRAM to provide training in

management and leadership

skills to the leaders representing

the twelve communities. They

want to serve their people better.

All this is happening because of

the sacrifice of one young man,

Romario. A new light has

dawned in the community and it

must be kept burning till the

break of day. We are asking for

prayers for Romario and his

team as they continue to share

the light of Jesus with these

villages.

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In January 2009 I traveled560 miles in a dugout canoe in

Southern Guyana with five

college students to enlist young

Wai Wai Indians to attend the

opening class of our

training center in Boa

Vista, Roraima, Brazil.

Twenty-six months

later, one of theseyoung Wai Wai,

Rabeck Shu Shu,

showed up on the

opening day of the

training center.

Shu Shu arrived

after two weeks of

travel and one badmotorcycle accident

with a large smile, an

eagerness to learn,

and a willingness to

serve in any way pos-

sible. To our surprise

he also arrived with a

clearly God-given

talent in music. In notime he was playing

the guitar and piano

and writing songs. We

all knew this was a young man

that God was going to use in a

powerful way.

In the months that followed,Shu Shu became a key partner

in developing a set of 20 Bible

stories for his tribe. He worked

tirelessly with Elizabeth Pearman

to develop these stories accu-

rately according to Gods Word

and the Wai Wai culture.

Upon graduation, Shu Shudecided to stay on at CETRAM

as a leader to help the six new

Wai Wai students. As classes

began, Shu Shu began leading

and teaching the new

students.

On the first Sunday

night service of the newschool year, I asked Shu

Shu to write a song in

Wai Wai about my

message and then close

out the service with this

song. To the amazement

of many others, that is

exactly what he did. By

the time I finished preach-ing, he had the lyrics and

music to a beautiful song,

which described my

message in detail. When

asked, How do you do

it? How do you write so

many songs? He replied,

I just write what I hear!

What a joy it is to

partner with this young

man whose heart is to

reach many tribes with Gods

Story in obedience to what he

hears the Holy Spirit calling him

to do.

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Bh sh shBy Alan Winter


12/20

To give the full picture of how

prayer releases destiny in our lives, Ineed to go back to 1997.

I attended a meeting where Alan

Winter talked about an upcoming trip

to a children's home in Guyana.

Truthfully, I had no interest what-

soever in any kind of mission trip and

simply attended his talk out of

curiosity. At the end of the meeting

he made one comment that has

completely changed my life. He said,

"Pray and ask the Lord if this is

something He would want you to

do." No problem, I thought, I have

NO desire to go on this trip. I will

pray. The rest is, as they say, history.

I prayed. God said go. I went. I was

hooked, and I LOVED it!

Fifteen years later I have been

on many trips; the only difference

now is that I am asking the Lord,

Which trips should I go on? I feel

like I am a part of the Frontline family

and I try to pray with them on a regu-

lar basis. During a time of prayer with

some of the leaders of CETRAM, the

Lord spoke to me about a project

that would be called Dream Casters.

The sole purpose of Dream

Casters is to help the graduating

students fulfill the dreams that they

have prayerfully written into a project

while at CETRAM. Most of these

students come from very hard-

working families who struggle just to

put food on the table. Very few of

these students have any prior job

skills other than farming to feed theirfamilies. In the school the students

are not only taught the Bible but also

vocational and leadership skills,

business plan development, and

basic computer skills. While the

students now have the skills and de-

sire to help their communities, they

lack the resources to take advantage

of the opportunities before them.

This is where Dream Casters

comes in. Dream Casters is a micro-

financing organization, which

provides short-term, very low

interest rate loans to financially

fund business ideas of the

graduating students. A board

has been developed of alumni,

faculty, and individuals

connected with the school to

prayerfully fund and mentor the

students dreams. As the

students succeed in their busi-

ness endeavors, they not only

pay back the loan, but also

become mentors for others to

become part of the program.

