Our journey for Xiao Ting

Our journey for Xiao Ting

This is a blog link to an adoption journal about a little girl who is in the process of being adopted. -Anita

Planting Churches Among the Most Unreached

I was on the Gospel For Asia website this morning. If you don't know what GFA is it's a minisry that raises up native missionaries in the 10/40 window and if you do not know what the 10/40 window is - it comprises of 97% of the world's unreached people and it is often called the "resistant belt" due to the persecution and opposition of its' native people of this region have toward the gospel of Christ. The largest religion practiced is Islam , but Buddhism, Hindu, and many others religions also. The 10/40 window stretches from West Africa to East Asia-from 10 degrees north to 40 degrees north of the equator.

The main reason for us to choose China as the country to adopt from was because it is a communist country but also it's in the 10/40 window.

We give to a native missionary in Northern India and she lives on the border of India and China. We love giving to GFA because they are ECFA certified ( financial accountability organization founded by Billy Graham that many Christian organizations are members of to ensure that the money goes to the right place) . GFA gives 100% of the money to the mssionary you choose to sponsor. Many missionaries live off of about 150 US dollars per month. We give $30 a month; it is wonderful feeling to know that you are helping someone spread the gospel where it is most needed. ( I am sharing the fact that we give NOT to boast , but to motivate others to do the same- to help this region of the world who most desperately need it.)

For instance , when I read the founder of GFA's book, "Revolution in World Missions" , it opened my eyes to the Hindu religion and what it teaches and how it influences the day to day lives of its' believers. How it directly impacts the way a higher financial class treats the lower class.

Check the GFA website through the link I posted below and educate yourself about the Dalit people for instance.

Download this video link and watch this incredible story of a native missionary in Northern India. I cried when I watched it this morning.
http://www.gfa.org/gfa/latestnewsarticle?wid=1398
In Him, Anita

Watch out America -Here comes China, the next super-power

I just saw the Today show and Matt Lauer was in Shanghai, China. Here is a link to an interesting segment - download video.
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=851fc09c-ef68-4517-9829-be926fbc4d55&f=email
-Anita

Back Dormitory Boys

Jude thinks these guys are hilarious. They have become an international sensation and Good Morning America did an expose on them at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/technology/story?id=1247865 . They are college students from Canton, China. -Anita

You can also click the above heading titled "Back Dormitory Boys" to go to a blog with many others downloads.

Christian Outreach Takes A New Turn In China

Here is a link to a mission network news article discussing the influence the Christian faith is having on the government leaders.

http://www.mnnonline.org/article/7938

Research-China.Org

Research-China.Org

Here is a blog about Chinese culture and China adoptions, etc.

Dress up

Hi , We passed out candy to the kids' with gospel tracts in the goody bags ( well I did) ; I let Jude and Rachel dress up. We face Halloween as Christians with the same dilemma: " What do we do?" I always feel convicted not to participate in this pagan holiday; when I was a kid I never felt that way, but as a Christian I do. I was brought up in a Christian home and my parents allowed us to trick or treat. Amber fought me on it this year and I came to the conclusion that, we have taught the truth about its' history and she is now 13 and she should be able to start making some decisions. I told her you know how we feel about it , we are going to leave it in your hands to make the best decision. And she chose to go trick or treating. Now I feel disappointed in myself for allowing her to make her own decision. Anyway... I leave feeling confused.
I am glad that the "holiday" is over and now we can move on to Thanksgiving , which I love.

http://www.bibletruths.org/holidays/halloween.html Read the truth about halloween. click under Religious holidays- "Halloween."

Love, Anita