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From tHe Heart oF alan
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Welcome Greg & Jean Hines

By Greg Hines

Guitars For God

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Cetram Brazil
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dream Casters
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tHe Journey
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tHe tolupan Honduras

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save-r-Kids Guyana
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Little did we know that a short-term mission trip with Luis Chavarria to Costa Rica in 2008 would be the beginning of a longterm ministry partnership with Frontline Missions (FM). Shortly after this trip, Luis asked us to lead a mission team to Honduras in 2009. By the end of the trip we fell in love with the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras. Over the next several years, we could no longer be satisfied with short, one-week mission trips. This was when we began to hear the still, small voice of the Lord calling us to full time ministry in Honduras. The more we learned about

the ministry of Frontline, it became evident that the Holy Spirit was leading us to join with them to spread the love of Christ throughout the world. We officially joined FM in April 2013 and will continue to develop the church planting and discipleship ministry with the Lenca people. Throughout our journey in missions, the Lord has been faithful to provide for us in the past so we know we can trust Him to provide for us as we go forward. Jean and I ask for your prayers as we transition into full-time ministry and make plans to relocate from Kennesaw, GA to La Campa, Honduras in early 2014.

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Frontlines 2013 Schedule

JUNE 7-15 Alan & Heidi to Honduras with New River Community Church and Eagles Landing First Baptist 7-July 7 ESL Teaching Team to Honduras 15-29 Elizabeth to Honduras for Storying with Tolupan 15-29 Luis & Greg to La Campa, Honduras 29-July 7 Alan, Heidi, & Elizabeth to Honduras w/ Beulah Baptist Church JULY 6-13 Harry to Save-R-Kids, Guyana with Dogwood Church 13-27 Luis & Greg to La Campa, Honduras with First Baptist Church Atlanta and First Baptist Church Kennesaw 20-25 Heidi & Elizabeth to Mahaica, Guyana 25-Aug 4 Alan, Heidi, & Elizabeth to Brazil with Manna Church AUGUST 5-Sept 25 Alan, Heidi, Elizabeth & Storying Team to Mabaruma, Guyana SEPTEMBER 7-19 Luis to Nicaragua with First Baptist Church Atlanta 21-Oct 8 Luis and Greg to Honduras with First Baptist Church Atlanta OCTOBER 10-18 Heidi, & Elizabeth to Mahaica, Guyana with First Baptist Church Atlanta

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PAGE 18 Cover photo: Heidi Winter and Toms, a chief of the Tolupan tribe. Inside cover photo: New Frontline missionaries, Greg and Jean Hines. Publication editors: Cassi Sherley and Elizabeth Pearman

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From the Heart of alan

A sense of anticipation and great concern flooded over me. It was eleven oclock at night and we were sent with two police officers to ensure our safety while walking to the only church for more than 12,000 people in a slum within the city of Manaus, Brazil. Mario brought me here to decide if we wanted to return with some youth and a medical team. I told the pastor that I came to observe, pray, and ask God for guidance. God spoke loud and clear, but not like I expected. Upon entering the church, we were surprised to find it filled to the max with people praying and worshipping God. For over six months the church had gathered monthly to pray, fast, and worship overnight as they beseeched God to send help to reach their crime-ridden slum for Christ.
With the heart of a father, alan embraces an orphan in a slum in manaus as she sobs in his arms.

Immediately, people noticed the American and began to dance with excitement, shouting out, God has answered our prayers and has sent His angel. I had been called many things, but an angel wasnt one of them. One thing was for sure; I was not about to tell them that their celebration was in vain and that I had not been sent by God to answer their prayers. The Lord continued to confront me regarding my selfishness as I exited the building. A four-year-old girl crawled out from under a house, ran up to me, wrapped her arms around my leg, and began to cry. I thought to myself, Why me? There are six others here. Why didnt she run up to one of them? As I picked her up, she nestled her head into my neck and

continued crying. To my amazement, over sixty children followed her lead, crawling from under the houses and standing in a single-file line, waiting for me to hug each one. One by one, I hugged each child as I struggled with the offensive smells and filth that covered most of their bodies. Suddenly, I froze. The next child smiling at me was only wearing a small pair of shorts and was covered with large, oozing sores all over his little body. Turning to the pastor I asked, Whats wrong with him? He replied, He is dying of AIDS. I argued, No way, Lord, am I going to hug him. There is no way to hug him without touching the sores! At this time , the method of trans(cont. ) Page 2

