This is Joel's Old Blog

Friend in Nepal dies

We lived in Kathmandu back in 2003 and my wife walked with Pemba and their child (who was Zayd's age)   She just died in an accident -  We ate at their home and they came to Zayd's 1 year b-day party!   Please pray for her husband, Raj

FROM BBC  "One of Nepal's most famous female mountaineers has died in a climbing accident in the Himalayas.  Pemba Doma Sherpa fell at about 8,000m while descending Lhotse south of Mount Everest, officials at the trekking firm where she was a director told the BBC. A spokeswoman for Climb High Himalaya said friends and family were shocked.  Two Sherpas died with Ms Sherpa on Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak. She was Nepal's first woman to climb Mount Everest by its north face...."

Albert Das in USA

My good friend for 15 years, Albert Das, is in the states for about a month - We are about to begin a whirl-wind tour this weekend and have about 15 speaking engagements  - If you are in Houston, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Costa Mesa, CA and San Jose, CA -- we hope to see you -    Read dates and our itinerary here

Prostitutes in INdia under 18

The study on girls/women in prostitution in India, conducted between2002-04, reports that there is a growing trend in the number of prostitution in the country

New Delhi: Of 2.8 million prostitutes in the country, 35.47% entered thetrade before the age of 18 years, Minister of state for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury informed the Rajya Sabha today.

"The study on girls/women in prostitution in India, conducted between2002-04, reports that there is a growing trend in the number of prostitution in the country. The study estimates that there are 2.8 million
prostitutes in the country of which 35.47% entered the trade before the age of 18 years", she said in a written reply.   READ ARTICLE

shocking numbers

a friend in singapore compiled these numbers (he has a PhD in missiology)

27% of the people in the world live beyond the gospel. These are the unreached people of the world who most likely have never heard the gospel a single time from someone. For them it is as if Christ never came. Surely these people are the priority for Great Commission Christians...

Yet for every $10,000 in personal income the average Christian gives 1 penny to reach these people. Out of every 10,000 professional Christian ministers, only 100 are serving in cross-cultural missions and only 2 are serving among the 27% of the world that is unreached!

Ministry Campus in India

I have not shared our big project we are doing in north India on my blog.   We have started building #1 (Residence House) of our 4 buildings in north India (Bihar state) -  Please pray and contact me if you want any more info.  The buildings will be

• Orphanage for 100 children
• Leadership school to train Indian leaders in church planting and ministry
• Residence and guest house
• School for the community (500 children)

friends talking about ServLife Co-send iniatitive

A few friends blogging about our efforts and desire to create 10 teams in the world by the end of 2008 to rescue for children at risk, end hunger, and train/multiply the church! 

Emergent Village -

 

Andrew Jones in the UK

Click here to read a paper on Are Americans Needed in God's Global Mission?  An Appeal for Global Justice Practitioners  ..Please help us spread the word!