From May 2010 – November of 2010 we helped The Lausanne Movement with conversation.lausanne.org. The Lausanne Movement was started by Billy Graham to unite evangelicals in the pursuit of evangelizing the world. In October of 2010 they held the 3rd Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa with over 4,000 participants from nearly 200 countries represented. Leading up to the Congress I loaded content on the site, helped with support requests from participants, tested the site, and helped launch the site in 8 languages. In October, I headed down to South Africa to work with the Congress on site. Along with all the things mentioned above I did whatever I could to lend a hand, even handing out shirts to volunteers on the first day. I made some great friends and met amazing people from all over the world yearning for the Lord. Towards the end I even got to… [Read More]
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The Lausanne Movement
November 1st, 2010 
Dana Fisher 
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Tags: Billy Graham, Cape Town, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, Lord, South Africa 
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October 29th, 2010 Dana Fisher As the Cape Town 2010 Congress wrapped up I got to spend my last full day there doing some site seeing with the group that came down from Elmbrook church in Brookfield, WI. One of them, Dave, was my roommate and invited me along for the day. They rented a tour bus, complete with a guide and decided to go to the Cape of Good Hope. Our tour guide was amazing and recommended a loop which consisted of Simon’s Town to visit the African Penguins, Cape Point, Hout Bay, and the Twelve Apostles. For 13 days we had basically lived in the conference center, working tirelessly from roughly 8am to 12am every day. Everyone had expressed how beautiful Cape Town was but from our perspective we had only seen the inside of a building and it didn’t seem all that impressive. Our day off completely changed that as we wound… [Read More]
Lausanne Movement – Worship
October 28th, 2010 Dana Fisher Back in 2003 I was at Fenway Park for game 4 of the divisional series against the Oakland A’s. The Red Sox had lost the first two games and would need to win the next 3 in order to advance. They won game 3 to stay alive and as game 4 was winding down it appeared their season was over. Down in the bottom of the eighth their bats came alive and with two outs Big Papi strode to the plate. Back then he was menacing. A giant superman logo was etched in his chest and fire came from his nostrils. Okay I made that up. But back then when he came to the plate you always felt like you were watching something special. With two out it would take a miracle for them to win. Ortiz slapped a double down the right field line, scoring the go ahead run… [Read More]
Posted in American Christianity, Non-Violent Resistance, Radical Christianity Tags: America, brother, Cape Town, Cape Town 2010, Christ, church, faith, Father, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, life, Lord, love, miracle, muslim, peace, power, pray, prayer, sin, South Africa, struggle, witness, worship Comments OffLausanne Movement – Faith
October 27th, 2010 Dana Fisher The idea of faith is so astounding to me. Belief in things unseen, so dear to ones heart that they would sacrifice for it, give to it, and even be martyred for it. It became increasingly evident as I was here that as an American I lack faith and a sense of urgency. I was talking to my new friend Peter, walking around the city of Cape Town when he said that his church was having a conference too, in December. In American fashion the next question out of my mouth was “What’s it about?”. His answer really put my question in perspective: “We don’t know yet.” As westernized Christianity goes we tend to strip God of the ability to blow our minds and direct our path. We hold committee meetings, decide on topics and discussions, invite specific speakers, and at the end pray “Lord bless this”. We’re so privileged… [Read More]
Lausanne Movement – Conversation
October 26th, 2010 Dana Fisher Yesterday I received a message from my pastor back home on my facebook page. He wanted to let me know Wednesday night Bible studies hadn’t been the same and that they would be praying for me that night during the study. Such a small gesture goes such a long way when you are so far from home. To know that you are loved, missed, and being prayed for is very uplifting. There is a marketplace not far from my hotel which I have walked to a couple times to purchase some trinkets and handmade art for friends and family back home. Yesterday I made my way down to Greenmarket Square to purchase some things and get some fresh air in the middle of the day. On my way there I spoke to my roommates who told me there was an attempted armed robbery there and they had left quickly. I… [Read More]
Lausanne Movement – Community