The Lord will continue togive the students dreams and

visions for their lives as they

seek out an intimate relation-

ship with Him. What I am shar-

ing with you is the vision and

ideas that I believe are an ex-

pression of only part of His

thoughts and instructions. I

began with the statement:

Prayer Releases Destiny. The

question I ask you now is: Will youpray and ask God if He would want

you to be a part of Dream Casters?

Remember: Prayer Releases Destiny

If you would like to partner with

Dream Casters by giving through the

non-profit organization Transforma-

tional Development Systems, please

contact Don Lewis at

[email protected] or make a

check out to T.D.S. and send to

5600 Short Road, Fairburn, GA

30213 c/o Frontline Missions.

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13/20

What a wonderful privilege it has been to be on this

journey with God during my first year at FrontlineMissions. This journey has taken me from the Americas

to Asia, and at each stop, God has taught me that in His

kingdom, partnerships are relationships. A few of these

partnerships have come through my friendships with four

young ladies, each from a different country but sharing a

passionate love for the Lord.

When I first met Marta in the mountains of

Honduras, I saw a shy ten-year-old girl curiously watch-

ing our mission team. She didnt say much that first year,

but I remember her cautious smile. As each year passed,

I saw Martas trust in us grow and she became my friend

and ally. At fourteen, Marta has a deep integrity and love

for her people that is beyond her years. She is one that I

go to when I need to know which families have the most

desperate needs for rice and corn. She is the one who

will organize all the kids to pick up trash in the commu-

nity. She is the one who brings an old widow to my

attention who needs a stovepipe installed in her house.

She is the one whose hand is never out to receive, but is

instead extended to help someone else.

I found my sweet Guyanese sister, Pamela, when I

went to CETRAM in 2012. Many nights she came into

my room, gave me a hug, and said, Sister Elizabeth, let

me pray for you. What drew me to Pamela was her pas-

sionate love for her Savior and Friend, Jesus Christ.

Pamelas inner beauty spilled over to her countenance

whenever she expressed her love for Jesus in worship

with her hands and voice lifted high. Her love for Jesus

overflows on everyone around her.I know Vanilda as a beautiful princess from the Wai

Wai tribe in Brazil. While she is not a princess in her

earthly lineage, she certainly is in the eyes of our King

Jesus. Each day that I was at CETRAM, I saw her carry

herself with the grace and dignity of a princess of the

kingdom of heaven. Vanilda was a vital part of my trans-

lation team to craft 20 Bible stories into her tribes

language and culture. Her eagerness to help translate

and record Bible stories in the midst of the stifling after-

noon heat touched my heart. It was a joy to see her

transformed by the love of Christ each day, and become

more of the princess that God has created her to be.

I encountered Praises bright smile and open

personality when I traveled to Seoul, South Korea. Praise

bubbles with a deep-rooted joy that cannot be

contained. After hearing her story of her difficult escape

from North Korea two years ago, I realized that her joy

could only be rooted in the freedom she has found in

Jesus. When I asked her about her dream for the future

she responded that she wants to be a missionary. My

people in North Korea dont know about God, but they

need someone to tell them, was her heartfelt reply.

Praises desire to be a missionary took her to a BibleSchool in the Philippines where she was able to learn

Englishin just four months. Praises life is a beautiful

expression of the freedom and restoration found in Jesus

Christ.

These four young ladies have found their way into

my heart and made a place of their very own. What a

privilege it is to partner with young and passionate

leaders from my generation as they impact the world

with the love of Christ.

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During the week of June 9-16,

2012, a group consisting ofLandmark Christian School alumni

and members of New River Commu-

nity Church travelled to the moun-

tains of Honduras to the Tolupan

Indians. The Tolupan, an unreached

people group residing in the Mon-

tana de la Flor region of Yoro, Hon-

duras, are ostracized and were long

ago restricted to land that could

grow few products other than coffeetrees.

