Project Archive: Mumbai.

For fourteen days, plain vanilla people like you and me walked the streets and slums of Mumbai sharing the Gospel, equipping believers, and marveling at the power of God at work in the lives of ordinary people. If you joined late, you can still read about all that God has done by searching for stories that appeal to you – stories of hope, forgiveness, healing, salvation, equipping, and many others. Click “Tags” in the sidebar to locate stories by topic.

-writer and storyteller. I love the world and its people. So much to see! So much to do! So much to tell!

“It was an honor and privilege to serve alongside such an awesome team! I left a piece of my heart there in Mumbai, and my prayer for all of us is that the lessons God taught us in this diverse city will shape our lives from here to eternity,” Lucas said. “Before going, while we [...]

-I love connecting people.

When the hand of God moves through ordinary people to touch the life of another something extraordinary happens. The natural becomes supernatural and hearts are forever changed.

Telling the story of those telling His story.

Sitting on a mat on a rooftop, Uma,* an Indian Christian, shared stories about Jesus. The day before had been her final day with the Southeastern team that had come to Mumbai; now it was her turn to share with others. She had gone with her mentors into homes, shared her testimony, and told the [...]

Jan
27
High Five

[Note: The Southeastern team has returned home but their stories continue to come. mReport] *Vama wanted to know why her pain had returned. God healed her once before. Now, the pain was back. “She was still praising God,” Bekah said. “She still loves Him and trusts Him. She just couldn’t understand why the pain had [...]

[Note: The Southeastern team has returned home but their stories continue pouring in. -mReport] When our team of ten Southeastern students set out for Mumbai a few weeks ago, we had little idea what to expect. We had scheduled a training conference on Church Multiplication for national pastors. In preparation, we had studied the book of [...]

-storyteller. God's glory is revealed when all the peoples praise Him.

Agni* is 12-year-old boy who is innovative and musically gifted but sadly also illiterate. His mother is a housewife, his father an auto rickshaw driver. A poor family, they live in a small, single-room home in the middle of a slum. Piles of trash border the slum where women dig deep, hoping to find something [...]

The woman fights back her tears, biting her lip as it quivers. As hard as Meena* wants not to cry, they fall. Defiantly, she tries to wipe them away as quickly as they well up in her eyes. Angry. Meena is angry, angry with God, wondering why He’s allowed such hardship in her life. Her [...]

For fourteen days in January, you have joined the adventure as the Musician, Southeastern and Brook Hills teams walked the streets of Mumbai, India. You’ve been with them as they’ve shared the Gospel, equipped believers, and witnessed the power of God in the slums and communities of this vast, crowded, and unreached mega-city. Many were [...]

-storyteller. God's glory is revealed when all the peoples praise Him.
Jan
21
The Vision

Arriving in a lower class area of north Mumbai, we climbed a steep, bright blue steel staircase to meet with *Shama, a local believer. As we ascended to the front of her home, an area the size of a fire escape, Shama and her neighbor, *Ranee, greeted us on the crowded stoop. Ranee’s countenance was [...]

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