PRAYER REQUEST DEC 1 -7TH

HI I STILL HAVE NO VOICE I AM GETTING CONCERNED, I CAN TALK A BIT BUT NOT MUCH IT IS GOING ON 4 WEEKS NOW. IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS

ALSO KEEP CAROLYN AND RALPH IN PRAYER
AND JEFF AND KAREN STEWART

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UPDATE ON IZABELLA

Hi Mary,

Ashley is doing good as well as Izabella. Izabella ended up not needing surgery- praise God. They are at home now and Izabella just needs to get a check up with the Urologist to make sure all is good. How are you doing? How was your Thanksgiving?

Thanks for putting my sister and niece on your blog- that was really sweet of you.

Love,

Vanessa

JUST BEING SILLY

CHIP IS VERY UPSET TODAY

YES IM UPSET....... TO MANY OF MY RELATIVES ARE BEING EATEN TODAY.....WHY OR WHY CANT YOU ALL EAT TOFURKEY LIKE MY MOM DOES. SHE WOULD NEVER EAT ONE OF MY RELATIVES. THAT IS WHY I LOVE HER SO MUCH,.,,, I THINK SHE MAY BE TIRED OF ME TODAY THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ON HER SHOULDER ALL DAY TIL NOW I AM HIDING AND TYPING ON THE COMPUTER...SHE SAYS I LEAVED FEATHERS ON IT. WELL SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS BUT YOU TRY TO SHIFT UP AND DOWN WHEN YOU ARE ONLY USING A BEAK TO TYPE. OH I BETTER GO HERE COMES MOM......

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD

TOMORROW I AM DOING SOMETHING NEW. USUALLY ON HOLIDAYS I AM ALONE HERE IN MY ROOM , BUT A FRIEND ASKED ME TO DINNER TOMORROW AND I AM GOING THERE WILL ONLY BE FOUR OF US WHICH IS GOOD SINCE I PANIC IN DINNER SITUATIONS. STARTING OUT SMALL WILL BE GOOD. AND IT IS VERY LOW KEY.

TONIGHT I WAS TALKING WITH MY NEPHEW WHO LIVES IN TEXAS HE IS GAY. I HAD ANOTHER NEPHEW WHO WAS GAY BUT HE DIED LAST YEAR. WELL HE WAS ASKING ME ABOUT PROP 8 HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND HE SAID IM SURE YOU VOTED YES, WHICH I DID. GOD MADE MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. WELL HE WAS SO UPSET AND SAID SOME REALLY MEAN THINGS TO ME. SAID I WAS A SELF APPOINTED CHRISTIAN AND THAT WE WHO VOTED YES DID SO TO PUNISH GAYS. WELL IT IS NOT UP TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE TO PUNISH ANYONE. jUDGEMENT IS FOR GOD ALONE. HE IS THE ONLY PERFECT JUDGE. HE TOLD ME TO GET OFF MY HIGH HORSE OF SELF RIGHTOUSNESS AND STOP ATTACKING GAYS. IT LOOKS TO ME THAT HE IS THE ONE WHO DID THE ATTACKING NOT ME I DID NOT EVEN BRING IT UP ONLY ANSWERED HONESTLY WHEN ASKED. I DON'T ARGUE RELIGON WITH ANYONE FRANKLY I DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH TO BACK MY SELF UP SO I SHY AWAY FROM THAT KIND OF THING, BESIDES THE BIBLE WAS GIVEN TO BE ARGUED ABOUT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO ACCEPT PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND LET GOD DO THE WORK. ALL I CAN DO IS LIVE MY LIFE BEFORE THEM AS I FEEL GOD WOULD HAVE ME DO.

I HAVE TO ADMIT THIS HAS ME A BIT SAD TONIGHT. WELL VERY SAD I DO NOT LIKE CONFLICT WITH ANYONE. I ALWAYS TURN IN INWARD THEN START TO BELIEVE I WAS WRONG. NOT THAT I AM PERFECT BUT I DID NOT EVEN OPEN THIS SUBJECT UP. I KNEW BETTER.

WELL I JUST HAD TO RANT A BIT. AND THIS IS WHAT I STARTED THIS BLOG FOR ANYWAY JUST MY RANTING AND THINKING OUT LOUD.

HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW EVERYONE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A GREAT DAY TOMORROW, WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. HOW WILL YOU BE SPENDING THANKGIVING?

