South Asia update

Report from South Asia
Yesterday was a busy and awesome day in Bangalore, India. It started off bright and early with devotion and leadership training at the Awana South Asia training with missionaries from all over the region. Then it was off to a church that Compassion International was sponsoring in a poverty stricken area in Bangalore. Awana and Compassion have a great partnership in this area. Compassion has started Awana clubs in the area and they're making an incredible impact in the lives of children and youth. Compassion has an after school program out of this church were they teach the youth proper hygiene and biblical principles. They also provide a great meal and of course a full Awana program. Compassion is very detailed in their labor with a stat sheet on every child so they may be sponsored by the more fortunate people of the world. It is great to see how this type of ministry is making an impact in the community. The pastor shared with me how twenty years earlier when his father pastored the church and Compassion Intl. began the sponsorship that the community was like Sodom and was morally bankrupt. But over the years the children's biblical lifestyle rubbed off on their parents and change slowly took place. Now those children in the beginning are now parents themselves and have their children in a biblical atmosphere. A whole new generation has emerged that is hearing about Jesus. We had the blessing of sharing the gospel with about 200 youth and many were saved. Rest assured Compassion was following up as soon as we were finished.

It was off to Baptist Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Bangalore to meet up with a couple who have a mission near the hospital and we followed them to Rahab's Rope headquarters. This is a much needed ministry in the area to prostitutes. Rahab’s Rope Women’s Center is a place that provides food, shelter and protection; a place of education and training; a place where the whole person is ministered to spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and financially. It is a place of hope, a place of transformed lives. It was founded in 2004 by Vicki Moore who is a member of Riverside Baptist Church in Gainesville, Ga. The Moore's said their vision is simple, "Rahab’s Rope is to give hope and opportunity to women and girls that have been forced into the commercial sex trade of India by providing a safe and loving environment that will enable them to grow and develop both physically and spiritually". Most of the ministry is funded by clothes and jewelry that the ladies learned through classes at the center. It is then brought back to Gainesville in a shop called Rahab's Rope on Bradford St. on the square in Gainesville. The money made at the store all goes back to running the ministry in Bangalore. Ladies of Hebron I implore you to go shopping at Rahab's Rope. It is quality Stuff!

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