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Ten Key Outcomes of MAI Ministry

Monday, 12 June 2017 by Dawn Jewell

In the last 14 months, MAI ministry has yielded these outcomes: 1. Trainings in 22 countries for 370 publishing staff and writers, representing more than 90 different publishing houses 2. Our first-ever screenwriting workshop, involving 10 writers from a closed Asian country 3. Launch of Christian publisher training in Italy in partnership with the Geneva

Published in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, MAI, Middle East, Uncategorized

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Writing goes places where we cannot

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 by Dawn Jewell

“We now see that writing is a way to serve the Lord,” said a young man after MAI training. “Writing can reach people in places where we ourselves cannot go.” Last year he and friends in a closed country of Southeast Asia formed Firefly—the first Christian publisher in their nation and an exciting outcome of

Christian publishing Christian writing international training

Published in Africa, Asia, Europe, John Maust, Latin America, MAI, Middle East, training

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Angola: When God closed the door

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 by Dawn Jewell

When God closed the door on Joel Sergio’s dreams of emigrating to Europe, the pages of his writing life began to unfold. Thousands of aspiring youth from Angola, including his two brothers, had left for Europe in the late 1980s and 1990s. Poverty, unemployment and hopelessness gripped the former Portuguese colony of southern Africa, scarred

African Christian author Christian publishing Christian writing

Published in Africa, Christian writer, LittWorld, MAI, marketing

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A Writer in Wonderland

Wednesday, 14 December 2016 by MAI

By Ivanova Nono Fotso, Cameroon I know a young woman who has many grown-up responsibilities: university studies, work, chores, volunteering and church. Yet unbeknownst to the rest of the world, this young woman has a secret room in her heart. In that room, she revisits the world of a five year-old girl, filled with wonder

Africa Cameroon children's books writing for children

Published in Africa, Christian writer, devotional, MAI, writing, writing for children

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A Comic Strip That Borders Heaven

Friday, 07 October 2016 by Dawn Jewell

Timazi Magazine of Kenya recently featured part one of “Big Day,” a comic strip birthed by friendships made at MAI’s LittWorld 2012 conference. There John and Maggie Gathuku, who lead the Christian youth magazine, met Mexican illustrator José Carlos Gutiérrez (right in photo below) and author Ivanova Nono Fotso of Cameroon (left in photo). José

Cameroon comic Kenya Mexico

Published in Africa, Christian writer, design, MAI, writing for children

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Egypt: The Power of the World to Heal

Thursday, 20 August 2015 by Dawn Jewell

The gruesome video showing beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya last February spurred writers at the Bible Society of Egypt into immediate action. Within three days, a powerful tract began reaching the hands of mourning Egyptians, and ultimately 1.65 million readers. It became the most widely distributed Christian leaflet in the nation’s history.

Egypt Libya

Published in Africa, Middle East, publishing, writing

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Voices from South Africa

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 by Dawn Jewell

By Joan Campbell, MAI trainer On the first evening of MAI’s South African “My Story for His Glory” Writing Workshop, May 16 & 17, the 13 participants read some of their writing. It was a celebration of words, creativity and individuality. I’d like to share two of these expressive South African voices. Norma shared an