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The Adventist Church in India has had relative suc-

cess. The Church has grown to more than 1.5 million members. Church leaders, evangelists, pastors, laypeople, and Global Mission pioneers are reaching out into the cities, towns, and villages across India to initiate, expand, and promote the scope and reach of the gospel ministry. But not all of India has had a chance to hear the message.

There are many visible challenges, such as: poverty, population growth, political unrest, and cultural barriers. Muslims are already strong and organized opponents. Hindus are becoming more hostile towards Christian work. Global Mission pioneers must prepare for the grow-ing challenges and even for persecution.

Despite these difficul-ties there are opportunities.

God is creating new windows for spread-ing the gospel among unreached people groups. One such opportunity is the millions of people migrating to the cities. These people, who are in a period of transi-tion, are open to new ideas, including learning about God and religion. It is our task to take hold of the opportunity and carry out the missionary command of Christ.

Our Global Mission pio-neers are working hard and using simple methods such as, going door to door, wit-nessing personally to families in their homes, praying for the sick and starting small group Bible studies. Many of these small groups have developed into well-estab-lished congregations. The problem is that many of these small groups are in the cities

where the cost of living and building churches is higher. Yet the pioneers are giving their all to save the lost and win unbelievers to faith in God and Adventist truth.

We could do so much more if we could hire more Global Mission pioneers in India. We pray that your valuable dona-tions and fervent prayers will help our pioneers to plant new congregation among perishing souls. Thank you for your valu-able financial support to finish the work of God and advance-ment of His mission.

G.R. Mohan Roy is the Adventist Mission director for the

Southern Asia Division

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E D I T O R I A L

Visible Challenges By G.R. Mohan Roy

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This story is from the First Quarter 2010 Adventist Mission DVD, which features stories from the Southern Asia Division, which includes India. Watch the Adventist Mission DVD in your local church or online at www.AdventistMission.org.

Meet Rex. He is a motor rickshaw driver in India.

One day while Rex was having dinner with his Uncle Simon, Simon turned to him and asked where his daughters, where going to school. Rex said they were attending the public district school “You should put your children in the Adventist school, said Simon, “They offer a high standard of education and your girls will learn English.”

Rex told his uncle that they were simply too poor to afford the Adventist school. So Simon offered to pay for the girl’s tuition.

Soon after the girls started attending they asked their mother to take them to Sabbath school. So Rex dropped them all off on his way to a full day of work.

When Rex’s daughters returned from church they would tell him the stories they’d learned in Sabbath School. His wife would also share Bible texts she had heard in church, but he wasn’t interested in learning more. He had to work on Saturdays.

This continued for about a year, until one day Rex learned about a day of fasting and prayer that the school sponsored one Sunday

a month. Because it was Rex’s day off he decided to go. “I was touched by the message I heard that day, says Rex “and realized that it was Bible truth.”

The school principal invited Rex to come to church the following week, but Rex hesitated. He didn’t think he could afford to take Satur-day’s off from work.

Meanwhile Rex’s wife was preparing to get baptized and urged him to join her.He resisted at first, but eventually agreed, real-izing that he wasn’t ready and still worked on many Sabbaths.

Two months after his baptism Rex suf-fered a spinal injury at work. Doctors warned him that he might never walk again without surgery, but the family simply couldn’t afford it. Months passed and Rex was confined to his bed. With plenty of time to think he realized that perhaps he wasn’t putting his trust in God. “I started praying that God would forgive me for not being faithful,” says Rex.

The family finally found a doctor that was willing to operate on Rex’s spine for a price that they could afford. After the surgery, as Rex laid in bed he prayed without ceasing that God would allow him to work again.

Today Rex can walk again. He regularly attends church. “I don’t work on Sabbath any-more,” says Rex.

Andrew King is a video producer and editor

for Adventist Mission

The AccidentBy Andrew King


Joseph felt his heart pound-ing as the mob of angry

men pushed and jostled him. Their angry voices rose as they accused him of stirring up trouble by introducing a new God to the village. “Let’s

beat him!” said some. “Kill him!” yelled others.

Joseph had not been a Christian long. In his zeal to share his new faith with others, he had come to this village as a Global Mission

pioneer to teach others about Christ. He’d found a man who wanted to know about Christ, and the two men studied the Bible together. Soon the villager had given his heart to God.

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But others in the village were angry that a Christian had come to stir up the people. They had marched toward the home where Joseph was visiting and demanded that he come out of the house.

Joseph prayed silently as the mob pressed around him. Then he stepped toward the leader, who stood brandish-

ing a sword. Gently Joseph put his hand on the man’s shoulder and spoke to him. “Brother, I’ve come in peace and in the name of Jesus, who is my God and my

friend. He wants to be your God and friend, too.”

The leader looked into Joseph’s eyes and grew calm. The crowd quieted a bit. Then the leader challenged Joseph.

