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	Short Term Impact We wanted to take the opportunity to invite you to participate with us in our 2010 and 2011 Short Term Missions Teams in Asia! We are sending teams to help us continue to build into our long term strategy for the region. We need your support! Would you be willing to send a team this year? Take a read through and contact us for more information. Read More...
	Business "takes off" :: An Update from the field We are a part of a business that distributes handmade scarves to shop owners in the marketplace. The sale of these handmade scarves provides poor families with stable employment that allows them to send their children to school, have a shelter over their head, and have food on the table. Members of our ASI team are serving in the community where the scarves are made have been able to help meet the physical needs of the people opening the door to minister on a spiritual level. Read More...
	Universal Needs :: A Story from the field I Each week as I travel to teach, I pray that the Lord would open up opportunities to share with those that are searching. It did not take long for the Lord to point out His purposes for me there. A co-worker named Jack quickly became a friend of mine, and every time I stopped in we would talk about life. Read More...
	WHAT I LEARNED AT CAMP HOPE – Bryan shares his story In 2008, my parents were taken from my brother and I by an earthquake. We were lost and we didn't know what we were going to do. The government arranged for us to go a boarding school where we would spend the summer. We were very sad to leave our friends. Read More...
	I Am an "M" We are called to be Christ's ambassadors in places that are often difficult. I live with my family in a country where it is illegal to be a missionary - where I am forbidden to proselytize. Sure, my phone is tapped and my family lives under the pressure of knowing we are often being watched. I also long for a cup of Tim Hortons and to see my kids play street hockey with the kids next door. These are normal desires of a Canadian coffee-loving parent. But ultimately these conditions do not define who I am or my direction through life. Read More...
	AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS When you hear the term "Restricted Access Nation" what normally comes to your mind? Do you think about the "hard ground" that needs to be ploughed? Do you think about the heightened security risks and the possibility of being so paralyses by fear that you become immobilized? Do you think about "clandestine" type ministry; missionaries that look like 007 agents hiding in dark alleys and living a life of mystery? Read More...
	MERRY CHRISTMAS On Christmas Day last year, my husband received a call from a student. After a quick "Merry Christmas" Bill excitedly exclaimed, "The new bridge has opened! Let's go drive over it." My husband tried to decline, politely explaining, "Christmas is a special day that we spend with our families. We are preparing Christmas dinner." Bill replied, "Well, just eat it quickly and let's go." Read More...
	SHORT TERM MINISTRY, LONG TERM IMPACT James, Rebecca and their team of 8 came from Alberta this summer to participate in the 2008 Olympic initiative that ASI has been coordinating since 2007. Unlike many other short term missions endeavors that were set during that time, the teams that were set to present Olympic based English curriculum to universities, English training centers and kids summer camps continued in spite of heightened security and increased mandatory "deportations" of missionaries and missions agencies. Read More...
	BRINGING HOPE TO DISPLACED CHILDREN Shortly after the May 12th earthquake, the Chinese government moved "displaced children" to various cities around the country. These children have been separated from their parents since the earthquake. For many of them, it might take a year before they see their parents again. Read More...
	ASSESSMENT TEAM RETURNS FROM CHENGDU ASI recently sent an assessment team to the center for the earthquake zone to evaluate an appropriate means of response Read More...
	CHINA EARTHQUAKE ... an opportunity for practical response to the devastating earthquake that hit China on May 12,2008 Read More...
	PURPOSE; Where do I belong? He was a young man studying Business English at a prestigious university in Southeast Asia. He had his goals, his ambitions, and his dreams before him. Yet there was a longing deep inside his heart. Something within cried out, "Where do I belong? What is my purpose for being on this earth?". Read More...
	EASTER IN A RESTRICTED ACCESS NATION? In our country, we have been teaching about Easter this past week in our classes. Read More...
	A LIVING LOVE; What does it mean to “live a life of love”? In some cases it’s just about going about your day and seeking opportunities to share the practical side of the Love of Jesus Christ. Read More...
	THE CHINESE MIGRANT INITIATIVE Recently, China declared that one of its top three concerns were the state of the increasing influx of migrant workers to urban centers in the nation. Read More...
	GOD’S TIMING IS PERFECT ... Have you ever wondered about the “timing” of God? It just seems that things fall in place when and how He needs it to be. I have never been more aware of that truth than I am now. Read More...