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How did this all take place? First, God heard the fervent prayers of a small congregation. Then God networked a church, two mission agencies, a community, and a city to accomplish His purpose to expand His kingdom. I look back over the years and see that this story has repeated itself over and over. The year 2012 was no exception. This past year Frontline Missions (FM) has partnered with MESEF (Missions without Borders), Grace College of Divinity, and Manna Church to enable CETRAM to graduate its first class of indigenous students in Boa Vista, Brazil. FM has birthed two new organizations Dream Casters and Transformational Development Systems to see the

these seven couples are the hands and feet of Cetram and meseF in Brazil.

mission of AIDS was largely unknown and shrouded in fear. Looking at his dancing eyes and sweet smile, I was confused. I turned to the pastor and asked, If he is dying of AIDS, why does he have such a big smile? He replied, Two weeks ago Randall accepted the Lord and he hasnt had any pain since. Immediately, Matthew 25:40 echoed in my mind, Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these, my brothers, you did it to me. No longer was I being asked to hug a dying child, but I was being given the honor and privilege to hug Jesus himself! I picked Randall up as we both cried and he buried his face into my
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shoulder. What I learned that night was that wherever the Lord leads me, fear and self-centeredness cannot have a place. Four months later a team of 42 eager missionaries arrived to find that the city had constructed showers, clothes washing stations, and a youth center; in addition, they had organized a food program for the homeless children. The families of the slum had created a community watch group and had run out the drug dealers. Theft was replaced by faith and hope as the kingdom of God triumphed over darkness. Today, the former slum of San Francisco is a middle class neighborhood with numerous churches and the once small Assembly of God church is a large, thriving ministry.

alan and Heidi Winter are led by the lord to wash pastor luis romeros feet.

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dreams of those students to bring hope and change to their communities become a reality. In Honduras, FM has partnered with Beulah Baptist Church, Redeemer Lutheran Church, New River Community Church, Eagles Landing First Baptist, First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Crossroads Church, Landmark Christian School, an IMB missionary, and a coffee broker. Together we have reached the Tolupan and Lenca tribes with the Gospel, started a coffee co-op, trained leaders in Bible and coffee production, built stoves and installed chimneys, worked on two schools, and helped plant several churches. In Korea, FM partnered with Every Nation Church of Seoul, South Korea and Serving Life International

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Heidi Winter links arms with north Korean ladies who have escaped persecution in north Korea and are now a part of every nation Church of seoul, south Korea.

to train leaders for East Asian countries. These relationships were instrumental in the conception of

Windswept, whose purpose is to serve persecuted peoples and rescue those hunted down by human traffickers. As the body of Christ, the only means to lasting change is through working partnerships. The days of doing it alone are over. I dont need to know how to do everything or to have every angle covered because through faith in God and trust in my brothers and sisters in Christ, we can accomplish the task of the Great Commission. We might find ourselves in uncomfortable situations, challenged beyond our comfort zones, but the Lord will give us the players needed to see His kingdom advanced if we look beyond our weakness to His Body, the Church.

alan and Heidi Winter stand with santos, a leader of the coffee co-op in Honduras.

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G u i ta r S
By Heidi Winter

For

God

an outrageous request
I had to say something. I couldn't let this go. With my heart beating out of my chest, my hand went flying up. "Yes, Heidi? "I want the first 10 guitars to go to Brazil!! As I glanced around the room at their surprised faces, I continued, We at Frontline Missions have an indigenous training center in Brazil and we have to put guitars into the hands of the graduating students!" I could not believe my own boldness. Surely this outburst was not coming from me; God had to be stirring my heart. After all, only He could bring such a dream to pass. In the midst of over 60 people at a home group meeting, Eric Esparzas response was, "We are just getting started as a ministry and only have a little money but we will see what God wants to do." If Eric, as the president of Guitars for God, and his family were willing to trust God to do great things then so was I! So the prayers began...How crazy was my request and how much crazier it would be if we really did hit a "homerun" with this one. Before I knew it, Eric was calling me to announce the wonderful news that he had enough money to buy the guitars. God be praised for bringing such an outlandish prayer to pass. We coordinated with Cleudes Silva, the worship leader at CETRAM training center in Boa Vista, Brazil, to collect the names of the students who had already begun learning guitar and the villages that they would be taking these prized possessions to after graduation. The fun had only just begun. The logistics of getting these guitars to Brazil from the US was not an easy task. Rebecca, Eric's 15 year-old daughter, stepped up to the plate to begin connecting the "bat" and the "ball" as she directed what would make up the guitar "packages," what store they would be purchased from, and who would be picking them up. On my end, I set up those "catching the ball" and instructed the various players on how they were to carry these precious commodities through numerous airports and taxis to finally get them safely "home" to CETRAM. What an honor to assist Guitars for God in beginning to fulfill their mission of supplying guitars to worship leaders worldwide so that they can share the Gospel of Christ through worship and praise. Wow. Who would have known that one could dream so big with God? Who would have known that night at Bill Huse's home group that such an outrageous prayer request was going to fulfill the very will of the Almighty by connecting two ministries in the U.S. for His purpose a continent away? After seeing Gods faithfulness to fulfill the extravagant dreams that He places in our hearts, I continue to "pray that I can open my mouth in boldness for the sake of the Gospel of Christ.

