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<item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Perspective on Life in Japan]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:36:52 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It seems impossible that I have already completed half of my overseas term in Japan. Although I can converse and read a lot more Japanese now, I am still taking classes and studying in my spare time. After all the effort I have put forth, it is something I hope to keep up, even when I return home.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/EC28FDCCE0D0FE7386257A9C00713D56?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Partners in Mission, Partners in Prayer]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:35:01 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Our Partners in Mission have shared the following prayer requests and praise reports.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/5E36AEEE9ACADA4886257A9C007111CE?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Roofs for Papua New Guinea]]></title><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:33:20 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Papua New Guinea, The Salvation Army is growing rapidly with new officers building new corps every year.  When these officers start a new corps they build the church and their quarters themselves out of bush materials like sticks and grasses.  One of the challenges these officers face is the elements.  Papua New Guinea is a tropical island near Australia which gets anywhere from 70 to 120 inches of precipitation per year.  The officers' thatched-roof homes require a lot of maintenance and will often leak, which compromises their time for ministry as well as their family's safety. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/BDC561FBA07299A486257A9C0070EA91?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Campers Creatively Unite with Partners in Mission]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:23:21 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This summer the students of the Western Division Music Camp had an opportunity to learn about their Partners in Mission, the Jamaica East and Suriname Divisions of the Caribbean Territory. During one of their evening programs the students skyped with the Divisional Commander of Jamaica East who shared about their division's music programs, the territorial music camp CARIMI, and how music is used in worship in Jamaica. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/585F240F96CAD77E86257A62006A8251?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Rwanda & Burundi Territory Preschools]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:20:06 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The two small countries of Rwanda and Burundi are situated in the mid-western part of Africa between Uganda and Tanzania. In the last fifty years the people of Rwanda have endured a most painful history of Genocide, government corruption, and political conflict, but within this territory of our Salvation Army incredible work is being done in the lives of God's children. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/4F545A1A4ECD513386257A62006A360F?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Come and See What the Lord Has Done]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:12:43 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just after Mother's Day, nine ladies and myself traveled to the Kenya West Territory. We were invited to the Kenya West Women's Conference, held at the Kakunga Salvation Army. The theme for this weekend was "Come and See", and oh the beauty we saw in Kenya! The land itself is breathtaking, but the people of Kenya are so beautiful. Our hosts, Commissioner Florence Malabi and Colonel Grace Mnyampi, are two beautiful women of God who welcomed us and made us feel right at home in Kenya.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/56AB1023F547E05286257A620069891B?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: New World Services Resources]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:24:33 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world services website has been updated and contains some new resources that may be helpful to you in your world services education and fundraising efforts.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/EF204E1759907AD68625794800701CB4?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Lessons from Project Hope]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:15:40 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I had the honor of visiting an HIV/AIDS project in Russia called Project Hope. This summer campers at Central Bible Leadership Institute raised over $6,000.00, with an additional $5,000.00 contributed by THQ, to support this Love In Action Project. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/50BDCF2970085A2C86257948006F4C5C?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Joy in Congo Brazzaville]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:27:27 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At some point, most people have had the experience of patching up holes in a wall. Furniture, children rough-housing, and repairmen needing to access pipes, all can cause damage to walls, and result in the need for repair. During the spring Global Mission Team to Congo Brazzaville, the seven team members patched many holes, large and small, but in this case the damage was caused by bullets and conflict. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/7C76846FE7B85B6C862578D400656413?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Partners in Mission Next-Steps: Kalamazoo Corps]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:26:30 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Kalamazoo Corps began its partnership with Malawi about three years ago when the Partners in Missions Next-Steps Pilot Program was launched. In the initial stage, the Kalamazoo Corps World Services contributions went directly to support a project identified by The Salvation Army in the Malawi Territory.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/BC03C9F20B9774A7862578D400654DD5?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Two Decades of Mission Partnership]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:04:45 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 1994, the youth leaders of the Oakbrook Terrace Corps responded to a request from the Bahamas Division to send a mission team to assist the Freeport Corps with their summer Day Camp program.  What began as a one week youth group mission trip has developed into a partnership between the two locations which is now in its eighteenth year.  