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supporting such ministries.

Even with such favor, there was opposition. There were continual threats of burning their crops, and some even guarded felds with machetes when it was time for planting. It wasn’t Bethel Children’s Home they were against, per se, but that the children living there often converted to the Christian faith from their native roots. This they found threatening.

Amos Moses was born into his parents’ ministry, and quite accustomed to living communally among other children. Before he was of age to leave for college, the children’s homes had spread all over India, and over 7,000 children had been rescued from life on the streets. ”If you attend Ambassador Baptist College I will pay for your schooling,” an American told him while on a ministry trip with his father to the United States, and so the door opened to move overseas. This was an opportunity for which he is extremely grateful for to this day because it was there he personally decided to follow Jesus, like his father before him, and it was also where he met his future wife.

Jennifer was pursuing a degree in early childhood education when Amos invited her to take part in an internship at his parent’s school for the summer. She grew up in a family with foster children, and she had a heart to minister to children, so the opportunity looked to be a good ft. She consented to do the internship, and shortly thereafter they were engaged, and then married in 2003. On Sunday, December 26, 2004 - the day after

Christmas - an enormous earthquake occurred off the West coast of Indonesia, surging a tidal wave up to ninety-eight feet tall inland upon the coastlands of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. Amos and Jennifer were there - albeit a seven hour drive from the heart of the disaster - when it happened. “We were so burdened for the people of India that we began contacting businesses and individuals in the states to ask for disaster relief contributions, such as blankets, Bibles, and personal care items.” For three months they remained in India, working tirelessly to help in any way possible, including a unique approach: photography. The fore-mentioned photo did much to turn the hearts of their American friends Eastward during the crisis. Today Amos still travels to India, but now with his

On Sunday, December 26, 2004 - the day after Christmas - an enormous earthquake occurred off the West coast of Indonesia, surging a tidal wave up to ninety-eight feet tall inland upon the coastlands of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. Amos and Jennifer were there - albeit a seven hour drive from the heart of the disaster - when it happened. “We were so burdened for the people of India that we began contacting businesses and individuals in the states to ask for disaster relief contributions, such as blankets, Bibles, and personal care items.”