December 6, 2006
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Hello again,
We had an interesting speaker at church tonight. He was an 81 yr. old man (that didn't act or look much older than 61
) by the name of Bernie Getter from the Church Of Christ Mission in Sitapur, India. He originally hailed from Wisconsin, but has been a missionary to India for almost 60 years!Mr. Getter showed slides of the great work among the people of India and what God has done in the last 58 years....they have a Christian Training Institute with an enrollment of 65-100 students; they have a Church Planting Ministry with over 122 congregations (with trained leadership) 117 Pastoral staff. There's been 12,400 baptisms in the last 58 yrs. and there were 90 VBS programs conducted this yr. alone. They also have 8 Children's Homes with nearly 500 enrolled, supervised by 18 fulltime staff members.
Their Christian Day School system is awesome....30 Primary Schools, 8 Middle Schools, 4 Jr. Highs, 3 Jr. Colleges, 33 Nursery schools with over 600 "tots".....a total enrollment of over 5,600 children and youth.
The work also includes a 25 bed Medical Clinic w/trained medical personnel, and also an agricultural program to help area farmers and as part of the High school students' Hands-On Curriculum.
As you think of this work as it spreads deeper and deeper into the jungle, pray for the preachers and leaders and all the workers as they bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a people that is engulfed in idol worship and heathenism and where the power of darkness is very prevalent. Pray that the seed might be sown in these dear children's hearts and that they'll be the Christian Church of the next generation...men and women for Jesus, and continue to spread the Gospel till Jesus comes again.
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well... wats up??
hey vonnie! well im not up to much these days besides getting ready for christmas! wat about u? luvs shan
heyy! hi! saw ya visited ma site a couple times! just curious as to if i know you or not!!!!!! ttul
ha-ha! i luv the pic of u!!! ; ) i knew ya would say something about it..lol..............well ttfn
lol u too ; ) luvs shan
a new layout!! cool!! as far as me i'm just like super busy with fire and first responder training etc plus working so ya i'm rather busy now... how bout you whats up?
ya thats my dad and i don't know who you are i just realized i commented on the wrong site:( i had thought i was on another friends site. sorry
hey... yur layout is still screwed up..??
do u stilll need my help? lol gonna try the email u gave me if i can remember it. 4got my ph up in my room so.... ?? Florida ROCKS btw!! 
Luv ya'll!! ~ Jo
hiya, jus saying hello!!!
*hey gurlz!*
Wow that is so interesting. I was in India as a child (my parents were there on a mission) and we lived very close to Sitapur and in fact I remember hearing about the Getters. Wow..small world.
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