How You Have been & Can Be A Part  

Updated October 14, 2007

***Some answers to prayers over the years:

(from most current and following)

*  Launching the Sponsorship Initiative Oct 28, 2007.

*   Going to India with Dennis, our pastor for the 1st time which is causing a greater backing as well as strength that he and the church can offer in the future.

*  Beginning of the school project in AP, India!

*  Seena becoming pregnant in the perfect timing...as I turn 40 (smile). Baby due March 2008.

*  Miracle of buying a house...God removing 'too many' obstacles-we...and others-watch in amazement. And by God's grace will be paid off in less than 10 years. (for further info for anyone in US or Canada contact our friend:  www.u1stfinancial.net/michaelbristol

*  We are blessed with an Ford Explorer as a gift one week after we gave back the truck we had a for a year.

* Blessings thru pain...meeting wife Seena Maria Pathalil Joseph from Goa, India on September 4, 2004 (she was my physical therapist at a local hospital where I was treated with knee problems.

* Marrying Seena on Feb. 1, 2005 in India & May 15 in NY, USA.

*  God providing a location for setting up a base of operations-in NY, USA.

* A Projector has been purchased, among several other items through a man I met on a plane, who was overseeing 76 retail stores. Him and his wife are a precious addition to the team! They are attempting to set us up with 24/7 internet access via Satellite...please pray for a solution.

* A Youth Group via a close friend (and family) have begun to dream up projects to help propel us further...

* The book I (Jon) have authored  "Where There Is No Leader now published!

* $1500USD has been paid to finish payments to Spxstudios & other Co. for the designing of the Online Photo Gallery and new BridgeStones Site.

* Apartment in NY with LOTS of blessings that came through a small cost (furniture etc...)!

* Friend that we met in India gave us his Ford Ranger truck for a year! AND he had driven it to NY before our wedding in May, went to the wedding, then we drove him to the airport to return to India!

* Book being published!

* Online Gallery is now up and running!

* Sujit & Shirin Raut join BridgeStones full time!

Thank you for praying through these needs...there is fruit to your heart and labor!

Please pray for the following needs...thanks:

*        Development Coordinator

*    Administrator

*        Other teachers, preachers, speakers...

*      Prayer for location for Jon to set up a base of operations-now setup in NY, USA. Now we are looking to have another in Bangalore, India.

* Support for Sujit & Shirin Raut-$300USD @ month (includes more flexibility to reach out and take care of needs that arise)

* $2000USD for a down payment for the first of a fleet of 9-10 passenger vehicles. This is for our vision to begin a driving service that will bring further transformation in various ways: employment for Christian workers, value to the customer & those on the streets, spreading the example, training drivers of various companies, etc... The full price of each vehicle will be approx. $12,000USD

*       $100USD monthly for sponsoring pastors & missionaries. 

*   $50USD Sponsoring Bible students.

* Sponsoring children: $35USD a month-(includes books, uniform, tuition, medical, and some for family needs). In Rathnamma’s family-2 children are yet to be sponsored for their education. And further children can be sponsored. If you have a desire for sponsoring a child within other nations such as:

*   Nepal        *  Madagascar 

*  Guatemala *   Brazil § Mexico

  *  West Africa:

  *  Ghana  * Togo*  Sierra Leone*  Benin  *  Mali

…please let us know!

 *A partial amount for sponsoring is of course an option for you if need be.

And if you feel led you can support these efforts online. Thank you all who have been sewing into BridgeStones...as well as your trust and confidence.

 ...more prayer & answers to come...

Visionary Missionary Vision (VMV)