Hello once again.. .Well on Monday before we left for Ongole, we did another ministry in Bangalore at huge K-10th grade English school called Kennith George English School (Where they learn the language of English. There we did a program in front of about 250 children (the biggest children’s audience we’ve had, yet) It went well even with 2 member not with us, and we did gave one testimony to them, as well.

On Tuesday Feb 2nd we got up early to catch an 11 hour train ride to Ongole. There we did ministry at small remote area churches and city schools and prayed for people after our outreach dramas, dance and testimonies.. .In a little bit, here I will explain to you the program of dramas and dance that we do so that you all are not in the dark about them, but right now I’m going to continue with Ongole. J

We got to Ongole on Wednesday Feb 3rd and were there until Saturday Feb 6th. Like I said we did ministry in remote church areas and schools doing our program of songs, dramas, worship songs, testimonies and praying for people.

The first outreach we did was on Wednesday evening where we went to a woman’s college with the high school right next it. Instead of doing the children’s songs like Patty Pat Pat” , “Father Abraham” and “The Lord’s Army” like we planned on doing, we, we had to be totally flexible and listen to God and the Holy Spirit on what to do next. So we did the dance, testimonies and another new drama we call “The Heart” drama where there was a boy and a girl in it and the girl was asking the boy for his heart, so the boy asked God if he should give his heart away to the girl , but he did not wait for His answer, instead he just decided to because she was pretty . The girl then took his heart and played with his heart (coaxing it, throwing it in the air, bouncing it, and eventually dropped it breaking it into a million pieces, which the crushed boy had to pick it up the pieces. The girl shyed away from him saying “oops” and eventually walked away from him. At the end of the drama the same girl met him another time after the boy asked God to be in his heart and life and when she asked him again if she could take his heart, saying she will not break it again he said “no’” to her . Instead he asked her if she wanted to asked God to come into her heart and life and she said “yes she would” .It showed the audience that people can break your heart and can disappoint you but if you give your heart to God and wait for Him, He will never leave you nor forsake you so it’s better to give your heart to God rather than to people. Shari, Ranae and Amy gave testimonies. There were a good amount of girls who were touched and wanted prayer at the end, so it went really well.

Both on Thursday and Friday we had 2 ministry outreaches, one in the morning and one in the afternoon/evening. On Thursday morning we went to high a school where there were primary aged students called ABM (American Baptist Missionary) Jr. College. There we did a children’s program with the dramas “Catch All” and “Sin Chair“ , the songs “Patty Pat Pat”, “The Lord’s Army”. Becca and Jake gave their testimonies and then we prayed for them. That evening we went to a high school and sang worship songs, the drama “Catch All” and 2 testimonies. Since there was no electricity in the school and no outlets we couldn’t do the dance or any other dramas, we could only do those. So we had to be flexible with that, as well. There was a great response, though as they were very attentive and were willing to get prayer afterwards.

On Friday morning some of us went prayer walking and went to a Christian cemetery where there were tombstones of past missionaries that were there and died there, while the rest of us stayed back and had some time God and Becca and Jana learned an Indian dance. That afternoon we went to another woman’s college, which the media was actually there, so we were on the news and 2 of the most popular newspapers in India, which the news covered the whole state of Karnataka. They basically talked about Americans coming to show the girls good morals and giving them the opportunity to get help by calling the ministry number in Ongole that we worked with. They didn’t say anything about us showing God’s love to them, but just us sharing with them good morals and us helping them. Since it was a hindu school, we actually couldn’t even talk about Jesus Christ, but the lyrics in the dance talked about Christ a lot in it. So they heard a little bit about him. Nothing happened to us because of that, which was good. We didn’t get to pray with them, though because it was a hindu government school, but I believe God gave us that opportunity to make a big impact there. I believe even to the principal of that school. Much if India is hindu and muslim, so please keep them in your prayers and that the seeds that we had sown there would be planted in good soil.

On Friday night we went to a remote village church where we did the program and prayed for people afterwards. There were many people who wanted prayers for healings of many type from healing from a head ache to a father who drinks to HIV Aids and everything in between.. We prayed about those healings, laying hands on the sick and praying for them to be healed, as a passage in the Bible talks about that. I wish I can find the passage that talks about it, but I don’t know where to find it in the New testament. Amy got to pray for a lady who was hunch backed with having back pain and while she was praying the ladies back straighted right up and when she asked how she was feeling a little bit afterwards she said with a smile that she felt “fine“!!! Praise the Lord!!! J

Saturday was a fun day, getting up really early to see the sun rise at the beach. A pretty laid back day, besides us having to get up early, with no ministry that we did. Amy got to talk to a hindu man at the beach with the help of Sweetie to traslate for her. She was the wife of a pastor that we met at the train station coming to Ongole who worked with us at the ministry there) She was able to show how much the One and Only God who made everything that he sees, even the ocean and the sky loved him and how He loved him more than how big the ocean and the sky is. She got to share with him who Jesus Christ really was, and what God did through Him for him and everyone all around the world, sharing with him John 3:16. The guy was very attentive and Amy believes that he got convicted since he said that he would consider accepting Jesus as his Lord and Savior. She prayed for him thanking God for his willingness to learn more about Him and willingness to accept Christ. That was a good seed that was sown and she didn’t want to force him to accept, since God is not like that, just prayed with him about his willingness and God will do the rest.

