Mission: Impact India: Big Scary Idea

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Big Scary Idea

I was in the shower last night when I had this big scary idea. It may not work and it certainly may make me look silly but I'm willing to give it a shot. I'm going to ask people on Twitter, famous people and not so famous people to retweet my request for support along with a link to this site. If just one person with a bunch of followers says yes, then who knows what could happen.

I've been praying about this all day. I feel a little bit like Jonah. Is God really asking me to do this? People are going to ridicule me. But I'm going to do it any ways.

I told our small group my plan and they gave me a few suggestions on who to ask.

Here goes nothing.

The Who, What, Where, When & Why:

Who is going? So far there are 13 of us, but we won’t have a final number until the air plane tickets are purchased and the passports turned in. Please check back in June. But if you'd like to check out our church website click here.

What will we be doing? We will be working with the Priscilla project, a program that trains families starting churches in villages that don't already have one. The Priscilla project teaches these families a trade like bicycle repair, tailoring or how to start a beauty salon. In order for these families to begin a church, they need an income and reason to be there. The Priscilla project helps to give them that. Our job will be to assist in that mission. We will also teach music and American style English. Finally we will be encouraging believers and sharing the good news of Jesus’ love. We will be living and revealing the Kingdom in every way we can.

Where are we going? Delhi in northern India, and we will also be out in smaller villages to the south, east, and west of the city. Check out the Google map here.

When will we be going? November 23-December 2, with the possibility of that changing just slightly, depending on circumstances.

Why are we going? Because Jesus told His people, and His church to go and make disciples (Matt. 28:19-20). God has been at work putting our church (Crossroads) and the Lal’s (who we sponsor and work with in India) into a partnership. Crossroads supports them financially and because of that, we get to be a part of what God is doing in India through church planting and through the Lal’s heart for providing an education for the kids who live in the slums around their city. Getting to actually go and be hands-on in our partnership is a great next-step for us, and allows our church family to be much more intimately involved in the Lal’s ministry in India.

Money Raised So Far...

$1909 of $3500 (View all transactions here.)

Donations are tax deductible.
Donate $5 and you'll have my gratitude. I'll thank God every day for your support as I pray in preparation for this trip.

Donate $10 and you'll get access to daily web video updates showcasing the work Crossroads missionaries accomplish each day of the mission trip (dependent on internet access).

Donate $25 and you'll get access to daily video updates during the mission trip AND a DVD with the final video showcasing the entire mission trip from start to finish.

Donate $100 and you'll receive daily updates, the final DVD and an origami box with a small hand picked souvenir from India to keep inside it.

Donate $250 and you'll receive daily web updates, the final DVD, the origami box with small souvenir, and a physical photo album showcasing the entire mission trip.