October 22nd, 2010 Dana Fisher My roommate Dave is one of the videographers here and was able to turn an idea he had into a great short video. I feel it is one of the more powerful pieces to come from the Lausanne Congress, at least for me personally. Take a minute to watch it: When signing up for the Cape Town 2010 Congress I had an option of where to stay and how many people to stay with. There were single, double, and quadruple rooms. For anyone who knows me well I don’t do well staying with people, especially people I don’t know. I knew I was doing this for a reason and so I chose to room in a quadruple room in order to interact with as many people as possible here in Cape Town. I was extremely hesitant about doing this but the Lord is faithful to those who do what He… [Read More]
Posted in Prayers Tags: believer, Cape Town, Cape Town 2010, Christ, Christian, Christianity, christians, Community, desire, faith, faithful, heart, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, Lord, Lord's Prayer, missions, power, sin Comments OffLausanne Movement – Unique Stories
October 19th, 2010 Dana Fisher Everyone has a unique story, something awe inspiring in some way. Today I met a fellow volunteer from Israel who survived a terrorist attack. Steve works on the web team with me and has helped me at times with the Arabic I am putting up on the site. While at a restaurant with a friend he got what he described as a deep feeling to go home. He told his friend who tried to persuade him to stay. After a short while they decided to leave and as they left the restaurant it exploded, killing their waitress as well as several of the band members who were playing that night. He handed me a pen from Israel today with a small scroll that rolls out of it with a traveler’s prayer on one side and some photos of Israel on the other. It’s one of the small things I’ll take… [Read More]
Posted in Christian Living, Non-Violent Resistance Tags: Cape Town, Cape Town 2010, evangelization, israel, joy, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, Lord, Lord's Prayer, pray, prayer, sin, war Comments OffLausanne Movement – Ramping up
October 18th, 2010 Dana Fisher The challenges of pulling off something of such a large stature have been apparent on day 3 here at Lausanne Cape Town 2010. We’ve had issues with our pipeline for internet access as our network fluctuates drastically. While they try to get some of us up on internet it has bottlenecked other teams from accessing and uploading information. I’m running off chocolate bars and 5hr energy that I happened to sneak in to my carry on bag during these 12 hour days as we ramp up for the opening of the congress. There is enough energy in the conference center to sustain me for this week, although I know I’ll be feeling it come the 27th when I am back on American soil. Today I met Mark, a father, professor, and missionary working in the context of Orality. It is an interesting topic, one that I had never heard of… [Read More]
Posted in Social Justice Tags: America, bible, Cape Town, Cape Town 2010, Father, gospel, Jesus, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, Mark, Mark Overstreet, missionary, pray, relationship, sin Comments OffLausanne Movement – Small Cogs
October 15th, 2010 Dana Fisher I realize the Bible says blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed(John 20:29), but for us as people, it proves very difficult. If it weren’t, all of us would perhaps be saved just by word of mouth and nothing more. To experience the Lausanne Congress from the inside is a unique perspective and while I can do my best to describe the sites, sounds, and experiences here it would not do justice to the great expansive effort being put forward here by everyone. Sometimes seeing is believing. Yesterday was spent in meetings, training, and a tour of the venue getting an overview of how things are going to play out. In the main hall crews worked through the night on lifts wiring up lighting, while other crews constructed a bookstore and registration booths. Early in the morning as we headed out to our offsite meeting things… [Read More]
Posted in Prayers Tags: bible, Cape Town 2010, Christ, Christian, christians, evangelization, glory, intercessory, John, joy, justice, Lausanne, Lausanne Movement, life, light, miracle, saved, sin, war Comments OffStaying in Tune
June 28th, 2010 Dana Fisher For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD ~Jeremiah 29:11 At one point last year I gave my brother directions for putting new spark plugs in his car. After putting them in his car was running worse than before. Spark plugs now-a-days come “pre gaped” which means the space between for the spark is already set at the right spacing for the car they are made for. I never trust a machine, and so I told my brother to check the gap before putting each one in. I had forgot to mention pre-gapping to him so when he went to buy the plugs and the guy behind the counter told him they were already ready to put in he thought he had scored and avoided one step. Obviously the gap was off just slightly on at least one of the plugs, causing his car to not… [Read More]
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