Going to India

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rexvol

rexvol

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Dear Friends and Family,

I want to share with you a challenging ministry opportunity God has presented to Tawnee and I. During November 30 - December 5, We will be going to Nagaland, India with a team of missionaries from Texas. Our one week trip will focus on reaching out to the lost and suffering of this region with the life-transforming power of Jesus Christ.

1) First, we will be allowing God to work in our lives through the personal enrichment that comes from this type of a mission trip. Nagaland has been closed to outsiders for a long time, accessible only to those with special permits.

2) Second, this Prayer Journey will help us focus our individual prayers by traveling to a foreign land and praying 'on-site with insight.' We will pray for the lost in Nagaland, India, that God may open their eyes and hearts to the message of Jesus.

3) Third, At one time Christianity was prevalent, but the people there have gone back to the old ways. They have been fighting for independence for over 60 years and are too absorbed in their daily struggle for survival to stay in Christ without some discipleship.

4) Fourth, we have the opportunity to speak to a large audience of juveniles at a celibacy and anti-drug rally. This is what a worker in the region had to say, “K Ela the Director for Prodigal Children’s Home said, ''We know that they are very vulnerable to be exploited sexually. They are vulnerable to drug abuse, they are vulnerable to sex work because we have during our interaction with the children in the past few years we have come across girls who are only 13- 14 years but are already into sex work.'' ''Even boys of the same age indulge in sex. We have come across cases where we have tested children of 14-15 years and they are not injecting drug users but they are infected. So they are very much vulnerable,''

I'm excited about the opportunity and experience that lie ahead. I hope you see the value in what we will accomplish. As you can imagine, a trip like this requires financial support from a number of people. I need to raise $1,000 by November 20th. If you can support us in a financial way, I would be very grateful. And, most importantly, I also need your prayer support. Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God's leading in ministry in these countries. Without prayer, nothing will happen.

While money is important, it comes in a distant second to my need for your prayer support. Since prayer support is so important to the success of this mission, I would like to know if I can count on you in that area.

Because they haven't heard,


Rex & Tawnee Turner
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Just wanted you guys to know what we are getting ready to do. The above is a letter we sent out for support. We are going to be away from our little girl for 8 to 10 days and that is going to be very rough. Pray for us.
 
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You will definitely have my prayers! Wow Rex! What a blessing this will be to you, and to those you are able to reach! Ultimately, it's a blessing to all of us.
 
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I have been on several mission trips and without fail I learn quite a bit about my level of faith.
 
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i hear the hamburgers are dynomite...
haha just messin my prayers will be with you and your family
 
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On a side note, we have been advised to bring peanut butter and tuna fish
 
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not busting you or anything, but when was Christianity more prevalent in India than the native Hinduism?

I know that St Thomas (supposedly) traveled to India and taught Christianity as did Thomas of Cana some 200-300 years later. Obviously missionaries have been traveling there for centuries, but I've never known of any time in which Christianity was prevalent. In India only about 2.5% of the population are Christian.

FWIW, there's even some Russian guy that claims Jesus traveled to India after his resurrection and lived there for the rest of His life. I don't really buy into that theory, but even then I never knew Christianity to be the prevalent religion over there.
 
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volfanbill said:
not busting you or anything, but when was Christianity more prevalent in India than the native Hinduism?

I know that St Thomas (supposedly) traveled to India and taught Christianity as did Thomas of Cana some 200-300 years later. Obviously missionaries have been traveling there for centuries, but I've never known of any time in which Christianity was prevalent. In India only about 2.5% of the population are Christian.

FWIW, there's even some Russian guy that claims Jesus traveled to India after his resurrection and lived there for the rest of His life. I don't really buy into that theory, but even then I never knew Christianity to be the prevalent religion over there.
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My understanding is that applies only to the area of Nagaland, not all of India.
 
