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Hello!

It’s been awhile since I’ve given any updates on my site about how things are going over here in Asia, so here goes!

One big reason for the absence of updates is because I lost ALL the pictures I took while I was in India. I think I was so disappointed I had not the strength to give any updates in a time of recovery. I took all the pictures with my iPhone . I gotta admit, the iPhone did a pretty good job considering it’s just a phone. It gave me some surprisingly decent shots including a picture of the cutest little girl on the face of the planet who I ment while I was visiting one of our villages.

Oh well. Just gonna have to take a new batch of photos when I go back!

The Taj Mahal – Agra, India [Google Images]

Other than that, I had a great, great time in India. We have the most beautiful kids in the world. Our kids are from the poorest, most rejected, most neglected and abused parts of Indian society, but yet, you would never have known that from their big smiles, joyous dancing, glorious singing, and passionate praying. Our kids either have no parents or are children of parents from lepers and AIDS colonies. Yet, they have pride, dignity, joy, and peace all because of the love and care our workers are giving them in the love of Christ! That’s why we call them “Royal Kids! They are children of the “King of Kings”!

It was such a blessing to stay with some of our kids at our prayer center. I got to do some hands-on ministry while I was in India as well. One one occasion I did a bible study with a bunch of young boys in one of our villages. I had to travel an hour by motorcycle to get to the village which is no easy task in India! I seriously couldn’t walk straight the next couple of days! Father Anton had a great laugh about that. He said it’s time like these we’ll never forget!

And he was right. This is what I live for: Heading to a village, sitting on the ground underneath the Indian night sky with a bunch of young boys from the village gathered around me as I told them about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the insistence of some of the boys, we ended our time on our knees together as we thanked God for our time. I can’t wait to see them again.

After spending two weeks in India with Father Anton Cruz and our kids I went over to Taiwan again. I’ve been here for the last two weeks now. Things have been going great. I just finished preaching in one church down south in the city of Kaohsiung. But, in order to get there we had to ride a 3 hour charter bus down…through the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in the last 50 years! It was quite the experience. The bus was getting slapped around like a rag doll by the ferocious winds and rain. On top of that we had the craziest bus driver! He was passing up cars left and right like it was NASCAR. But, we did make it safely and in one piece.

Unfortunately, there have been many thousands of people suffering because of the flooding from the typhoon. During the services, the church took time to pray for the flood victims. During the prayer I felt such a cry in my heart from the Holy Spirit, “God, it’s times like THESE that the Church needs to rise up and shine Your light! It’s times like these we have to stop thinking of ourselves and help our neighbors who are suffering! I pray that Christians in Taiwan are taking this opportunity to shine your light in dark times!”

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST

Please pray for the victims of “Typhoon Morakot” in Taiwan, China and various parts Asia. As I mentioned, this has been the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in the last 50 years. Many homes have been destroyed and thousands of people have been left stranded. New reports are saying that up to 600 villagers may have been buried by a massive mudslide in southern Taiwan. Still may more reports are still coming in. Please pray for the victims and for those around them who are doing all they can to help.