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Wishing You a Blessed and Prosperous New Year
 January 1, 2009Dear Friend in the Lord,Now we are standing on the threshold of a New Year, a decade after the turn of themillennium. The burden for India and now all of Asia is as fresh in my heart as whenthe Lord spoke to me 36 years ago in a remote village in India, and gave me theMaster Plan for India.When I saw the suffering people on that first missionary trip to India, I wasespecially moved at the sight of sick, suffering and homeless children. They were not responsible for their lot in life. And as I looked into their eyes, I knowthat I could not leave them in such a wretched state, knowing that children onAmerica were loved and pampered so much. I am the youngest of ten children, andduring my youth my parents gave me so much. But they also taught me that “towhom much is given, much shall be required.” They by example showed me that weare to obey the Great Commission, and minister to the needy of the world.In that context, God spoke to me a message that I will never forget. I was in a smallvillage near the Bay of Bengal in the southeast part of India. I was lying on my bed—a 5-foot wooden frame woven with sisal twine for a mattress. The Hindu man nextto this building worshipped rats as his gods, and fed them. There were dozens of rats running in my room, and a young boy stayed near my bed, and with a 5-cellflashlight, beat the rats off my bed. The message I heard from the Lord was that if Iwould care for these homeless children, house them, clothe them, feed them, andlove them in the name of Jesus, that He would save them, and call them in theministry to reach their own people. At the time, I was the pastor of a small churchand was heading a Missions organization. But my salary was small, and I was raisinga family, with little money to spare. In spite of this, the Lord moved me to pledgesupport for 25 homeless children in that village. A young pastor namedRakshananandam agreed to operate a children’s home in a village called Mori. Hisparents had recently passed away, and his family home was used to house thechildren.Now 35 years later, after thousand of children have been reared in our Homes byloving Christian workers, and so many are involved in the ministry, the burden isstill as fresh and clear as the day the Lord commissioned me. So again, I thank youfor being my partner in this Mission of Mercy. I pledge that I will continue until theLord calls me Home. May 2009 be the best year of your lives as we serve a HigherCause.
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