The Last Leaf

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  “The day slowly passed. As it grew dark, they could still see the leaf hanging from its branch against the wall. And then, as the night  came, the north wind began again to blow. The rain still beat against the windows. When it was light enough the next morning, Johnsy again commanded that she be allowed to see. The leaf was still there.” “The Last Leaf” A Short Story by O Henry (1905)

Evangelical Missiological Society to Meet at CIU

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(repost) 

The 2014 Southeast Regional Conference of the The Evangelical Missiological Society will meet Saturday, March 29, 2014 on the campus of Columbia International University. The theme will be “Missions and Diaspora.” The conference is open to professors, students and mission practitioners.  

Session speakers include: 
  • CIU alumnus Leiton Chinn, (international student ministry organizer with the Lausanne Movement) will speak on “Reaching the International Student Diaspora in North America.”
  • CIU alumnus Ken Katayama (President of Crossover Communications International)
  • CIU alumna Jessie Udall who recently defended her thesis, “Preparing Ethiopians for Cross-Cultural Ministry: Maximizing Missionary Training for Great Commission Impact.”
CIU professors making presentations include:
For registration and more information visit http://www.emsweb.org/regions/southeast.

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