It's over; 2010 is over and as we here at Hope and Help International reflect on opportunities, difficulties and blessings that this past year has afforded we can only pause and say once again with the prophet Jeremiah “Great is Thy Faithfulness”. What an awesome God we serve.
India is truly a needy country and one with countless opportunities for ministry. We thank the Lord for the privilege of being a part of what He is doing there.
This past year has proven to be a busy, but wonderfully blessed year for Hope and Help and its partners. With each passing year, I become much more aware of the goodness of God and of how fleeting time is.
We began the year in Andhra Pradesh at the Hope Bible Conference where we had the privilege of ministering to over 500 church planters, pastors and their wives.
Then February and March found us in Mission Conferences in Florida, Tennessee and Georgia. We praise the Lord for the opportunity of sharing the ministry of Hope and help with mission minded people and churches.
In April Trevor and Lori were in a Mission Conference in Pennsylvania.
In May Trevor began a new Timothy Leadership Institute with 30 pastors in Karnataka, India while I headed for speaking engagements in Texas.
Then month of June found Lori leading a team of nine to two different states in India for Children’s Camps where they ministered to over 1,400 children.
The last part of September and into the middle of October I left to teach in two different Timothy Leadership Institutes. We are doing more trips back to back in an effort to save on international airfares.
November found us sharing in another Mission Conference in Chattanooga, TN and then on to several speaking engagements in Texas for the rest of the month.
This year opportunities have abounded on every hand.
All we have to do is look around us and it does not take long to see or hear that we are suffering from an economy that's going badly. Property values are down, people have either lost jobs or they have had to take a pay cut, giving is down in churches, mission groups and charities of all kinds. Hope and Help has been affected as well. Our giving has been less this year but inspite of this our God has remained faithful and is sending some new partners.
Now let me share just a few of the blessings.
The Hope and Help Training Center is coming along beautifully.
Our partners have been able to reach an unreached tribal group and plant a growing church in this remote area.
Our donors have provided funds to build churches and Krupa Home for Aged and Abandoned women is now filled to capacity and we need to begin Phase two for expansion.
These are just a few of God’s blessings. Truly the Lord’s mercies are new every morning… “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Lam. 3:26