eight students of Cetram proudly disply their new guitars with alan and Heidi Winter and Cleudes silva.

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a spiritual Fathers Challenge

Will you both give your guitars to your classmates? I watched the reality of what I was asking play across the two students faces. For Johanson and Peter, these guitars were not only their prized possessions, but also key tools to share with their community all that they had learned during their time at CETRAM Bible School for indigenous students in Brazil. Their faces displayed their conflicting emotions of confusion over my request, loss of a prized gift, and finally, trusting submission to their spiritual fathers request. Now, they had given them away, knowing they would probably never receive gifts like these again. They gave their classmates a hug and managed to smile as they saw the joy on their classmates faces at their new, treasured guitars.

I thanked the two young men and asked them to return to their seats as we continued with the service. A few minutes later, my wife, Heidi, brought in eight beautiful, new guitars and set them in front of the students. She had I watched with a been working and fathers joy and pride praying with Guitars as Johanson and for God for months Peter obediently to provide these Johanson and peter contemplate alans request for them to give their most placed their guitars prized instruments prized possession to their fellow students. into two other for the indigenous students hands, not students at knowing that something greater was coming their CETRAM. Johanson and Peters eyes widened as way. Johanson and Peter had dedicated themselves they wondered if any of these guitars were for them. for months to learning how to play the guitar so that Then their faces lit up with joy and excitement as their they could lead their own people in worship upon names were called to receive yet another guitar as a their return to their community after graduation. They priceless gift. Tears filled my eyes as I realized that Johanson and Peter had each received much more had received these guitars as gifts from Christians than a guitar that night, but a priceless lesson on they had met on a mission trip who recognized their generosity and trust in God. desire to play.
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the vision
By Alan Winter

2012 was a landmark year both for Evangelical Mission Without Borders (MESEF), Frontline Missions ministry partners in Northern Brazil, and the Indigenous Training Center (CETRAM) in Boa Vista, Brazil. After twelve years of intense struggle and opposition, the Lord has truly blessed the ministry and CETRAM graduated its first class of 21 students in July 2012. These world changers are truly having major impacts in the indigenous communities in the state of Roraima, Brazil and southwestern Guyana. Most of the students arrived at CETRAM with only a sixth grade education, but after two years many are writing papers at a college level. In this years magazine, we feature a couple of the students to give you a glimpse of what the Lord is doing in and through them in the jungles and savannahs of South America. At CETRAM we have developed a well-rounded curriculum that covers both biblical studies and practical training in areas such as: finance, leadership, computer skills, construction, agriculture, aquaculture and management. In the biblical studies we emphasize application and thus much of the training is patterned around Bible Storying. As the indigenous peoples are natural storytellers, this allows them to learn the Word of God easily

and teach those who can read and those who cannot. This summer (2013), Elizabeth Pearman and a team of three American women will be training twelve students from CETRAM how to develop forty-two Bible stories cross culturally in Warau, an indigenous language of a people group in northwestern Guyana and northeastern Venezuela. There are over 50,000 Warau people living in this part of northern South America. The team will work with eighteen Warau speakers for six weeks to record these stories and teach them how to share the stories in their communities. These stories will be used for evangelism, church planting and discipleship within the various Warau communities. The twelve CETRAM students participating in the six week training will not only learn the stories, but will also be equipped to reproduce this training in many other indigenous tribes and communities. Please remember to hold this team up in prayer especially from August 5th to September 22nd while they are in Mabaruma, Guyana. If you would like prayer updates regarding this training, please contact the Frontline office by emailing info@fmusa.org or by calling (770) 774-0641.

