FW: Barbara Gum

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Barbara Gum

Aloha Mussoorie!

Aloha Mussoorie!

We are the Croxfords from Honolulu and we are excited to be a part of the New Hope Diamond Head team that will be visiting with you later this year. 

We've been privileged to visit some other parts of India and joined with teams in Nagpur and Yavatmal and because we've heard so many wonderful stories about what's happening in Mussoorie from those that have been before we are really looking forward to getting to know all of you in Mussoorie.



It sounds like a truly awesome place filled with truly awesome people!  So we'll keep praying for you as we get closer to our time together and would ask that you keep our new team in your prayers also!

See you all in August!!!!!

David & Margaret

Romans Ch.12:1 
I urge you brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God

SEE YOU SOON FRIENDS :)

ALOHAAAAAAAA :)

My name is Tamlyn and I am soooo excited to finally be going to India to meet all of you!  I have heard so many WONDERFUL stories and I can't wait to meet you all in person! 
Joshua 1:9 
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

 

I'm so excited to see our amazing family in India again and so stoked to here that we have new additions to the family as well.  

Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

See you in two months

Howsit! My name is Brett and I'm coming to India!

ALOHA everyone! This is my first time coming to India and I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet all of you! I have heard nothing but awesome things about you, so I am super excited to serve, build relationships, and advance His Kingdom! The scripture that God has put on my heart is from 1 Peter 4:12-13.

"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed" 

See you all soon!!!

Aloha and God bless,

Brett 

Hi! My name is Tiffa Garza. FIRST TIME TO INDIA!

Aloha dear friends (even the ones I haven't met yet). My heart OVERFLOWS with love for you all. I am grateful for the opportunity to get to travel to India and serve you and our Lord! The bible verse that is driving me in this time is Zephaniah 3:17. 

"The Lord Your GOD wins victory after victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he will refresh your life with his love."

My husband Imua was a part of the 2012 team that went to Mussoorie and he was so blown away and in awe of the work that's happening in the lives of the young men/boys he met! I saw video of you all... so joyful and energetic. I was so happy to his pictures and hear his stories. AND NOW I GET TO MEET YOU ALL!! I am soooo excited!!! 

Much love,

Tiffa Garza

See you soon!

I'm looking forward to visiting again.  Hoping that monsoon season ends early for us=).  See you all soon.

Isaiah 30:21

 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Returning home...

Aloha family and friends ! Jesus is preparing my way back "home" to Mussoorie, India ! I am getting ready to meet new friends, re-connect with old friends and enjoy time with you and God. Everytime I share my experiences with my hometown, I get tears and a wanting, to go back "home". Isaiah 40:31 says, "But those who trust in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." My prayer is that everyone will put their trust in God. He will renew your strength and soar high ! May He bless you everyday until we meet again !

                                                                                 Aloha ke Akua ~ May God bless !
                                                                                       aunty chris

Finally!

Aloha to all my India family!

I am so excited to be returning to see you in August.  Please be praying for us even as we are praying for you that plans will play out just as God has designed them.  We are bringing lots of new folks for you to meet.  We are also looking forward to meeting many of you that we haven't yet.

Post on the blog yourselves so that we know what's going on with you.  Ask Ashish; he will help you learn how.

My Scripture rudder for the trip is Galatians 2:20:

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."  Still learning that the point of my life is to point to Him.  In everything.  No questions asked...

Can't wait to see you soon!!!

Love,
Barbara Didi

Happy to be Home

Soon after the Christmas celebration, the boys go to spend the winter with their relatives. Since they all study in different schools with different school opening days, they come back accordingly. By March they all should be home, but two of the smaller boys still missing ( Rishav and Sachin), Rinku and Prince are writing their exams in Dehradun. JD and Himanshu have gone to Delhi to visit Guddu.

Most of their family members do not know anything about the love of God, so we pray and expect that at least in these few weeks some of them would come to know the Lord through these boys. But on the other hand some of the boys who are weak in their faith and commitment do struggle a lot after going back. We believe each of the boy are chosen and hand picked by God to be in this Home.

Makku Ministry in Jan 2013

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

Happy new year 2013.

There is a village about 250 km away from Mussoorie, by name Makku. It is a pilgrim place for many as the god of our hindu friends is carried to this village temple in a particular time of the year. To know a bit more about this pilgrim place please visit this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungnath.

The Lord took us to Makku on the 9th Jan. We had gone with the families, Brother Girish and his wife Lata and son Joshua, Brother Om, his wife Puspa, cousin Usha and son Abhinav, then Seema, Levi and me,all together 10 members. 

