Introduction

This July, eight of us will be traveling to India. Our reason for going to India is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which I believe is best done as St. Francis of Assissi once said, “Preach the Gospel everywhere and when necessary use words.” The gospel is a holistic, transformational, radical way of loving and serving that will change lives, families, communities, nations, and this very world we live in. We are going to serve our Indian family in Christ by speaking encouragement, helping in their ministries, and fundraising for an ambulance.

We will be working with “Harvest India”, located in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Their vision is to show divine love to the starving, sick and suffering people through feeding, clothing, healing, rehabilitating, and sharing of the good news of Christ. They take care of 1150 orphans and have homes for widows and the elderly. In addition they have a leadership center which has planted over 900 churches in rural villages throughout southern India, a Nursing school, 6 medical centers, 6 Bible schools, an HIV Clinic, a safe drinking water ministry, Mass Meal feedings for the hungry, a ministry for prostitutes. Our team will be working with the ministry that needs us the most when we are there. In addition, we are raising $15,000 to purchase a brand new ambulance for one of their medical centers!

In many villages in India there are no First Aid and/or medical facilities. In addition, most people living in the rural areas do not have cars. An ambulance/ mobile clinic will allow Harvest India to take doctors/nurses and medicine to the village on a regular basis to help alleviate this great need.