𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 𝗠𝗶𝗱 - 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮:

Project – Healing the Wounds of Trauma

In 2019, the World Day of Prayer focus is on the country of Slovenia. This project has begun well with 5 countries from the Balkans (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria) attending an initial equipping session in Belgrade in 2018.

From that session, 10 Slovenian facilitators were trained and so far this year, 8 healing groups have been held with 45 participants, women who have experienced a variety of traumas.

The first Community of Practice meeting was held in March 2019 where facilitators and leaders could share group work experience, preparations, challenges as well as cast a vision for the future of the project.

In August there will be an advanced trauma healing equipping session held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More than 50 applications were received for potential candidates and all were interviewed at length to determine their appropriateness. Out of those 50, 22 were identified as candidates and will participate in the advanced session in August. These facilitators come from all denominations present in Slovenia.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢: 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵.

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲:

Project – Children at Risk

This project aims to distribute 1,000 school bags per year filled with school supplies, Scriptures and a Bible to children who have been identified as being “at risk”. These children are living in situations that are not ideal for their development such as group homes, foster care or difficult family environments.

The gift of a school bag filled with supplies as well as Bible and Scripture items, helps to motivate the children and encourages them to stay in school. On the day of the distribution, the children are invited to a special “Fun Day” where they participate in activities, enjoy special treats and listen to speakers who teach them about hope in Jesus, God’s love for them and His plan for their lives. This is an incredibly rare opportunity for these children and one they delight in.

The distribution has recently taken place in 3 areas of Suriname with 500 school bags given to children in Marowijne, 200 school bags distributed in Kwamelasemoetoe (by airplane!) and 300 in Para.

𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀:

Project – Bibles for Trauma Healing

This project aims to train facilitators to lead trauma healing sessions to women who have been affected by traumatic experiences. An example of the sorts of experiences that could lead a woman to require trauma healing is family and domestic violence. In 2017, a national survey showed that 26% of women aged between 15 and 49 have experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence by their partner or spouse. Other forms of trauma include childhood assault, natural disasters such as typhoons and the deaths of loved ones.

Each woman who completes the trauma healing course will receive a Bible which will be their companion as they go through the healing process. Introducing all the women to the Scriptures as their ultimate source of comfort, hope and peace is one of the major goals of this project.

The Trauma Healing program ministered to a further 23 individuals who joined two healing group sessions from January to February in Manila and Marikina. Most of these participants are church leaders who are very thankful that they gained knowledge and understanding about how to receive true healing from trauma. Seven of the participants also attended the first initial facilitator equipping training for this year as they expressed their desire to adopt this program in their own church ministries.

So far 900 individuals have been reached through this project. ... See MoreSee Less

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