Veil Of Tears

About a year ago, I read a book called "No Longer A Slumdog" by K.P. Yohannan.  He is an Indian missionary who started Gospel for Asia.  It was a very moving book, and when I saw the book "Revolution in World Missions" by him, I really wanted to read it too.  After we moved down here, I finally had time to read and found it was really thought-provoking as well.  In looking at what Gospel for Asia is doing, it seems they are very passionate in spreading the gospel and giving hope through Jesus Christ.  Their mission attempts to teach Christ to those who have never heard of Him in regions of India through two ways - one, through the preaching of the gospel by indigenous (Indian) missionaries, and two, through their Bridge of Hope schools for children.  I love the way the Bridge of Hope is working.  They go to the slums and to the lowest caste - the Untouchables - the people who are considered as not even human.  They build a school and sponsor children to learn to read, write, learn about God, and receive a meal.  Then these children with a new faith in God will go home and tell their parents, who want to learn more, and some become Christians.  It revives their hopeless lives and teaches them that God loves them.  I love the way they are going to the children, the future, and reaching the families through them.

Forgive my rambling :)  Anyway, I saw that GFA had made a documentary/movie about the condition and treatment of the women and girls of India, and the hope that can be theirs through the spreading of the Gospel.  David and I watched it last night, and we learned a lot.  The traditions and ideas of the culture that causes so much oppression is SO sad!  But if these people learn about Jesus, this is the only way their lives - and the culture - can be changed.  We are so blessed in America - freedom from oppressive traditions, ability to choose our jobs and careers, freedom from forced/arranged marriages, wealth that others cannot even comprehend, and the ability to feed our families (three meals a day), and not have to be faced with the decisions of selling or giving away our children because we can't feed them.  These are true situations that are happening in a lot of the world today.  And I think it is good for us to know about these things...so we can be prayerful, so we can be giving, so we can be less selfish and materialistic....and so maybe we can help others learn of God.

If you're interested in learning more, the Veil of Tears documentary is open until TOMORROW 3/30 for free to watch online.  You can go to veiloftearsmovie.com, and click on "free simulcast."  It will take you to lifeway.com where you can register and "order" the movie for free.  You have to follow a few more links and then you can watch it online.  (I would not say that it's something that small children would enjoy...it's not a movie like that, and it talks about the slums, abuse, drinking husbands, etc that kids probably don't need to know about yet.)  If you can't watch it, I would recommend going onto GFA website www.gfa.org, and there you can get a free copy of the book, "No Longer a Slumdog."  I think it will change you.