2007 Oasis World Ministries Year-end Report

In 2007, by God’s grace and the help of prayer partners and donations, we saw…

• 16 churches built
• 28 fresh-water wells drilled
• 11 open-air five day “Gospel and Healing" Festivals
• 13 “Ignite the Fire” seminars for pastors and leaders
• PLUS, nearly 100,000 souls will have come to Christ as a result of our ministry efforts this year.

Praise the Lord! OUR GOAL is to win 1,000,000 souls for Christ by the end of 2010. We are now around 400,000 souls on our way to one million! THIS VISION IS FAR BEYOND OUR NATURAL ABILITY. This WILL happen…only by God’s grace and the generous help of friends like you. If the Lord delays His return, we only have three years left to reach our goal. Please prayerfully consider how you can help us in reaching this goal.

May you and your loved ones draw ever closer to our Savior’s heart in 2008!

Intentional For Souls

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Prayer & Praise Report

What an amazing trip!

The last festival was the largest—as many as 10,000 people came on ox carts and tractors that pulled wagons of people from villages up to twenty five kilometers away. During the final night, 2,000 people walked forward to the altar. In all 5,287 decision cards for Christ were received over the three-day festival!

Many miraculous healings were witnessed by the team, including a girl who lived in darkness from childhood and can now see. I asked her, “What was the first thing you saw?” She replied with a smile, “I saw Jesus!”

In all, over 16,000 decision cards for Christ were signed during this trip and the final count for December is looking to be over 25,000 through these efforts. We are indeed moving forward to our goal of reaching one million people for Christ by the end of 2010.

Thank you for praying!

Intentional for Souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Prayer & Praise Report

Greetings from India!

The team and I have been in the town of Vempalli for the last three nights putting on a festival. We ask that you keep us in prayer. We've encountered some resistance from an anti-Christian group that caused us to relocate the festival days before it began.

Despite this change in plans, God has moved mightily! We experienced His sweet presence that seemed to quiet the crowd as they intently listened to the testimonies that were shared. So far 457 people have made decisions to receive Jesus Christ in the last three days we have been here. God's healing hand has also been at work with miracles reported that some who were deaf can hear and others who were blind can see! Praise God!

The weather warmed up nicely for the festival and our team is working wonderfully together. Still to come on this trip will be two more festivals, church and fresh-water well dedications and three pastor's seminars before we return on December 11th. Thank you for your continued prayer support.

God bless you as you seek Him!

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

As Hot As Hell

“...but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire...” Jude 23

Sometimes I wonder if people realize what they are really saying. You’ve heard it said:

“I’m hot as hell.” “I’m sure as hell not going to do that.” “This house looks like hell.”

Do they know something about hell that I don’t? Have they been there and back? Where do they get their info on hell?

I think it’s because years ago we used to live in a Christian culture of sorts, and hell was feared. No one even used the word as slang. It showed disrespect for God. But in today’s enlightened culture, people seem to see disrespect as something to be admired, even daring. ‘Bad’ is good.

I understand if unbelievers talk this way but I don’t understand why pastors and Christians don’t use the word at all. Pastors don’t preach about hell, maybe because they are afraid of offending someone. Christians don’t talk about hell, maybe because they are afraid they will be seen as fanatical. Maybe if our government prohibited talking about hell, then we would begin to do it. But God talks about hell freely... and openly. He lovingly created it so people could see where the deceitful devil really lives. He never meant it for us.

So here we have it... unbelievers talk about hell... believers don’t.

I remember only one specific sermon my pastor preached when I was a child. You guessed it... “HELL.” I was sure I didn’t want to go there but was also sure that God made a way for me to go to heaven. (By the way, I never remember anyone preaching on the subject of heaven.)

Most people think hell is like a purgatory, where you do some time and then get freed.

But the Bible says that OUR HEARTS will be judged by a righteous God.

No other religion boasts of a God who gave His own life to rescue us from a sin-filled hell.

Why don’t we bring ‘hell’ back into our vocabulary? As evangelist Reinhard Bonnke says,

“Let’s plunder hell, and populate heaven!”

Ask God how you can save someone from hell. You can make a difference... for eternity.

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist /President
Oasis World Ministries

Chocolate Overdose

“Give and it shall be given to you, pressed down, shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom.”

Most of the pastoral staff was jealous week after week at our staff breakfast. I could order anything I wanted, and still lose weight. I was 21, slender and everyone thought I had a tapeworm. Need I say anymore? But this time, revenge would be sweet for them.

My sweet tooth got the best of me, and I ordered the following:
-chocolate chip pancakes with butter and syrup
-a frosted sweet roll smothered in warm butter
-hot chocolate to wash it all down.

As they watched me eat bite after bite, they all drooled with envy. But 30 minutes later I had to rush to the bathroom.... I had overdosed on sugar! My stomach said, “don’t you ever do that to me again!” I agreed, and I haven’t.

My flesh has an insatiable appetite for more sweets, more money, more recognition, more, more.
I am never satisfied. God made me that way. He made the world for me to enjoy, but wired me to find COMPLETE joy only in giving... giving myself to Him, and giving myself for Him.

Here is God’s secret: ‘Give and it comes back to you.’
No, you might not be rich, but you’ll be satisfied!

I have found that when I share my testimony with someone, I am happier than when I don’t.
I have found that when I live to help others, I help myself.
I have found that when I care about where people will spend eternity, I feel eternally fulfilled.

The American culture tells us: ‘get all the gusto you can get.’
The kingdom culture tells us: ‘if you lose your life, you will find it.’

How about we say a prayer everyday like this:
‘God, please use me today to help point someone to You. Amen.’

Get ready for a ‘giving overdose.’

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelists/President
Oasis World Ministries

Do You Have An Appointment, God?

“Man makes his plans, but God directs his steps” (Proverbs 16:9).

Let's face it… appointments are made to be kept. You don't like to be kept waiting, and our days seem more productive when we can control our schedules.

But God likes to direct our steps, often interrupting our appointment schedule to bring us into His. He has exciting opportunities waiting for us…. TODAY … if we can fit Him into our busy calendar.

For example, the other day I was driving home, and an auction sign caught my eye. I stopped to see what was going on, and ended up talking to the owner of this property. He was a talkative Muslim man from the Middle East. He asked me what I do for a living. I said, "I am a minister… a Christian minister."

When I tell people I am a minister, I never know if they will suddenly get shy and stop talking to me. But this man was different. He said, "Oh, I love to talk to ministers. I was watching 'Larry King Live' the other night. They had a Christian minister, a Muslim and a Jew interacting. It was very fascinating."

I recognized this to be a DIVINE APPOINTMENT. God had interrupted my day to have me stop at an auction… so I could meet a Muslim man that loves to talk about faith! WOW!

So I boldly asked him for his phone number so I could contact him later.

I said I would love to talk to him some more. Who knows how God will use this conversation? Only God knows, and he wants to surprise me! (I'll let you know.)

God's divine appointments can add great adventure to your life everyday.

Get ready…. another interruption is about to be entrusted to you today!

Living intentionally for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries