no-longer-a-slumdog

No Longer a Slumdog
It has been simply astounding to see what God has done! In
this one community alone, 2,000 families came to know the love
of Christ and decided to follow Him! For the first time, their
children are getting an education, and their mothers are learning
how to read. Hundreds of husbands who used to be drunkards
and abusive to their families have become decent, honest men.
There is a renewing of their minds, their hearts are warmed toward
each other, and the people are starting to care for others,
not just themselves.
The people there have seen how hard we have tried to be of
help and to love them in the midst of the depravity in which they
live. They want to know, “Why are you doing this What is it
about your God that would cause you to help us”
These stories have been repeated over and over. By the grace
of God, there are hundreds of testimonies like this. Physical assistance
alone cannot account for the amazing transformation
that we have seen in these villages. There is only one way we can
explain it: The Holy Spirit is moving in Asia.
It Is Happening
Lift up your eyes. Children are being fed, clothed and loved.
They are getting an education like no one in their family ever did
before. Thousands of them are experiencing the love of Christ.
There are more than 60,000 children enrolled in GFA Bridge of
Hope centers (as of March 2011), but what is that number compared
to the millions who are still wandering without hope
The opportunity is astounding. Never before have so many
people in Asia been so open to the message of love found in the
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