Cetrams graduating class of 2012

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romarios story
By Samuel Fredricks

Alcoholism, drugs, going to wild parties, fighting, feeling a deep sense of loss, nightmares of depressions and demonic oppression, very religious, attending services every Sunday in desperate hope to ease my conscience of guilt and shame for the past week; [this] was a normal way of life for me. These are some of the remarks made by Romario concerning his former way of living before meeting Jesus. Romario, a native Macushi Indian, a graduate of CETRAM, was born and grew up in an indigenous village in the country of Brazil. His village is the administrative center of twelve other villages. In these villages there arent any evangelical churches. The entire region is controlled by a dominant religious group through a network of

foreign religious leaders. For decades, community life and living has been under the dark shadow of religion. With head looking down and a sense of hopelessness, thinking of taking his own life, a crushed self-image and suffering from deep wounds from being maltreated by his father, Romario arrived at CETRAM in search of a better way of living. Upon his arrival he most willingly accepted Jesus as his Savior and friend. Then the long process of change began; he began by feeling free from the past of guilt and shame. At the community of CETRAM he experienced deliverance from horrible nightmares and demonic oppression; these were replaced with peace of mind and a guilt-free conscience. He felt valued by the family of CETRAM. His self-image changed as the Holy Spirit clarified his position in Christ. His love for Jesus and the lost in his community grew as he studied the Word of God. Out of this love a vision was birthed to reach the youth by using Scriptures to communicate life-impacting truths. Life for him at CETRAM was transforming, and despite struggles he remained committed to completing his training. Returning to his community on his first mission trip he was welcomed by a religious leader accusing him of dividing the community. He calmly responded that he was bringing Jesus to the village and not a religion like the leader. Fury and anger erupted from the leader, From this day on and forward you are excommunicated from the church; you are a heretic and bound for hell. Not knowing what to do and not wanting to go to hell
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romario (right) experienced the Holy spirits transforming power at Cetram. pictured with fellow classmate, Cleudes.

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but at the same time refusing to kiss the hand of the religious leader, he knelt down calling on Jesus and began to pray openly for his village, asking Jesus to forgive the religious leader. The leaders of the community were amazed to see his new humility and boldness in confronting the religious leader. That day his father and mother gave their lives to Jesus. Thus began a work of salvation in his village, which has continued to increase to this date. The transformation in Romerios life motivated the leadership of that village to visit CETRAM to investigate the cause of Romerios change. Upon their arrival at CETRAM they were shocked at the love and respect they received. That same day they announced that the doors of their villages are open to the Gospel and that they want to partner with CETRAM. They asked that their other twelve communities be reached and that Romario return to his community to teach the youth the way of Jesus and how they can live as a community. The village leaders are also supportive of his Banana Plantation Project proposal, as it will generate income for the village. This project will be funded by the secretary of Indian Affairs and is due to begin early next year. Presently Romario is completing his 7th grade studies at a local government school. In August he will be heading back to his village to launch his vision, to teach the youth about Jesus way of life and to start his banana farm project. CETRAM will provide logistical support as well as sending teams of students to help him. This will be coordinated by Brother Jos who is the chief coordinator for the indigenous areas. The community has seen what true Christianity is all about through the transformational life of Romerio. The Coordinator for the Indigenous areas, Brother Jos da Silva Pereira, and Pastor Awan Chatarpal recently visited Romerios village. They heard first hand from the leadership of the villages of their need for CETRAM to provide training in management and leadership skills to the leaders representing the twelve communities. They want to serve their people better. All this is happening because of the sacrifice of one young man, Romario. A new light has dawned in the community and it must be kept burning till the break of day. We are asking for prayers for Romario and his team as they continue to share the light of Jesus with these villages.

Brother Jos is a key mentor for students like romario as they serve, develop projects, and teach about Jesus in indigenous communities.

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Brother shu shu

By Alan Winter

In January 2009 I traveled 560 miles in a dugout canoe in Southern Guyana with five college students to enlist young Wai Wai Indians to attend the opening class of our training center in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil. Twenty-six months later, one of these young Wai Wai, Rabeck Shu Shu, showed up on the opening day of the training center.

In the months that followed, Shu Shu became a key partner in developing a set of 20 Bible stories for his tribe. He worked tirelessly with Elizabeth Pearman

Upon graduation, Shu Shu decided to stay on at CETRAM as a leader to help the six new Wai Wai students. As classes began, Shu Shu began leading and teaching the new students. On the first Sunday night service of the new school year, I asked Shu Shu to write a song in Wai Wai about my message and then close out the service with this song. To the amazement of many others, that is exactly what he did. By the time I finished preaching, he had the lyrics and music to a beautiful song, which described my message in detail. When asked, How do you do it? How do you write so many songs? He replied, I just write what I hear!