We got to the train station in Ongole at about 5:30pm to head back to Bangalore’s and we made it to Bangalore’s train station at about 8am. and made it back on Sunday morning at about Overall the time in Ongole was very good. It was beautiful there, with high hills and a hill that overlooked the entire city‘s. We believe that God through us made a big impact there, and cannot wait to hear what else God will do there. We will be keeping in touch with the people that we workd with there, so they will be able to tell us of any changes that were made for His glory. Keep Ongole, as well as Goa and Bangalore in your prayers, even after we have left here. God is good!!!


Drama explanations

“Creation”
This drama is all about how God (played by Tony) created everything that we see, the heavens and the earth, the birds of the air, the fish in the sea, the mountains, the ocean and everything that we see. It showed God creating Adam (Played by Shane), from the soil on the ground and giving him the breath of life. It showed everything in the garden and how satan and his demons got Adam to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We acted out how the demons and satan surrounded Adam and tortured him by hitting and beating up on him, and when Jesus came into the picture we acted how satan and the demons torched and beat up Jesus, bringing him to the cross hoping that he would die. Taking the punishment of everyone’s sins. Then by God’s power He brought him back to life and destroyed the enemy’s sheme. At the end of the drama Jesus coming back to Adam and God, showing the entity of the trinity with the Father (God) the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (inside us humans after we accept God and Jesus into our lives working together as one. This one is pretty self explanatory. J


“Catch All”
This drama has 5 people lined up with their backs facing the audience and they all have something wrong with them, while there is a person on the front of the stage who had nothing wrong with him. The first person in the line turns around and walks up to the guy and they have a sneezing problem, the next had a fainting problem, the next was itching, the next one acted like a chicken and the last one there was a pregnant woman. After the people who had something wrong with them ran into him, he got what they had, and eventually he had everything at the same time. Except for the pregnant woman, who the guy runs away from her saying “Oh No, not that!!!, as he runs off the stage. Kind of a funny one, but with a good moral.

The moral:
For children to be careful of who they hang out with and the friends that they pick, because if they have bad habits, like if they get mad a lot, or is they disrespect their parents, what they do can rub off on them, so it’s good to pick friends that will be good influences on them instead of bad influences on them, and if they are Christians, to pick friends that would help them with their Christian walk.



“Sin Chair”
This drama is about how if we get too much into sin we can get stuck in it and not be able to get off of it and enjoy the other good things that maybe our friends are doing. There is a chair in the middle and someone put a sign on it that says “Sin” and says don‘t touch. . Then someone comes up to the chair and looks at it thinking there is nothing wrong with it, and takes of the sign off of the chair. He puts on hand on it and he tries to take it off and it gets stuck onto it. Then he tried his other hand to hopefully help with other hand to get unstuck from it, then that one gets stuck to it. So no matter what he did he always got stuck to it. The people come along one at a time who were playing basketball, exercising or running asking him to join them and he had to say “no” because he was stuck to the chair. Then someone comes up (the person who put the sign on the chair) having a Bible in their hand, looks at him and was disappointed at him. Then they told him about God and the Bible and to pray, so they prayed with him and he got unstuck off of the chair and the sins.

The moral:
If we get too much involved in sin, it could get a hold of us and we will get stuck in it not being able to do other fun things with our friends. With God in our lives, though and reading the Bible and prayer (talking toGod through Jesus) God can help them through it and can help us get out of it.

“By Your Side”
This drama has a lot to it… It shows a couple with a baby and the woman was worshipping a hindu idol (played by Ranae, Jana and Amy) and the man (Played by Tony) had a list of dreams (his future) in his hands. There was shown both Jesus (Jake) and satan (Sean) trying to influence both in a good way (with Jesus) and in a bad way (with satan), satan making the woman (Becca) worship the idol, and satan being the one who made the man feel discouraged about his dreams and his future and making him hit his wife after he made him lose their baby. While the whole time, Jesus was right by their side asking him to come to him and to not do the bad things they were doing.. At the end of the drama the woman finally came to the conclusion that worshipping the idol was not what she needed and said “no” to it, knocking it down to the ground and breaking it, accepting the One and Only God, worshipping Him and Jesus, God’s son as her Lord and Savior Jesus gave back their baby and the woman told her husband about it her accepting Jesus and they both came to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

The moral:
If someone worships any other god, but God, their life could be a confusing, discouraging, deceitful mess with all kinds of bad things can happen to them, with some grace being shown to them through other circumstances from The God who loves them trying to get their attention. Then when they accept the One and Only God into their lives it could be better and will not be as discouraging or hard as it can be if they worshipped something else. Jesus is also by their side the whole time no matter what they do or no matter where they are in their lives and that shows that we just have to accept him to be more a part of their lives and things could be better than it could be. Although their life won’t be perfect, with no problems, it will be better than it could be if they trust God with their lives here on earth.