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