Shu Shu arrived after two weeks of travel and one bad motorcycle accident with a large smile, an eagerness to learn, and a willingness to serve in any way possible. To our surprise he also arrived with a clearly God-given talent in music. In no What a joy it is to time he was playing rabeck shu shu proudly plays and sings one of his original songs in Wai Wai for the leaders of his community. partner with this young the guitar and piano man whose heart is to and writing songs. We reach many tribes with Gods to develop these stories accuall knew this was a young man Story in obedience to what he rately according to Gods Word that God was going to use in a hears the Holy Spirit calling him and the Wai Wai culture. powerful way. to do.

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prayer releases destiny

By Don Lewis

dream CaSterS

To give the full picture of how prayer releases destiny in our lives, I need to go back to 1997. I attended a meeting where Alan Winter talked about an upcoming trip to a children's home in Guyana. Truthfully, I had no interest whatsoever in any kind of mission trip and simply attended his talk out of curiosity. At the end of the meeting he made one comment that has completely changed my life. He said, "Pray and ask the Lord if this is something He would want you to do." No problem, I thought, I have NO desire to go on this trip. I will pray. The rest is, as they say, history. I prayed. God said go. I went. I was hooked, and I LOVED it! Fifteen years later I have been on many trips; the only difference now is that I am asking the Lord, Which trips should I go on? I feel like I am a part of the Frontline family and I try to pray with them on a regular basis. During a time of prayer with some of the leaders of CETRAM, the Lord spoke to me about a project that would be called Dream Casters. The sole purpose of Dream Casters is to help the graduating students fulfill the dreams that they have prayerfully written into a project while at CETRAM. Most of these students come from very hardworking families who struggle just to put food on the table. Very few of
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these students have any prior job skills other than farming to feed their families. In the school the students are not only taught the Bible but also vocational and leadership skills, business plan development, and basic computer skills. While the students now have the skills and desire to help their communities, they lack the resources to take advantage of the opportunities before them. This is where Dream Casters comes in. Dream Casters is a microfinancing organization, which provides short-term, very low interest rate loans to financially fund business ideas of the graduating students. A board has been developed of alumni, faculty, and individuals connected with the school to prayerfully fund and mentor the students dreams. As the students succeed in their business endeavors, they not only pay back the loan, but also become mentors for others to become part of the program. The Lord will continue to give the students dreams and visions for their lives as they seek out an intimate relationship with Him. What I am sharing with you is the vision and ideas that I believe are an expression of only part of His thoughts and instructions. I began with the statement:

Prayer Releases Destiny. The question I ask you now is: Will you pray and ask God if He would want you to be a part of Dream Casters? Remember: Prayer Releases Destiny If you would like to partner with Dream Casters by giving through the non-profit organization Transformational Development Systems, please contact Don Lewis at eagle2nations@gmail.com or make a check out to T.D.S. and send to 5600 Short Road, Fairburn, GA 30213 c/o Frontline Missions.

eliezers dream to support his family and equip students of Cetram by becoming a licensed computer teacher is already being fullled.

Four Friends on the Journey

By Elizabeth Pearman

the Journey

What a wonderful privilege it has been to be on this journey with God during my first year at Frontline Missions. This journey has taken me from the Americas to Asia, and at each stop, God has taught me that in His kingdom, partnerships are relationships. A few of these partnerships have come through my friendships with four young ladies, each from a different country but sharing a passionate love for the Lord. When I first met Marta in the mountains of Honduras, I saw a shy ten-year-old girl curiously watching our mission team. She didnt say much that first year, but I remember her cautious smile. As each year passed, I saw Martas trust in us grow and she became my friend and ally. At fourteen, Marta has a deep integrity and love for her people that is beyond her years. She is one that I go to when I need to know which families have the most desperate needs for rice and corn. She is the one who will organize all the kids to pick up trash in the community. She is the one who brings an old widow to my attention who needs a stovepipe installed in her house. She is the one whose hand is never out to receive, but is instead extended to help someone else. I found my sweet Guyanese sister, Pamela, when I went to CETRAM in 2012. Many nights she came into my room, gave me a hug, and said, Sister Elizabeth, let me pray for you. What drew me to Pamela was her passionate love for her Savior and Friend, Jesus Christ. Pamelas inner beauty spilled over to her countenance whenever she expressed her love for Jesus in worship with her hands and voice lifted high. Her love for Jesus overflows on everyone around her. I know Vanilda as a beautiful princess from the Wai Wai tribe in Brazil. While she is not a princess in her earthly lineage, she certainly is in the eyes of our King Jesus. Each day that I was at CETRAM, I saw her carry herself with the grace and dignity of a princess of the kingdom of heaven. Vanilda was a vital part of my translation team to craft 20 Bible stories into her tribes language and culture. Her eagerness to help translate and record Bible stories in the midst of the stifling after-