Through the years there have been many leadership changes both at the Oakbrook Terrace Corps and the Freeport Corps, but the ministry partnership has continued through prayer, the sharing of resources, and an annual mission trip to the Freeport Corps.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/EAAA9FB63A6DF456862578D400634FEE?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Global Mission Team: Haiti]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:19:37 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What started as a mission trip to Haiti, a nation still reeling in the havoc of disaster and chaos, has transformed into a mission journey of my own heart.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/1B08AB2566B27C3B8625787E006FA916?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Chili & Soup + Auction + Bidders = Success for Missions]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:32:37 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Friday Night, March 11, the Women's Ministries groups of the St. Joseph, MO Corps hosted its second Chili/Soup Cook-off and Auction with all funds raised going to World Missions.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/896A21693D8D2A798625787E006B5B55?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: A Renewed Vigor this Lenten Season]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:29:05 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/17A207F8E11DF92D8625787E006B08A9?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Haiti...where hope is life!]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:10:40 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Before the shocking destruction of the 7.0 earthquake that struck on January 12, 2010, Haiti was already struggling with 70% unemployment, a 15% infant mortality rate, a fragile government plagued by corruption, and few public services for its citizens. ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/F8BF9B6155720D068625781E006ED759?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: What&#8217;s Your Number?]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:02:36 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One fifth of the world's population lives on US $1 per day or less. Nine of the ten poorest countries in the world are on the African continent. By population however, the largest population in the world living on $1 or less per day is in India-380.6 million people (Earthtrends.wri.org ). ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/757FD90BF1FE010C8625781E006E1A11?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Kiss the Pig Missions Fundraiser]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:42:25 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Family Outreach Committee of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Corps organized a fun competition that challenged the congregation to get more involved in supporting The Salvation Army&#8217;s world missions. The corps took a silent survey to nominate three corps members who they would like to see kiss a pig. For six weeks, three counter kettles labeled with those individuals&#8217; pictures were on display. The congregation voted for the individual they would like to see kiss the pig by depositing money into the kettle displaying that person&#8217;s picture. The kettle containing the most money at the end of the six weeks determined which person would have to kiss the pig! At a family picnic after the Sunday Holiness meeting on September 26, the pig was revealed and since Lt. Michael Sjogren&#8217;s kettle had the most money in it, he had to kiss the pig. Through this fun and memorable fundraiser, the corps raised $275.00 for World Services! ]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/D6E559D454DA6189862577B4005BC664?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Project 24/29 Pakistan]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:30:52 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.&#8221; 1 John 3:16-20.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/6C4B86AA35E30B6A862577B4005AB7BF?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Partners in Mission: Bound Together in Love]]></title><pubDate>Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:24:47 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&#8220;The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.  All of you together are Christ&#8217;s body, and each of you is a part of it.&#8221; (1 Cor. 12:12, 27)  To be honest, I doubted that this truth could be lived out amongst a group of such diverse individuals.  We came from different backgrounds, were all different ages, lived in different cities, and were heading to a place where only one of us had traveled before.  In August, the Western Division sent a group of 13 people to work alongside the officers and soldiers of Moldova, a Partner in Mission country of the Central Territory.  Of course, my doubts were proven wrong as I witnessed God&#8217;s love dissipate language barriers and truly unite the global body of Christ.]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/3101BC8EE323F001862577B4005A28F9?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Kenya West Global Mission Team]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:09:21 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/F97B2CD2720C2E9B86257765004DC2CB?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Sponsorship Highlight - Congro Brazzaville]]></title><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:27 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/21479360AA3042C586257765004D9643?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Global Village 2010]]></title><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:21:06 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/87D83FE19C0C260B8625775F006FCB96?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: SMT 2009: Seeing God at work around the world]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:29:31 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/0AA31F12DED2DFBB8625768F006B12E7?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Share Your Christmas Joy]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:27:20 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/26F9432CAA37BD428625768F006ADFA0?opendocument</link></item> <item><title><![CDATA[The Salvation Army: Meeting our Partners in Mission ]]></title><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:15:40 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_missions.nsf/vw-news/AA01FE995335BDC88625768F0069CE32?opendocument</link></item>
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