Since 2005, Frontline Missions

and their teams (including Landmark

and New River teams) have been

progressing in a friendship with the

Tolupan people. This friendship is

unprecedented and historic. The

Tolupan, having been neglected by

the authorities and exploited by

fellow Hondurans, have long rejected

outsiders and kept tight walls around

their communities.

When the New River team

pulled into the town of La Ceibita, a

village in the Tolupan region, they

were greeted with hugs, kisses,

smiles and handshakes. This warm

welcome came as a shock even to

the few missionaries who return to

this village year after year. The

Tolupan are a people known for the

lack of emotion that they show and

yet they were hugging and kissing

the necks of the Americans who had

just driven up! The welcome did not

stop there, however, as there was a

warm reception for the team in the

other villages to which they travelled:

Monte Rey, La Muralla and Las

Naranjas.

The New River team met up

with a similarly scheduled team from

Eagles Landing First Baptist Churchand both teams went to Monte Rey

together. The men of both Eagles

Landing and New River built a solar

dryer in Monte Rey while the women

set up a medical clinic in the towns

school building. Leading the clinic

was OR nurse, Karen Beard, who

attends New River Community

Church.

While the Eagles Landing teamcontinued work on the solar dryer

and clinic, the majority of the New

River team, led by pastor, Fred Gilke-

son, hiked to the village of La Muralla

and completed work on a solar dryer

on the property of Lencho, a coffee

farmer from El Cote.

The New River team was also

able to send several of the Landmark

graduates into the town of Las

Naranjas to pray and share Bible

stories. These boys prayed over a

woman for healing and were able towitness a miracle when hiking

through that town the next day; the

woman was healed!

In total, there were 10 miracu-

lous healings (many of these being

members of the teams themselves),

205+ people seen in the medical

clinics, 2 solar dryers built, and over

45 people accepting Christ to be

Lord of their lives. New River ishappy to say that this was a very

successful trip and it was a joy to be

with Alan Winter and for the first time

in 12 years, his wife Heidi! May the

Lord continue to work in the lives of

the Tolupan and those who are

sacrificing time and money to reach

out to them.

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Now I dont hv to do wht I dont wnt to do!

One common health issue that we have seen with

the Tolupan has been various respiratory problems.

The question was brought up by one of the medical

professionals as to why this predominately occurs in

the women and small children. One look inside their

homes and the answer is obvious: they cook inside

with an open fire so they breathe the smoke.

Instead of only treating breathing problems, we

began installing stoves with chimneys and everybody

wanted one.

In June we had a team from Eagles Landing First

Baptist of McDonough, GA to install chimneys

throughout the community of La Ceibita. In the home

of one young widow with three small children, I began

asking questions: What happened to your husband

and how do you support your family? I found out that

she worked for different farmers when there was work

and earned enough money for six months. I then

asked, How do you survive the rest of the year?

About this time, a two year old came up to her and

wrapped her arms around her mothers leg. With tears

in her eyes the lady looked at me and stated, I have

to feed my children! Then looking down she said, I

do what I dont want to do! Recently I became a

Christian and I dont want to go back to what I wasdoing.

On our last day we purchased crafts, necklaces,

and baskets from the Tolupan. One of the women that

came to sell her crafts was the widow with her two

year old. When she came up to the table I told the

team to buy everything she had 600 Lempiras or

$30 worth. As she counted the money, tears began to

run down her face. She reached for a hug and told

me, I have enough to feed my children for four

months. I wont have to do what I dont want to do

anymore!

In 2012 FM teams bought over $4,500 worth of

Tolupan crafts. Please join us in prayer as we work to

develop the economy of the Tolupan so that young

mothers wont have to sell themselves for five pounds

of corn or beans anymore.

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My name is Maci Hanner and I

stayed at the Save-R-Kids Childrens

Home (SRK) in Guyana, South Amer-

ica for six weeks over the summer of

2012. My mission in going there was

to tutor the kids at the Home and do

educational evaluations, but it

became so much more than that.

