Mission:India 2007 is the group of Christians from the Detroit Church of Christ along with Lansing, Grand Rapids and Toledo going to serve the local Indian churches in Southern India.
Pictured (L to R): Ben Weatherston, Cynthia Garcia, Doureen Morse, Autumn Cussen, Ericka Sailor, and Damon Banks.... full info
Proud of You!! Dear Ben - thanks so much for putting in the time and effort on the blog, pictures, writing etc... it is tremendously encouraging back here!!
to the teens: We are hearing a lot from the adults but not enough from the teens!! Writing in the Blog makes a difference back here! Please deny yourself and write about what you are seeing, experiencing and changing in your own lives! It DOES matter - Dad
Great stories and pix! Hi All-it is great to hear about what you are doing and experiencing. The pictures speak a thousand words and allow us to see your encouraging faces. The picture of Christy feeding the woman and Derin, Amber and Ryan wrapping bandages is incredibly impactful. Stay strong. I can see your lives have changed forever. Vous me manque (That's for you Jen!)
hugs and love, Kristin and Milo
Great Pics Ben! Wow, it's great to see some images of India and all of the mission team. Please show more!!!
And I'd like to echo Allan's request for more writing from the teens. We know your days are incredibly full but just a few lines from you would really help ease our minds considering that you're half way 'round the world. So toss us a bone teens!!!!
Holland, you look HOT! Drink lots of water!
Your parental units love you!
Memories I understand that it is very difficult to explain all that you are seeing and experiencing there in India. Believe me, I have had the same problem. But the stories that you do relate mean so much to us. I would write down every detail you can so you will never forget!!!
Review Previous Days'Journal Entries This is just a note to encourage you to check the journal entries we send you... there are some in the previous days (and not the current day that you may want to check). Mike Chickoraki sent you one on 6/26/05.
Peace.
TiVo guy.
You have convicted the snot oout of me, thanks : ) I'm so proud of you guys. You have opend a door for many of us to walk through in the future. For years I have heard people talk about intending to go to the third world to serve, but you have done it. I have the pleasure of knowing many of you fairly well, and I'm so excited to see so many of you stepping out of your comfort zones to be like Jesus.
Big love from home
Chad
Much love Dear Ben and Jen,
It is such an honor to pray for you everyday on your trip.
Please send my thanks your hosts from all of the parents here in the US for their wonderful care and many kindnesses. They are such an encouragement to me , and such a witness of what the gift of hospitality can be.
Jen, I hope your feeling much better today. Whatever you ate, don't eat it again :)
Much love, Mama
Dude's we miss yall Hey, me and the wife are just checkin out your pics and reading what you guys are experiencing. Its cool to see that what the bible actually talks about you are experiencing. Thats totally rad yo. Anyway, we miss you guys and hopefully the Lord is shining bright through you guys. Hey Ryan, we missed you at soccer. It was really sweeeeeeeeet. Anyways be safe. We love you and we are constantly praying for you guys. Peace in da middle east. Marty mars and and the totally radical Ambre to da rizzo.
Your experiences are amazing... To the team: Hope those of you who are under the weather heal quickly. Several short prayers about this have gone up for you. Teens... It sure seems that you are involved in some great works and that your faith is growing. You are all a tremendous encouragement to the Indian disciples and to all of us here. Today it was 95° and 90%RH. Yesterday it hit 99° if you believe the thermometer in the car. So don't fret the heat too much, we're with you. Alex - your volleyball prowess is becoming legendary. We all miss you around here. Please write to the blog and tell of some of your exploits. Perhaps you can write into Notepad off-line and cut/paste into the blog when you're online to save the online time. Just a thought... We all want to hear from the teens...even though we enjoy the other notes too. Oh, I posted a link to the blog at DENSO. Several people have asked about you and are very interested in the work you are doing. So you are being evangelistic here, too, and opening doors for the word. Lots of love to all, and hugs and kisses to Alex--just to be sure he is embarrassed regularly :) Hope to see you soon!
Amazing photos Hi everyone! I am so inspired by all that you are doing in India. While most teens are into going to a tropical island to bask in the sun, you are in an impoverished land laboring for the Lord! As for me, I thought that R-Camp in Virginia was harsh, so I can sympathize with how you are feeling in a small way. The photos of you are awesome. The people there remind me of the many families who have children in the school that I work at. I am curious about the precious young child that Shari is holding in the picture. Do you have any informaion about her? (I think that it is a girl). Does she live there with her parents? Will she go to school there? Does she have brothers and sisters?
INCREDIBLE I'm sorry it has taken me so long to figure out this blog thingy. We miss you so much and pray for you every day. Please send our regards to the people of India from the Reebel family. We can only imagine how great it is to be there. So long for now. I'll write more later.
Jake
Allan1
Allan Aubert
Proud of You!!
Dear Ben - thanks so much for putting in the time and effort on the blog, pictures, writing etc... it is tremendously encouraging back here!! to the teens: We are hearing a lot from the adults but not enough from the teens!! Writing in the Blog makes a difference back here! Please deny yourself and write about what you are seeing, experiencing and changing in your own lives! It DOES matter - Dad