2013 CFI Banquet Report
I am grateful to all of the partners who made the 2013 Banquet a great Success! Thank you to all who fasted and prayed for this event and everyone who participated. It was a great time to reconnect with old friends and create new friendships. We pray that you were encouraged by the reports given and to see the results of your prayers and financial support. Those of you who attended for the first time, I hope you were challenged to partner with Christ for India in fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission! To all of you who helped underwrite the evening’s events, I pray that God will continue to bless you, your family, business and ministry! Your financial gift made it possible for additional funds to be raised and used for the work in India. Nearly 200 of our friends and first time attenders had the opportunity to hear about the work being done from the mission field. We had a time of great worship with Sean Cater and Dr. Doug Erickson, as well as a challenging message from Dr. Jeff Wickwire about our window of opportunity to reach people for Christ. We were thrilled to have Co-founder Mary Titus join us from India and hear her special update on the ministry! (Mary Titus Update Video) Christian Conatser ended the evening with an invitation to partner with the ministry in prayer and financial giving. The evening was a blessing to me , as I was able to see many of our friends who have stood with us since the inception of the ministry and over the past 3 decades. I am so grateful to God for each of our CFI Board member who give of their time, talents, and treasures for the Great Commission. Special thanks to Gene and Jan Brunk, our banquet chairpersons this year, and for each member of the Banquet committee. Our goal is to host banquets in cities all across the country, and abroad, to share the Vision of Christ for India and to encourage all to be involved! If you have an interest to host a banquet in your city, please let me know! We need your help in continuing the vision for years to come! Blessing Jameson
Steering Through Chaos…
Greetings from India! Thank you so much for all your prayers for us on campus and our state! All of the children who live on campus are safe, as well as the faculty and staff. Our school has been open for only 6 days total since July 31st. We even opened the school on two Saturdays to make up for lost days this month. Today, August 28th, we are closed. We hope to be open tomorrow and the rest of the week. Each day we wait for news on the strike to see if the school buses can run and if the city is shut down for the day. The city’s public transportation is still shut down, so it is very hard for people to go to work, shop, etc. The teacher’s association has also joined in on the strike. Our teachers want to continue working with our kids on campus, but cannot due to the association. Our Junior College opened on August 19th for the first time since the state split. The very next day, a mob of people from outside the village came onto our school campus and demanded we close down the school immediately and send the kids out on the streets because it was a day of strike. This mob is led by a retired government employee and his group tells the schools and shops in the area when to shut down due to the strikes. We feared this mob could have done physical damage, so we complied and shut down the Junior College for the day. The seminary students are all doing well and continuing in classes on campus. Some of our evangelistic efforts by the students have been hindered though. Many of our students were going out to the public government school to teach moral science. Since these schools are now closed, we’ve lost that opportunity. The church plants in Hyderabad and others cities on both sides of the state are all safe. Please keep praying for all the children, students, pastors and the whole team at Christ for India. Also, continue to pray for our state and that the politicians will make wise decisions during this time. Blessings Jameson
Andhra Pradesh: A State Divided
Greetings from overseas! I want to update you on an urgent need for prayer regarding the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where our Christ For India campus is located. On Tuesday, July 30th, India’s Central Government approved the creation of a new state, essentially dividing our state in two. This division has been discussed for many decades, but didn’t become a reality until a few days ago. The following stages will consist of elections for new government positions and the development of a whole new infrastructure. As this new state is in the infancy stage, there is uncertainty among the people on both sides, causing many problems. Schools are shutting down, people are on hunger strikes, while others are calling for public strikes to shut down the infrastructure of the new state. Christ For India’s New Life School and Home has been closed for the past week. We are waiting for guidance from our local government as to when we can open up again. Our children who live on campus are with us and are safe. The children that we pick up from the local villages are not able to come to the campus and our buses are not running. As many of you know, our ministry headquarters is in the city of Visakhapatnam, located on the east coast of Andhra Predesh. So we are, as of now, part of the original state, while the west will become the new state. At the announcement of the Central Government’s news to approve the state split, they also announced that Hyderbad (the previous state capital) will become the state capital for both states for a period of 10 years. This announcement is only adding to the unrest and confusion of the people here. We really need your prayers. Pray for the government officials and our ministry team who are located on both sides of the state. Pray for safety on the campus and for the best possible outcome for the future of both states and the future of India! We know our God is a faithful God and He can do miracles in the midst of any adversity we face! I will keep you posted as this develops. Blessings, Jameson Titus, President
Meetings From Down Under …Australia
I am grateful to all of you for the prayers while I am in Australia. The time here has been very encouraging, to be able connect with friends, partners and family have been a blessing to me. Dr. Gladwyn and Helen Turner have been part of our family since 1984 and are the ones who are hosting me and helping me on my itinerary here. My first week was spent at Hillsong Conference, this was a first for me to be able to attend. I am grateful to Pastor Paul and Linda Hodsdon for making all the ticket arraignments and hosting me to attend Hillsong Conference. The time spent their was very valuable to me , having the opportunity to hear from great speakers ( mostly all from Texas ) , great praise and worship , and to see and experience the thousands of people from all around the world worshiping together. During the afternoons each day, we had many different breakout sessions. This is a smaller group setting, only a few hundred to a few thousand in this setting. The main session had 30K plus each session. As I attend one of the sessions, held in a ballroom, that holds around 2000 people. As I found a seat , a young man sits next to me , maybe a college student, as this was the before the start of the session , the seats were just getting filled up, their were many chair around me not yet full. I introduce myself to the young man , he said his name was Jorg . He just completed his first year of college and was on break and came to Hillsong for the first time, His sister was attending Hilsong College. I asked if he was from Germany? He said yes , I said I was able to minister in Germany in March in a small town called Lorrach , and he says he was from this small town. Then I said we have great ministry partners their and they have a real estate business their. Then Jorg tells me his fathers is in the same real estate business , and I ask him his fathers name and he tells me Dr. Jorg. Dr Jorg is a friend to our ministry and are business partners with Rev. Knut and Ursula Ofen who represents us in Germany. I actually have been to this young mans home in Germany. Wow, a God Divine monument. Of all the seats Jorg could have sat in, but he sat next to me . Sometimes we think things happens or they are just a coincidence , but God has a plan for all of us , no matter how small they may seem. Continue to pray for me here, for favor, for new doors to open. I will be here till Aug. 12 , and then to Singapore then to our campus in India. Blessings from Down Under.. Jameson
The launch of the updated CFI website …
The new site has been much anticipated and I am very happy to say that the site is completed! I am grateful to Maurice Alexander for the hard work and lots of hours of revamping and updating our site and for our CFI board member, Christian Conatser for his help on the site plan and consulting on the project and for making it happen. Thank you both for your service to CFI and in building His Kingdom! I also want to thank the partners who helped fund the updated website and for making this much needed update possible. We now have a team in India that can keep the website fresh and keep our prayer and financial partners updated and connected on the work in India ! Today has been a great day , I am writing my first blog, this is not as hard as I thought. I plan to keep learning on how to communicate better each day , and stay current with all the social media tools for ministry. Thanks for reading , Blessings, Jameson
