Happy
Holidays Everyone!
Between
America and India we are working through about 15 different holidays in these
last 2 months of the year, so it seems very fitting to say Happy Holidays
during the months of Oct and November in India! It has been awhile since we
have sent out an email newsletter. We are working on cleaning up our address
book and apologize if you receive this more than once. If you can let us know
by a simple reply we will correct that in the future. Very soon we will be sending
out monthly newsletters to better connect our worlds and lives. If you are
interested in receiving one you MUST reply and let us know. We cannot add you
without your permission. Hope you want to continue hearing about what God is
doing through Crosspoint of India in central India!
Here are a
few updates:
We now have
over 80 children at Lighthouse Children’s Home. We changed the name of the
orphanage this year to better reflect our vision for the lives of these
children as well as prepare for the day we move out of our city and
onto our land! We do not have a departure day set yet, but you can help us make
that possible through your continued support throughout 2012. Our oldest Vikky
is in his second year of seminary in south India and our 3 youngest Joel, Sakshi and
Prem are just 3 years old! We want to thank our orphan sponsors who make this
home possible.
The kids got some early Christmas gifts!- playground equipment...
and sweaters for the coming winter!
We are over
half-way through the 12th
year of Bible School. We continue to lack space for this area of
ministry, but continue on because it is the heartbeat of everything we do.
Graduation will be March 10, 2012. Will you pray about coming and sending off
these students with your prayers and encouragement?
We are
becoming a lot more seasoned to construction at this point. In 2011 we built a
new building just next to our blue boys dorm (that was completed in 2007). We
dedicated and opened our Head Office on 11-11-11! Once we make that final move
the ministry will no longer rent any facilities! This really is amazing since 3
years ago we rented 5 different buildings. Our family is next! Prepare to hear
about our personal home construction coming in 2012 as well.
The
ministry campus has made progress this year. We are ready to put in a septic
system and begin building some children’s homes! Your continued support for
this area of our ministry is a great need. We appreciate all those who have
given generously to the future home of our orphanage. God is working and we are
moving forward!
Our church
continues to grow. This year we have really encouraged our believers to take on
the task of sharing the good news. They have given out over 100,000 tracts this
year! We are thankful for their zeal and passion.
The Titus
Women group has grown to over 70 members, with over 120 women passing through
our group in 2011! This has been an amazing amount of growth. Each of the women
are learning the word and worshiping with us weekly. It is exciting to see the
potential through this group of women. Thank you for your purchase of the Titus
Women merchandise. It has been a huge blessing this year!
Let’s finish out this year well! We are in need of your support to complete a few unfinished projects as well as close out accounts for the year. Please pray (but not for too long!) and consider giving a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year.
Ways
you can help:
· Head Office interior construction- $5000
We
are making inner interiors and will be purchasing desks and furniture. This is
a great need. We have not had a proper office in years and this keep us from
hiring the staff we need and being able to send out updates, etc.( Thank you
for your patience in this area!)
·
Back up Battery
Invertors for the children’s dorms $1500 each. We need
2.
· 5
new Computers for the office and a network system, printer, etc. $10,000
· Christmas Celebration Outreach $2,000
We will be feeding over 500 people
Christmas day lunch as well as putting on a Christmas Program and renting
vehicles and caroling for 3 days!
Your
undesignated donation will be used wherever it is needed the most. Thank you
for your continued support for the past 12 years !
We love and
appreciate each one of you! We are so thankful for the opportunity to serve on
behalf of you in India!
