{"id":5086,"date":"2014-10-15T09:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2014-10-18T19:34:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T02:34:06","slug":"5086","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5086","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4515 size-full\" 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><\/p>\n<p><strong>In This Issue: Release for the captives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5082\">AFGHANISTAN: Answer to Prayers for the Pashtun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5079\">PAKISTAN: Blasphemy Charges Dropped<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5076\">IRAQ: Syrian Christian Hostages Free<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5074\">MALI: Christians Return Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5071\">NIGERIA: Pastor Escapes Boko Haram in Deluge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Himalayan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5087 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Himalayan.jpg\" alt=\"Peyangki in the city.\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Himalayan.jpg 460w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Himalayan-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoJ_noaxa-U\">The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set<\/a> (BBC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week yielded an unusual number of stories with happy endings, including charges dropped and captives set free or escaped. A human rights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/09\/29\/burundi-human-rights-activist-freed\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/09\/29\/burundi-human-rights-activist-freed\">activist was even freed in Burundi<\/a>. Burma agrees to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvb.no\/news\/burma-agrees-to-repatriate-over-2000-rohingya-refugees-from-bangladesh-myanmar\/43731\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:http:\/\/www.dvb.no\/news\/burma-agrees-to-repatriate-over-2000-rohingya-refugees-from-bangladesh-myanmar\/43731\">repatriate Royingya refugees in Bangladesh<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/sep\/25\/burma-child-soldiers-army-un\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/sep\/25\/burma-child-soldiers-army-un\">released more than 100 child soldiers from the army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While there seems to be a season of release for the captives (Isaiah 61:1), why not pray for whole groups of people enslaved spiritually? See the new BBC documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoJ_noaxa-U\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoJ_noaxa-U\">The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set<\/a> (72 minutes) and pray for the Buddhists of Bhutan and the changes coming to the Himalayan peoples. If you are inspired to touch the lives of children in the Himalayas, read about a <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannewswire.com\/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=74898\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/christiannewswire.com\/index.php?module=releases&amp;task=view&amp;releaseID=74898\">literacy project among orphans in Nepal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can you use some good news this week? Read on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rejoicing,<br \/>\nPat<\/strong><\/p>\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><\/p>\n<p>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:\/\/www.northernchristian.org\">NorthernChristian.org<\/a> website. You can connect with her at <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsoeverthings.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.whatsoeverthings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Release for the captives AFGHANISTAN: Answer to Prayers for the Pashtun PAKISTAN: Blasphemy Charges Dropped IRAQ: Syrian Christian Hostages Free MALI: Christians Return Home NIGERIA: Pastor Escapes Boko Haram in Deluge Image from The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set (BBC) Greetings! 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