{"id":3689,"date":"2013-07-17T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2013-07-17T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:03:03","slug":"lesotho-reaching-the-shepherds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3689","title":{"rendered":"LESOTHO: Reaching the Shepherds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimint.org\/usa\/explore\/videos\/143-lesothos-shepherds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3690\" alt=\"Set Apart\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Set-Apart-300x165.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Set-Apart-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Set-Apart.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Mission Network News<\/a>, July 4, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Lesotho&#8217;s shepherds spend weeks at a time in difficult conditions in the highlands, tending their employer&#8217;s flocks of sheep and goats and spending their nights in simple rock shelters. It&#8217;s a job that keeps them isolated and marginalized.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimint.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Africa Inland Mission<\/a> (AIM) is trusting God to bring together a team of eight single young men to live among these least-reached shepherds and introduce them to Christ. The project is part of AIM&#8217;s Training in Ministry Outreach program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that the shepherd community of Lesotho offers extraordinary opportunities for incarnational witness,&#8221; says AIM missionary John Barry, who has served among them. &#8220;While conditions are difficult, and the population density very low, relationships [among shepherds] are intense. I think this offers the perfect opportunity for genuine discipleship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/article\/18723\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Read the full story<\/a>, and watch the beautiful five-minute video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimint.org\/usa\/explore\/videos\/143-lesothos-shepherds\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Set Apart<\/a>. See also two previous AIM reports, <a href=\"http:\/\/timo-aim.com\/?p=669\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">The Shepherds of Lesotho<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimint.org\/eu\/explore\/articles\/74-the-shepherd-evangelists\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">The Shepherd Evangelists<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Mission Network News, July 4, 2013 Lesotho&#8217;s shepherds spend weeks at a time in difficult conditions in the highlands, tending their employer&#8217;s flocks of sheep and goats and spending their nights in simple rock shelters. It&#8217;s a job that keeps them isolated and marginalized. Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is trusting God to bring together &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3689\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LESOTHO: Reaching the Shepherds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-3689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689","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=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}