The Challenge “I have a daughter,” he

said. She’s 10 years old and has been paralyzed for six years. She can’t move, and

she can’t speak. Come and ask your God to heal my daughter. If He heals her, then we will leave you alone. But if she isn’t healed, then we will kill you.” The man touched

the sword at his side in a threatening manner.

The man turned to walk to his home, and the mob made sure that Joseph followed him. When they reached the leader’s home, the mob stayed outside while Joseph and the leader entered the house.

The leader pointed to his little girl, Kamala. Joseph

realized that only a miracle would save her life—and his. He knelt by the bed and prayed. He asked God to forgive his sins, and then he asked that if it was God’s will, little Kamala be healed. “Help those in this room to understand that You are the all-powerful God who made

Come and ask

your God to heal

my daughter. If

He heals her, then

we will leave you

alone. But if she

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we will kill you.”

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the earth and everything that lives here,” he prayed.

Seeing God’s PowerJoseph finished his prayer

and stood to his feet. The girl’s father nodded to two men who stood in the room with them. They tied Joseph up to be certain that he didn’t escape. Joseph continued to pray for the child, and within minutes he saw a slight movement.

Had he imagined it? No. Kamala moved again. She

stretched out her leg! Joseph encouraged her to keep moving, and the girl stretched her other leg and then her arms. Joseph praised God as he encouraged the girl to move.

Slowly Kamala sat up. Then as the family watched, speech-less with joy, Kamala slowly pulled herself up on her once-withered legs and took a step. And then another.

“My daughter!” Kamala’s mother whispered. The girl smiled and walked slowly toward her mother. Tears

filled the father’s eyes as he hugged Joseph. The men who had tied Joseph up stood silently as Kamala walked around the room. Her hands straightened out and grew strong as they watched.

Opening the Door of Faith

The door behind them opened, and Joseph’s wife entered. Her face reflected her confusion. “What hap-pened?” she whispered. “I was told terrorists planned

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CORN AND GReeN BeLL PePPeR CuRRy (Serves 4)

IngredIents:• 3 tablespoon oil or butter (authentic Indian recipes use ghee,

or clarified butter)• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds• 1 or 2 green chilies, finely chopped• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated• 2 tablespoons flour• 2 cups cooked corn kernels• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped• 2 cups milk• 1 teaspoon sugar

PreParatIon:1. Over medium heat in a heavy pan, add the oil or butter and cumin seeds. Stir until the seeds crackle.

Add the chilies and ginger paste and fry lightly. Add the flour and reduce heat to low, cooking for about two minutes.

2. Mix in the corn and green bell peppers. Add the milk slowly while stirring carefully to make sure no lumps are formed. Cook on low for about 10 minutes or until thickened. Add sugar and salt to taste.

Any spicy, sauce-based Indian dish is referred to as a “curry,” even if it doesn’t include the specific spice we generally refer to as curry. Serve this delicious curry over rice.


to kill you.” She looked at Joseph, still tied up, and then at the joyful faces of those surrounding him.

“I’ll tell you later,” he told her. “But God has just revealed His mighty power to these unbelievers.”

The leader of the mob untied Joseph and apologized for causing him trouble. “I want to know about your God, who has restored my daughter to health,” he said.

Joseph spoke to the crowd who waited outside the

man’s house. Several asked to know more about the God Joseph worships. Within a year 15 people in the village were baptized, and Joseph and his wife are working with others who want to know about God.

The leader of the mob who had planned to kill Joseph now works with him to teach others about the living God.

Our mission offer-ings help support the

work of men and women such as Joseph who work as Global Mission pioneers in unentered areas of India and around the world. Thank you for having a part in the work of God through your offerings.

Charlotte Ishkanian is the editor of Adventist

Mission’s Sabbath School

mission quarterlies and

Inside Stories

Guide’s Greatest Mission StoriesThere’s nothing like a

good mission story to remind you that God is faithful. But He doesn’t just protect missionaries. He floods their hearts with love so they can do His work wherever they are sent.

With adventure-filled stories selected from Guide magazine, you’ll be reminded why true stories are the most exciting. These are just

a few of the stories you’ll want to read in Guide’s Greatest Mission Stories:

• The frightful canoe ride in the dark through a river of ill-tem-pered hippos

• How a man sold his shirt to buy a little more time to stay in a vil-lage where no one wanted him

• The night a pack of dogs pro-tected a missionary family from a murderous mob

To order the book and to learn more about missionaries

and Global Mission pioneers please visit www.AdventistMission.org/book-offer, or call us at (800) 648-5824. We’ll send your free book right away, while supplies last.

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The Adventist Church and

the world have lost a champion of mis-sion. On November 8 Dorothy Eaton Watts laid down her burden and quietly fell asleep in Jesus following a three-year battle with cancer.

