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Celebrating a Year of Growth

Looking Ahead to a Fruitful Year

Professional & Spiritual Growth

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Mobilization Division

Joes blog:joemichie@posterous.com

Audras blog: inspirednutmeg.blogspot.com

Tuesday, January 6, 2010

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Last Update:10:04 AM CT

On December 15th we helped host the first ever Christmas Open House at ourbeautiful new office. In June we moved the Mobilization Division of the U.S. Center fWorld Mission to a great space right on Fayettevilles historic square, and everyone wexcited to have a chance to show many of our friends, supporters, and fellow missionworkers from Northwest Arkansas the office. After weeks of planning by all the staff,the party began at 5:30 sharp. All the guests (and staff of course) enjoyed the fabuloussnacks and cookies made by members of our staff. Joe and I were thrilled to meet withseveral of our dear friends and supporters and give them a personal tour. The wholeevening was a perfect time of fellowship and growing relationships.

We are always lookingfor ways to grow in ourprofession and in ourrelationship with Jesus.These are books werecommend. Let us knowif you come across a bookor resource worth sharing.

Made to Stickby brothers,

Chip and Dan Heath,is an

excellent read that will

transform the way you

communicate ideas. The

concepts and insights in

this book will have a direct

impact on my daily work.

I will be referencing this

book for years to come.

Were reading Developing

the Leaders Around You by

John C. Maxwell as a staff

and discussing the prin-

ciples we have learned and

how we can apply them in

our organization. This book

will challenge your devotion

to your personal growth.

An athlete will run 1,000

miles to run the perfect 1/4

mile. This is the same kind

of energy we need to put

into our spiritual disciplines

and R. Kent Hughes helps

us understand the best

practices. A great book

to read and discuss in an

accountability relationship.

As we welcome the new year these are some of the blessings we will

experience, goals we will achieve, and activities that make up our lives:

Audra Michie, Tisha Patton and

Joe Michie welcome guests.

We dont miss many town

events being on the square.

Ryan Emis (Perspectives) visiting

with a partner in mobilization.

Kyle (Every Ethne) & Kara

Garen (Clarion Consulting).

Children, clockwise from left: Daniel, Jessie, Jacob, Taylor & Emma

Lisa Freyenberger (Perspectives)

visits with friends and partners in

ministry.

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NEWS UPDATE:

1st Annual USCWM Open House Lights on the Square!

The U.S. Center for Mission Mobilization,

Fayetteville, AR

An expanded family/community garden

Successfully finishing Taylors first grade

course work

Homeschooling Taylor (2nd grade) and

Daniel (Kindergarten) this fall

Baby #6 arriving this July!

Continue to build and grow the support

base for our ministry with Perspectives

Continue the search for our first home

The Spring Perspectives course for Joe

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479.304.8142 (Joes cell) | joe.michie@perspectives.org

479.799.4809 (Audras Cell) | audra.michie@perspectives.org

What is mobilization andwhat role does it play inevangelizing the world?

Phil Parshall, missionary and authordescribed mobilizers this way:

Someone must sound the rallying

call. Those who desire to see others

trained, prepared and released toministry are known as mobilizers.

Mobilizers stir other Christians to ac

tive concern for reaching the world.

They coordinate efforts betweensenders, the local churches, sending

agencies, and missionaries on the

field. Mobilizers are essential.

To understand the role of mobilizersthink of World War II as a parallel.

Only 10% of the American popula-

tion went to the war. Of those, only

1% was actually on the firing lines.

However, for them to be successful their mission, the entire country had

to be mobilized!

What if the Body of Christ could be

stirred to action in the same wayParshall describes Americas total

involvement in World War II?

Who is going to rally the troops

across the planet to understandand engage in the greatest, most

significant battle in all of history: the

evangelization of the world in this

generation? In Numbers 10:1-2, theLord said to Moses, Make two silve

trumpets for yourself ... you shall

use them for calling the congrega-

tion and for directing the movemenof the camps.One trumpet to call

and get everyones attention and the

other to direct the troops. A good

metaphor depicting the essential rolof the mobilizer! Steve Shadrach

Director of Mobilization Divisio

Our ministry is mobilization.We are Mobilizers. By using our gift

and expertise in marketing, adver-tising and design we are engaging,

educating and inspiring believers toexperience and/or host the Inter-

nationally acclaimed Perspectives

movement which is one of the mostinfluential mobilizing ministries in

the nation and around the world.

Through December we read an advent book withthe children as they took turns each day decoratinga miniature tree with ornaments. They all lovedcounting down the days to Christmas. A whiteChristmas was the icing on the cake! We alsohad a wonderful time with family over New Years.

Raising support is a vital part of our ministry.Building financial partnerships gives many families

the opportunity to mobilize the body of Christ alongwith us. Please pray with us in these key areas:

For strong monthly partnerships tocontinue to grow

For a healthy base of annual partnershipsto develop

That we continue to meet new peoplethrough referrals

Perspectives In Balfate, Honduras

Family News and Prayer

Mission Knowledge

Grace and peace to youand your family,

Joe and Audra Michie

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John, CNM and Penny Alden, RN are dear friends and have been serving atthe Hospital Loma de Luz for five years. Read how the Perspectives coursehas influenced their ministry focus and inspired a new direction.

About 10 of us missionaries in Balfate, Hon-duras, met weekly with our leader, Dr. Don, whois passionate about missions. He guided us thru

the Perspectives Reader, assigning readings toeach person and directing the discussion. What

we learned about sustainable church planting(what makes a church viable, the need not onlyto plant churches, but to disciple, train, and equipthem to be a sending church) has changed ourfocus in ministry. We are praying for the Northcoast of Honduras to become a mission sendingbase from which Honduran missionaries will besent out to other countries. We were challengedto prepare redemptive analogies that suited ourHonduran friends to use their culture to sharethe gospel with unreached people groups beyondtheir borders. Because of the impact Perspectiveshas had on our vision for this ministry, we arerecommending that our sending church make thePerspectives course a prerequisite for prospectivemissionaries sent out from their community.

Penny Alden, RN, Cornerstone Foundation

Follow their blog at johnandpennyalden.blogspot.com

John & Penny Alden

Hospital Loma de Luz

The kids helped build their first snow fort.

Emma tries on her first

bathrobe from Santa.

Daniel concentrates on

how to use a walkie-

talkie.

Images from Honduras