The church in India is daily persecuted. Christians are killed every week. Currently there is alot of conflict going on in the Orissa area. Take a couple of minutes and check out the video, photo, and story updates sent by believers in the area as to the situation.

Gospel For Asia is raising up thousands of native missionaries who truly are unashamed of the Gospel. Hearing their stories and testimonies is very humbling. Please consider supporting one of their missionaries.

Well our trip to Brasil is over halfway done and I still haven't posted an update on the blog! We had no flight troubles through our connections and ended up landing in Goiania. Some friends picked us up and took us to Anapolis (300,000) . We spent a night there before catching a bus 8 hours North into the state of Tocantins, where we stayed with friends. They have a Chacara (small farm) about 10k outside of Formoso do Araguaia. While there we helped them with some projects they had going on (ie. building a Chapeu de Palha). The house they were living in was still under construction so it had no electricity and only was partially covered with a roof. We had an awesome time hearing of God's faithfulness to them and their huge family, and even got to visit two Villages on Bananal Island (Worlds largest freshwater island). 

After spending a week with them we returned to Anapolis for a few days where my sister had 4 wisdom teeth removed. After a couple recovery days, we headed to a small town an hour from Anapolis where *** has a school and language training program. That is where we are right now. I helped out putting a new roof on part of the high school, and my sister & Cherie helped painting and cleaning.

We were able to do some fun stuff throughout our stay as well. (climbing waterfalls, swimming, hiking, exploring a cave etc..).

Tuesday we head to Rio before flying home on the 18th of July. Thank you all for your prayers & support!

In the first session we heard from several missionaries sharing testimonies and facts about the need in World Missions. 10% of Christian Workers are Reaching 90% of the world, while 90% of Christians are reaching 10% of the world. That means that the vast majority of the world is hungry for people to come and teach them the word. Millions have no choice...they can NOT here the gospel of Christ if they wanted to. They have no churches, bibles, or christian leaders in their country. It is moving to hear the passion of these missionaries for spreading the Word to these people!

I was convicted by God's command to be a missionary last year during my year studying at the Bible Institute. I began where I could, God opened a door for me to serve at Word of Life at the Bible Institute. I see God leading me to go into New Tribes Missionary training in Durham after I finish serving here at Word of Life. This summer I will be flying down to Brazil with my sister and a friend to help out in a tribal church plant for a few weeks. Please be praying I will be able to raise the support for this trip, and will be able to do all I do to the glory of Christ.