Pune, India.

So this past weekend has been the missions conference at my Church.  I went friday night to the banquet and thought it was great!  My heart is burdened and broken over the amount of people who die without ever having the opportunity to hear the Gospel and surrender their lives to Christ!  If I were able to go out tomorrow to work in the harvest (of India) I think I would!

You have seen me write before about my LOVE for India!  I have never been but my husband spent some time in Kolkutta and from his experiences and what I know about the people there the Lord has placed a deep love for the people of India in my heart.  I have a TON of allergies that seem to be a huge barrier to me ever being able to go there (at least for any length of time) but I am not going to count it out yet!

My pastor spoke at the end about our church being in the VERY beginning stages of organizing and cooridiating a team of people to go to Pune, India!  All  you have to do is say Pune and my heart melts.   Pune is the 8th largest city in India and is known as the "oxford of the east" having more colleges and universities than any other city in the WORLD!  I don't know the exact numbers but it has something like more people in that one city then the whole state of South Carolina.  Can you imagine!?!

Pray with me if you want to that this plan to send a team will be successful!  I am going to be praying that the that the Gospel would spread like wildfire through this city and in the universities.  These people are so precious.

Do You Know??

Do you know that India is the 2nd largest country in population (but it is actually a smaller country)?

Do you know that 60% of the worlds population is in Asia?

Do you know that India has the most unreached people for Christ?

These are rough statistics that I researched but I read that only 3 percent of the population in India are Christians. I also read that 73% of the Christians in India are Catholic. There are ALOT of unreached people for Christ in India.

When I look at India I see a beautiful people that God made in His own image who in the midst of a lot of struggle (poverty, etc) are desperately searching for life.

I've been wanting to adopt a child from India. I know it won't hardly put a dent in the poverty crisis that exist but it may be a start. so....

Do you know what is a good organization to go with? Compassion International or Gospel for Asia's Bridge of Hope?

I am leaning toward Bridge of Hope because I think all the money is used for the purpose of supporting the child. You know how you hear of organizations that by the time they take out administrative fees and what not then only a small percentage goes to the actual purpose of the donation? Anyway, blah blah blah. Any ideas?