Working with the kids closely, I

was able to build relationships with

them that are so special to me and I

absolutely cannot wait to go back.

During my stay, two sisters named

Tanisha and TracyAnn had a huge

impact on me. I was blown away by

the sisters identical smiles. We

immediately became best friends.

One night I was spending time

with the girls in their room. After

some silly games of singing and

dancing, Tanisha and TracyAnn

began opening up to me about their

past. They told me about their

mother passing away when they

were younger, leaving them with no

caretaker, no place, and no home.

They shared their difficulties through-

out the years and how they had

moved all around the country, neverstaying in the same place. When

they came to Save-R-Kids, they

knew that they were finally home

with Michael and Michiel Campbell

and the rest of the SRK family.

In spite of their difficult start in

life, these girls were so courageous

and strong. I loved

being in their company

and they could always

make me smile. Tanisha

always wanted a hug; I

loved looking down to

see her sweet face

looking up at me. What

blew me away about

both her and her sister,

TracyAnn, was the joythey carried. After all

they have been through,

they still managed to

have those infectious

giggles and smiles. I

know Michael and

Michiel have had a huge

part in that.

The family dynamicthe Campbells have built

is so incredible. They

welcome the kids into the Home with

open arms and love them as their

own. The girls often talked about the

things Brother Mike has taught

them and how they look up to him

as their father. Its such a beautiful

thing to see children who did not

have a place before, being loved andaccepted by the SRK family.

Living with the Campbells for six

weeks, I was able to be part of their

normal, everyday life. I was so

blessed by what I saw. You cannot

be in any part of the Home without

hearing laughter coming from the

next room. I am so amazed and

thankful for what Michael and Michie

do for the Home and the children.

After being there, I have seen what a

true supernatural family looks like. I

have seen what it means to have a

heart for someone; to love them in

the way only a mother loves herchildren. I have seen people with the

biggest hearts you could imagine.

My trip was life-changing to say the

least. The Campbells and all the kids

taught me so much about family,

love, strength and courage in the few

weeks I was there. I could never

thank them enough.

Save-r-Ki dSGuyana

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We were blessed to have a

team travel to La Ceiba, Honduras

for a Therapy and Construction

Mission. Part of our team focused on

building a new room at the Jungle

School. This school is funded by

Helping Honduras Kids, which

provides education, food, and

medical assistance to children living

in poverty. Our team poured

concrete, laid cinder blocks,constructed a bamboo house for

their Indian Day celebration, and

taught English classes in addition to

bonding with the children.

While one group worked at the

Jungle School, the therapy team

(comprised of physical, occupational,

and speech therapists, an

autism/behavior specialist, and a

special education teacher) worked atthe Emilia D'Cuire special needs

school - the only special

needs school in

Honduras. With help

from Atlanta Prosthetics

and Orthotics, we were

able to bring custom-

made foot/leg braces

and used custom wheel-

chairs, crutches, hand

splints, feeding aids,

positioning devices, andtools donated by others.

Our team also provided

educational training to

the staff and parents of

children with special

needs.

We also cherished

the time we spent with the children

at the Hogar de Amor orphanage in

the evenings. We swam in the river,watched movies, and ate pizza with

the kids. They even

put on a show of

ballet, singing, and

dancing for us. They

were quite talented!

We were so

blessed to have the

prayers and financial

support of manygenerous people. With

those funds we

bought shoes, baby

formula, bottles, food,

and other baby

supplies. We hiked to

various villages and

delivered the much-

needed items. The smiles on the

children's faces as they slipped a

pair of shoes on their bare feet were

indescribable. The people invited usinto their one room makeshift homes

and sometimes even tried to feed us

what little they had to show their

gratitude for the love we showed

them.

I cannot even begin to explain

the humbling experience of seeing

God's love on the other side of the

world. We may go on a mission

thinking we are serving His peoplewhen in reality, in many ways, we

find His people serving us. God is so

infinite. Thank you all for your

prayers, love, support, and encour-

agement. We feel so blessed to be a

part of the missions.

