11.12.09
India Trip Details
Ok, so you know I’m going to India, and you want to know more details.
The trip is January 5-14, 2010, which is in just two months. This trip is a little different than my previous trips, as a small group is going - there are only 6 of us, and I’ll have some more responsibility with some things than I’ve had previously. I will be traveling to the Andre Pradesh province, most recently known for the extreme flooding. On this trip, I’ll be:
- Leading a purity conference for the girls at New Life Children’s home, and I hope to meet the little boy that I sponsor at New Life.
- Assisting with some HIV+/AIDS program research as we seek to get something more formal established in that area.
- Spending two days participating in outreach to a remote island village.
I also hope to be able to dedicate some water wells provided through Wells For Life, and interact with the people recieving that incredible gift, as well as have the opportunity to interact with some of the women in the microfinace loan program through Tas Philas, and do any necessary leg work that they are needing.
If you want to support the trip, check out the For India Photography site, and please pray for me. I’ll be posting more about the trip as it gets closer, and will have regular blog entries scheduled during the trip, so you’ll know specifically how to pray while I’m gone.
Thanks so much for the encouragement and support you’ve already given.
11.10.09
For India Photography
It is officially up and running. For India Photography. I’ve pulled together some of my best photography, and made it available for purchase in various print sizes. The prints are professional quality, and I’ve grouped similar images, so you can easily purchase several images that work together. I’ve priced things reasonable enough, so that anyone could afford something, but at the same time, high enough to 1) make a substantial contribution to work in India, and 2) reflect the quality of the work.
I’m super excited about this, and hoping that it will encourage a lot of people to jump on board with the things going on in India. In the short term, this project will be financially facilitating my next trip to India, but my hope is that it will continue on long past the trip, and supply much needed water wells, microfinace loans, supplies for the children in the children’s homes, etc.
ALL net proceeds will go towards ministry efforts in India, every last dime. In the next few days, I’ll be sharing more specifically some of the things I’ll be doing on this next trip.
Please, please consider purchasing a photo, and please, please, pass this site on to others. ReTweet, Re-Post, Re-Link. And please, please pray for my trip, and for this project.
Thanks so much. I truly appreciate the support, and encouragement I’ve already received, and I’m excited to see how God will work.
11.05.09
In Need of Prayer
Ok, so in exactly two months from today, I’m getting on a plane and going to India again. I am so excited, at the same time, I’m overwhelmed. When I look at my to do list of all the things that need to get done to make this happen, there are several things, that are just God sized, that I, in no way, can accomplish on my own. Which is why I need your prayer. Here are a few of those things, that you can pray for specifically.
- Startup of For India Photography. As I started thinking about making this trip, I thought, well maybe I can figure out a way to pay for it all myself, but I felt like God was telling me that is not what He wanted. (And after looking at my finances, it wouldn’t have been possible) I felt like God said, if you do that, then you are hindering others involvement in the ministry, and I want more people, aware and involved in the work I’m doing in India. So I started thinking and praying about how I could get others involved, and God brought to mind an idea I had previously, to sell some of my photography to support work in India. So, I have been feverishly working on getting For India Photography going. I’m hoping to be ready to go by this weekend, and never fear, you will certainly hear a lot more about this endeavor. In the meantime, I could really use your prayers, as there is still ton of work to get accomplished before this weekend, for it to be up and running. It’ll have to be a God thing.
- Leading a Purity Conference. This is a smaller trip, there are only 6 of us going. It’s not one of the main trips being offered, which means I’m going to have some different responsibilities this time around. In days ahead, I’ll share a lot more specifics about what I’m going to be doing, but the biggest thing, is leading a purity conference for the girls in the New Life Children’s Home. I can not begin to tell you how outside of my comfort zone this is, on so many levels. It’s not anything, I would normally agree to, but sometimes God just plunks something in your lap, and you know that even though it’s not your ministry “SHAPE” it’s something you just have to do, because the need is so great. So I said yes…. and now you know as much as I do about it! It will definitely have to be a God thing on so many levels, and I can not tell you, how much I would appreciate your prayer about this. And if any of you have resources for something like this, please, let me know!
Thank you so much for praying for me. I can not begin to tell you how excited I am about this trip. How excited I am about seeing God move, like I know He’s gonna have to. I’m overwhelmed, but I love being in this place, where the only thing I can do, is wait to see how God’s going to come through.
11.01.09
Supernatural Power
I was reading Acts this morning, where Philip met the Ethiopian eunuch, and I was struck by how specifically God had directed him, and I felt convicted that I don’t currently, look to God to guide that specifically, or move that supernaturally, in the day to day of my life.
I think one of the things, in all of the things that I’m learning right now, is just how to expect God to work like that, and how to believe Him for it, and be open to it, in the day to day of my own life.
There’s a series of posts over on Epic Walk, that are along these same lines, specifically in the area of giving, and I’ve really enjoyed them and been challenged by them, to just jump in, in faith. I will warn you, though, there are some cliff hanger endings, and the series isn’t done yet.