Update On Our India Leadership Conference And Evangelistic Crusade

If you have been following me on Twitter or  Facebook, then you may have seen a few of my pictures.

After 21 hours of flying I arrived in Bangalore India.

I have had the privilege of preaching the gospel on 5 continents, however I have never seen the magnitude of hunger and spiritual depravity that I witnessed in India.

India is 98% Muslim Hindu and Buddhist and it is illegal to preach the gospel there.  I was grilled upon entering the country about my intentions, and was asked what non-profit I worked for, so I gave them the name “Simple Love”, a human trafficking fighting non-profit that was birthed out of our church.  I was there on a tourism visa as they will not give out a missionary visa, so it was tricky getting in to the country without being arrested.

We hit the ground running in Bangalore late Wednesday night The leadership conference went from Thursday – Saturday 9 AM to 3PM and the evangelistic crusades where in the evenings as well as Sunday morning.

We saw about 80 people pray the prayer of salvation which is huge; however the people at the leadership conference are the real heroes.  They where starved for any principles that would help them grow their ministries and businesses as we even had high profile business leaders from Bangalore in attendance to the conference.

Some who attended the conference were church leaders, some bible college students who would return to their regions in the hard cold north country and circuit ride on horseback taking the gospel from village to village.

No matter what their plans, dreams, and desires were, they were all so hungry to grow in the knowledge of God and principles to help them make a difference in their would for Christ.  What a privilege it was to walk in the footsteps of the Apostle Thomas who first brought the Gospel to India.

Here are few pictures that highlight my journey.  I took my boys Buzz Lightyear with me and asked different people to take pictures with him so they could stay connected while I was gone for so long.

14 hour flight from JFK to Dubai

4 hour flight from Dubai to Bangalore

Buzz being held by a lady on the plane.

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Party with FLC for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is days that people get wasted, pinch you if you are not wearing green, and in general, lose it.
The Holiday is a far cry from the Saint. In fact I think it is safe to say that St. Patrick would not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as it were today.
He was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father and grandfather were deacons in the Christian church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave.
He was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity to the coast, where he would board a ship and return to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest.
He would later return to evangelize the very nation who took him as a slave. So instead of getting waisted join some of our teams in loving and giving like St. Patrick.
Here are a few pictures from this week of the outreach teams of FLC serving our community.

FLC Outreach Team headed out to the projects to bring kids to church, feed them and most importantly tell them about Jesus

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Watch My Infamous Bull Ride

The past few weeks we have been in a series entitled, “Man Up”! God has really been speaking to the men through this series. You don’t want to miss out on this!

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