Source: Operation Mobilization, January 16, 2015<\/p>\n
Small successes are marked with big celebrations in a therapy center for handicapped children in a North African country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a child shows a little movement somewhere, it means the brain is generating new cells,\u201d explained “Alex,” the co-field leader. \u201cIt can take months to see one little improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Therapists who have been working with the children over time see the tiniest twitch and recognize the months of preparation behind the movement. But other people easily miss it.<\/p>\n
Church planting in this country is the same. \u201cWe miss [the movement] with believers and with non-believers,\u201d said Alex. \u201cSomeone sits with you. You have a conversation and [recognize] there\u2019s something happening here. Then there\u2019s nothing again for another two months. You can easily miss it and give up with this person, or you can slowly continue on, and God will bring the fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some workers have been in the country for over 10 years without seeing a single person come to faith. Work is still in the pioneering stage with church planting efforts.<\/p>\n
Here, planting churches is the difference between microwaving and marinating, according to Alex. \u201cWe from the West are so quick in everything. We come to the Arab world, and it\u2019s different. Things seem to take forever\u2026 There are no short cuts, no quick results.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a>. See also another recent OM story, this one about ministering in the Arabian Peninsula: Marriage Changes Everything<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Operation Mobilization, January 16, 2015 Small successes are marked with big celebrations in a therapy center for handicapped children in a North African country. \u201cIf a child shows a little movement somewhere, it means the brain is generating new cells,\u201d explained “Alex,” the co-field leader. \u201cIt can take months to see one little improvement.\u201d … Continue reading NORTH AFRICA: The Little Things<\/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-5320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320","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=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5321,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions\/5321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}