*Our new Christian brothers and sisters in India faced major persecution during Christmas. Numerous church plants were burned and totally destroyed. Christians who were attempting to celebrate our Saviour's birth were beaten, including women and children. The Hindus even cut down trees and placed them across the roads into the villages so that the authorities could not come help them. It breaks my heart that these new believers have faced this already. Please be on your knees for them that they will not be discouraged and will persevere. I wonder how we Americans would respond if we were treated that way for our faith.
*A team of 13 just returned from Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. They conducted a vision and physical therapy clinic. Continue to pray for our pastor there, Roberto, and his family. We will be doing a family mission trip to this church plant in June. We're not sure yet if some or all of us will be going on that trip, but I'm excited about the possibility of our family getting to serve together.
*Kevin has 16 mission trips planned for 2008. Obviously he can't go on all of them or he would never be at home. He is planning a 2 week trip for October again when he will stay 3 to 4 days each in Cambodia, Vietnam and India. There will be mission teams in each of those countries simultaneously, allowing him to see the ministry in each country without having to be gone for an extended length of time. These are areas that our church travels to each year, usually twice a year. There will also be teams going to Venezuela, Columbia and our new church plant in Colorado Springs. The youth will be serving in New Orleans during Spring break and possibly in Guatemala in July. (We are currently without a youth pastor and are not sure how this will affect our youth missions.)
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