Serving with Serve India Ministries December 2012

Helping to Reach Millions of People with the Gospel by Building Kingdom Relationships

Dear Freinds:

We are praying for a successful “Give the Gift of Hope” campaign to finish out 2012 with the campaign we hope to raise support for 4 underfunded areas such as: New Mission Fields, Unsponsored Pastors, Stepping Stone Centers and our General Fund. At our current pace, we are about even with last year as far as support that we have raised for our pastors and stepping stone children. If you could pray with us that “Give the Gift of Hope” will do very well, we can serve them.

Our goals:

·         Our goal is to raise vital funds to help us fund the growth of our ministry in 2012 (300 new pastors) as well as next years growth. We will need to raise funds for 5000 more children through our egg project, 300 new pastors in 2013 and fund all of our unsponsored pastors.
·         Please pray for us to reach these goals, It has been much harder to raise additional capital this year as pressures of the economy and the distractions of the election has made it much harder to raise funds.
·         We still have 300 more pastors to find sponsors for, a sponsor is someone who will support a missionary/pastor for $35 per month for the 5 year partnership that we have with these independent pastors.

Family Update: Benjamin had his first recital last weekend and will his home school orchestra group will have a concert on Dec 8^th. We are really enjoying watch Benjamin learn music theory and he is becoming very good at reading music and is even writing some musical pieces. He has great teachers and we are very appreciative of there work. Janey has been busy taking care of the Sparks at our church in Gardner, she coordinates all of the sparks leaders who take care of 100 little ones. She continues to receive care from a neurologist who has her logging her headaches frequency so she can get a long term solution to help bring relief for her migraines.

You can see Ben’s recital via Youtube by going to: http://youtu.be/BTJu3KW42Hs

India Update:

National Pastors See Prayer Heal, Transform, and Equip

Looking at the Giving the Gift of Hope campaign, we reflect on the testimonies of national pastors. Your gift to the Gift of Hope can sponsor a national pastor, provide a child with one year of tutoring through Stepping Stones, sponsor a mission field, or fund our operations in the United States.

Serve India Ministries’ goal is to reach out to 100,000 villages in India with the Gospel. In our recent blog stories of unreached villages in India, there is a common similarity that each of the national pastors share – a belief in the power of prayer. Countless stories from these national pastors display how the power of prayer heals, transforms, and equips.

Prayer Heals.

Pastor Suraj’s prayers for an unreached village led him to minister to a woman named Subita. Subita, a mother of two children, was mentally handicapped and her family continually worried over her condition.

When they met Pastor Suraj, they begged him to pray for her. Pastor Suraj said, “I did not have much faith to pray that God would heal. But somehow, with God’s help, I told them, ‘I will pray and if you believe in Jesus, Jesus can heal her.” The family believed, and when Suraj prayed, God healed Subita! Overjoyed, her family eagerly opened their home for Suraj’s ministry in that village. Supported by the prayer of his church, he boldly evangelized.

Prayer Transforms.

CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO ABOUT SERVE INDIA MINISTRIES Vinod shared how the Gospel brought deliverance and healing from his addiction to drugs. One day, as Vinod went from door to door selling clothes, he felt God tell him that if he would trust in Jesus, then Jesus could heal his wife. With faith rising in his heart, Vinod went back to the church. In prayer, he confessed his sins. After some time, God miraculously healed his wife. Vinod’s faith grew! Finally, he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

Prayer Equips.

Pastor Subey Dar spends concentrated time in fasting and prayer for the unreached villages in his area of North India. After praying for a particular unreached village, Pastor Subey Dar would visit the unreached village and share the Gospel. Subey Dar says that his prayer life is making him more effective in answering God’s call. He and his family are committed to continue fasting and praying for the yet unreached villages.

Support Report – Year End Giving Opportunity

As we close out 2012 we want to thank you for your faithfulness to our ministry through your faithful financial support. It has been a good year. We prepare for 2013 with anticipation, knowing that God has a plan for our family to continue touching lives in India with the hope of Christ.

Thank you for each of you who give cheerfully and sacrificially to enable us to tell the story of these village pastors and precious stepping stone children on India. Together we can be a major part of 100,000 villages in India receiving the message of Jesus Christ.

As the year-end comes to an end, your special gift will give us a significant boost as we seek to build our support reserve. Thank you for remembering the Erwin family in your prayers and your financial support.

We are also able to receive donations of publicly traded stock! Please call me if you would like information about donating appreciated stock, I can send you a donation form.

God bless you,

Michael, Jane and Benjamin Erwin