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5990 Hibiscus Drive
Orlando, FL 32807100

407-362-0891(home)
407- 739-1382 (cell)

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Our website:
www.ericandallison.org

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Praises:
For His provision in our lives and our ministry

For the doors that He opened for Eric to go to India

That Allison is feeling good!

Prayer Requests:
For safe travel to and from India for all those attending the meetings

That He will give us wisdom as we meet together and that He will lead the conversations

For wisdom for us as we continue to pursue treatment for Allison, and for her healing



“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:19-20

Imagine that your supervisor came to you and offered you a promotion—you would be starting a new corporate office in a different country. You would need to move your family there and begin your work immediately. I imagine that you would have mixed emotions. On one hand you would be excited about the opportunity to advance your career but would undoubtedly miss your family and friends.

On your first trip to tour the new area, you try to find a church to attend on Sunday. You scour the town you’re in to no avail. You ask everyone you see where the nearest church is and they look at you with a blank stare. “Church?” they ask. “What do you mean?”

It doesn’t take you long to figure out that you are the only Christian in a sea of unbelievers. How will you continue to grow in your faith? How will you keep your walk with Jesus from slipping in an area where you have no one to lean on? How will you make sure your kids have a good Christian foundation?

This is the sad reality for millions of new believers worldwide. Last month I shared with you about Jibbi– a peanut farmer from The Gambia that I had the privilege of teaching about principles of the Christian faith. He is alone. He is the only Christian in a village of hundreds of Muslims, desperate to learn more about Jesus and how to walk with Him.

On February 3rd, I am leaving for Bangalore, India. (highlighted with the arrow above) I will be leading a 3 day meeting of several missionaries and pastors from Africa and India. We will be discussing people just like Jibbi—new believers that have no pastor, no church to attend, no other believers to rely on. They can’t read but are hungry to know more. How do we effectively teach these brothers and sisters?

As you know, I am working on the team that is producing a video teaching series for the JESUS film. For several years, Campus Crusade staff and other missionaries from around the world have been asking for a follow up video to be created, using the pictures from the JESUS film. It will be an answer to their prayers.

I have a couple of goals for this meeting in India. The first is to ask each of the missionaries what they are currently using to successfully follow up new believers. We want to incorporate the best techniques into our video and we don’t want to have to recreate the wheel.

The second goal is to know from them what the most needed lessons are for this follow up video in their area. This answer will change for each area of the world. As you can imagine, a Muslim will have different questions than a Hindu when they come to faith in Jesus.

The overall goal for the 3 days is to identify these needs for each of the 10-15 areas of the world we are focusing on and get a video outline created for each area. It is a huge goal for 3 days of work, but the Lord is good and He can do it!
Please pray that everyone attending the conference will have safe travel to and from India and that the time there will be supernaturally productive. It is so important that we get outlines created for the videos so when I get back to the US I can begin working on production.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support of our work. It is a joy to be serving with you to build the Kingdom and see Him glorified. Be blessed,

Eric and Allison

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