1.3 Billion People

India: 1.3 billion and growing by 28,000 per day!
4 times the population of the US in 1/3 of the space with 28 states that all have their own language and people groups.

“A bomb was planted in front of our house when we first came here and started our small church.
Luckily, a dog came by and picked the package up and moved it away from the house before it detonated. The dog was blown to pieces but we were safe.”
Amid much opposition this small church has thrived and today pastor Sam Abraham is coaching more than 35 church planters in the region of Himachal Pradesh, a northern Himalayan state of India.

Pastor Sam Abraham and his daughter

This was our first trip to India and we were met with enthusiasm as we cast the vision for these pastors to reach out to their police and military men. They, like most in Asian nations, have always been fearful of reaching out to these powerful people but after seeing what is happening in their neighboring nations, got really excited about beginning a focused and networked military/police ministry. 

Pastor Lamech: Chennai police station visit

We held two different pastoral vision casting/training conferences this trip with more than 50 pastors and were also to meet several active duty police and military personnel. 

They are already asking us come again for more training and coaching! 

Myanmar

More than 22,000 people were killed, says the government, but the top US diplomat in Burma warned that without speedy action that could top 100,000.

Please pray for our brothers there. As you know, we were just in Yangoon a few weeks ago and are concerned for these dear brothers as they try and survive a difficult time recovering from this devastating cyclone. We have not heard from our contact Aung yet but are trying to reach him.