Randy visited the growing church in Nias, Indonesia.  Scroll down the page for the inspiring story below...

After a wall of water and a devastating earthquake, HOPE emerges in Indonesia...

HotNews TravelBlog - Asia

Randy Jordan, CEO, HOPEww

Nias Island, Indonesia – August 27, 2010

“Nias Island, Indonesia – 5 Years After Tsunami”

Yes, you can still register at the door, but when the early registration deadline passed last night, a whopping 1794 people had registered for the ILC in Miami.  While that number includes about 100 registered for the worship conference, it also signals an almost doubling of attendance from last year.  One organizer told HotNews that 400 people signed up on the last day, continuing our "movement tradition" of a last minute signup rush before the deadline.  

Non USA participants are also up from 210 last year to 364 this year.  And all this in a bad economy.  Let's all be praying for a successful conference, that the Holy Spirit might encourage, build up, and nudge us all forward.

Beginning a new youth and family ministry is an exhilarating experience. Vision fills your heart as you anticipate what God will do. Important questions arise, “How do I approach this new venture? How do I communicate my vision and expectations? How do I build a program that will work for this particular ministry?” Nehemiah had a similar challenge when he went to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall. God had placed a vision on his heart but it was important for him to internalize the situation first. The following are snippets from Neh 2:13-18 (NIV),

"In Pakistan, over 17,000,000 people have been displaced or severely impacted already, with new rains coming this weekend. As this piece is being written, even more flood waters are reaching new areas of Pakistan."

Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people are going to be impacted by the recent flooding in Pakistan.

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