With much love and gratitude,

The Alvarez Family

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Chavarr ia m i n iStry

The work of missions is all

about equipping the saints to

advance the Kingdom. Our heart is

not only to reach the lost, but also

to maximize the kingdoms

resources by equipping believers to

reach their own people. An example

of this is the Lenca Project. This is

an effort to partner with local lead-

ers to plant indigenous churches in

over twenty communities without

churches around La Campa, ineastern Honduras. We are part-

nering with two Honduran pastors

and several U.S. churches to further

Christs work there.

In 2012 we planted churches in

Cruz Alta and Chimis Mataras. We

trained pastors and leaders and

started a couple of com-

munity projects that will

improve the quality of life

of the Lencan people. In

an effort to prevent

dependency, the training

of pastors and develop-

ment of community proj-

ects were led by the local

pastors and churches.

This helped to empowerthem and to further ad-

vance their testimony.

We have been

blessed with volunteers

from multiple churches

and prayer partners with

hearts for the

nationals to reach their

communities for Christ.But the impact is not only

for those in Honduras,

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or

Colombia. Those who

partner with us advance

the Kingdom of God in

their own lives as well. I

love to tell those consider-

ing a mission trip: If you

have never been part of a

short term mission trip, go

once; I can promise you,

your life will never be the

same.

In 2013 we are

planning to plant two more

Lencan churches in Honduras and

two churches and a Bible Institute in

Nicaragua. We will continue to train

leaders and pastors and have mar-

riage retreats in Honduras and

Nicaragua. We are also excited to

welcome our close friends, Greg

and Jean Hines (see page 1), as

they become full-time missionaries

to the Lenca people in early 2014.

We are very thankful to God for

allowing us to be part of what He is

doing in the different areas. We are

thankful to all of you, our co-labor-

ers in ministry, for allowing Him to

use you to reach so many people.

To God be the glory!

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South Korea

After reading FMs 2011 magazine articles about

Bible Storying, Simon Suh, a Korean-American

missionary to South Korea, invited me to come to

Seoul to train the members of his church, Every Nation

Church. I respectfully declined due to a busy calendar

and a lot of neglected upkeep at home. The next

morning, Pastor Simon walked up to me with a photo-

graph of a Christian who had been executed by the

North Korean government. His crime? The possession

of a page, not a whole Bible, but a single page from

the Word of God. Then Simon asked me, You donthave two weeks when our leaders are dying?

I replied, I have two weeks in early November.

Over the next nine months before the trip, I kept telling

others, and myself, I am only going once!

On November 3rd, 2012 Elizabeth Pearman,

Heidi, and I headed to Seoul, South Korea to conduct

two weeks of training in Storying so that these North

Koreans could carry Gods Word in their hearts insteadof their hands. What we didnt totally realize is that we

were in fact training three separate groups South

Koreans, English-speaking internationals, and North

Koreans now living in South Korea.

As we led the training, we listened to the North

Koreans tell stories of how they had survived persecu-

tion, torture, starvation, fear, and constant oppression

of the North Korean government. We fell in love with

our new friends and they began to call us family. The

day of our teary goodbye, we promised that we wouldpray for them and commit to do what the Lord

instructed. Two weeks later, we had begun to:

1. Facilitate the birth of a new organization,

Windswept, started and run by young people who

want to raise money to rescue those who are victims

of persecution and human trafficking.

2. Partner with Guitars for God to send guitars to

Asia. We have the money for 5 guitars to date.

3. Raise money to rescue a family of five.

4. Involve churches in praying for the persecuted,

underground church in North Korea.

Contrary to my initial declaration, God had other

plans for our one-time trip to South Korea. He has

knit our hearts with the North Koreans and birthed a

partnership to help spread the story of the freedom

found in Christ to those bound in darkness.

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