Clockwise from upper left: praise, vanilda, marta and pamela

noon heat touched my heart. It was a joy to see her transformed by the love of Christ each day, and become more of the princess that God has created her to be. I encountered Praises bright smile and open personality when I traveled to Seoul, South Korea. Praise bubbles with a deep-rooted joy that cannot be contained. After hearing her story of her difficult escape from North Korea two years ago, I realized that her joy could only be rooted in the freedom she has found in Jesus. When I asked her about her dream for the future she responded that she wants to be a missionary. My people in North Korea dont know about God, but they need someone to tell them, was her heartfelt reply. Praises desire to be a missionary took her to a Bible School in the Philippines where she was able to learn Englishin just four months. Praises life is a beautiful expression of the freedom and restoration found in Jesus Christ. These four young ladies have found their way into my heart and made a place of their very own. What a privilege it is to partner with young and passionate leaders from my generation as they impact the world with the love of Christ.
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Friendship with the tolupan

By Kayla Coons

During the week of June 9-16, 2012, a group consisting of Landmark Christian School alumni and members of New River Community Church travelled to the mountains of Honduras to the Tolupan Indians. The Tolupan, an unreached people group residing in the Montana de la Flor region of Yoro, Honduras, are ostracized and were long ago restricted to land that could grow few products other than coffee trees. Since 2005, Frontline Missions and their teams (including Landmark and New River teams) have been progressing in a friendship with the Tolupan people. This friendship is unprecedented and historic. The Tolupan, having been neglected by the authorities and exploited by fellow Hondurans, have long rejected outsiders and kept tight walls around their communities. When the New River team pulled into the town of La Ceibita, a village in the Tolupan region, they were greeted with hugs, kisses, smiles and handshakes. This warm welcome came as a shock even to the few missionaries who return to this village year after year. The Tolupan are a people known for the lack of emotion that they show and yet they were hugging and kissing the necks of the Americans who had just driven up! The welcome did not stop there, however, as there was a warm reception for the team in the other villages to which they travelled:
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team members from new river Community Church and eagles landing First Baptist partner with local men to build a solar dryer in the village of monte rey.

Monte Rey, La Muralla and Las Naranjas. The New River team met up with a similarly scheduled team from Eagles Landing First Baptist Church and both teams went to Monte Rey together. The men of both Eagles Landing and New River built a solar dryer in Monte Rey while the women set up a medical clinic in the towns school building. Leading the clinic was OR nurse, Karen Beard, who attends New River Community Church. While the Eagles Landing team continued work on the solar dryer and clinic, the majority of the New River team, led by pastor, Fred Gilkeson, hiked to the village of La Muralla and completed work on a solar dryer on the property of Lencho, a coffee farmer from El Cote. The New River team was also

able to send several of the Landmark graduates into the town of Las Naranjas to pray and share Bible stories. These boys prayed over a woman for healing and were able to witness a miracle when hiking through that town the next day; the woman was healed! In total, there were 10 miraculous healings (many of these being members of the teams themselves), 205+ people seen in the medical clinics, 2 solar dryers built, and over 45 people accepting Christ to be Lord of their lives. New River is happy to say that this was a very successful trip and it was a joy to be with Alan Winter and for the first time in 12 years, his wife Heidi! May the Lord continue to work in the lives of the Tolupan and those who are sacrificing time and money to reach out to them.