We left mussoorie on the 8th, Friday reached Kirtinagar in the evening, stayed overnight and next day early in the morning left for Makku. The Lord is blessing Deepak and Asha who are doing ministry in Kirtinagar, and the enemy had started attacking their family, so our purpose was twofold to counsel and pray with this couple and then to visit Makku, we wanted to stay in Makku for 3 hours at the max, and the main purpose is to visit the girl Muskan, who had met with an accident. To give you a little background of the story, in our last visit few months back to this village, we saw how in front of our eyes, this girl broke her leg. We offered whatever help we could provide to this girl and came back to Mussoorie.

So on the 9th, at 7:15 am we left for Makku and reached there at noon time. We stopped near a tin shade where the girl was carried in after she met with the accident. Found out that her grand pa and grand ma are having lunch. But as soon as they saw us, they rushed out of their shed and shockingly the old man started touching our feet.  We stopped him from doing that, his heart was so full of gratitude we could not believe that. The grand ma started shedding tears, I was confused for a while why she was crying, but later realized that it was tears of thankfulness. Though we had done nothing, had shown our care that we wanted to take that girl to the hospital, and next day visited the girl and gave her some fruits and prayed for her, and of course we had given some money towards the treatment. But we thought may be they will not recognize us or have forgotten about the incident and moved forward with the busy lives. But to our utter amazement we found that as if the time has stopped there even after such long gap.

The girl Muskan remembered us ever since. The grandma was telling us how Muskan was always talking about us. 

The grand pa went to school to call Muskan, we saw her took pictures with her, talked to her. We believe she is a chosen girl and God has a purpose in her life. Muskan's parents were so delighted to see us, in our last visit we had not seen them. Her father's name is Prem Singh, and they have Mule which they use to carry the pilgrims to Tungnath temple. These are the winter season so he stayed home.

Then we went to their house, and had tea and shared the gospel. We asked if there are any sick persons in the house. We found out that one of the daughter in law, Saraswati, had a swollen leg. We prayed for her, seeing that one lady came to us and asked us to pray for her, her name Kamala, she had pain in her body, after prayer she said that the pain is gone.  Then she called a man, Bharat, in whose house there are a lots of conflicts, we prayed for him too.

We were so taken aback by the response of these people. God has already working in their hearts, it is surely an answer to prayers. They are open to us, Even as we were leaving the place the family brought some dal and dry fruits and gave us. Our hearts were melted seeing this,  they loved us as if we were their own relatives and they know us since many years.

We left that place rejoicing. Then we went to Chopta and played with snow and took some pictures. 

God has called us to be witness to many in this Himalayan region. Thank you so very much for your prayers and partnership in this work.

Christmas Celebration 2012

Merry Christmas to all our families and friends. Truly it is because of His faithfulness we could see through the year 2012. Christmas is a very special time, when we can invite our friends who are not the follower of Lord Jesus Christ and share the gospel. Our non-Christian friends look forward to this day and wait for their invitation. On the 19th Dec we had a special program celebrating the birth of our Saviour. About 350 people from the community came to celebrate the occasion with us. For the first time many friends from Dehradun joined us.
We had invited Pastor Kailash from the state of Punjab, an old friend of Pastor Dhan Prakash. He presented the gospel in a very simple but profound way. So glad that all our neighbors could listen to the gospel. Two of our local churches Community of Nations and Friends of Garhwal participated in our program by performing dances in two songs respectively. Rev. Asher Wasker had sent his youths for the program. Our girls from Dehradun were an inspiration in the program, as we could see the transformation in their lives in last one year.

Merry Christmas to our Family In Hawaii !!

Christmas Programme - Amit and team leading Christmas Carols.

Girls from our Girls Home.

Levi & Joshua at the school Christmas Party.

Bablu's Wedding- A testimony of His faithfulness

As I post this today, after a long gap, my heart is filled with gratitude, seeing the Lord's hand in Bablu's life. The Bible says, "I am certain that God, who began the good work within you will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."( Phil.1:6).
There is another word that says in Joel 2:25, "The LORD says, "I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts."

Bablu got married on the 21nd of November 2012 to Vishakha, she comes from a very godly family. When I look at both of them, I see how their backgrounds are totally different. Bablu, in a sense has nobody in the world apart from us. But Vishakha's family is one of the biggest family we know. The amazing thing about her family is how they accepted Bablu. Normally a traditional indian family would not be quite happy to give away their daughter to someone who has no family background. But Vishakha's family accepted Bablu as their own son, that is the biggest blessing Bablu got.

The celebration brought a great cheer to all of us. A lot of dancing happened, unprecedented, we celebrated for five days.