south asia: giving for growth

FOCUS Sri Lanka: God is calling us to build.

South Asia is a diverse region, encompassing war torn nations, a Buddhist kingdom, a closed dictator-led state, and nations gripped by Islam and Hinduism. Struggling with extreme poverty and in the midst of unsettling upheavals, it is crucial that Christian students have the resources they need to grow in Christ and reach out to others.

Sri Lanka has suffered war for three decades and fighting has recently escalated. The war, natural disasters and a wave of corruption scandals have led to the current economic crisis. The student movement (FOCUS) believes a permanent administrative and resource centre will enable it to serve the students better. FOCUS council members have each pledged a month's wages toward the building, and graduates living both within the country and overseas have also made donations.

A friend of FOCUS Sri Lanka comments: 'I have come to learn that when God calls people to build, it is not just about constructing a physical structure, but also about personal reconstruction. I am very excited as I perceive God moving among the FOCUS family, wooing us to become creative constructors in an island of destruction.'

Please pray with us for the IFES movements across South Asia, for God's provision of all they need to live in these situations of great turmoil. Pray too for God's work of building faithful Christian students and graduates with a desire to engage in a holistic, biblical way with the world around them.


Published: Tuesday 01 July 2008
Region: south asia
Country: sri lanka
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