Jonathan & Karen Lovitt https://afmonline.org//missionaries/detail/50 Missionary Updates en-us afm@afmonline.org Copyright 2012 2012-05-08T20:54:00+00:00 <![CDATA[Icebreakers in God’s Shipyard]]> https://afmonline.org/post/icebreakers-in-gods-shipyard https://afmonline.org/post/icebreakers-in-gods-shipyard#When:09:41:20Z The pull was strong—he could feel it. It was time to go again.

]]> 2013-03-01T09:41:20+00:00 <![CDATA[Beginning Again]]> https://afmonline.org/post/beginning-again https://afmonline.org/post/beginning-again#When:16:06:26Z There are a lot of things in life that I don’t understand, but if anything has become clear in the last six months, it is that God’s ways are beyond understanding.

]]> 2013-01-01T16:06:26+00:00 <![CDATA[Pashupatinath]]> https://afmonline.org/post/pashupatinath https://afmonline.org/post/pashupatinath#When:09:14:37Z Pashupatinath—the oldest Hindu temple in Kathmandu. Many Hindus consider it to be one of the most sacred temples in the world. Opinions differ, but it is inarguably a great confluence of faith and finality.

]]> 2012-11-01T09:14:37+00:00 <![CDATA[Making His Presence Known]]> https://afmonline.org/post/making-his-presence-known https://afmonline.org/post/making-his-presence-known#When:09:12:54Z “You’re preaching, aren’t you? That is illegal! Which church do you attend?” the officer demanded angrily. Over the next half hour, he berated Jonathan for preaching.

]]> 2012-09-01T09:12:54+00:00 <![CDATA[Transition]]> https://afmonline.org/post/transition https://afmonline.org/post/transition#When:09:09:23Z I hold in my hand a letter that has changed our lives. It’s officially time to leave India. This has come as a shock to us.

]]> 2012-08-01T09:09:23+00:00 <![CDATA[The Sermon]]> https://afmonline.org/post/the-sermon https://afmonline.org/post/the-sermon#When:09:06:39Z Friday night, I had a troubling dream in which a black snake and a number of people were trying to kill me. In the dream, a voice was saying, “Don’t preach tomorrow.”

]]> 2012-07-01T09:06:39+00:00 <![CDATA[Time to Go]]> https://afmonline.org/post/time-to-go https://afmonline.org/post/time-to-go#When:08:58:13Z His time had come.

A crowd spills out of the house, lining the balconies of neighboring houses and filling the street. Inside the house, tears are shed as mourners say their final goodbyes. For the last time, friends accompany him as he leaves the home he loved. Gently, they carry his body on their shoulders. A lone conch-shell horn sounds again and again. His friends and family drape him with silk scarves as tokens of respect and honor.

]]> 2012-05-01T08:58:13+00:00 <![CDATA[A Good Education]]> https://afmonline.org/post/a-good-education1 https://afmonline.org/post/a-good-education1#When:11:28:26Z “I’‘m afraid this is going to be very difficult for you.“” Though the headmaster wasn‘’t talking to me, I felt my stomach tighten. He looked imposing behind his wide, polished desk. He looked at the young girl sitting beside me and said sternly but kindly, ““You‘’re going to have to work very hard to succeed here.”

]]> 2012-03-01T11:28:26+00:00 <![CDATA[Finding Meaning]]> https://afmonline.org/post/finding-meaning https://afmonline.org/post/finding-meaning#When:16:08:49Z The Bible tells us that Jesus is the Author and the Finisher of our faith. That tells me that, in my work as a missionary, I neither really start anything in someone’s life nor finish it. My role is to be a rung in the ladder people are climbing toward God

]]> 2012-02-01T16:08:49+00:00 <![CDATA[Faith by Caste]]> https://afmonline.org/post/faith-by-caste https://afmonline.org/post/faith-by-caste#When:16:08:10Z Christianity isn‘’t something you’re born into like caste. It‘’s a choice.

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