Archive for January 2012

Ganjam Beach… 5000+ people… first time ever, any group put on a full 2 hour Gospel and Patriotic music concert for India’s republic day…. the place exploded… people went crazy.. never had seen such caliber of dance and worship in movement from anyone before. Our kids were ablaze in colors and movement in classical and…

‎21 Dream Centres visited, new building dedication at our Tihidi center with 5 dream center dance teams coming in to celebrate despite heavy rains, thousands of KM by train and auto, discovery and adoption of an abandoned leper colony with 10 older, desperate lepers, ground breaking for 2 new dream center buildings, expecting huge crowds…

More good news… we broke ground today at Sundergarh… a new dream center for 200 kids who know nothing but cattle herding, one meal, dead parents, and pain/loneliness, but now have big dreams — nurses, teachers and pastors. Their joy and exuberance are incredibly contagious. And my “discarded kids” are scoring first, second and third…

Our mission: to seek and to save that which was lost. I met 10 older lepers in an old abandoned building outside Deogarh town. 10 POWs who had been there for 30+ years… allowed into town only on weekends to beg and get scraps and rotten food. Their condition: pathetic, hated and forgotten.. but the…

7 days thus far…9 American guests…whirlwind pace…1200 kids thus far… what love and excitement…tears at kids’ testimonies…thrill at their present/future prospects…His Presence in their lives…loud music and vigorous dance celebrations…long drives…little sleep…deep rural India that no one sees…crazy road adventures…delicious food…deep satisfaction… the whole thing? Priceless….. I love this ride!!