Dear Friends and Family,
I am about to go on a journey. It’s funny how God prepares you in advance sometimes before you know what’s going to take place. Please take time to pray over what you’re about to read. God has clearly opened the door for me to get involved at Grandview Assembly of God. I am a youth leader there and am on the worship team working with two of my passions, young people and worship. Next, God opened the door for me to work at Grandview Assembly of God’s daycare. I have always had a heart for children. Which now leads me to the next door that didn’t just crack, it has flung wide open.
I have an opportunity to go to India and serve for Indian Christian Ministries for 6 months. I will be staying in Ongole, India with James and Sarah Rebbavarapu directors of Indian Christian Ministries. I will be working with Sarah Covenant Homes, which is an orphanage for special needs children. I did not know God was going to send me to India before I took the position at the daycare, but God did. I asked God 3 months ago; “What are you calling me to?” I have always felt pulled in so many areas from speaking, worship, to ministering to young people. He said to me, “Bekah, I am calling you to love. You will serve me in many areas, but your calling is to love.” Once He said that, He opened my heart in not only wanting to know how to love in a deeper way, but He has begun showing me this love in this season of preparation. Specifically, the focus in my heart is abandoned children. I want to love more and love harder. I desire to love as Christ loves.
Ongole, India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is where I will be staying. India has about 1/6 of the world population, and now has past over the billion mark. 2.4% are Christian, 80% Hindu, and 14 % Muslim. India also lies on the 10/40 they call it this because it lies between 10° N and 40° latitude. 82% of the poorest or the poor live in this geographical window. It is said that on average, a person lives on less than $500 a year. 97% of India lies in this window.
Indian Christian Ministries ministers to the poorest of the poor. I will be working with them in many different capacities. This ministry amazes me I see God in it in every way; I see love at its raw form, unconditional and surpassing all obstacles. I walk in so much joy knowing the amazing people I will be working with and knowing the things I will see and learn from my stay there. This now leads me to ask for you partnership. I need prayer partners along with financial partners. This journey is only possible with both. Financially I need $8500 altogether. $2,500 before I leave, and that is including airfare. The $6,000 will cover my stay, financial responsibilities, and emergency use. If you feel led to help me financially, my address is 3303 E. 113th Ter. Apt A Kansas City, Mo 64137. My goal date to leave is towards the end of September or the beginning of October. I am asking you, my friends and family, to pray about supporting me in my journey. God has laid on my heart to start a video blog while I’m there, so I encourage you to take part in my journey at http://lovepeopleunconditionally.blogspot.com/ .Thank you so much for taking time to read about this next chapter of my life.
Sincerely,
Rebekah Woodruff