MARY I AM GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH SOME FRIENDS,. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

PRAY FOR YWAM

YOUTH WITH A MISSION IN INDIA IS UNDER ATTACK THIS CAME TO OUR CHURCH OFFICE PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM. THIS IS THE SAME GROUP THAT HAD THAT ATTACK IN COLORADO A YEAR OR SO AGO.

This is a request for prayer for YWAM missionaries and their churches in Orissa, India. The request came from her friend, Mable Hurst, an associate
of HCJB Global. Please read and make this a matter of urgent prayer.
Dear beloved sponsors and friends of Good News India,
We have never seen anything like this. We knew that Orissa was the most resistant and hostile State in India as far as the Gospel is concerned. And we brushed off the continuous threats and harassment we faced as we went about His work. But none of our staff imagined that they would see this kind of carnage.... And it seems to be totally under the radar of the Western Media..... Let me explain.... A militant Hindu priest and 4 of his attendants, who were zealously going around the villages of Orissa and re- converting people back to Hinduism, were gunned down by unknown assailant Orissa last weekend. Immediately the Christians were blamed. The cry rose up...'Kill the Christians!' And the horror began....
In the past 4 days, we have first hand witness to hundreds of churches being blown up or burned and many, many dozens of Christian tribals have been slaughtered. For no other reason than they bear the name of Christ. Night and day I have been in touch with our Good News India Directors spread across 14 Dream Centers in Orissa... they are right in the middle of all this chaos. In Tihidi, just after the police came to offer protection, a group of 70 blood-thirsty militants came to kill our staff and destroy the home. They were not allowed to get in, but they did a lot of damage to our Dream Center by throwing rocks and bricks and smashing our gate, etc. They have promised to come back and 'finish the job'. Our kids and staff are locked inside and have stayed that way with doors and windows shut for the past 3 days. It has been a time of desperately calling on the Lord in prayer. More police have come to offer protection. In Kalahandi, the police and some local sympathizers got to our dream center and gave our staff and kids about 3 minutes notice to vacate. No one had time to even grab a change of clothes or any personal belonging. As they fled, the blood thirsty mob came into the building. We would have had a mass funeral there, but for His grace. In Phulbani, the mob came looking for Christian homes and missions. The local Hindu people, our neighbors turned them away by saying that there were no Christians in this area. So they left. We had favor. The same thing happened in Balasore. All our dream centers are under lock down with the kids and staff huddled inside and police outside. The fanatics are circling outside waiting for a
chance to kill. Others were not so fortunate. In a nearby Catholic orphanage, the mob allowed the kids to leave and locked up a Priest and a computer teacher in house and burned them to death. Many believers have been killed and hacked into pieces and left on the road.... even women and children. At another orphanage run by another organization, when this began, the Director and his wife jumped on their motorbike and simply fled, leaving all the children and staff behind. Every one of our GNI directors that I have spoken to said: 'We stay with our kids.... we live together or die together, but we will never abandon what God has called us to do' More than 5000 Christian families have had their homes burned or destroyed. They have fled into the jungles and are living in great fear waiting for the authorities to bring about peace. But so far, no peace is foreseen. This will continue for another 10 days....supposedly the 14 day mourning period for the slain Hindu priest. Many more Christians will die and their houses destroyed. Many more churches will be smashed down. The Federal government is trying to restore order and perhaps things will calm down We ask for your prayers. Only the Hand of God can calm this storm. None of us know the meaning of persecution. But now our kids and staff know what that means. So many of our kids com ing from Hindu backgrounds are confused and totally bewildered at what is happening around them. So many of their guardians have fled into the jungles and are unable to come and get them during these trying times. Through all this, I am more determined than ever to continue with our goal: the transformation of a community by transforming its children. Orissa will be saved... that is our heart's cry. If we can take these thousands of throw-away children and help them to become disciples of Jesus, they will transform an entire region. It is a long term goal, but it is strategic thinking in terms of the Great Commission. What can you do? First, please uphold all this in fervent prayer. Second, pass this e-mail on to as many friends as you can. We must get the word out and increase our prayer base for this is spiritual warfare at its most basic meaning. We are literally fighting the devil in order to live for His Kingdom. The next 10 days are crucial. We pray for peace and calm to pervade across Orissa. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please pass it on and help us to get as many people to partner with us on this cutting edge effort to fulfill His mandate: Go and make disciples of all nations.... Prayer works! Blessings, Chip & Sandy Wanner Col 2:2 MBI Team Facilitators to YWAM frontlines