Betsy and David Perkins

In the final week of 2009 a lot of news attention was directed toward remembering the Asian Tsunami.  Images of December 26th, 2004 were replayed and compared with images of today – reshaped coastlines, reconstructed housing, rebuilt lives.  As we review our memories of how the 2004 Ts » read more

Thank you! The final distribution of relief supplies for victims of the recent floods in India provided by One Great Hour of Sharing is complete and we would like to share with you some of the pictures.  Faithful servants have been working hard, planning, traveling and implementing the work t » read more

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is not a holiday that is observed in India (the harvest festival in this area comes in January with the sugar cane harvest) but we made some plans to observe Thanksgiving this year.  We discovered turkey biriyani (spiced rice) and turkey mas » read more

In the city of Ongole, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a man and wife had an argument.  It could have been about the way she kept house, about the way she cooked or spent money, or about a situation causing jealousy to take hold.  Whatever the argument was about, it got out of con » read more

Happy Birthday!A birthday is wonderful day for people all around the world.  On September 22, 2009, there was a birthday of new hope for many Baptist Churches in the state of Andhra Pradesh as almost 75 pastors were ordained in the presence of 1400 of their Baptist pastor colleagues who are p » read more