{"id":6408,"date":"2016-05-18T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2016-05-18T11:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T15:59:40","slug":"world-news-briefs-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6408","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pioneers is giving hope to Syrian and Iraqi refugee families by providing food, blankets, and trauma counseling. Read more below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this issue: Building bridges, giving hope<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. SYRIA: A Spiritual Shift<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. NORTH KOREA: Black Market Dealers Turn Gospel Smugglers<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. INDONESIA: Kingdom Minded Business<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. USA: What Happens When 20 Christian Pastors Visit a Mosque for the First Time?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dear readers,<\/p>\n

    \u201cI didn\u2019t know if I could survive the trauma and stress,\u201d writes a Pioneers friend, Amanda, in Who Will Listen?<\/a> It was 2010, and she was living in North Africa.<\/p>\n

    \u201cOne man in Tunisia burned himself alive to protest the unemployment rate. From there, unrest spread like wildfire in in the Arab world. Young and old took to the streets in protest of injustice, and violence often accompanied their efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

    As the stress of such an existence wore her down, Amanda was counseled to take a long rest away from the situation and found those who could help her recover and get counseling. But some do not have such an option. Consider, for example, Syrian refugees who have suffered the same kind of trauma and more.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThey leave home, country, family, financial stability, and even their ability to work and communicate. Who is there to welcome them when they arrive? Who can listen and give them counsel? Who is there to tell them the truth about the Jesus who loves them?\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cJust like I did, they need people to help them process what they have experienced,\u201d says Amanda. \u201cThough they do not have the financial or human resources to get counseling in their own language with people who understand their culture, we can help them get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re glad to partner with colleagues at Pioneers as they work to provide physical and spiritual care to Syrian and Iraqi refugees<\/a> and help families start to rebuild their lives and heal after enduring trauma caused by the war.<\/p>\n

    This issue of Missions Catalyst also includes another piece about God at work among Syrians and also several stories of Christians called to build cross-cultural bridges. Read on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In this issue: Building bridges, giving hope SYRIA: A Spiritual Shift NORTH KOREA: Black Market Dealers Turn Gospel Smugglers INDONESIA: Kingdom Minded Business USA: What Happens When 20 Christian Pastors Visit a Mosque for the First Time? Dear readers, \u201cI didn\u2019t know if I could survive the trauma and stress,\u201d writes a Pioneers friend, Amanda, … Continue reading World News Briefs<\/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-6408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408","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=6408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6412,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408\/revisions\/6412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}