Mission

This summer, a handful of young adults from EFCC will be leaving San Diego and heading to the Andhra Pradesh province of India for a three-week, short-term project in July. While there, we will be helping an Indian organization by way of teaching English to college students on campus. These students have joined church planting teams so they can go out all across India to plant churches and assist in certain needs of many different communities (social work). In the first year, the students (called Freshers) come to campus for two months to learn English (by the way, all of their classes are taught only in English), and take other Christian courses as well (i.e., Spiritual Development, Penteteuch, Discipleship, SMS- research & citation, etc). If, after four years, they pass all their classes they will graduate with a degree in either theology or in Christian Studies which will help them in their church planting ventures.

Mark 16:15-- He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."

Sunday, July 29, 2012

The students' exams approaching...

Thank you all who are for praying for the team and the students here in Hyderabad.  I just wanted to share with you that the students will begin taking their final exams on Monday and continue through Thursday.  Please pray that their anxiety levels would be minimal and pray that they would be able to retrieve all that they have been taught in these last seven weeks.  As soon as the students finish their exams they have a couple days to get their (minimal) belongings together as they prepare to go out and meet up with their teammates in the field to begin the church planting process all across the different states of India.  They will be in the field for at least 18 months before returning back to ICCS (school) to finish their studies (for their degree).  The students will still have to complete their studies while in the field with minimal supplies and very little free time to do so.  Please pray that they would make it a priority for their studies (especially when they don't have someone forcing them to do so).  Many of the male students want to be pastors and the women want to be fellow teachers in their hometowns.  They know the importance of education and want to be able to help others in the future.  Please pray for the journey that they are on and that God would be leading their footsteps along the way.  This has been an amazing time teaching English to the students and tutoring them in their other studies.  We are truly blessed by what we've seen and heard since we've been here!  Thank you all for your prayers.

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