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<title>Iris Ministries Newsletters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest 5 newsletters from Iris Ministries, written by Rolland and Heidi Baker.]]></description>
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<title>Christmas with Jesus</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christmas in Pemba



THIS IS WHAT Christmas week looks like in our part of the world from our front yard, far from snow and sleigh bells. Even in the squelching heat, we revel in beauty all around. Ocean ripples arrive softly on the shore as the tide rises. Fishermen glide by, paddling their dugouts lazily. Women are wading on the reefs, gathering long nets. Children are racing, flipping and diving on the beach. The slight breeze is so pleasant and welcome. Protected and refreshed under spreading shade trees, we look out over a vista that could only have been designed by God. All seems quiet, peaceful, slow&mdash;vintage Africa.

Last night we had our staff Christmas party on our porch. Warm, pulsing Christmas lights trimming our thatch roof cast a dim, colorful glow on our many faces, white and black. Our scrawny, pitiful African pine tree was lit up too, adding to an...]]></description>
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<title>Dreams becoming reality.</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What a great time it is to be alive! Testimonies of the goodness of God flood our conversations and the experience of His goodness fills our lives! God is moving through the lives of a beautiful team. The following includes some of our stories. Enjoy!

DREAMS BECOMING REALITY
A dream come true-After five years of prayer and planning, November 4th marked the date of a beautiful dedication ceremony. The first cornerstones were laid on the grounds of Arco-Iris's first hospital! Annelie Basson, director of our Pemba medical staff and visionary behind this project, gathered with hundreds to worship, pray and declare prophetic promises from the Lord over these grounds.

Phase one of the hospital will open by June as an outpatient consultation unit. This will consist of eight rooms, including consultation rooms for adults and children, a lab, a dentistry, a pharmacy and a children's health, pre-natal and general treatment facilities. Coming in...]]></description>
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<title>Jesus our perfect Savior!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[South Sudan

WE ARE IN AFRICA among the poorest of the poor because we love seeing what our perfect Savior can do! For example, here's Elaina, a fifteen-year-old when she was brought to our Iris base in Yei, Sudan, by the UN. She escaped to the Sudanese border after she had been abducted and brutalized by the LRA in the jungles of DRCongo. She was tortured, saw people killed in front of her and was left for days tied to trees. When she arrived she could barely sit up, had no use of either hand, scars all over her body and a faraway look of fear and pain in her eyes.

I was with Michele Perry and the rest of our Iris family in Yei right after Elaina came. A few days later we caught her relaxed and happy, laughing with her new friends around her. Two months later she was back...]]></description>
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<title>Children's Day at Iris!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OUR CHILDREN could hardly sleep last night. Today is their day! Our magnificent staff in each base in Mozambique have been working for months to prepare for this fabulous day. Each center has a giant "festa," a feast of feasts, to celebrate like never before Mozambique's national holiday, Children's Day! Presents, food, dancing, games, singing, worship, love and prayer -- all to rejoice at the life Jesus has brought to our revival center, our Village of Joy in Pemba! He has done great things among us, and we are thrilled that He has chosen us to participate in what He is doing!

Heidi and I get up early. Today we have to look and be our best! Cameras will be everywhere, and our kids are expecting a lot of attention! We charge down to the center in our old, rattling, beat-up Land Rovers, still running strong, and our whole property is...]]></description>
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<title>Another day in the life of Iris!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE PHOTO GALLERY
This time my latest gallery has over 100 new photos showing you everything I can of our recent activities and ministry world. You can see more ocean baptisms, village outreaches, Mozambicans of all ages in their cultural glory, children at play, intense worship in meetings, beautiful weddings, and just the plain love and joy of our Iris family's life in Jesus!

You can use these photos however you like, and I can supply higher-resolution files if necessary.

Previous news and galleries are at www.irismin.org. They go back to 2001, with thousands of photos and a detailed record of revival in this land.


ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF IRIS!
Yesterday Heidi and I arrived back home in Pemba, really dirty. Hot, perspiring, clothes soggy. Feet caked with dust and mud. We really looked the missionary part. Our creaking old Land Rover was loaded down. Our bench seats in back were crammed with...]]></description>
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