Only 2 more weeks until India and Nepal!!

Only 2 more weeks until Mike and team leave for ministry in India and Nepal! They will start the trip in Northern India with a dynamic,young evangelist and church planter that Mike met one year ago in Cape Town, South Africa at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism. They will strategize for the first three days to see how they can partner together in ministering to the unreached people in Northern India. Mike is hoping a thriving, multi-year partnership will result from this time together. Then it is off to the Bhutanese refugee camps in Southeastern Nepal. They will team up with the Reid Saunders Association from Salem, Oregon and KidStand from Dallas, Texas. There will be 5 days of treating the refugees in a medical clinic as well as 5 days of school and community outreaches. Additionally, there will be very engaging children's ministry events happening throughout the week. The week will conclude with a large pastor's conference and 2 evangelistic festival days over the weekend. Mike Parker will speak at one festival outreach and Reid Saunders will speak at the other outreach. Both of these men have a heart and passion to reach the lost and will powerfully bring the good news of Jesus Christ to this dark and lost area of the world. Would you please be in prayer for safety and protection for these teams, for individual gifts and talents to be poured out in full, for ready hearts and for a great harvest! God is good!

Planning for Nepal!

In just one short month from now I and a small team will be heading to Nepal to join forces with two other ministries to share the love of Jesus Christ to Bhutanese refugees living in Southeastern Nepal. Our ministry team will consist of a medical team, a kid's ministry, and two evangelism ministries.
Situated between the emerging superpowers of India and China, the isolated Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, hailed by some as ‘the last Shangri-La’, has generated one of the highest numbers of refugees in the world in proportion to its population.
Since 1991 over one sixth of Bhutan's people have sought asylum in Nepal, India and other countries around the world. Sadly, it is estimated that 12,000 girls are abducted and taken from Nepal into India every year as part of the sex slave industry.
Our team departs November 3rd and will return November 16th. It is our intent to minister to these Hindu Bhutanese refugees over the next few years with evangelism, medical teams, pastor training (for the few small churches), and other physical aid. It is also our hope that we will partner with other ministries that focus on human trafficking.
We still need to raise nearly $5,000 for this ministry trip! Would you please pray that God would be stirring the hearts of people who would partner with us financially? The return on this kind of investment is truly immeasurable!

Mike