Friday, March 23, 2007

important mission news


ASA (missions) NEWSLETTER

© Jo DiStefano Kapus March 23, 2007

PRAISE THE LORD!

T. M. and Rebecca Onkar, founding missionaries of Faith Calvary Ministry (FCM) in India, were blessed with a new baby girl, Genevieve Hanna, born March 15, 2007. Proud grandmom, Joan Weidner, told me that mother and baby are doing fine. The Onkars have two other daughters and the family is here in the States until mid-May. They are available for speaking engagements in churches, small groups and individually during this time. For more information, you can contact their NJ office at (856) 663-6668.

FCM in India is a flourishing ministry involved in Pastor support and training, Bible College, Children's Home, Churches, Cell groups. House churches, English schools, Leadership training and Relief work.

SUNDAY'S GUEST

FATHER LEONARD CARRIERI, of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, will be the guest missionary on America's Silent Ambassadors this Sunday, March 25, at 2 p.m., on station WIBG, 1020AM radio dial. The day marks Father Leonard's 93d birthday! A scholar with a doctorate in Theology, he clings to Biblical belief that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ. Hear his thoughts about Lent - they might surprise you. A Roman Catholic priest for more than 70 years, his poignant answer to the question, "Any regrets?" will touch your heart.

If you live outside the broadcast area, listen simultaneously online www.wibg.com

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED

Bob and Heidi Winslow, a young missionary couple with three small children, appeared on ASA on April 30 last year when they were home on furlough. They are currently serving in France, a nation whose government maintains that the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols threatens the country's secular identity.

A couple of days ago, Heidi wrote: "I write you all asking for prayer this morning because we have a battle to fight for the heart and purity of our children and for France." She went on to explain that each day, her husband and their little girl are forced to walk by a certain convenience store, on the way to the child's school, that displays a very inappropriate poster/advertisement in front. Although Heidi does not describe the poster, she added, "It is quite offensive because you feel like they have violated your kids with such a blatant display (but this is the sin-sickness of the whole culture because no one seems to care about children seeing sexual images."

Heidi went on to say that she intended to see the store's owner that day to ask the owner to please take down the poster. If that didn't work, she thought she would approach the mayor about it. Please pray for Heidi and Bob and the children, as they seek to serve the Lord in a country that, although many believe is Christian, is in reality atheistic.

Also, please pray for Mike Clark, founder/director of Casa Para Niños Aleluya, a home for hundreds of abandoned, abused and homeless children. He is asking anyone in the pharmaceutical/medical field, who can help, to please donate the following meds for one of the home's little girls scheduled for a kidney transplant in mid-April: Prograft, Cell Cept and Prednisone -- (for post-operative long-term care).

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