The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:7-10
“Exodus reveals what anyone who participates in the struggle for liberation comes eventually to realize: God is on the side of the oppressed and downtrodden and will always give encouragement and protection to them.”
Cyris H. M. Moon in “A Korean Minjung Perspective: The Hebrews and The Exodus” in Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2006) 243.
I have arrived safely in Hyderabad, India. I snapped this photo from the top floor of my hotel. It’s a beautiful day. It gives me hope for great trip to India.
God’s people are oppressed and downtrodden here. The country has 1.5 billion people. The leading religion is Hindu, followed by Muslim. Christians are the minority, but their presence is felt.
The FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) aims to hinder any outside support to Christian workers. So, they need training to raise local funds. That’s part of the reason I am here: to bring encouragement and coaching to do this.
But I am also here to show them how to ensure God’s protection. I have strategic meetings with leading Christian workers about bringing accountability to India. This is not a small vision. Only possible with God’s help. I appreciate your prayers.