Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

As we look back over this past year we are filled with gratitude for the faithfulness of God and the opportunity to serve others in His great Name. The children of India have captured our hearts!  “Cry Of India” is the vehicle that the Lord has provided for us to reach destitute, hopeless and deprived children and their parents with the Hope that there in is in Jesus Christ.  A basic education, nutritious food, simple health care and spiritual nurturing makes all the difference.

2012 has been another year of transition! In mid Dec. last year, Janice’s mom at 98 passed in to the presence of Christ.  In late August 2012, We moved from Springfield (Nixa), MO, to Fishers, IN to be closer to Darryn & Loree and family and Erika & Jon and their family. Our 9 grandkids are growing up fast! Our Cry of India office is also here in Fishers, which makes it very easy for us.

In July, Don spent 3 weeks in India with our Director, David Cawston, to visit schools and key National Leaders of our mission work there. Millions of children live in desperate circumstances in villages, towns and cities in that vast country. Our job is to do what we can to change the destiny of India’s children, “one child at a time.” With our partners help, this is miraculously happening!

God has been good! Both of us are doing well with no major concerns. Kim and Greg and their family, from Chanhasen, MN, are expected to be with us over Christmas. We are blessed to have our entire immediate family close by for over Christmas. Words were in adequate to express the love and thankfulness we feel for you, our loving family and sincere friends. Your prayers and support enable us to fulfill God’s calling with joy and hope.

Our confident prayer for you is that “he who began a good work in you will complete it to the day of Christ Jesus.  Janice and I want to thank you for your interest to stay connected with us. We sincerely love and appreciate you and would love to hear from you. Find us both on Facebook.com for Don or Janice for postings and pictures. We have a lovely private guest room and bathroom waiting for you should you be passing through Indianapolis! 

May you be blessed and have a prosperous and truly Happy New Year! 

Don & Janice Scheske

Touching Base With Our Schools And National Leaders

I truly wish I could have taken all my readers on a very informative and productive tour of three of the largest cities of India.  David Cawston and I just returned from a 3 week missions trip to India to explore the needs of our National Schools and Churches regarding the support of children.   Today is my first day back at the office!

Janice and I have moved from Springfield, MO to our field office location to manage the sponsorship of children.   We now have just over 500 sponsors and 650 children in our database, and it keeps us hopping just to keep them informed as to the progress of the children. The numbers are growing each week for which we praise God.  

We as a ministry have committed to the sponsorship of 1200 more children who desperately need intervention in their lives just to save them from exploitation, sickness and in some cases death.    While in India, we met with the AG leadership in Delhi, Jaipur and Kulkuta.   They were so very gracious and showed us what they were doing to alleviate the suffering of children, teenagers and parents.  They are really doing their part, but oh, what a task.   We are coming along side of them to assist them with the care and school sponsorship of these hundreds of children.  In just one school in Delhi, they run 3 - 4 hr shifts per day, for a total of just over 500 children ages 5 to 12.  We were thrilled to see the progress in the children and how that the sponsorship of just a few children in a school benefits the entire school.  It is through the children that we reach the family.  In every case, where a school is started, a church is also planted.  Wow! The destiny of India's children is being changed one child at a time.   



God bless you and I trust you are in good health and experiencing the abundant blessing of the Lord.   Thank you for your support, without which, we would not be able to touch the lives of hundreds of children in India.

Sincerely, in Christ,

Don & Janice Scheske
AG Missionaries to the Children of India

Thank You For Your Support!

Recently I sent a news-letter to all my supporting churches with an appeal for a cash offering to boast my "Work Expense 00 Account," which is for the most part empty!   The reason is that I am having to responded to more and more requests that require my attention in India.   Our ministry is growing rapidly with more and more children and sponsors coming into our system.   It is through rescuing many of the children from sexual exploitation that the need is so great. The children being taught in school not only the 3R's but they are introduced to the stories about Jesus.   The family takes notice and realizes that their child is worth more than a life a prostitution or drug dealing.  The pastor of the church/school visits each home weekly and through this kind of relationship evangelism, the Church is planted.   That is what we can say that we are "Shaping India's Future one Child At A Time."

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Telling The Story Of Jesus

    Recently I read a quote of an ancient Franciscan Monk that resonated with me.   He said: “May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world.”

    Cry of India, a child rescue ministry, based in India, is cutting through frontiers of spiritual darkness and hopelessness and making a difference in India.   Our purpose is to care for impoverished Indian children by securing sponsorships, at $30.00 per month, to provide education, food, health care, and spiritual training.  The challenge is daunting - 250 million children across India are malnourished and do not have access to education. 20% of these children will die before the age of 5 most from preventable diseases.   Five hundred thousand boys will become addicted to alcohol and drugs and the same number of little girls will be sold annually into the sex slave industry.

    It is through caring for them that we earn the right to share Christ and help change the destiny of this great nation of 1.2 billion people.  Story telling is the primary way of communicating a message.  We are constantly learning to better “tell and show” the story of Jesus and His love in this context.  It seems foolish to attempt to break through century old cultural and demonic barriers.  To make the gospel understandable and relevant to the people to whom God called us.

   The teachers of the children you sponsor and pastors who work with us are seeing a momentum of acceptance.  More and more children and parents are moving from staring in disbelief to listening, to understanding the story, to believing the story, to accepting the the story of Jesus.   This is truly transformational for the child, the family and a nation.

    Certainly there are critics who call the teachers and pastors foolish for trying.  But, knowing that God sent them, they go in with a ‘do it or die trying’ attitude.  And now their foolishness is starting to bear fruit.  Pretty exciting stuff!  Hundreds are hearing “the story” and accepting Jesus Christ.   Their future and destiny is full of promise and hope! The Church is being planted in India!

   Thank you for your faithful support of us!  Go to our website to see for yourself the opportunities to sponsor a deserving child, who without God’s intervention will continue in the hopeless tradition of their fathers. 

      www.cryofindia.com 

2012 TRANSITION TO A NEW MISSIONS CHALLENGE

In response to the unprecedented human need in India, a group of National India Leaders have launched Cry of India - a child sponsorship program to change the destiny of these children.  Cry of India focuses on providing education, nutrition, healthcare and spiritual formation to meet the urgent needs of extreme poverty and children at risk.

With sponsorship of children in the slums and ghettoes of the largest cities and unreached areas of India  there is hope that they will be able to break out of the cycle of poverty and reach their God-given potential.

Beginning January 1st, 2012, a new door for Janice and me that is both challenging and tremendously fulfilling.  We have been invited to join the US based office of Cry of India.  Gaining invaluable experience in computer technology during the past 5 years, Don has been prepared for the task of managing the Sponsorship commitments and making sure that our sponsors are keep abreast of the progress their adopted child is making in the four focus areas of their lives.

Please pray for us and thank you for your support of us as we continue to depend on the generosity of God's people to carry on this incredible work of reaching the children and families of India for Christ.

Erika Cawston - Easter 2011 - Our Youngest Daughter