Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Finishing the visits in Bangalore today. We began with an overall briefing at Bangalore Baptist Hospital by Dr. Gift Norman, a general surgeon, who explained the hospital's community outreach program. The hospital has a rural and urban focus. The urban outreach is with an NGO, but the rural arm is a small hospital donated by a Muslim man who Dr. Naylor knew when she worked at the hospital. Later we visited the clinic, called Mother Theresa Hospital 27 kilometers from BBH. The hospital sends out teams to conduct health camps for treating alcoholism, Tb, leprosy and skin cancer. The Hospital also uses mobile clinics to provide medical care in rural areas. The outreach is amazing and follows what Jesus taught --to spread the Gospel and heal the sick. After a great lunch at Kabob's Studio, we were briefed on how research is an essential part of church planting efforts. Perhaps the most impressive part of the briefing was the personal story of one of people whose family was evacuated from Africa more than 20 years ago when war broke out. Our day ended with Pastor Subba Rao giving his testimony of growing up an orphan and never hearing about Jesus until he was an adult. He now serves as a church planter for the Indian Baptist Society. His vision is to have 50000 house churches by 2025. Some of the group will head hack to Delhi tomorrow, while a few will head for our homes leaving in the wee hours of Thursday morning. I've enjoyed keeping you posted on our trip and hope you enjoyed rearing it. May God bless you all!

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  1. great to stay connected with the group that went to India in February. Currently (April 7) on conference call with those who traveled together. It is so neat that we are continuing to talk about how we can spread the word about the work God is doing in India.

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  2. I will be speaking to a group about India on May 1. I hope to share some of the school and hospital needs.

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