{"id":421,"date":"2026-05-20T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/?page_id=421"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:12:17","slug":"the-link-2026jan-to-april","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/the-link-2026jan-to-april\/","title":{"rendered":"The Link 2026:Jan to April"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"421\" class=\"elementor elementor-421\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c651e7 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=\"54c651e7\" 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-c3d6b 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=\"c3d6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432d3b5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"432d3b5a\" 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=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Link-2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-406\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Link-2026.jpg 480w, https:\/\/globalinkafrika.org\/thelink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Link-2026-216x300.jpg 216w\" 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-3ceafd54 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=\"3ceafd54\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9fa3ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c9fa3ec\" 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>&#8220;Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.&#8221; (James 1:2\u20134)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56209734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56209734\" 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>This year, we have anchored ourselves in James 1:2\u20134. Not because the road ahead is easy \u2014 it is not, but because we have seen, time and again, that the testing of faith is precisely where God does His most enduring work. The missionaries of Global Link Afrika are living proof of that truth. They face challenges on the field, uncertainties in their calling, and the quiet daily cost of lives laid down. 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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 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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. 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