Dorothy, with her hus-band, Ron, at her side, lived a life filled with service to God. Every aspect of her life was devoted to others. They spent more than 26 years serving in India, 10 of which she served as associate sec-

retary of the Southern Asia Division and Ron served as president. During their time in India, this division grew from about 200,000 to 1.4 million church members. Dorothy was

instrumental in establishing the Adventist Child India, a program dedicated to send-ing children of new church to Adventist schools in order to help prepare them for future service in God’s work.

Dorothy wrote more than 25 books, including several devotionals for women and juniors. She served as editor

of Adventist Mission’s two mission quarterlies until she and her husband were called to work in British Columbia, Canada.

Dorothy was an encour-ager. She saw possibilities in people that they often didn’t see in themselves, and she encouraged others to be the best they could be.

We will miss Dorothy, a woman of valor and cour-age, a prayer warrior who was willing to fight for those who couldn’t fight for them-selves, a woman who put mission first in her life every single day.

China has a population of 1.3 billion people and

less than four hundred thou-sand of them are Adventists. But things are changing.

In the heart of northeast-ern China, in the province of Jilin, the Seventh-day Adven-tist Church has grown rapidly in the past 20 years. From a modest home church in the city of Garjuling more than 400 new congregations have

been planted and more than 20,000 people have been baptized.

The person responsible is Elder Zu Shuwa, a thoughtful, humble woman of prayer who claims no personal credit, and says the growth of the church is entirely the work of the Holy Spirit and a team of workers. Today Elder Zu oversees the training of dozens of volun-teers who conduct Bible stud-

ies, preach sermons and offer spiritual care.

Also in northeastern China lies the city of Shenyang. The city is home to more than seven million people. It’s also home to one of the largest Adventist churches in the world. Elder Hailya Jee pastors the Begwan Adven-tist Church and its 7,000 members. Begwan started as a church plant in 1985 with

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only nine members. Today it holds three church ser-vices every Sabbath and has

started 117 church plants. The Begwan church holds lay evangelism training seminars,

literacy classes and prayer meetings.

There are still hundreds of millions of people in China thirsting for the good news about Jesus. And the church is not as blessed in all parts of China and still faces many challenges. But through sacrifice, through commitment, through prayer, planting new congre-gations is, touching hearts, transforming lives and grow-ing the kingdom of God.

What do we have in common?Each major world religion is unique, but there are

many values we have in common. By learning about their beliefs and practices, we can build bridges of understanding. You can feel confident about shar-ing the Christian gospel in a manner that is respectful and meaningful.

The four-disc set covers Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Introductory special: $35.00. To order, visit www.AdventistMission.org, or call 800-648-5824.

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Your gift to global Mission makes

frontline mission work a reality. each

day we’re reaching new communities

with the gospel thanks to your support.

Without your support we simply couldn’t

send out as many global Mission

pioneers or support outreach and church

planting projects. Please don’t wait,

today there are more than 2.4 billion

people living in the 10/40 Window who

are still waiting to hear about Jesus.

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Where will your Gift be used?

Your gift will go to high priority places such as:

• China and other countries of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division

• India and other countries of the Southern Asia Division

• Bangladesh and other countries of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division

• West Africa

• The Middle East and other countries of the Trans-European Division

Help make mission possible


Your gift will support various project such as:

• Starting small groups in unentered areas

• Supporting Global Mission pioneers through training, transportation and a monthly stipend

• Building churches for newly formed congregations

Ways to Give

Here are a few options you might consider as you plan your gift. You may give securely online, call our toll-free number, or mail your donation in the envelope provided in this magazine. Whichever method you choose, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your gift.

For your convenience you have the option of having your credit card auto-matically billed each month, but any gift is welcome. When giving online or by phone you may use Ameri-can Express, VISA, Discover, or MasterCard. Checks must be sent by mail.

online: Giving.AdventistMission.orgPhone: 800-648-5824Mail: Global Mission12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904-6601

year-end Giving

Perhaps this is the year you can make an exceptional gift to Global Mission. If you want to

receive your charitable income tax deduction in time for this year’s taxes, your gift must be made before Dec. 31. Keep in mind that there are dif-ferent rules governing the date of the gift.

Credit Cards/Checks: The postmark date is the date of the gift.

securities: If electronically transferred, the gift date is the day the securities enter Global Mission’s account. For hand-delivered secu-rities, the day they are received by Global Mission is the date of the gift. If mailed, the mailing date is the gift date.

real estate: The day the signed deed is delivered to Global Mission is the date of the gift. If your state law requires recording of the deed to fulfill the title, though, then the date of recording is the gift date.

One hundred percent of your gift goes to fund frontline mission work carrying hope in Jesus to unreached people around the world. Thank you for helping touch hearts and lives for Jesus.

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Thousands of Global

Mission pioneers around

the world need your help.

These frontline mission

workers have dedicated

their lives to tell their

world about Him, but

they still need training,

transportation, and a

small living stipend.

Visit giving.AdventistMission.org or call 800-648-5824 to learn more.

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Mission’s Global Mission work goes to

support frontline workers and projects.

They’ve done their part, what can you do to support them?

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