{"id":11922,"date":"2023-04-05T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:09:07","slug":"news-from-brazil-myanmar-iran-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11922","title":{"rendered":"News from Brazil, Myanmar, Iran, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brazil: Women Believing Behind Bars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Myanmar: Revival Brings Opportunity, Demand for More Bibles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran: An Update on the Underground Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Niger: US Aid Worker Jeff Woodke Released After Six Years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>China: 5 Million Secret Church Meetings Every Week?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-1536x806.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sousa-fi-2048x1075.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cMy personal mission is to reach this generation of women, equipping them to grow and reach their full potential, so that others in that community will join our churches,\u201d says Renata da Silva Sousa. See the related story below (Haggai Ministries).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greetings this Holy Week!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This edition includes more than a few reports of answered prayer. Let&#8217;s keep praying. For those who use prayer guides and find them helpful, have you ever thought about creating your own strategic prayer guide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the recent <em>Mission Frontiers<\/em> article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionfrontiers.org\/issue\/article\/develop-and-implement-a-contextual-prayer-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Develop and Implement a Contextual Prayer Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The author is well-known to me and has a gift for making things very clear and as simple as possible. The principles can apply to many different prayer needs. I am even using this strategy to pray for my adult children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Praying with you,<br>Pat Noble<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/missionscatalyst\/april-5-newsbriefs\" target=\"_blank\">Read or share the email edition<\/a> or scroll down for individual stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings this Holy Week! This edition includes more than a few reports of answered prayer. Let&#8217;s keep praying. For those who use prayer guides and find them helpful, have you ever thought about creating your own strategic prayer guide? See the recent Mission Frontiers article, Develop and Implement a Contextual Prayer Strategy. The author is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11922\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">News from Brazil, Myanmar, Iran, and More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11927,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions\/11927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}