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India in the News | 5.14.12
May 14th, 2012
Solar Power in India
India in the News highlights interesting articles found around the web on Indian politics, culture, and current events.
Waiting For The Sun
Is the sun the answer to India’s energy problems?
As India’s Parliament Turns Sixty, Politicians Celebrate Democracy
The Indian Parliament celebrated its 60th anniversary on Sunday, with a daylong special session that included addresses by the prime minister and president of the country…speaker after speaker narrated the achievements of and challenges to Indian democracy.
India Inflation Rate Rises Faster Than Expected
The wholesale price index rose to 7.23% from 6.89% in March, driven by higher food and fuel prices. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said “food inflation is a matter of concern”…
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Blessed are the Faithful
May 8th, 2012
People sometimes ask how the children at Master’s Home come to us. Some are true orphans, some are the children of single mothers, some are rejected when step-parents enter the picture. And then there are some that share Prasanna’s story…
Prasanna’s father is a pastor. The village he lives and pastors in is small and extremely poor. There is no support and there are no resources. When Vision Nationals began supporting Prasanna’s father, we were amazed at his faithfulness. We offered his two children a place at Master’s Home so they could receive an education.
In 2001, eight-year-old Prasanna and her brother joined Master’s Home. They spent the school year living and studying on campus, and summers back home with their family. Her brother decided to leave Master’s Home and now works as a rickshaw puller. Prasanna, however, persevered in her studies. She is now finishing up a nursing degree and wants to make a difference in India by helping people.
What an honor it is to bless Christ’s faithful servants by changing the life of a child!
Master’s Home for Children cares for 150 children from the time they arrive until they have a college degree in hand, secure a good job and can support themselves. For $30 a month you can partner with us in changing the future for these children. To sponsor a child contact karla@visionnationals.org or give online.
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Jesus Saves a Sorcerer
May 2nd, 2012
Pastor Issac
Issac was born into a Hindu family. He grew up studying the Hindu scriptures and eventually became a sorcerer and practiced witchcraft.
When he was 20 years old he began to have stomach pains, and none of his sorcery could cure him. There was a pastor that would visit his village going door to door to share the Gospel with anyone who would listen. He came to Issac’s house, shared the Gospel with him, and prayed for his healing. He was healed!
It was a miracle, and Issac was convinced that Jesus was a god, but not the only God. Still, his relationship with that pastor grew, and in time Issac did come to believe Jesus is the only God! He was saved and baptized.
In 1997 he decided to fast for 40 days and seek God. During that time he heard the voice of God calling him into ministry. Since then Pastor Issac has started two churches and has two more in the works.
Pastor Issac is one of nearly two hundred men planting churches in India through Vision Nationals. There are many more men like Pastor Issac waiting to be sponsored. If you are interested in sponsoring a church planter for $50 a month you may give online or email lauren@visionnationals.org for more information.
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Restoring Joy | Nagamma
April 24th, 2012
Nagamma is 60 years old, loves Jesus, attends church and shares the gospel with everyone she meets. She lost her husband in 1994 to tuberculosis, and has been unable to work for some time now because she became blind in one eye and her vision is failing in the other eye as well.
She had two children, a son and a daughter. Her daughter married, but then passed away and the in-laws have caused many problems for Nagamma.
Her son is still alive, and she has lived with him since the death of her husband. However, in 2008 he was in an accident that destroyed his back. An operation would be required to fix it, but since they can not afford the surgery, he can not work either.
Vision Nationals ensures Nagamma has the food and medicine she needs to care for herself and her son. Through our local body of believers, we also provide a community for her to share her life with. She is so thankful for the help and friendship Vision Nationals provides, and asks that you pray for her son.
Vision Nationals cares for the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of widows throughout Vizag City. If you would like to sponsor a widow for $15 a month, you can give online or email karla@visionnationals.org.
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India in the News | 4.17.10
April 18th, 2012
India in the News highlights interesting articles found around the web on Indian politics, culture, and current events.
Who Deserves Welfare in India?
Living on 29 rupees (a little more than 50 U.S. cents) a day may not be “such stuff as dreams are made on,”…But according to India’s Planning Commission, which is charged with measuring such things, anyone spending more than that meager amount is considered to be above the poverty line.
A series of articles examining India’s growing water crisis and looking at distribution and sanitation problems in cities and farmers’ wells running dry.
To [an] English-speaking, upper-class, Internet-savvy audience, they posed the question, “Would you marry a non-virgin?” The answers were sharply divided, but not the way that you may think.
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Impacting the Farthest Corners of Asia
April 10th, 2012
Vision National's director, Arjuna, leads the processional.
Our campus was buzzing with anticipation as we prepared for the graduation of our dedicated students at Master’s College of Theology – our fully accredited seminary!
The children at Master’s Home prepared choreography and the underclassmen at Master’s College practiced songs to showcase during the festivities.
Our students come from all over Asia to study at our school. We impact every corner of Asia each time we send our graduated seniors back to remote home towns or urban centers.
Master's Home children perform their choreography.
Two of our graduating seniors - Ranganathan from our neighboring state of Tamilnadu and John Hyde from our state of Andhra Pradesh – both plan to dedicate their lives to church planting. Their passion for church planting was fanned into flame during their years at Master’s College!
To make a theological education accessible to our students, we subsidize their cost. For $75 a month you can help us subsidize one student’s tuition. Partner with us as we train up Asia’s next generation of Christian leaders. Give online or email lauren@visionnationals.org for more information.
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John Babu Shares His Story
April 2nd, 2012
Raised at Master’s Home for Children, John Babu gave up a promising engineering career to dedicate his life to planting churches in the rural villages of India. Listen as he tells you his story:
For more photos of John Babu, check out this previous post.
Vision Nationals plants churches, trains nationals and cares for orphans and widows throughout Asia. If you are interested in sponsoring a child at Master’s Home for Children for $30 a month, a student at Master’s College of Theology for $75 a month, or one of our rural church planters for $50 a month, you may give online or email lauren@visionnationals.org.
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