Prayer & Praise Report

It was another amazing trip to India.

I'm thrilled to report that 29,495 decisions for Jesus were made in the last month!

God's favor led us into five elementary and high schools to share the Good News of Christ to 8,000 students. When the youth were given the opportunity to receive Jesus as their Savior, nearly every hand went up!

In addition, we selected our 2008 team of National Evangelists. Rev. Simon Peter and Rev. Jeremiah will be leading two months of training with the eight new evangelists. Two of the evangelists are from Nagaland in the Northern portion of India. Once trained, each National Evangelist will lead mini-festivals in some of the most remote areas of India; places where most people have never heard about Jesus. We anticipate that each National Evangelist will lead 5,000 to 10,000 people to Christ each year.

I praise God for the dozens of miraculous healings on this trip. One of the most remarkable healings was at the Armur Festival. A woman named Shanthamna was deaf in both ears for 20 years and she experienced great pain in her abdomen and knee. When Shanthamna received prayer she said, 'It felt like a hand touched me on my cheek and then 'pop' I could hear!'. Not only can she hear in both ears, but the pain is completely gone!

Another healing took place just before the first night of the Maripeda Festival. I saw a crippled woman slowly make her way around the festival grounds with a cane, and I invited her run around the stage with me. She dropped her cane and began to run. I asked her, 'Did Jesus heal you?' She replied, 'Who is Jesus?' It was amazing that God's mercy drew this woman to the festival and He healed her even before she heard the Good News about Jesus Christ!

Thank you for your prayers and support. We are nearly half way to reaching our goal of one million decisions for Jesus by the end of 2010. Our next trip to India will be in May. God bless you!

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Prayer & Praise Report

Thank you for your prayers!

We just finished our fifth night of our fourth and final festival in Armur, Telangana which is 180 kilometers from Hyderabad. It was an amazing conclusion to this very fruitful trip. A record number of 360 vehicles transported 10,000 people the final night with 1,900 decisions made for Christ. In all, 5,400 decision cards for Christ were signed during this final five-day festival.

God continues to bless these beautiful people with many miraculous healings. Some of the testimonies include a mother who brought her son. He regained his hearing after four years of being deaf in one ear. Another story was that of a grown daughter who came with her mother. She had been paralyzed in her left arm and unable to raise her hand above her head or open her fingers, but God restored her. For the first time in years, she was able to lift her arms above her head and praise the God who healed her!

After four weeks filled with four five-day festivals, four "Ignite the Fire" Seminars for Pastors and Leaders, four church dedications, eight well dedications, plus speaking engagements in elementary and high schools, I'll be back in Minnesota on Thursday.

I will bring back beautiful photos and more stories about how God's favor led us into five elementary and high schools to share the Good News of Christ, introduce you to our ten National Evangelists that will work on behalf of Oasis World Ministries this year, and report the latest soul count. Until then, God bless you!

Intentional for Souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Prayer & Praise Report

A Record Harvest!

God has blessed this trip to India "far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think!" (Eph. 3:20 NAS).

We wrapped up our second Gospel & Healing Festival in Maripeda Banglow, Telangana. This was by far the largest turnout we've ever had in the history of Oasis. On the final night, over 320 truckloads of people, and auto rickshaws that were packed beyond capacity, transported ten thousand thirsty souls to the Living Water of Jesus Christ. At most festivals, we average 3,000 decision cards for Christ; and we praise God for this. During this festival, we received more than double this average with 7,120 signed decision cards for Christ!

Praise God for the harvest is ripe!

In addition, God continues to pour out His mercy to these beautiful people with miraculous healings. For a couple of people who were blind, God restored their vision, and He opened the ears of several others who were deaf. Praise God!

Along with the festival, we led two well-attended "Ignite the Fire" Seminars which provided training for over 850 regional pastors, evangelists and leaders. This training will help disciple the new believers that have come to Christ at these festivals.

Today we are in Challapalli, a coastal district of Krishana, 340 kilometers from Hyderabad. Dave Neiman and Pastor Steven Gartland from Minnesota have joined me for the remainder of this trip. We are in the third day of our third Gospel & Healing Festival during this trip. Although this festival is being held in a more restricted area, 4,000 people attended tonight's festival.

Please continue to pray. The biggest two days of this festival are just ahead and another five-day Gospel & Healing Festival and two "Ignite the Fire" Seminars are yet to come on this journey.

In addition, we will dedicate four churches and eight fresh-water wells in villages that were previously without. Now God's people will have a place to worship Jesus and several villages will have clean running water for the very first time. Thank you for your support and prayers!

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Prayer and Praise Report

We're in our second week in India: conducting open-air Gospel and Healing Festivals, leading "Ignite the Fire" Training Seminars for pastors and leaders, dedicating churches and fresh-water wells. The weather has been wonderful and the response to Jesus has been amazing!

I'm thrilled to be ministering with Clarence and his son, Ernest. Clarence is a pastor in India who introduced me to this harvest field ten years ago. This trip marks my 26th time to India, and by the grace of God, we have reached 420,735 decisions for Christ! We are well on our way to reaching one million decisions for Jesus by the end of 2010.

Currently we're at Maripeda Banglow, Telangana which is 190 kilometers from Hyderabad. This photo that I've included is of a young girl who could not hear in one ear. Her mother testified to her saying earlier that day, "Maybe if we go to the festival God will heal my ear." She came to the altar to receive prayer and God miraculously restored her hearing.

Praise God for the faith of a child!

The other picture is of the outpouring at the alter on the second night of the festival. We set a record: 1,800 decision cards for Christ were received! Praise God for the harvest!

Thank you for your prayers and support... together we are reaping a great harvest!

Intentional for souls,
Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries