Oct 17 – O happy day.. two of our adult lepers found love, acceptance and freedom at our Dream Centre… and guess what? They also found each other, and fell in love… my joy to marry them. And celebrate with them. This people group, (lepers in India) that, in my opinion, is truly at the…

I am tickled pink… heading back in a few days to unite another couple who live with leprosy… (“my old geezer and geezee”) – two single, broken, rejected outcast lepers who found their way to our City of Refuge. And then when the healing grace of Calvary covered them, they fell in love! And I’m…

Sitting at Delhi airport awaiting my long flight to Phx. Pondering on the goodness of Jesus to allow me to belong to so many darling kids. Just finished a tour with a small group from Illinois. We set a record… 5 dream centers in one day (800 kids) and then drove 2 hours to catch…

Traveling deep inside Western Odisha,, on roads that are not roads…visiting our dream centers and encouraging our beloved directors to fight the good fight… facing hostility and pressures from the powers that be that hate the things of Christ and want to shut us down…. received an official notice to close one dream center down……

Spent the day yesterday laughing my head off with our adult lepers as we joked and talked. They want their own church building. They want to marry each other. They want separate married quarters.. ( I teasingly asked: why? They blushed..!!)They are so full of life, love and laughter. They tease each other. They have…

7 intense weeks in India… at Kolkata airport awaiting flight to Phoenix… About to purchase 3 new properties, 2 massive buildings almost ready for dedication; 3 new constructions about to begin; 5 major graduations with almost 300 graduates; many new kids taken in from lives of quiet desperation; battling opposition from authorities hostile to the…

At Tel Aviv airport awaiting flight to Phoenix. 20 incredible days of indepth study of the life and times of Jesus. Thoroughly rejuvenated. My faith is soaring and determined to love Him and love my fellow human being. Heading back to my kids in India on Monday. 5 big graduation ceremonies ..

Adult lepers in India – a people group that is truly at the bottom of society. They now live with us and the grace of Calvary is restoring to them what time and circumstances have stolen from them. Against the backdrop of the Tommy Barnett Building, the lost, the last and the least are praying,…

Back at Delhi Airport, heading to Phoenix. Doing a 2 week study course in Israel in May with the Center for Holy Land Studies… lectures, digs, readings, etc… Then back to India for 5 major graduation events… We just concluded a fun and refreshing GNI Staff Camp at Puri Beach, with about 250 people.

My “acres of diamonds” come from extremely impoverished and broken backgrounds. At Rayagada Dream Centre today, with 25 American guests, several of our GNI college kids told me that their peers tell them: You guys cannot be from an orphanage… you look like you come from wealthy homes, but you don’t act snobbish..”..I burst a…

Deogarh. 10 Lepers. A 1937 decrepit abandoned Leprosy Clinic. All have been there for 30+ years. Allowed to go into nearby town to beg twice a week. Harsh life. Good News India found them and now we take care of them. Recently, the local government provided them with free electrical connection. So, we bought each…

Joy Memorial Building is going up at Bhubaneswar, Odisha State. 3-Storey Building on 10′ Stilts (ground level). 12000 sq ft of usable space. 1st Floor is a new Church Auditorium; 2nd Floor is GNI Headquarter Office; 3rd Floor is Guest and Staff housing. Dedication is set for Jan 3, 2016. (Her birthday and our wedding…

I was recently at Deogarh Dream Centre… a huge new building, on a gorgeous property surrounded by mountains and a river, is coming up there… As you can see by the first picture of our kids – walking away with so many top prizes in their County Sports/Arts/Academics – they deserve the best and I…

Balasore Dream Centre… Sasmita, aged 13, walked up to read out her testimony. When she finished, there was not one dry eye among the group of USA guests who had come. Her Oriya language and composition left me stunned… This is her text literally translated: “At first I want to thank Jesus for his mercies.…

Visiting some of my acres of diamonds: At our Ashroi Leper Home… their parents battled the disease, but they were rejected. But now they are among the best in the community. At our Cuttack Dream Centre, Sukumari and her brother abandoned by their mother; violent alcoholic father who comes at them with a machette. She…

Just returned from Cuttack Dream Centre.. these kids have walked away with almost all the top prizes in their region/county in Sports, academics and arts. The prizes you see are the ones they have won this year. They are placing in the Nationals for under-16 category in several major sports events including Cricket and Soccer…

Happiness is taking 17 of our College kids from Gajapati Dream Centre to the “best restaurant” in their home town and discovering that they had NEVER EVER been inside a restaurant. Teaching them to use silverware, napkins and to eat at a somewhat fancy table with waiters… it was an amazing and gleeful discovery for…