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more than necklaces

By Alan Winter

Now I dont have to do what I dont want to do! One common health issue that we have seen with the Tolupan has been various respiratory problems. The question was brought up by one of the medical professionals as to why this predominately occurs in the women and small children. One look inside their homes and the answer is obvious: they cook inside with an open fire so they breathe the smoke. Instead of only treating breathing problems, we began installing stoves with chimneys and everybody wanted one. In June we had a team from Eagles Landing First Baptist of McDonough, GA to install chimneys throughout the community of La Ceibita. In the home of one young widow with three small children, I began asking questions: What happened to your husband and how do you support your family? I found out that she worked for different farmers when there was work and earned enough money for six months. I then asked, How do you survive the rest of the year? About this time, a two year old came up to her and wrapped her arms around her mothers leg. With tears in her eyes the lady looked at me and stated, I have to feed my children! Then looking down she said, I do what I dont want to do! Recently I became a Christian and I dont want to go back to what I was doing. On our last day we purchased crafts, necklaces, and baskets from the Tolupan. One of the women that came to sell her crafts was the widow with her two year old. When she came up to the table I told the team to buy everything she had 600 Lempiras or $30 worth. As she counted the money, tears began to run down her face. She reached for a hug and told me, I have enough to feed my children for four months. I wont have to do what I dont want to do anymore!
tolupan wait to exchange their handmade crafts for food, money, ashlights, corn griders, stove pipes, clothing, and other items to improve their quality of life.

In 2012 FM teams bought over $4,500 worth of Tolupan crafts. Please join us in prayer as we work to develop the economy of the Tolupan so that young mothers wont have to sell themselves for five pounds of corn or beans anymore.
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supernatural Family
By Maci Hanner

My name is Maci Hanner and I stayed at the Save-R-Kids Childrens Home (SRK) in Guyana, South America for six weeks over the summer of 2012. My mission in going there was to tutor the kids at the Home and do educational evaluations, but it became so much more than that. Working with the kids closely, I was able to build relationships with them that are so special to me and I absolutely cannot wait to go back. During my stay, two sisters named Tanisha and TracyAnn had a huge impact on me. I was blown away by the sisters identical smiles. We immediately became best friends. One night I was spending time with the girls in their room. After some silly games of singing and dancing, Tanisha and TracyAnn began opening up to me about their past. They told me about their mother passing away when they were younger, leaving them with no caretaker, no place, and no home. They shared their difficulties throughout the years and how they had moved all around the country, never staying in the same place. When they came to Save-R-Kids, they knew that they were finally home with Michael and Michiel Campbell and the rest of the SRK family. In spite of their difficult start in life, these girls were so courageous
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and strong. I loved being in their company and they could always make me smile. Tanisha always wanted a hug; I loved looking down to see her sweet face looking up at me. What blew me away about both her and her sister, TracyAnn, was the joy they carried. After all they have been through, they still managed to have those infectious giggles and smiles. I know Michael and Michiel have had a huge part in that.
maci shares a smile and a hug with tanisha, a young girl The family dynamic at save-r-Kids who found a home in macis heart. the Campbells have built is so incredible. They welcome the kids into the Home with next room. I am so amazed and thankful for what Michael and Michiel open arms and love them as their own. The girls often talked about the do for the Home and the children. After being there, I have seen what a things Brother Mike has taught true supernatural family looks like. I them and how they look up to him have seen what it means to have a as their father. Its such a beautiful heart for someone; to love them in thing to see children who did not have a place before, being loved and the way only a mother loves her children. I have seen people with the accepted by the SRK family. biggest hearts you could imagine. Living with the Campbells for six My trip was life-changing to say the least. The Campbells and all the kids weeks, I was able to be part of their taught me so much about family, normal, everyday life. I was so love, strength and courage in the few blessed by what I saw. You cannot weeks I was there. I could never be in any part of the Home without thank them enough. hearing laughter coming from the

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Gods Work in action

By Aramis Alvarez

We were blessed to have a team travel to La Ceiba, Honduras for a Therapy and Construction Mission. Part of our team focused on building a new room at the Jungle School. This school is funded by Helping Honduras Kids, which provides education, food, and medical assistance to children living in poverty. Our team poured concrete, laid cinder blocks, constructed a bamboo house for their Indian Day celebration, and taught English classes in addition to bonding with the children. While one group worked at the Jungle School, the therapy team (comprised of physical, occupational, and speech therapists, an autism/behavior specialist, and a special education teacher) worked at the Emilia D'Cuire special needs

