josef, 13/11/2009 13:27, Views: 614

PMA Graduation

On October 05,2009 we had our regional Mission & Outreach growth meeting. The meeting was envisioning & motivating and we made good progress in our plans to help our missionary communities in Africa to achieve their goals of reaching their part of the world for Jesus.

PMA graduation: The graduation ceremony of the PMA (Professional Missionary Academy) graduates took place from October 11 to October 17, 2009 in a lovely resort in the mountains of the Drakensberg. It was a time of fellowship and fun activities for the graduates as well as brainstorming ideas. There were 12 graduates coming from South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia & Nigeria. For the last four months I had the privilege of mentoring the three of the students. 

From left to right: Leilani, (Madagascar), Josef, Brian & Steven (Nigeria).

The PMA provides participants with experience and training that will help them to counsel and aid others. Students learn to help others improve their lives through the knowledge of God's love and Word, and to in turn provide spiritual assistance to those around them.

By focusing on inner change, which then results in outer change, a chain reaction will be sparked which can bring about

The 12 PMA graduates. Family International missionaries working in South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia & Nigeria

lasting improvement in a community.

This is a plan for progress in today's world that makes a difference where it counts the most.

Here is a short MESSAGE FROM JESUS that describes the mission in our lives:  “As My modern-day disciples, I ask that you walk in My footsteps, that you strive to live as I did, as you fulfill your mission of winning the world for Me. The words I spoke when I walked the Earth are as true today as ever: “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Your friends include those I have placed upon your path to reach and win for Me.

Being a living example of Me to others is all about love—love for Me and love for others. When you love Me, you want to do what will please Me and bring Me joy. I know how many people are desperate to experience the humble and unconditional manifestation of My love. You, My followers, who have experienced My love firsthand in your lives, should want to do everything in your power to pass that same love on to others, so that their lives can be enhanced through the joys of salvation in Me and a personal union with Me, their Savior.”