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Religion

Christianity is the predominant religion of Nagaland. The census of 2001 recorded the state's Christian population at 1,790,349 (90.02% of the state's population), making it one of the three Christian-majority states in India, and the only state where Christians form 90% of the population. The state has a very high church attendance rate in both urban and rural areas. The largest of Asia's churches dominate the skylines of Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung. Among Christians, Baptists are the predominant group constituting more than 75% of the state's population.
Nagaland is known as "The most populated Baptist state in the world". The state's population is 1.988 million, out of which 90.02% are Christians[2]. 75% of the state's population profess the Baptist faith, thus making it more Baptist than Mississippi (in the southern United States), where 52% of its population is Baptist.[citation needed]
Catholics, Revivalists, and Pentecostals are the other Christian denomination numbers. Catholics are found in significant numbers in parts of Wokha district as also in the urban areas of Kohima and Dimapur.
Hinduism and Islam are minority religions in state, at 7.7% and 1.8% of the population respectively [3]. A small minority, less than 0.3%, still practise the traditional religions and are mainly concentrated in Peren and the Eastern districts.
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rexvol said:
My understanding is that applies only to the area of Nagaland, not all of India.
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Nagaland is still overwhelmingly a Christian majority. It's odd how heavily populated Nagaland is with Christians while the rest of India is so sparsely populated
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volfanbill said:
Nagaland is still overwhelmingly a Christian majority. It's odd how heavily populated Nagaland is with Christians while the rest of India is so sparsely populated
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it is still very much Christian, but the youth have begun to fall away. As they lose their faith the drug use has become epidemic and AIDS is exploding.
 
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For some reason the Baptists really committed to evangelizing that area for quite some time
 
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its going to be interesting. thanks to everyone for their kind words. Ill bring back many pics.
 
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Godspeed to you Rex, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife.

On a side note, can you have one of the Dell CSR's give me a call? I'm having computer issues.
 
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volfanbill said:
FWIW, there's even some Russian guy that claims Jesus traveled to India after his resurrection and lived there for the rest of His life. I don't really buy into that theory, but even then I never knew Christianity to be the prevalent religion over there.
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I have actually heard some pretty sound theories dealing with Jesus traveling to India in his early 20s. Many of his radical ideas were actually very common philosophies in the east.
 
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therealUT said:
I have actually heard some pretty sound theories dealing with Jesus traveling to India in his early 20s. Many of his radical ideas were actually very common philosophies in the east.
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there are several theories of travels to India when he was younger.

But the Russian guy (nicolas something?) claims He lived in India after his resurrection for the rest of his life.
 
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volfanbill said:
there are several theories of travels to India when he was younger.

But the Russian guy (nicolas something?) claims He lived in India after his resurrection for the rest of his life.
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In 1894 Nicolas Notovitch published a book called The Unknown Life of Christ. He was a Russian doctor who journeyed extensively throughout Afghanistan, India, and Tibet. Notovitch journeyed through the lovely passes of Bolan, over the Punjab, down into the arid rocky land of Ladak, and into the majestic Vale of Kashmir of the Himalayas. During one of his jouneys he was visiting Leh, the capital of Ladak, near where the buddhist convent Himis is. He had an accident that resulted in his leg being broken. This gave him the unscheduled opportunity to stay awhile at the Himis convent.
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Notovitch learned, while he was there, that there existed ancient records of the life of Jesus Christ. In the course of his visit at the great convent, he located a Tibetan translation of the legend and carefully noted in his carnet de voyage over two hundred verses from the curious document known as "The Life of St. Issa."
He was shown two large yellowed volumes containing the biography of St. Issa. Notovitch enlisted a member of his party to translate the Tibetan volumes while he carefully noted each verse in the back pages of his journal. When he returned to the western world there was much controversy as to the authenticity of the document. He was accused of creating a hoax and was ridiculed as an imposter. In his defense he encouraged a scientific expedition to prove the original tibetan documents existed.
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You are just scratching the surface with that story, but thanks for providing his full name.
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