school - the only special needs school in Honduras. With help from Atlanta Prosthetics and Orthotics, we were able to bring custommade foot/leg braces and used custom wheelchairs, crutches, hand splints, feeding aids, positioning devices, and tools donated by others. Our team also provided educational training to the staff and parents of aramis alvarez carries heavy bags of cement up the hill to the Jungle school construction site. children with special needs. We also cherished needed items. The smiles on the the time we spent with the children children's faces as they slipped a at the Hogar de Amor orphanage in pair of shoes on their bare feet were the evenings. We swam in the river, indescribable. The people invited us watched movies, and ate pizza with into their one room makeshift homes the kids. They even and sometimes even tried to feed us put on a show of what little they had to show their ballet, singing, and gratitude for the love we showed dancing for us. They them. were quite talented! I cannot even begin to explain We were so the humbling experience of seeing blessed to have the God's love on the other side of the prayers and financial world. We may go on a mission support of many thinking we are serving His people generous people. With when in reality, in many ways, we those funds we find His people serving us. God is so bought shoes, baby infinite. Thank you all for your formula, bottles, food, prayers, love, support, and encourand other baby agement. We feel so blessed to be a supplies. We hiked to part of the missions. alicia alvarez, a physical therapist, works to t a young boy with a leg brace provided by atlanta prosthetics and orthotics. various villages and With much love and gratitude, delivered the muchThe Alvarez Family

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Co-laborers
By Luis Chavarria

started a couple of community projects that will improve the quality of life of the Lencan people. In an effort to prevent dependency, the training of pastors and development of community projects were led by the local pastors and churches. This helped to empower them and to further advance their testimony.

Lencan churches in Honduras and two churches and a Bible Institute in Nicaragua. We will continue to train leaders and pastors and have marriage retreats in Honduras and Nicaragua. We are also excited to welcome our close friends, Greg and Jean Hines (see page 1), as they become full-time missionaries to the Lenca people in early 2014. We are very thankful to God for allowing us to be part of what He is doing in the different areas. We are thankful to all of you, our co-laborers in ministry, for allowing Him to use you to reach so many people. To God be the glory!

We have been blessed with volunteers Believers worship together in Cruz alta, Honduras from multiple churches and prayer partners with hearts for the The work of missions is all nationals to reach their about equipping the saints to advance the Kingdom. Our heart is communities for Christ. But the impact is not only not only to reach the lost, but also for those in Honduras, to maximize the kingdoms resources by equipping believers to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or reach their own people. An example Colombia. Those who partner with us advance of this is the Lenca Project. This is the Kingdom of God in an effort to partner with local leadtheir own lives as well. I ers to plant indigenous churches in love to tell those considerover twenty communities without ing a mission trip: If you churches around La Campa, in have never been part of a eastern Honduras. We are partshort term mission trip, go nering with two Honduran pastors and several U.S. churches to further once; I can promise you, your life will never be the Christs work there. same. In 2012 we planted churches in Cruz Alta and Chimis Mataras. We mission teams partner with local men to construct a In 2013 we are church building in their community. trained pastors and leaders and planning to plant two more
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South Korea

an unexpected partnership
By Alan Winter

After reading FMs 2011 magazine articles about Bible Storying, Simon Suh, a Korean-American missionary to South Korea, invited me to come to Seoul to train the members of his church, Every Nation Church. I respectfully declined due to a busy calendar and a lot of neglected upkeep at home. The next morning, Pastor Simon walked up to me with a photograph of a Christian who had been executed by the North Korean government. His crime? The possession of a page, not a whole Bible, but a single page from the Word of God. Then Simon asked me, You dont have two weeks when our leaders are dying? I replied, I have two weeks in early November. Over the next nine months before the trip, I kept telling others, and myself, I am only going once! On November 3rd, 2012 Elizabeth Pearman, Heidi, and I headed to Seoul, South Korea to conduct two weeks of training in Storying so that these North Koreans could carry Gods Word in their hearts instead of their hands. What we didnt totally realize is that we were in fact training three separate groups South Koreans, English-speaking internationals, and North Koreans now living in South Korea.

alan and simon suh outside every nation Church in seoul, south Korea

As we led the training, we listened to the North Koreans tell stories of how they had survived persecution, torture, starvation, fear, and constant oppression of the North Korean government. We fell in love with our new friends and they began to call us family. The day of our teary goodbye, we promised that we would pray for them and commit to do what the Lord instructed. Two weeks later, we had begun to: 1. Facilitate the birth of a new organization, Windswept, started and run by young people who want to raise money to rescue those who are victims of persecution and human trafficking. 2. Partner with Guitars for God to send guitars to Asia. We have the money for 5 guitars to date. 3. Raise money to rescue a family of five. 4. Involve churches in praying for the persecuted, underground church in North Korea. Contrary to my initial declaration, God had other plans for our one-time trip to South Korea. He has knit our hearts with the North Koreans and birthed a partnership to help spread the story of the freedom found in Christ to those bound in darkness.

Heidi dances with two north Korean women in celebration of a beautiful aspect of their culture.

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the people behind Frontline...

Alan & Heidi Winter

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Luis & Karen Chavarria

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