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

We're in this together

Before I left for India, I came across an incredible Bible passage that I knew was for our Oasis partners... I Samuel 30.

You're gonna love this...

David and his men returned home to Ziklag and found their town had been ransacked, their wives and children kidnapped and their homes burned. He and his men were so overwhelmed in sorrow that Unbelievable sorrow filled their soul!

When they regained their composure, they sought the Lord, and He said to pursue the invading army. So they did. 600 warriors continued their journey to find their families, but 200 of them were so weary from the journey that they stayed behind at a brook and guarded the army supplies while the other 400 continued on. Along the way, they found one of the men who had burned their town. He had been left to die of a sickness. But David gave him food, and found out from him where the enemy was hiding.

Long story short, David and his men recovered all their family members and spoil. Everyone was happy. ALL had been recovered.

But the 400 men who participated in their rescue did not want to share the spoils with the 200 that had stayed behind with the supplies. They reasoned that the spoils should only go to those who risked their lives. But David saw it differently. Listen...

I Samuel 30:24

David was saying that everyone is part of our team. We ALL participate together to bring glory to God.

Sometimes we think that only those that 'GO' to the mission field are blessed. But God's word tells us that those who 'SEND' or "STAY BY THE SUPPLIES" are also included in the rewards to follow. Your prayers and support are noticed in heaven! THANKS for letting us be on your team... together we will reap a great harvest!

Please pray for us as we represent you in India!

We're in this together,

Tom Elie
Evangelist/President
Oasis World Ministries

Thoughts about a New Year

2008 HARVEST?

“I do not pray for these (disciples) alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word” John 17:20.

Jesus is not only praying for you today, but for those who are yet to surrender to His love in 2008. He is interceding for the future. He has not stopped believing for your neighbor, your relatives, your city and your world.

Sometimes I grow tired and discouraged praying for unsaved loved ones. But He doesn’t. I never grow weary of praying for MY needs. Our human nature always looks out for number one. But thankfully, God is still longing for ALL humanity to bow their knees before Him.

How will it happen? Isn’t America’s heart too hardened? Isn’t the church mostly sleeping?

God tells us how it will happen... through YOU. Yes, He is praying “for those who will believe in Me through THEIR word” verse 20.

Here’s what will make the difference:

• Acts of love shown selflessly
• Displaying forgiveness
• Telling your testimony of how Christ has changed your life
• Praying in faith without stopping
• Daily looking for opportunities to be His witness

Will you join me in this prayer for the new year?

“Dear Lord, Your patience with us and our world is immense. Please forgive us for straying from you, from losing our first love, and from ignoring the unsaved all around us. Please light Your fire again in my heart. Use ME this year... this month... today, to both show and tell of Your great love. My mouth belongs to You.... fill it with words that will invite people to know You. Thank You for Your mercy towards me. Amen.”

Have a fruitful new year!

Intentional for souls,

Tom Elie
Evangelist
Oasis World Ministries

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