Focusing on the Future
Greetings!
Praise God for everything that HE has planned! This June, I was able to conduct orientation to eight study participants and their teachers who are in Makale, South Sulawesi, which is about a 10-12 hour drive from Makassar. I am so grateful for the very positive responses from all the study participants. Even the teacher of this class has outlined the church's vision for the next 15 years and how to use this curriculum to train leaders and elders in his church. Due to the denominational activities of electing regional leaders, this class will only officially run after the activity.
Thankful for your prayers and support,

Frids Lumba
CCI Indonesia National Director
Staff Update
God has allowed me to promote the CCI ministry last month to several church leaders. I also visited taught the two classes in Makassar. Unfortunately, the Jl Rusa class was held only two times last month due to my document processing activities to travel to the US.

On June 20 -21, Pastor Petrus and I held a Teacher Training Workshop (TTW) for 5 prospective teachers. This activity was carried out at a church "Betesda" located in Makale. The senior pastor from the church felt that the CCI curriculum was the right teaching material to use in training the workers in his local church. He even used some time outside the workshop to show me his plans. In his presentation, he showed what he would do with the curriculum and how many classes his church would start in the future. You can read his testimony below regarding his decision. I am very thankful for the participants who have very clear and detailed visions and plans.
 
After conducting an orientation on the CCI curriculum in Makale, we are grateful for the participants' enthusiasm to learn the 10 books that were introduced to them, and even the strong desire to start the class as soon as possible.
TTW at "Betesda" in Makale
Orientation at Makale
Testimony From a Student
"My name is Daniel Kendek, I am a senior Pastor of a church in Indonesia "Betesda", located in the city of Makale Tanah Toraja. After receiving a presentation from the director of CCI Indonesia, I continued to study the CCI curriculum through the book Program Summary Manual (PSM) lent to me by Pastor Petrus. I was not in a hurry to immediately start a class because as a teacher for both secular schools and Bible schools, I have to be careful about the content in the teaching materials. I also continued to ask questions that I felt were important to know about the CCI curriculum. From observations and research that I did for several months, I finally decided to use the CCI curriculum to train the workers in my local church. I have a vision that in the next 15 years I will pastor a congregation of 1,000. To achieve that I need to prepare my workers. I also decided that one of the worship days in the current week would be omitted and we would use that day to study the Bible using the CCI curriculum. I will start this year by focusing on 5 elders and they will train group leaders. I have also outlined the vision and implementation of this curriculum every year to be able to evaluate it later. Please support and pray for this plan to work well and the name of God alone be praised and glorified."
Prayer Requests & Praises

Grateful for a new class that has been started on Wee Libo, West Sumba with seven participants.


Praise God that after an interview at the American consulate in Surabaya, my visa application was approved.

Grateful for the Teacher Training Workshop and CCI class orientation in Makale, South Sulawesi, Toraja that went well.

Pray for the need for teachers in Sumba because many churches are starting to open and ask to start classes but there are no teachers available. Pray that God will send the right people who are willing to teach.

Pray for the CCI class, which will start this month in Makale, South Sulawesi with 9 participants. Pray for the teachers and the students, pray that this class will be a stepping stone for the opening of other classes in several Christian areas around Makale.

Pray for partners and key people in North Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi and East Kalimantan who are willing to work with CCI Indonesia in training and multiplying leaders.

Pray for the directors of CCI from Asia, including myself, who be on a CCI Tour in the USA in September-October 2022.
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