Winter 2012
November 12, 2012
Middle of day two of our Cataract surgery camp in Baligeria, at our Dream Centre, with a team of surgeons/nurses from Barnett Dulaney Perkins Eye Center in Phx….30 surgeries done with very excited and happy patients…”I can see…” This place is remote and desolate, but the people, made in His image, are being blessed. Hundreds…
Read MoreOctober 12, 2012
MUSIC…only form of worship loaned from heaven to earth that will be taken back into Heaven…. think Martin Luther said that…. awaiting the arrival of 18 of our top dancers and 30 of our best singers from all our Dream Centres for 2 days of intense practice for our 1st Celebration of Christmas show in…
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August 12, 2012
O yes… the lepers… Today, Sunday, 3 young American gals and me… spent 2 hours with 10 older lepers… most of whom have been in that banished state for 30+ years.. wow.. how we laughed, talked and giggled, hugged and even danced a bit with them… I find more of His divine presence among these,…
Read MoreJune 2, 2012
We are opening a brand new Dream Centre in Mayurbhanj County of Northern Orissa – # 19 in our goal of putting at least one dream center in each of the 30 counties of this big State. 33 desperate and destitute girls are eager to come in, find food and education and live in a…
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Spring 2012
February 6, 2012
Sunday morning at one of our dream centers…. 105 kids… 30 minutes of tear filled deep-spirit worship followed by 30 minutes of explosive praise music to clapping and dancing. Offering. Then every child quoted at least two memory verses followed by a 45 minute preaching session from me… I was tired, but the kids wanted…
Read MoreJanuary 27, 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…
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2012
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…
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2012
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…
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2012
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…
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2012
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!!
Read MoreDecember 25, 2011
From our 2400+ kids, 180+ full time staff members, 400+ lepers and their families, we wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR. The best is yet to come. In these, whom I call the lost, the last and least, I have rediscovered the incarnation – IMMANUEL – God is with…
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October 24, 2011
Daniela Hreniuc – was at several of our dream centers this past Jan – March. Here are her reflections:…. When I was in India for 85 days, I could not wait to come home. All I could think about was eating a cheese burger, seeing my friends and family, actually sleeping in a comfortable bed…
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June 11, 2011
Gajapati Dream Centre… 100+ talented and beautiful dancers… 13 Dream Centres… vibrant music and tons of energy… preparing for a huge concert tomorrow night… I pray it does not rain.. monsoons have set in… but kids are so excited to be at this Classical Dance Camp… O what joy…
Read MoreJune 6, 2011
Back in India…heading up to Kalimpong to see Joy, our USA team and the High Risk girls….. our super-fast tour begins….the highlights… Our Dance Camp – 110 kids from 13 projects learning Indian classical dancing. When they dance to worship music, I believe the angels stop and watch with envy…we also dedicate our new building…
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