OUR GOAL - 200 Chooks from 104.9 Listeners

This Christmas season 104.9 will be running a 'Reverse' ChristmasChook Drive! We think it will be a very different station focus for this  Christmas period—giving opportunity for a different kind of giving.

The point of focus will be promoting the plight of and opportunities for reaching and helping the Dalits ‘the untouchables’ of India.
 

The basic idea is that in the first few weeks of the campaign we will give a better picture of the need in the lives of the Dalits in India and the Gospel for Asia (GFA) Christmas catalog gifts as being a way to meet them.

Off the back of this we will be running a Christmas Chook drive, kinda like a reverse raffle where  you our listeners buy the chooks and GFA gives them away!” 

Buy giving away chooks to the Dalist you will also be eligible for our station draw  in which we are giving away 10 Revolution in World Missions Books and 10 Missionary Boot Camp DVD's. Your chooks will be added to our station total tally and go towards our goal of 200 chooks.

QUESTION: SO WHAT MUST I DO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHOOK DRIVE?

ANSWER: THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU NEED TO DO:

 

TO BE IN THE DRAW TO WIN A BOOK OR DVD

CALL 87239996 NOW!

or email the station radio@rhemafmlive.com.au

STEP 1./ CALL US TO GO IN OUR STATION DRAW (to win a Book called Revolution in World Missions or DVD Missionary Boot Camp)

AND ADD YOUR CHOOKS TO OUR STATIONS TALLY.

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STEP 2./ THEN CALL GFA TO PAY FOR YOUR CHOOKS  - then its all done!

TO GIVE A PAIR OF CHOOKS CALL: 1300 889 339 07-4632 4131

OR MAIL: Gospel for Asia Australia Inc. PO Box 3587 Village Fair Toowoomba  QLD  4350

VIA THE website Click on Catalogue picture (top of page above) OR EMAIL donorservices@gospelforasia.org.au

We have set a total for the  6 week campaign of 200 chooks - can we do it?.  The focus is not entirely on chickens – you can check out the other options – like giving a water Buffalo.

We believe A CHOOK DRIVE this is something very Australian we can all get behind and have some fun whilst giving us all  a noble focus over the Christmas period.

Who Are The Dalits?

They are approximately 300 million people who are deemed "untouchable" and comprise the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system. Since the origin of this system 3,000 years ago, the Dalits have lived in bondage to the code of caste. They have been unable to escape their fate and are deprived of even the most basic liberties and privileges, including the freedom to decide where to live, work and worship. GFA invites you to learn more about the widespread opportunity the Lord has given us to share His love with the Dalits by clicking on the link below:

News on the DALITS of India

700 Dalits Come to Christ

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA(ANS) -- Eight years ago, Gospel for Asia missionary Sabal Chintan and his wife, Medini, felt the Lord's call to an area of Uttar Pradesh, India, where thousands of Dalits ("Untouchables") reside. Wanting nothing more than to show these precious people how much Christ loves them, Sabal and Medini immediately began reaching out. But to their surprise, no one would even talk them.

Virtually enslaved at the bottom of India's caste system, "Untouchables" have been hated and despised for thousands of years. Most work countless hours of back-breaking labour for next to nothing. Because high-caste people treat them as completely worthless, this group of Dalits didn't think they were worthy enough to interact with Sabal and Medini.

"No one has ever shown love to us like you do," the ladies told Medini.

Determined to encourage these desperate souls, the missionary and his wife fasted and prayed for three days. Then Sabal and Medini went to every single house in the village to meet the Dalits who lived there.

As they continued to visit with the people, Medini began to develop friendships with the women.

"No one has ever shown love to us like you do," the ladies told Medini.

Soon, Sabal and Medini were sharing about Jesus in a simple way that the villagers could understand. They explained that Jesus came to deliver the oppressed and that He alone gives peace and deliverance.

Sabal and Medini also reached out to the "Untouchable" children by teaching them the alphabet and good manners through Bible verses, songs and stories. Many of the children had never gone to school and were delighted at the opportunity to learn.

Slowly, Sabal and Medini gained the villagers' trust, and the people started bringing their problems to the couple for prayer. Soon, there were enough people coming with requests that they needed a place to have prayer meetings.

It was at this time that the Dalit leader in this area invited Sabal and Medini to have a meeting in his home. Every week after that, different families hosted the study in their homes. At each meeting, Sabal would teach from the Word of God, and the people eagerly soaked up his messages.

As the Dalits saw that they were treated as equals at the prayer meetings, their low self-esteem began to vanish. And the Lord honoured their simple faith by healing many of their illnesses when Sabal prayed for them.

After seeing the Lord's love for them, many of the Dalits began following Jesus, and then sharing their testimonies with others in their area. Soon people from 16 other villages were asking for Sabal to come and have prayer meetings with them as well.

Hopping on his bicycle, Sabal travelled every day to different villages to minister to the "Untouchables." Today, as a result of his testimony of Christ's love and acceptance, more than 700 Dalits have come to know Christ in these villages.

Sabal asks for prayer that more Dalits will see their worth in Jesus. He also requests prayer that God will bring more labourers to help reap the harvest in Uttar Pradesh.

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