{"id":300,"date":"2025-09-11T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:00:14","slug":"the-link-2025-jan-to-june","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/the-link-2025-jan-to-june\/","title":{"rendered":"The Link 2025: Jan to June"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"300\" class=\"elementor elementor-300\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83f90b9 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83f90b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0b2b3 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df0b2b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5196572 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5196572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Link-2025-Jan-to-June.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-206\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Link-2025-Jan-to-June.jpg 480w, https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Link-2025-Jan-to-June-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2432810 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2432810\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-014cf9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"014cf9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cEach of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God\u2019s grace in its various forms.\u201d (1 Peter 4:10)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bb78c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bb78c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We thank God for His faithfulness during this season. Our missionaries continue to serve sacrificially, some of them in very remote and insecure areas. Their courage in using their gifts where it is most difficult inspires us to trust God more deeply. Please continue to hold them in prayer, that they may be strengthened and protected as they shine the light of Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd552e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0bd552e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2025-jan-to-june-flipbook\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View PDF Here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7395c81 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no 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data-url=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/08\/05\/standing-with-beatrice-on-the-mission-field\/\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-2d29edf wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/08\/05\/standing-with-beatrice-on-the-mission-field\/\">Standing with Beatrice on the Mission Field<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-0025724 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Every Thursday evening from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Beatrice steps up to the microphone at the local radio station in Kotido<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-716d6c5 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/08\/05\/standing-with-beatrice-on-the-mission-field\/\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-447 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2026-jan-to-april\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium \" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-09-at-1.48.52-PM.jpeg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-09-at-1.48.52-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Mobilizing The Church: My Burden For A Sending Nation\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/21\/mobilizing-the-church-my-burden-for-a-sending-nation\/\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-2d29edf wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/21\/mobilizing-the-church-my-burden-for-a-sending-nation\/\">Mobilizing The Church: My Burden For A Sending Nation<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-0025724 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>I have done frontier missions before, preaching and making Christ known, which I am still doing every time I get an opportunity. However, along the way, I began to notice something troubling.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-716d6c5 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/21\/mobilizing-the-church-my-burden-for-a-sending-nation\/\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-431 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2026-jan-to-april\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium \" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-03-at-8.44.07-AM-1.jpeg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-03-at-8.44.07-AM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Being Light in Ryabatenga\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/20\/being-light-in-ryabatenga\/\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-2d29edf wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/20\/being-light-in-ryabatenga\/\">Being Light in Ryabatenga<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-0025724 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>When I arrived in Ryabatenga, I saw a community that felt like sheep without a shepherd. Through door-to-door evangelism<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-716d6c5 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/2026\/05\/20\/being-light-in-ryabatenga\/\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/section><div class=\"wpr-grid-pagination elementor-clearfix wpr-grid-pagination-numbered\" data-pages=\"5\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-pagi-left-arrows\"><span class=\"wpr-prev-page wpr-disabled-arrow\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-double-left\"><\/i><span>Prev<\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"wpr-grid-current-page\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/page\/2\/\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/page\/3\/\">3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/page\/4\/\">4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/page\/5\/\">5<\/a><div class=\"wpr-grid-pagi-right-arrows\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/page\/2\/\" class=\"wpr-next-page\"><span>Next<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309514f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"309514f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7895b63 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7895b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/the-link-library\/#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See More Link Editions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEach of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God\u2019s grace in its various forms.\u201d (1 Peter 4:10) We thank God for His faithfulness during this season. Our missionaries continue to serve sacrificially, some of them in very remote and insecure areas. Their courage in using their gifts where it is most difficult inspires us to trust God more deeply. Please continue to hold them in prayer, that they may be strengthened and protected as they shine the light of Christ. View PDF Here All 2025: Jan to June A missionary Doctor My name is Milton Muhire, a medical intern that got a golden opportunity to go through Global Link Africa, Missions Training in 2024 and 2025. Read More Planting Seeds Among the Ik I am Ejala Julius Ceaser, an agricultural economist serving among the Ik people in Kaabong district. I first learned of GLA through friends.. Read More From Conflict to Reconciliation At first, I feared serving in Lira. I am an Aringa from Yumbe, and my tribe had a history of conflict with the Langi. I worried I would not be accepted. 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