{"id":4397,"date":"2014-03-19T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2014-06-25T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T22:20:10","slug":"4397","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4397","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4515\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\" alt=\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\" width=\"620\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png 620w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>In this issue: Holiday celebrations and bringing a message from the king<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4395\">NEPAL: Minstrel Leads Many to Christ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4391\">INDIA: Trouble in the South<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"SRI%20LANKA:%20Buddhist%20Nationalism%20Fuels%20Attacks\">SRI LANKA: Buddhist Nationalism Fuels Attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4387\">PAKISTAN: Peace Center Planned\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4385\">NORTH KOREA: 33 Christians Face Execution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Greetings!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been good at traditions; ask my kids. Even birthdays were celebrated without much gusto. But ever since <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgivukkah\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Thanksgivukkah<\/a> I&#8217;ve been thinking more about how to leverage holidays for cross-cultural outreach. And I couldn&#8217;t help but notice the abundance of festivals this week.<\/p>\n<p>I write on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. A friend in India proposes that March 17, 2014 may set the world record for most inebriated folk, as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holi\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Holi<\/a> and St. Patrick&#8217;s Day fall on the same day! I&#8217;m thinking about a good friend hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nowruz\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Nowruz<\/a> party for her Iranian friends, tomorrow. I&#8217;m also recruiting for an Easter outreach to international students. And earlier today I was meditating, during this Lenten season (a new tradition for me), about the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purim\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Purim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the holidays that almost every culture celebrates in some way, but with dates that are all over the calendar. Did you know that in the Middle East, Mother&#8217;s Day is March 21st (vernal equinox)? You have two days to write and send an e-card to the &#8220;mom&#8221; of the host family who fed you so well on that short-term trip! (If you haven&#8217;t done a mission trip to the Middle East, consider it!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrating new life, light, and our Savior King with you,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Pat<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><b>Quotable<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>&#8220;One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike.\u00a0Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.\u00a0The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since\u00a0he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.\u00a0For\u00a0none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.&#8221; Romans 14:5-7<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\">Missions Catalyst<\/a> is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom all over the world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\" alt=\"Pat\" width=\"139\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Pat Noble has been the \u201cnews sleuth\u201d for Missions Catalyst since 2004. In addition to churning out the news, she is working to create a SWARM (Serving World A Regional Mobilizers) in Northern New York using the <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1105315904437&amp;s=0&amp;e=001N0EYJu9_l7U3xbyVqdh6tiClADp95RktD5NYsjeSRrkS6Z7bIXmZdAO1LtzTbPBYhGFjq7CKcjRTiPfxugcAUe7EhfR1tmt1iT2DDvJFSI1s8NQ4QeCQxQ==\" target=\"_blank\">NorthernChristian.org<\/a> website. You can connect with her at <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsoeverthings.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.whatsoeverthings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: Holiday celebrations and bringing a message from the king NEPAL: Minstrel Leads Many to Christ INDIA: Trouble in the South SRI LANKA: Buddhist Nationalism Fuels Attacks PAKISTAN: Peace Center Planned\u00a0 NORTH KOREA: 33 Christians Face Execution Greetings! I&#8217;ve never been good at traditions; ask my kids. Even birthdays were celebrated without much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4397\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Missions Catalyst World News Briefs<\/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-4397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397","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=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}