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February 2009: India

20,760 people made decisions to follow Jesus!

Thank you for storming heaven for souls through your prayers! We're back from another amazing trip to India. The Oasis team led four 5-day Gospel & Healing Festivals, three Ignite the Fire Seminars for pastors and Christian leaders, and dedicated nineteen fresh-water wells and seven churches.

In all, over 20,760 people made decisions to follow Jesus as their Lord and Savior as a result of this three week trip! Our soul count has now risen to 629,321 decisions for Christ on our way to reach 1,000,000 by the end of 2010.

The Pastor's Seminars were well attended and the pastors were eager to receive New Testament Bible commentaries that were written in their native tongue of Telugu. Among the grateful recipients is Pastor Ramish Babu who said, "I have waited a whole year for this New Testament commentary. Thank you very much!"

Among the church dedications was one at Sevamandir, a village of 5,000 people. This was the first Christian worship center ever built here. Nine years ago, God called the pastor to Sevamandir and over the years he has raised up a church of 40 believers who have been meeting in a shed. The pastor said that he began praying for a church building about a year ago. Then in January, he heard about Oasis World Ministries and inquired about having a church built. God answered their prayers! Over 100 people came for the church dedication ceremony. They are thrilled to have a place to gather and worship Jesus!

I spent the last couple days of this trip with the Oasis National Evangelists. It was a great time of encouragement and equipping. We've added several new faces to the team for a total of 19. As part of their training, I taught them the "one-minute witness" tool.

Then each evangelist left the building to share their one-minute faith story. Exuberent, all of the evangelists returned with great joy, including K. Elisha who realized, "To think I've wasted all these years not sharing my faith." Now he's set on reaching 5,000 decisions for Christ over the next year. 

Each National Evangelist will hold three-day mini-festivals in remote villages of India. Regional pastors will follow up with those who have made decisions to follow Christ and mentor them in the faith.

Our next trip to India will be in June. If you sense God leading you to travel to India with the Oasis team, simply complete the Oasis ministry form to begin the process.

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February 17, 2009: Bucchi Reddy Palem, Andhra Pradesh was the location of our first week in India. We held a five-day gospel & healing festival and a three-day pastor's school.

At the festival, we experienced several miracles. During one of the sermons, I talked about the father's son who was continually thrown into the fire by a demon (Mark 9). At that moment, a demon-possessed lady, who was sitting in the crowd, interrupted the story. Then God took over and showed me what to do!

I said, "Demon, be quiet in Jesus' name." Then I invited the woman forward to the altar so that we could pray for her. Before I finished the sermon, she calmly walked back to her seat, completely set free!

Another miracle was that of a paralyzed 15-year-old girl who lifted her arm over her head for the very first time in her life! And another miracle was that of 12-year-old girl who had been born deaf. Her father wept when God restored her hearing! By God's grace, around 3,600 people will have come to know Jesus Christ during this first week!

February 9, 2009: Tom and the Oasis team are now ministering in India. Please keep them in your prayers as persecution continues to rise. Tom and the team will conduct four Gospel & Healing Festivals, three Ignite the Fire Training Seminars for pastors and Christian leaders, dedicate seven newly constructed churches, and dedicate 17 fresh-water wells that were recently drilled in remote villages that were without water. During the final few days, Tom will be meeting with the Oasis National Evangelists for training and encouragement. Thank you for your prayers and support! This work could not be done without you!

For a complete history of recent trips to India and Liberia, as well as, encouraging messages of evangelism, visit Tom's Blog...

 

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