Vision 2 Hear Weekly Update

AWAKEN 2016 LOGO FINAL

It’s Monday morning and I am trying to get back into the swing of things. Recovering from the India trip has been a little more difficult this time for some reason….maybe it was the schedule? Or the temperature? But I have a head cold and sinus issues and I’m still trying to get my sleep pattern back to USA times (and then there’s Daylight savings next weekend)! Currently I’m in NC, and I should be here until about the 16th before heading to Florida.

love feast promo

The NC WAVE Team after the 30-Hour Fast Forward Love Feast.

We finalized our Love Feast 30-hour Fast Forward this year with several from the NC Wave team sharing in the event. We began the fast at noon on Friday and ended at 6pm on Saturday. Everyone fasted on their own this year from their homes and then we gathered together at Golden Corral of share a meal together to celebrate God’s blessing and what He accomplished through the fasting times. This year our totals raised during this Fast Forward season was $3000.00.
We will split it so that Daniel’s school fees are paid and then the rest will go toward helping children of gangs and our deaf students through Vision 2 Hear El Salvador. Thank you all very much for all that you have given to make this effort so fruitful!

The 20 Year Anniversary Celebration

DSC_0736As many of you know, Vision 2 Hear is in partnership with The Korean Baptist Church of Havelock, NC, which is the only ethnic church located in Havelock. For the last 20 years, The Korean Baptist Church has been faithful in reaching out to Korean/Americans with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This past Sunday several churches gathered to celebrate the wonderful blessing HKBC has been and to pray forward with all that God has awaiting.

The NC WAVE Team kicked things off with a couple of Sign Language songs, which really got things moving along quickly. With performances from The Havelock Baptist and Jacksonville Baptist, the 2-hour event was filled with songs and worship of the Lord, telling of His great worth and praising Him for all He has done through the ministry.

DSC_0663Reverend James Lee from Denver Korean Baptist Church in Denver Colorado was the keynote speaker for the evening and gave a great message about the real riches stored up in Heaven when we give our all to Jesus. He spoke in English and Korean, self-translating along the way.

As the worship service closed, it was far from over. We still had the food and cake to enjoy. With tons of Korean cuisine to choose from, everyone was quite satisfied by the end of the night having taken in everything from kimchi to eggrolls. As a token of remembrance, each family received a small hand towel from the HKBC.

Thanks for your continued prayers for the Havelock Korean Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Havelock as we continue our partnership in reaching this county and surrounding areas with the gospel.

DSC_0713

Mission Trips

Please note the following trips and experiences for the 2016 V2H Awakening Tour. If you are interested in attending one or several of these, we must have your application before March 31. Tickets and deposits for airfare are creeping up quickly. So don’t delay in making decisions and getting your applications in. Contact George if you need more information: vision2hear@gmail.com

May 31- June 13 El Salvador Cost $1500

July 6-10 Kentucky Cost$100

July 15-23 George Camp Miami Cost $200

July 28- August 10 India Cost $2500

Love Feast Weekend

love feast web slider

This weekend, starting Friday at Noon through Saturday at 6pm, we will be having another Love Feast 30-Hour Famine experience. Students from the Havelock Korean Baptist Church and the NC WAVE Team will be joining in the event over the weekend.

Here is a prayer guide and Bible verses to help you along the weekend.

Verses to consider on the poor

Love Feast 30 Hour Famine

Love Feast

love feast promo

This Valentine’s Day Weekend, let me challenge you to fast from Friday lunch until Saturday dinner, a total of 30 hours to help us raise money to support the work happening in El Salvador. We sponsor a college student and pay for his school each year. He is currently working with children who are living in a high-gang populated area. We want raise funds for him to continue the work and assist some of those kids even more with education. If we exceed the amount he needs, we will use it for work in India as I’ll be going there at the end of February. Please start collecting sponsors now. It would be great for people to donate a $1 per hour…or $30 buck for $30 hours. Your participation will help many people…there’s no greater way to show love than to sacrifice. That’s why we are calling it a Love Feast!

India 2016

 

v2h header india surge

Vision 2 Hear is privileged to be able to serve with SAC Ministries in Vijayawada, India. We developed an “official” partnership with Pastor Rajendra last February when George visited. SAC has 7 local churches and a very nice orphanage, housing 14 children currently. (The video below shows George signing with some of the children at the orphanage.) To view more pics from last February, click here: Vijayawada

Since the partnership has formed, Pastor Rajendra has been working hard with the V2H India WAVE team and they have been learning through the internet and via Skype with George. They are doing a fantastic job! George is hopefully going to return to India in February to begin planning for a summer camp there in 2016. During that trip, he will also teach and train the WAVE team as well as speak to the churches of SAC and minister to other local pastors. Please be in prayer for the ministry of SAC and consider sponsoring an orphan at $50 a month. More information about the orphanage can be found here: SACMinistries.com

El Salvador Mission Trip

el salvador mission trip

Would you consider helping me get back to El Salvador this October? This trip and your help will allow us to provide another skate demo with prizes, but supplies for the skate shop to start the business, provide help for the work project of the retaining wall in the community, provide supplies for a gospel outreach within another community and cover our expenses in the country for travel and food. We are excited to also be working with a Christian deaf school and through our v2h mission house, excited to be helping the deaf learn life skills to share the gospel and grow in Christ. This trip will also give us the chance to relaunch our WAVE team ministry and begin to set up next Summer’s mission back. Any gift you give is tax-deductible and can be made online here: Donate. Thanks so much! ‪#‎vision2hear‬ ‪#‎v2hmission‬‪#‎v2hmissiontrip‬